middledigit.net | jonathan hopkins

Great to see some Bite clients scoop some awards last night. Even though the nano lost out to the Wii for top European gadget of the year - it lost to an absolutely awesome bit of kit. Which reminds me . . . fair play to this guy who made his own Wii laptop. Nice, but I’d much rather play on a massive plasma and the person who suggested he should just have bolted on a projector had a really good point.

Technology and underground culture go hand in hand, with technology enabling all sorts of new and interesting ways for urban artists to get their messages out there. The Graffiti Research Lab is up to lots of intersting tricks, the latest being the L.A.S.E.R Tag.

A massive green laser, teamed up with a projector, camera and laptop running open source software all crammed into the back of what looks a bit like a mini mobile home and used to beam live graffiti installations onto incredibly tall buildings? Yes please.

Also, have you seen Draw Here? When I saw this, it made me think all sorts of interesting things about the potential for secret layers to be added on top of the web. Plus I did get kicks from being the first person to tag the (virtual) Whitehouse.

After messing about with a number of other blogs, I’ve FINALLY managed to gt this one sorted. I’m quite precious and wanted my first proper blog to be hosted in my own web space, in WordPress and sorted out pretty much as a like it. It’s not quite there yet - I need to tweak everything a bit more, build on the blogroll , add in some nice tricks and stuff, but for now . . . here it is.

The theme of the blog is consumers, technology & the future, plus I’ve added in the “and other stufff that pops up” caveat to give me full licence to stray from the main focus from time to time. Technology really is my passion in life and in particular, the way it has the potential to change people’s lives. I’m really rather a bit of a geek - the good bit that is.

So, without further ado, I’m going to do my first post on middledigit.net and kick off what I hope is the start of something useful. Enjoy!