Ben Cooper

Group Innovation Director M&C Saatchi Sydney. Co-Creator O Six Hundred Kayak. Proud father. Loving husband. British.

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AFRICA@home

Published December 3, 2005

Remember SETI@home? Well this works on the same principles of distributed computing, but instead of trying to decipher extraterrestrial communications, the connected computing power aims to study the causes, distribution, and control of malaria. Its

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Cargo container housing

Published December 3, 2005

“Kalkin’s work lies somewhere between performance art and architecture,” said K. Michael Hays, a professor at the Graduate School of Design at Harvard. “I love the way he flirts with the decorative, verging on

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Happy Hour Timetable for Sydney

Published December 2, 2005

Update: 07-April-2009 I’ve come to the conclusion that I’m never going to update this list. Mainly as the bars, brewers and clubs don’t help themselves – if they sent updates I’d include them. After a

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Kissing a smoker is gross

Published November 28, 2005

Do you smoke? well AshtrayMouth.com explains what its like to kiss you… urgh – ! Check out the adverts, get wallpapers for your phone, desktop or icons for AIM and Messenger – plus there’s

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Panama Canal time-lapse

Published November 28, 2005

This is a cool timelapse of the Panama Canal Miraflores Locks, 1 week compressed into 11 minutes. Referenced by Future Feeder, sourced from Boing

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joys of a new machine…

Published November 27, 2005

So I’ve just invested in this iMac G5, after much deliberation about the pros an cons of Powerbooks vs iBooks vs Mini Macs etc. Its got to be said that the iMac G5 is

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thad on bondi graffiti…

Published November 20, 2005

skils.jpg Originally uploaded by Thaddeus

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film shot entirely on a Canon 20D

Published November 18, 2005

Film shot by PATRYK REBISZ on a Canon 20D, worth a

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Viceland.com – ZOMBIEGRINDER 60000

Published November 17, 2005

Waste time at Viceland.com playing the ZOMBIEGRINDER 60000 game… zombies, guns, rock metal soundtrack… what more does one want

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Gorillaz: Feel Good Inc Live (well sort of)

Published November 17, 2005

Gorillaz play Feel Good Inc Live at the MTV music awards. When I say live, I mean… well their holographic representatives – they are a virtual band afterall. Update: just found the ‘how they did

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Public pillow fight in Toronto…

Published November 15, 2005

pillowfight_pillowdance Originally uploaded by wvs. What a great idea, maybe this is the start of ‘pillow fight day’ – another excuse for a public

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