Posts From 2007

Live action pacman from Japanese TV. Watch out kid... (4th January 2007)
Loads of old Belgian television archives viewable ... (4th January 2007)
Another sequel. This time The truth in ad sales fo... (5th January 2007)
Peak Oil gets mainstream and hits the pages of Nat... (5th January 2007)
Cá Bhfuil Na Gaeilg eoirí?... (7th January 2007)
“Last year, half of the world's 44 main oil-produc... (7th January 2007)
A small decrease in oil prices doesn’t mean oil is... (9th January 2007)
“I actually have a photographer's loupe that I use... (9th January 2007)
I love Anthony Burrill’s public safety posters for... (9th January 2007)
If anyone out there feels like running their own c... (9th January 2007)
The Wandjina, God of the aborigines is appearing a... (9th January 2007)
The EPA says Greenpeace’s assessment of Apple’s gr... (11th January 2007)
An African village spotted in Sint-Pieters-Leeuw v... (12th January 2007)
Banksy has put up a bunch of his works for downloa... (12th January 2007)
The formula for procrastination: E x V/ÃD... (12th January 2007)
Those plucky Swedes from The Pirate Bay are lookin... (12th January 2007)
Minuscule is a delightful little 3D animated serie... (13th January 2007)
“From now on, if a restaurant does not offer me ta... (14th January 2007)
A neat side-effect of globalisation: stricter rule... (16th January 2007)
Neal Stephenson is getting the TV treatment, I hop... (16th January 2007)
Would a Robin Hood Restaurant work here? I doubt i... (16th January 2007)
Is that a motor behind me? (17th January 2007)
Today, the doomsday clock will be moved forward, d... (17th January 2007)
“Telling people to plant trees to prevent global w... (18th January 2007)
The Yes Men will be at the Vooruit in Ghent on the... (18th January 2007)
An art-based backlash against Banksy. Amusing.... (20th January 2007)
And now, the weather forecast (20th January 2007)
Forget the film, watch the titles.... (20th January 2007)
Beyond the green corporation... (21st January 2007)
If I dug a deep hole below my apartment I’d end up... (23rd January 2007)
Mix your own rhythms in the kitchen... (23rd January 2007)
Escalator art. Very nice.... (24th January 2007)
Advertising is graffiti... (26th January 2007)
Hand-painting, a homograph.... (26th January 2007)
“Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants.”... (29th January 2007)
Feeling lonely on myspace? Here’s the solution to ... (29th January 2007)
Capitalism 3.0... (30th January 2007)
Capitalism 3.0 (30th January 2007)
The bicycle messenger and the city.... (30th January 2007)
Head, meet sand (31st January 2007)
I don’t know what to say. Some people scare me.... (31st January 2007)
Inside your car you inhale 5 times more smog than ... (31st January 2007)
More people that scare me.... (31st January 2007)
The European commission has caved in to the auto i... (31st January 2007)
Vegetarian is the new Prius.... (31st January 2007)
Join the mouth revolution now!... (1st February 2007)
Nike The Ripper in Munich... (1st February 2007)
The British green party on the environmental impac... (1st February 2007)
Scientists and economists have been offered $10,00... (2nd February 2007)
Berzerk is the arcade game that swallowed most of ... (3rd February 2007)
“When a scientist talks about reducing greenhouse ... (3rd February 2007)
Bombs over design thieves (5th February 2007)
Holidays on death row. The hypocrisy in travel jou... (6th February 2007)
Pitch ‘n’ Putt with Joyce ‘n’ Beckett. Marvelous.... (7th February 2007)
What happens after the expiration date has passed?... (7th February 2007)
A rational portrayal of avian flu and the real rea... (10th February 2007)
A sobering if not downright alarming view from Dmi... (10th February 2007)
“Get this: the cars are not part of the solution (... (10th February 2007)
Good energy-saving move from Microsoft on getting ... (10th February 2007)
Flying, your patriotic duty.... (11th February 2007)
Master Plan, about the power of Google.... (12th February 2007)
It’s not easy being green.... (13th February 2007)
Bringing new life to boarded up homes... (14th February 2007)
Michael Crichton, the world’s most popular technop... (14th February 2007)
mmk kobayashi’s photos, one of the most unusual se... (16th February 2007)
Warning, nerd humour ahead: Gates vs. Jobs... (16th February 2007)
As if things weren’t crazy enough, some people are... (18th February 2007)
Emissions trading: not that great, actually.... (19th February 2007)
Fighting the new defeatism on climate change... (19th February 2007)
Interesting article on the DJ Drama affair and the... (19th February 2007)
“Iraqi laws and customs didn't apply inside the Gr... (19th February 2007)
Nigerian 419 scammer gets scammed into acting out ... (19th February 2007)
We’re still plundering the seas. At the current ra... (20th February 2007)
Australia is the first country to make a move agai... (21st February 2007)
The 90’s flowchart... (21st February 2007)
“A nightclub uses 150 times the energy of an avera... (22nd February 2007)
Abu Dhabi is going to build a large-scale 500 mega... (22nd February 2007)
Climate change scepticism still exists in Brussels... (24th February 2007)
Great idea: the notMac challenge. I’d gladly get r... (24th February 2007)
Here’s an editorial you have little chance of seei... (24th February 2007)
Scientists believe that there are so many idiots b... (24th February 2007)
Ad agencies in Europe draft voluntary guidelines f... (27th February 2007)
An open letter calling on the EU to abandon target... (27th February 2007)
Belgian minister for Energy Marc Verwilghen has ju... (28th February 2007)
“The technology exists, perhaps, but the political... (28th February 2007)
You’ve seen the iPhone TV advert, now identify the... (28th February 2007)
The global warming mug. See the continents disappe... (1st March 2007)
Well I hadn’t thought of that one to fight climate... (1st March 2007)
Young model? Need exposure? Make a Gucci ad yourse... (1st March 2007)
How come every time a stupid applicance acts up, p... (2nd March 2007)
This story from Galway is surreal. And who knew th... (2nd March 2007)
Carbon isn’t the only thing you can offset. (thank... (3rd March 2007)
“Green will never get any sexier than it is in 200... (4th March 2007)
Make your own paper Stormtrooper and other Star Wa... (4th March 2007)
No drugs, no alcohol, no bikes...... (4th March 2007)
Police vs Firemen – Fight!... (5th March 2007)
The big green fuel lie... (5th March 2007)
It’s 2056 and the planet is saved. I just laughed ... (7th March 2007)
“People, like animals, do not generally foul their... (7th March 2007)
Support for Stockholm’s congestion charge is great... (7th March 2007)
WWI plane on top of a New York building.... (7th March 2007)
I know a few infohoarders... (8th March 2007)
The big brother state.... (8th March 2007)
Belgian defense minister flies in an army helicopt... (9th March 2007)
The great Banksy robbery.... (10th March 2007)
Dear Mr Winterkorn, you could actually choose not ... (11th March 2007)
Interesting insight into how top spots get bartere... (11th March 2007)
Shipping vs Airfreight... (11th March 2007)
“Tropical diseases like malaria will spread. By 20... (11th March 2007)
A new CAPTCHA approach... (12th March 2007)
The independent on the books many people own but h... (12th March 2007)
Airline flies empty planes to hold on to airport s... (13th March 2007)
George Monbiot is one of the many people debunking... (13th March 2007)
Hollywood’s new hero: the environment. Ah, just br... (13th March 2007)
Don’t overdo it today, we’re in the middle of a po... (14th March 2007)
Now, that could be a fun ride.... (14th March 2007)
Climate change engenders climate change (15th March 2007)
Is downloading music more environmentally-friendly... (16th March 2007)
Maybe Belgian ministers could get off the seats of... (18th March 2007)
“The war in Iraq isn't over yet, but -- surge or n... (18th March 2007)
Douglas Coupland hits the big screen.... (20th March 2007)
Energy efficiency labelling for all electronic goo... (20th March 2007)
I love Chewbacca’s twitter stream.... (20th March 2007)
Tobacco and alcohol are more dangerous than LSD. N... (23rd March 2007)
More dust being swept under the carpet: a large pa... (26th March 2007)
“The governments using biofuel to tackle global wa... (27th March 2007)
The new coaster season is upon us (28th March 2007)
A collection of audio and video covering Peak Oil,... (2nd April 2007)
Seen in the Palazzo Reale in Milan... (2nd April 2007)
“Air pollution in major cities may be more damagin... (3rd April 2007)
Organic food is better for our health. On the flip... (3rd April 2007)
Aram Barthol wondered what real life would look li... (5th April 2007)
Synsepalum dulcificum, the miracle berry, makes so... (5th April 2007)
They say we’re shopping too much. Then again, on t... (8th April 2007)
You’re an atheist. Congratulations!... (9th April 2007)
“This was a glorious period in the history of Belg... (10th April 2007)
Have you seen my badger? (11th April 2007)
Revolution, flashmobs, and brain chips. How the UK... (12th April 2007)
La cabane perchée. French tree-house builders.... (14th April 2007)
Not something you see every day: Custom Verner Pan... (15th April 2007)
Thought-provoking article on a post-peak oil futur... (15th April 2007)
Are mobile phones wiping out our bees?... (16th April 2007)
Eurostar goes even greener.... (17th April 2007)
The amazing Indian lunch-box boys... (18th April 2007)
Drive one day less and look how much carbon monoxi... (19th April 2007)
Biofuel may actually increase ozone levels.... (21st April 2007)
Cheap solar power may be a reality within the next... (22nd April 2007)
Five innovations in urban transportation that you ... (22nd April 2007)
I’ve been wanting to read The High Cost of Free Pa... (22nd April 2007)
Scraping the vehicle pollution off tunnel walls cr... (22nd April 2007)
The history of electronic music’s Seventies pionee... (22nd April 2007)
The latest issue of The Nation focuses on climate ... (22nd April 2007)
“When you integrate all these people and all these... (22nd April 2007)
Turning France’s Mont St-Michel into a giant sundi... (23rd April 2007)
Video report on one of the only bicycle messengers... (23rd April 2007)
Guess I should start teaching...... (25th April 2007)
Over-design is creating public spaces that people ... (25th April 2007)
Street art at Bozar... (25th April 2007)
“The travelling circus between the European Parlia... (25th April 2007)
The truth about snopes.com... (25th April 2007)
A very interesting development in carbon capture t... (26th April 2007)
China syndrome (26th April 2007)
In the thirties, William Bushnell Stout designed t... (28th April 2007)
The scarab automobile (28th April 2007)
The sea organ (28th April 2007)
The Sea Organ on the coast of Croatia is the world... (28th April 2007)
A screen saver for Windows computers that helps re... (29th April 2007)
The New York Times on fixed gear bicycles.... (30th April 2007)
Interesting interview with James Hansen, director ... (1st May 2007)
“Mankind's appetite for the plastic bag is deeply ... (1st May 2007)
Why was The Great Global Warming Swindle so persua... (1st May 2007)
People in cities are walking faster.... (2nd May 2007)
Screw the incandescent lightbulb (2nd May 2007)
Steve Jobs responds to the Greenpeace campaign aga... (2nd May 2007)
Oh The Irony! Global warming tourism.... (3rd May 2007)
They’ve already got the iphone on Lost.... (3rd May 2007)
Translation of the PR-speak in Steve Jobs’ latest ... (3rd May 2007)
Remember, you can cycle on the motorways into Brus... (4th May 2007)
“The rich nations seeking to cut climate change ha... (4th May 2007)
How some European cities are encouraging bike use.... (5th May 2007)
Interesting summary of the current dangers of biof... (6th May 2007)
“We fly anywhere at the slightest opportunity, 10 ... (6th May 2007)
A Belgian social housing block is being turned int... (7th May 2007)
After this year, the majority of people in the wor... (8th May 2007)
The Nakagin capsule tower in Tokyo is to be demoli... (8th May 2007)
The New Yorker covers Banksy... (8th May 2007)
One of my pet peeves: apostrophe massacre.... (9th May 2007)
If you have no other choice than hopping on a plan... (12th May 2007)
Evolution as street art.... (13th May 2007)
Paleo-Future, a blog describing past predictions a... (13th May 2007)
“In the next 24 hours, deforestation will release ... (14th May 2007)
The new brain-boosting smart drugs.... (14th May 2007)
Traffic lights in China with a countdown time disp... (14th May 2007)
Belgian bus builder Van Hool has introduced a hydr... (15th May 2007)
Bike battles (15th May 2007)
A historic castle in Scotland is being covered in ... (17th May 2007)
The 26 most common climate myths and misconception... (17th May 2007)
Beware of female van drivers at the supermarket ch... (18th May 2007)
Anyone remember Swatch internet time?... (20th May 2007)
Jonathan Olley’s photographs of Northern Ireland’s... (20th May 2007)
Anyone with a home studio should get a Rane PI14.... (21st May 2007)
Word of the day: eco-anxiety... (21st May 2007)
“I have no opinion of Coldplay. I'm 50. I didn't a... (22nd May 2007)
New York taxis will go hybrid in five years. If th... (23rd May 2007)
Nuclear power plants requires massive amounts of c... (23rd May 2007)
“Companies are only as smart as the people who wor... (26th May 2007)
Drinking Pepsi and other soft drinks may switch of... (27th May 2007)
Toneshared is a site offering free ringtones from ... (27th May 2007)
Jerry Falwell is gone but Poland seems to be takin... (28th May 2007)
“this longing for 'solutions', strikes me as a fre... (29th May 2007)
The Association for the Study of Peak Oil has a Be... (30th May 2007)
Incompetence is everywhere, so I guess it’s no sur... (2nd June 2007)
T.H. White’s Merlin... (2nd June 2007)
Cellphone use increases the accident risk of pedes... (3rd June 2007)
“the focus on food miles is missing the bigger pic... (4th June 2007)
Catastrophic Warming: Is It Too Late?... (5th June 2007)
Many Belgian RFID passports are wide open to readi... (7th June 2007)
People are sceptical about many companies’ new-fou... (7th June 2007)
Tell the EU to make cars more fuel-efficient.... (7th June 2007)
“The answer is for people to move toward a plant-b... (7th June 2007)
The lost arcade games of the Soviet Union... (7th June 2007)
Abstractor turns your TV or outdoor video screen i... (9th June 2007)
Unbelievable. I wonder if this will live up to the... (10th June 2007)
California is pioneering what could be the next ba... (12th June 2007)
My feelings exactly after the Apple announcements ... (12th June 2007)
I spent many a late night laughing my head off to ... (13th June 2007)
“It reminds me of the way no one would listen for ... (14th June 2007)
Sci-Fi becomes reality at Israeli border defence.... (16th June 2007)
The truth about recycling.... (16th June 2007)
Ghost cities of the future.... (19th June 2007)
The only way to survive may now be extraction of g... (19th June 2007)
Someone bring these guys to Brussels.... (21st June 2007)
The United Nations say clean energy could provide ... (21st June 2007)
Carbon trading: where greed is green... (23rd June 2007)
If you’re anywhere near the Tate Modern in London ... (23rd June 2007)
Renault greenwash (23rd June 2007)
“Companies that are polluting in China are owned b... (25th June 2007)
Interesting article on the city of Vaxjo in Sweden... (26th June 2007)
Organic fuel... even Mussolini used it.... (29th June 2007)
Google solar panels... (30th June 2007)
The tunnel house.... (30th June 2007)
Nice rundown on the pros and cons of air travel ve... (1st July 2007)
“There is a very common mind-set right now which h... (6th July 2007)
Tube ticket redesign (8th July 2007)
Terrorist organisation logos... (9th July 2007)
William Gibson self-referencing on self-cleaning. ... (9th July 2007)
Hearing aids for baby boomers. I fear that day.... (13th July 2007)
Organic farming can feed the world... (14th July 2007)
Trailer for a film about a Donkey Kong contest bet... (15th July 2007)
Electric buses were already on trial at the beginn... (16th July 2007)
Happiness doesn't cost the earth (16th July 2007)
Happiness doesn’t cost the earth (16th July 2007)
Word of the day: checkbook environmentalist... (16th July 2007)
Contradiction in terms: a sustainable solar-powere... (22nd July 2007)
“The Live Earth concerts played strongly to people... (22nd July 2007)
I wondered when someone would have a go at patio h... (26th July 2007)
Tournis, a short film by François Vogel... (26th July 2007)
Yet another reason to get vehicle emissions down: ... (26th July 2007)
Geoengineering could work to control climate chang... (27th July 2007)
Kensington high-street in London was stripped of g... (27th July 2007)
Tour de farce (27th July 2007)
Who knew that 1 average bowel movement was equival... (27th July 2007)
Musicotherapie, a short film by 3 French animation... (31st July 2007)
A Europe-wide wind-powered electricity grid could ... (1st August 2007)
Made in China, more often than you could imagine.... (1st August 2007)
Interesting article on our perception of time.... (2nd August 2007)
“I'll bet Impact and Comic Sans occasionally meet ... (5th August 2007)
My City, Your city: Brussels (6th August 2007)
Watching a London tower block get dismantled from ... (8th August 2007)
Record Envelope – the little library of factory sl... (9th August 2007)
The trailer for Michel Gondry’s latest: Be Kind Re... (10th August 2007)
Very moving story about the threats to great apes ... (12th August 2007)
“Every year, Americans throw away some 100 billion... (13th August 2007)
Interesting-looking London-based exhibition concer... (13th August 2007)
There’s an official weblog (French seems to have m... (13th August 2007)
The truth is out – cyclists shave their legs to lo... (16th August 2007)
Fascinating slideshow on the evolution of type for... (17th August 2007)
Hallucinations, part of everyday life.... (21st August 2007)
Fascinating live video broadcast straight from a r... (22nd August 2007)
From the look of things, Mobistar may be the opera... (22nd August 2007)
I don’t usually talk about the sites I build for a... (22nd August 2007)
I’m not one for screensavers, but polar clock has ... (22nd August 2007)
“There is simply no other measure as effective in ... (22nd August 2007)
How hackers took down Estonia, the most wired coun... (26th August 2007)
Obsessive documentation of locations used in cult ... (29th August 2007)
Ear fuel (1st September 2007)
Urban abandonments – deserted wonders of the moder... (1st September 2007)
Europe’s coolest cities are the medium-sized ones,... (4th September 2007)
The real cause of global warming.... (9th September 2007)
Ikea Hacker – how to customise the famous Swedish ... (10th September 2007)
It’s Design September in Brussels.... (11th September 2007)
Are technology limits In MP3s and iPods ruining po... (13th September 2007)
Dates for your agenda starting October 3rd: a seri... (14th September 2007)
Jan Gehl on how to build a place for people, not f... (14th September 2007)
Another town opts for the Hans Monderman school of... (17th September 2007)
“it is a serious distortion to imply, as the top t... (19th September 2007)
Faces in places.... (23rd September 2007)
Carbon offsetting could actually increase child la... (24th September 2007)
Pirates of the Mediterranean, a fascinating op-ed ... (30th September 2007)
The Kingdom looks like it could be an interesting ... (1st October 2007)
Interesting bike rental system for commuters being... (2nd October 2007)
Seen from above (6th October 2007)
“Supporting a rock band used to be an act of rebel... (7th October 2007)
Shrewd JG Ballard analysis of the Bilbao Guggenhei... (10th October 2007)
How can branding help (or hinder) climate change?... (14th October 2007)
“The richest fifth of the population cycle on aver... (14th October 2007)
Warning: this vehicle may seriously damage your he... (20th October 2007)
The reports keep coming in on upcoming energy shor... (22nd October 2007)
Troma, champions of the Z-Movie, have a channel on... (23rd October 2007)
Interesting study of music industry tactics, espec... (24th October 2007)
What cats know about war.... (27th October 2007)
“The major labels are like Terry Schiavo right now... (28th October 2007)
Thought-provoking profile of James Lovelock and hi... (28th October 2007)
After clocks are turned back to end daylight savin... (5th November 2007)
“Natives who beat drums to drive off evil spirits ... (5th November 2007)
I’d never heard of car vaulting before but I’ve ce... (11th November 2007)
Impressive photos of the California wildfires capt... (11th November 2007)
The health effects of shipping fuel fumes have bee... (11th November 2007)
Short-term vision for the planet is still abundant... (12th November 2007)
“If a gadget is made in China by an American compa... (16th November 2007)
“if you care about climate change forget about sav... (25th November 2007)
Peak Oil in the Wall Street Journal, probably not ... (25th November 2007)
Amen brother.... (28th November 2007)
Incredible subterranean temples built secretly in ... (28th November 2007)
“it's better because you don't even have to roll d... (30th November 2007)
Great interview with Burial who, incidentally, has... (1st December 2007)
The spy inside your printer.... (1st December 2007)
Potential future energy sources for Europe: a stri... (9th December 2007)
Things aren’t looking too good at the moment. Then... (11th December 2007)
“When you only look at the raw materials to ask if... (16th December 2007)
The interface at Paris:Invisible City takes a bit ... (17th December 2007)
“Experts say the sharp growth, if it continues, me... (18th December 2007)
Air quality is downright horrible today so moderat... (19th December 2007)
Proof it’s possible: Sweden has beaten Kyoto targe... (21st December 2007)
Big oil quietly drops out of the greener side of e... (24th December 2007)
China, smokestack of the world.... (24th December 2007)

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