The MVC song

This is a bit geeky but it actually has mostly true stuff in it:

Thanks Anders Granåker for a great tip.

But the guys from Rails Envy is not far behind in the geekery…

The Flight of the Concords

Here is a very funny duo from New Zeeland. This song is a great introduction. Come on – take a 7.10 break.

And then take 3 minutes more:

What I am watching

Ok – the updates on this blog has been way under par for a while. That’s because I am not working right now.

I’ve noticed that when you have a lot of things to do it’s easy to get the little things done in a jiffy but when you do nothing it’s hard to start to even the small things… Strange but true.

OK – here are some things that I watch and enjoy right now.

Shaun the sheep – on SvtPlay.  Great fun for both me and Albert.

A complete live concert with Black Dyke Band (part 1 and 2). The playing has some minor blemishes but overall it’s great as usual, especially the Immortal-piece at the end!

Anything with Fodens on YouTube. Check out their run through Paganini variations (part 1 and 2).

And the rest of the time I enjoy the company and lazy days with Elin and Albert. And yeah, I do Salvation Army work. Preparing for a camp this summer amongst other things.

In Control V - Cactus Cuties

Here is a clip of a group of girls, the Cactus Cuties, that sings the American National Anthem in the most wonderful way.

They are just spot on in their parts – and the balance is just amazing.

I don’t care that is sugar-sweet and patriotic, music-making like this always makes me happy.

De Blob – get a joy-kick!

I bought a new WII game yesterday – De Blob. It is a real fun-injection which I recommend to everyone. It such a good feeling to bring color to an all black and white surrounding.

Here is a short clip that introduce the game and the plot:

I’m sorry to say that it will ruin my Sprint Planner Helper project to night. On that subject I can say that I am still wondering on how to redo the GUI. I am not fond on how it’s coming along.

Japanese Toilet Training

Here is an video introduction to the toilet for Japanese children.

Abbes just love it – and I double-dare you to not to hum this song the next time you “need to go”.

In control IV – Håkan Björkman

OK – here is one of the nicest and probably best trombone players in the world showing of his amazing technique.

Follow this link to a short clip from SVT where a couple of musicians competes in playing the Flight of the Bumble Bee. In Swedish… The whole program can be found here.

Amazingly Håkan plays the piece 20 beats faster than for example the violinist… And very clean.

Thanks for the lesson Håkan!

Tuba Hero

This weekend I've hanged around brass players and they tipped me on a really nerdy game - Tuba Hero - a brass version of Guitar Hero.

Great fun - although the record (108880 at the current time) is way out of my reach.

IPhone flute - waiting for euphonium

OK - this might be the coolest "useless" application I've seen... but it alone made me want an IPhone. Badly.

And here:

The cool thing is that Apple has create such a great mobile computing plattform. Telephony is just an application among others. Such as the flute.

I am still waiting for the euphonium of course...

I was first!

Tonight a new TV-shop is introduced in Sweden, Hål i Väggen. It's a total rip-off from a really wacky Japanese TV-show.

Just to set the record straight - I discovered it first! Here is the proof - written Wednesday, July 11, 2007.

So TV6 - send the money to me. I accept checks. ;)

[UPDATED]
Hehe - spoke to soon! The program wasn't aired until today, Sunday. Sorry about that - I was still first though...

In control III - trombonists

This is not for the faint hearted, but well worth seeing.

Its a clip from a recording session of the film music to the movie Hellboy. And the sounds these dudes produces are just ... well scary.

For any non-brass players I can tell you that to produce one of those "bursts" is hard. Really hard. To do 15 or so in a row is just amazing.



And now for something completely different. The best trombone player (not counting the bass trombone dudes above) in my opinion is Håkan Björkman. Here is a clip of him doing a cadenza of the Leopold Mozart's Alto-trombone concerto. Very different - but still amazing.

Yeah - this is also something that shouldn't be possible to accomplish. I have heared it live at the Stockholm Opera once.

Sweden in 3D

The foremost telephone number search service in Sweden, www.hitta.se , has launched a new service that displays maps of the four biggest cities in Sweden in 3D.

It is still in beta (and as such quite slow) but it's really cool. Of course it's a Google earth rip-off but it has a few advantages; it runs in the browser, its genuine pictures of the buildings and no models and it's very high resolution.

Here you go - Sweden in 3D.

In Control II - Bobby McFerrin

Bobby McFerrin is known to a broader audience for the summer-hit "Don't worry, be happy". But that is such a little part of his work. And his real genius lies in his voice.

This guy has control, and loads of it. When I heard this clip yesterday I found myself with my mouth open through out the whole thing.


And then I checked this out where he improvises over a Air by Bach. My good! He is the king!

Multi-gifted - Glyn Williams

I can't keep this clip from you - it's golden. The clip shows one of my favorite band, the Fodens Richardsons band, in their best party-mode. The "main" soloist is an excellent euphonium player named Glyn Williams, but here he tries out some other instruments also.

The new grandfathers clock

Bus drivers on strike in Stockholm

This spring there has been strikes for some groups of workers who actually might need it; nurses for example. And right now, in the beginning of the vacation times, the bus drivers of Stockholm has gone on strike. This in turn leads to a lot more people in the subway and commuter trains.

But we are still not even near an ordinary day in the Tokyo metro...

Butchering Star Wars

Normally I don't like to laugh at misfortune but this is just to much. From what I understand this is from a beauty pageant in USA. You know, one part of the competition is to show off a talent. And this unfortunate girl was told (I presume) to play the trumpet and dance.

Said and done - this clip is now a legendary clip on YouTube with about 3 million views. Here you go:

I don't even put it in the music-category as you might understand...

Gifted elephant

This is a video that made me happy today... The, now world famous, painting elephant.

It's truly amazing to see an animal have such good feeling and self-knowledge. I am humbled before it.

Way out book on Ruby

This is the most creative, flipped out, and maybe scary thing I've ever read on a technical subject - http://poignantguide.net/ruby/

It's a online book about Ruby. But the guy who has written it seems a little.... odd to say the least. He has really taken the concept of learning to a whole new level. Bad or good - judge for yourselves.

Punk being nice

Yesterday I followed a few links from the "Go around twice if you are happy"-video and as it turns out there are a whole community doing these kind of "nice" punk actions.

If you want to see some similar stuff try the WoosterCollective, especially the following categories (some are quite strong, you have been warned, but most are fun or just good):

• http://www.woostercollective.com/activism/
• http://www.woostercollective.com/chalk/
• http://www.woostercollective.com/fun/
• http://www.woostercollective.com/3d/

Also be warned - it is almost impossible to stop browsing the site...

In control

You have to see this amazing performance....

Took me a while to understand but she is recording herself and the replaying it while continue to add voices, rhythm etc... and finally produces a wonderful sound and a quite catchy song.

Don't try this at home, boys and girls. She is a professional