My good friends Mighty Oaks have been working incredibly hard and it’s paying off. They’ve been playing at some festivals, touring together with CHVRCHES, The Lumineers and played a support act for Kings of Leon this summer.
Listen to some Halls
Noortje pointed me to Halls. Quoted from Last.fm: Halls is the solo project of 21 year old South London musician Sam Howard. Formed in London, UK in early 2010, Halls worked on material that would appear on the debut EP “Halls EP”, released in January 2011, which was described as having ‘ambient soundscapes buttressed by… Continue reading Listen to some Halls
Space Oddity
This is a story about the coolest astronaut in human history. If you haven’t heard of this man yet, his name is commander Chris Hadfield (53), who was the first Canadian to walk in space. Helped by his two sons, he harnessed the power of social media to give millions of people access to space,… Continue reading Space Oddity
Twenty Nice: a list of 29 things I learned
I have been reading and writing a lot the past 8 months when I came across Noah Stokes’ birthday lists. Inspired by these I figured I could highlight some learnings myself. Scanning through my scribblings I tried looking for the ones that appear to me as important or beautiful. These are probably lessons that have… Continue reading Twenty Nice: a list of 29 things I learned
Paperman
Disney Animation recently published a short film called Paperman. They put the whole thing on Youtube for us all to watch Update: the original video is gone, here’s a trailer:
Good Reads: February 2013
Lately my (online) reading experience has been improved a lot, partly because of Quote.fm. I noticed I was storing a lot of good articles for later use, but wanted to share these with people but at the same time keep a log of what I’ve been reading and what good stuff I came across. To keep… Continue reading Good Reads: February 2013
How to get your current viewport width in em?
The answer turned out to be a bit tedious so I tried fixing that. Say hello to Viewportmarklet: How does it work? The tool is build around the assumption that you need an actual letter m on your canvas in the base font size. The width of that letter m is what the browser will… Continue reading How to get your current viewport width in em?