http://www.infamousadventures.co.uk in a nutshell, awesomewickedcool. Tue, 30 Sep 2008 10:39:29 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en A beautiful pixel-mash recap of the first 50 years of computing, complete with bleepy electro soundtrack and animated body-popping. If computing history is really your bag, Bletchley Park is apparently well worth a visit. Home to father of modern computing Alan Turing during the war and a vital part of ... http://www.infamousadventures.co.uk/71/the-history-of-computing Just a quick addendum to Tom's post below. The Guardian have a nice little round-up of all the net's best sports games.  Perfect for wasting a few minutes of your busy busy time. http://www.infamousadventures.co.uk/70/more-time-to-kill Ever dreamed of being an ever-evolving uber-virus and bringing about the end of all mankind? Well why not start the day by acheiving a long-held ambition by playing Pandemic 2, a game in which you play the role of afore-mentioned beastie and pit yourself against the world. Such ... http://www.infamousadventures.co.uk/69/time-to-kill Some people just refuse to play their guitar like everyone else. Take this guy for example. Is strumming not good enough for you? Nobody likes a show-off. Actually, "acousto-tap" (as the technique will be know from this point forward) seem to be in vogue at the moment: ... http://www.infamousadventures.co.uk/68/guitar-heroes This Boing Boing Gadgets post reminded me of a great little article on Gizmodo from few months back showing some side-by-side comparisons between 60s and 70s Braun products and more modern output from Apple. All the products were designed by two men: German design legend Dieter Rams, who was chief of ... http://www.infamousadventures.co.uk/66/apple-vs-braun Photo by Squeakyrat. [via] http://www.infamousadventures.co.uk/64/repeated-exposure-may-impair-intellect There are 3 drum loops which have been the underpinning of pop music for a generation. Unless you've been living without TV and radio for the last 20 years you will have heard them all, you just may not realise it. To kick things off we have great little documentary ... http://www.infamousadventures.co.uk/63/amen Delia he ain't, it's true. Here he is again,, selling things. If you like all that, then scope out his set at the recent London Beatbox Convention, performing with a mic and two kaos pads. Impressive. http://www.infamousadventures.co.uk/62/cookin-up-some-riddims Finally! A reason for a robot post. I've been looking for something robotically cool to post since we started this blog, and, at last, here it is: Now it may be that I've been playing a bit to much Metal Gear Solid recently, but that thing scares the crap ... http://www.infamousadventures.co.uk/61/snake-robot This is far better than it sounds, I promise. Lifted by the Guardian from Interesting 2008: a "one day conference of ideas for people who want to know about the world" organised by someone called Russell Davies, who apparently isn't the same Russell Davies who writes Dr Who. I've tried ... http://www.infamousadventures.co.uk/60/a-geophysical-survey-of-world-of-warcraft