akamike (2007-2010)

Miscellaneous

Meet Oats, Pip and Pixel!

While at work a few weeks ago I got a message from Sash to say she had a surprise for when I got home. Completely clueless, I arrived home to find not one, not two but three pet mice! Just...

Greenbelt 08

On the 22nd of August, Sash and I will be traveling to Cheltenham for Greenbelt 2008! The festival lasts until the 25th and has a wide range of talks, performances, activities and stalls, with something there for all the...

Cats Are Awesome

A few weeks ago Bartek Gniado posted about his two adorable cats, Dapper and Blinky. I couldn't resist joining in! Meet Pen, Inky and Jess with photos and antics galore!...

Newbreed Girl Rips Off T-Shirt Design

A t-shirt design, titled "Lil' Soap" and printed by Threadless, was ripped off by Newbreed Girl. The company sells the t-shirt through Hot Topic without any form of consent from the original designer, Jess Fink. This kind of thing happens...

Merry Christmas

This is me wishing you all a Merry Christmas, hoping the day goes well and we all don't get too fat on turkey! :)...

Elsewhere: Comparison of Streaming Video Services

Over on Sausage Roll I have posted an article: "Comparison of Streaming Video Services". Not your standard offerings however, I have looked into four services that have better quality than Google's market leader, YouTube. All Flash based, all great services....

Talk to Me About the Environment

That's right, it's Blog Action Day, a day for bloggers to post about the environment to send out a strong message and to educate. But what about those who don't know much about the environment problems? I am one...

Sunday Links #3

You want links? I got them! From web dev tools to funny videos, featured friends to interesting reads. It's Sunday, this is akamike, and here are this weeks links....

GWRadio - The Future

Not long ago I just finished a little IRC gathering to discuss GWRadio, the online radio station I manage for Gaming World. It's nothing big, but I think it could be so much better than it has been. I am...

Sunday Links #2

The second round of links from all around the web. There has been some pretty interesting stuff, and I'm sure at least one of these links will be of your interests....

Sunday Links #1

Alright, as many other bloggers seem to do, I am starting a link dump post. Every Sunday, I'll post my findings of the week to spread the word and share some love. I also plan to do themed weeks, but...

Freelancers Unite!

The First Annual Global Freelancer Survey for 2007, from Freelance Switch, is on! If you're a freelancer, whether it's Design, Programming, Writing or other, take part in the survey to share your experience. Plus, you have a chance to...

Deviant's Apprciation Day - 22nd @ devART

It's the 22nd, and my speculations were wrong. Today is about the deviants of DA! Without us, without our work and postings, deviantART would not be what it is today....

22/06/2007 @ deviantArt: Where will you be?

Something big appears to be coming to deviantArt on the 22nd of this month. It's in various staff journals, group journals and on the forums. But what does it mean? I first saw the question in the designersCouch journal, a...

Google Reader Losing Your Feeds? Mike Losing the Will to Blog?

Techcrunch is reporting that there is Data Loss at Google Reader. People are missing feeds and while I haven't had this problem (or at least I haven't noticed), I've been having trouble with marking items as read. While it's not...

Mario Slow Motion

Source: Slowmotion Phax Talang 2007 semifinal on YouTube Alright, so this is Swedish but there is only talking at the second half, so you can stop watching once he raises the flag really. Awesome video, wish it was longer but...

Realistic Bart Simpson

When I first saw this picture, it creeped the hell out of me. Jump over to TechEBlog for a video of the process, as well as a quick shot of the whole Simpson family!...

Daxflame and YouTube

A while back I checked out Daxflame's videos, after hearing about him from various people. I found his videos funny and interesting, and I was unsure whether or not he was fake. Now, by that I mean he was either...

The Legend of Neil

Embedded Video: http://acceptable.tv/videos/1797-The-Legend-of-Neil...