one.point.zero - Colin O'Brien's weblog
August 14 2011
Why respectable people turned to looting“With the loss of personal identity and the feeling that they are not identifiable, they lose their social responsibility and engage in antisocial behaviours”
June 21 2011
Eisenhower's worst fears came true. We invent enemies to buy the bombs.
I was there when acid house hit london and this is how it felt
March 12 2010
Erasing David
February 27 2010
How Britain is using classical music as a form of social control. Anthony Burgess eat you heart out.
June 24 2009
Banksy Show - Bristol City Museum
March 28 2009
Ludivico Center from A Clockwork Orange
August 06 2008
This is hacking at its best: doctor builds a custom dialysis machine in his garage to save a baby.
July 25 2008
UK ISPs in bed with the Music biz“You hold them down, I'll remove their wallets”
July 09 2008
Impressive real-time movement tracking of all ships in seas around the UK.
March 12 2008
Do the test.
October 14 2007
Bikes still seen as socially inferior by many“The richest fifth of the population cycle on average 2½ times as far in a year as the poorest fifth.”
February 01 2007
The British green party on the environmental impact of Windows Vista. (via)
December 16 2006
Great idea: first aiders on bikes who can get through traffic to emergencies.
October 31 2006
What's Wrong With Blasphemy? A 4-part TV programme by Stewart Lee, co-writer of Jerry Springer the Opera, which examines religions' increasing use of offendedness as a weapon for censorship.
October 26 2006
If in the early 90s you found yourself dancing in fields or warehouses in the middle of nowhere with thousands of other people, get the white gloves and pollution mask out of storage then download these 2 DJ sets:
Old Skool Classics mixed by Kid Kamaya
Mythic - Bubblin' Live Set December 26, 2004 Dallas, Texas
October 18 2006
The real world moves closer to science-fiction dystopias every day.
September 18 2006
Great culture jamming of the buttons on UK pedestrian crossings.
August 27 2006
Sarah Champion investigates the rave scene that's still going strong in the UK countryside. Ah memories...
July 31 2006
Interesting short film by Greenpeace on decentralised energy, a better solution than going all-out on nuclear and keeping bad habits.
May 22 2006
A journey through the UK's remaining independent bookshops as they survive the onslaught of the big online and offline chains.