Dan Germain

dec the halls

2009-12-22T07:59:14+00:00

An excellent Christmas gift:

Personalised Christmas decorations (aka DataDecs) from the people at RIG (Russell, Ben and Tom) – sized, shaped and cut according to data collected from some of my internet bits (twitter, flickr, lastfm and dopplr. Here's some info about how they were made, by a man called Andy.

lightning bolt

2009-12-11T17:54:00+00:00

I think that this week Lightning Bolt are my favourite band.

Next week it might be someone different.

let's play darts

2009-12-03T23:38:06+00:00

Actually, let's slightly cheat at darts, using something I saw in a magazine. Some clever man has figured out a way to work out where to chuck your arrows for maximum dartage, and to avoid unnecessary doses of bed and breakfast.

As Wolfie might say, that is well clever.

namez

2009-11-13T08:33:20+00:00

You really should try this place. I hear it's very good.

This bread takes some beating too.

And after a great meal and some fine bread, what could be more rewarding than a pipeful of the good stuff?

thank you turkish airlines

2009-11-03T23:40:50+00:00

Life is a bit slower these days. Hurt my knee you see. But I made it to Hamburg, to see the advert everyone's talking about. You know, the one for Turkish Airlines featuring Kevin Costner.

time lapse beard growth

2009-10-11T14:18:54+01:00

Time Lapse: My Hairy Commute from :: Fred Abercrombie on Vimeo.

Much respect and hairy salutations to Fred Abercrombie, who filmed his beard growth in a neat, funny way over a couple of months earlier this year.

sunday, in order of importance

2009-09-26T20:49:15+01:00

dangermain

tankard in new york

2009-09-25T21:59:18+01:00

As Paul reports, the tankard has hit New York, greatest city on Earth, according to those from New York. Faris is in control of the sacred cup and he looks pretty happy about it all (Faris is on the right).

Things you may not know about Faris:

He has some hair

He lives in New York

He likes Stone Junction (one of the best books ever written, for sure)

He knows Geoff Baker

This last part might not mean much to many people, but it sure means something to me, and Geoff.

it was very interesting

2009-09-23T22:21:03+01:00

I enjoyed interesting. There were a lot of good people there, and I think I understood most of the stuff that people were talking about, although I did struggle with the origami exercise.

photo from gorgeoux's flickr stream

After receiving David's suggestion in the comments under this post, I ended up speaking about those sunsets. You know, the ones you take pictures of. I think it went well - I managed to mention how sunsets are linked to death, but then end on a rather upbeat note, which was a relief, as I spoke at the end of the day and there was no-one to be upbeat after me.

Thank you Russell for organising it. And thank you to Marcus, whose video contribution to my sunsets bit has now turned into an informative series.

creative review - interview

2009-09-10T19:31:00+01:00

Gordon Comstock recently interviewed me for Creative Review (September 2009 edition). I like Gordon (not his real name, but then you knew that) - his blog is as funny as it gets, and he's a good man to have a cup of tea with.

I swore a little bit in the interview, which I now regret, but it wasn't really bad swearing, so that's OK.

The interview is here - I think you need a login to read it, but if you don't have one, don't worry; you're not missing that much.