December 2, 2008

online orchestra – classical music bridges the digital divide – thnks youtube

Google is putting together a YouTube Symphony Orchestra that will take to the Carnegie Hall stage in five months to perform, having never performed together before that date. The idea was the brainchild of Chinese composer Tan Dun. Who wrote the piece Internet Symphony No. 1, Eroica, that will be played by the orchestra. Classical [...]

December 2, 2008

The Lighthouse Cinema Dublin

“The Light House Cinema at Smithfield is a four-screen, 600-seat commercially operated cultural cinema which presents a diverse and individual programme of the best Irish, independent, foreign-language, arthouse and classic cinema.” Thats what they said they were on their website
Basically its just an awsome looking cinema designed by the guys at DTA Architects. The cinema [...]

December 2, 2008

website of the week – thecoolhunter.net – the blog we wish we could all grow up to be

I’m not sure if any of you are familiar with http://www.thecoolhunter.net, its by far one of the top blogs/sites on the net. Basically they find whats cool from around the globe and put it all in one place. They have collections of some of the most amazing ‘things” around.
If you haven’t checked out, I advise [...]

December 2, 2008

BMW GINA Concept Car

Found this a while ago and found it quite amazing. BMW called it the GINA Light Visionary Model, Though merely a concept (standing for Geometry and Functions in “N” (i.e. Infinite) Adaptations) Which blows over my head too, but hey it looks really cool. The video shows how the car can adapt and change its [...]