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Blimey theSixtyOne is confusing

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Monday, 22 February 2010 20:36

Ok - I am changing my music links since my previous link pointed to a site that even I dont understand anymore.

If you want to hear and download my music, its at Fabkebab Music Location

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I Predict - The video landscape

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Wednesday, 27 January 2010 16:51

This isnt a biggie - but once the prediction comes true we will laugh at "how things used to be"

Why are all video camera shots displayed in landscape? Since many videos are now watched over the computer, or on a phone (or the soon-to-arrive IPad), it is only a matter of time before videos (like photos have been for ages) can also be portrait.

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I Predict

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Tuesday, 26 January 2010 07:53
Computer games are seen as a bad part of a child growing up - but there is an upside Law and protective parents attempt to prevent children from growing up "too fast" - What better way of stifling thier development than encouraging them to play lots of games, staying in thier bedroom? I predict that at some point video games might be recognized as serving a useful purpose to distract 14-16 year olds from a lifestyle that thier parents dont want them to lead Comments (0)

Artemis Greenleaf Banner

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Saturday, 23 January 2010 14:17

This morning we made a new logo/banner for the Artemis Greenleaf podcasts (which will soon be running the 24 chapter original "Earthbound")

From Artemis Greenleaf

I basically typed some text over a beautiful creative commons image found on flickr - It can be seen here. I havent actually got a name for the creator, just thier Flickr Id...

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What is the I Predict blog?

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Saturday, 23 January 2010 10:58
I have had the "I Predict" blog on livejournal for a while, and I need to do more with it -The concept was that I would make predictions as they occured to me, and see if any of them came true. The original blog can be found here And here are the entries- This is all a single post so if you have some deep and insightful comment to make, you will have to scroll to the bottom... 01 March 2009 @ 06:44 (no subject) As the economy suffers, and local governments start to run short on cash, they will turn to the use of the police to generate the money shortfalls in thier budget - Speeding fines and traffic ticketing will be rampant, since this is the only "politically invisible" way of getting more money from people 22 February 2009 @ 07:08 Parasites A new predicion (because it has been a couple of years since the last one!) is this - Parasites will start to make a comeback - They will be seen as part of a healthy body. Here is the thinking that will emerge - Humanity has lived with parasites since the stone age - for example tapeworms - so we have evolved to co-exist and actually "help" each other - Even if the evidence isnt there, I can see people deliberately going for some parasites because of the "health benefits" conferred by them. Sort of like how worms were considered good for dieting way back when. I should qualify my prediction by saying that I dont suppose something like fleas or ticks will make a comeback however - just the internal stuff. 05 April 2008 @ 15:55 Baby-free travel I have had this idea for a long time - but I am amazed that someone hasnt seriously taken it up - Baby-free flights - At the point when smoking was being banned on flights, I was a batchelor who flew transatlantic a few times a year - The biggest dread for me was never about second-hand cigarette smoke; it was the fear of getting stuck next to children who would be crying/fighting/shouting/fidgeting all through the next 10 hours Someone should have a transatlantic baby-free service, that costs an extra $50 but consists entirely of adults (over age 13 perhaps?) - I would imagine they would fill the flights up every time!! 15 May 2007 @ 07:32 Calorie games This isnt such a leap, but I am amazed the product hasnt taken off (I am not even sure if such a thing exists) - There will be a device which links game playing (playstation etc) to exercise - There will be some sort of timer, which is a slot-in card for a gaming console. When the time runs out, you cant play the console any more until you add more minutes to your timer You add minutes to the timer by doing exercise (perhaps the card slots into a device which you could attach to a bike) - this means that time at the gaming console has to be "earned" with real exercise Another similar alternative is an excercise bike which regulates a power supply - so you have to exercise to actually be powering your playstation, otherwise the power is cut off I have been meaning to post this for a while, but since today I noticed this, its even closer to reality: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/6656631.stm 02 May 2007 @ 12:34 Virtual meat I have been talkng about this for the last 5 years or so, so this one isnt really new Much to my delight, it is proving to be a prediction which is coming true - Virtual meat - just as people grow skin in a petri dish for plastic surgery, I predict that meat will be grown in factories (instead of us raising animals and killing them). A humane (and cheaper) alternative to real meat 22 April 2007 @ 09:04 (no subject) Its only a matter of time (15 years?) before someone takes one of plays written by virginia tech shooter Cho Seung-hui and performs it as a full production to a live audience Perhaps his family refuse to allow it... 14 April 2007 @ 22:41 (no subject) Its just a matter of time before outsourcing hits a new business model - retirement It wont be very long before we are outsourcing our retirements to warmer, cheaper places- special communities with good medical coverage (putting people out to pasture) 13 April 2007 @ 07:46 voice-power! In the future there will be pop-psychology hours spent on "the power of intonation" - the power of putting tone and enthusiasm into your voice - Starving actors will be able to generate secondary income by teaching people how to make themselves appear more interesting and attractive entirely by manipulating the tone of their voice 05 April 2007 @ 07:36 Chocolate Cartel I think an OPEC-like cartel will develop amoungst chocolate growers- Ok its not going to shake the whole world like an oil crises does, but it will still be economically significant - 03 April 2007 @ 11:45 I PREDICT There will be a TV fashion show which celebrates individuality. At the moment, shows like "what not to wear" are dedicated to hunting down people who dont dress "right", and making them fit the norm. I saw a depressing show over the weekend where a rasta girl had her entire wardrobe insulted, thrown out and replaced with some floral print blandhood She had her dreadlocks cut off Its only a matter of time (and good taste) before we get a show which takes boring, conventional dressers, and connects them to thier own "unique" style - perhaps dressing them with clothes found in 2nd hand stores - so that they move away from conformity and into "eclectic fashion" Comments (0)
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