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This year
Alt-w Fund | New Media Scotland
by karlcow
Initiated by Scottish Screen in 2000 the Alt-w Fund supports the development of new artworks, devices and creative applications that challenge the notions of what networked or web-based digital creativity can be.
About | New Media Scotland
by karlcow
About
Scottish Arts Council
New Media Scotland is a national development agency fostering artist and audience engagement with all forms of new media practice.
Sponsorised links
2008
Amazon.co.uk: Japanese Whisky, Scotch Blend: The Japanese Whisky King and His Scotch Wife Rita: Olive Checkland: Books
by sbrothier
In the early 1920s, Masataka Taketsuru came to Scotland from Japan to learn how to distil whisky. While in Scotland he married Rita Cowan, of Kirkintilloch, who left Scotland with him to live in Japan for forty years, never to return home. She died in 1961. This is an illustrated story of one man's determination to succeed, both in business and love. It is also the story of a young girl's move to a land far away, of strange customs and even stranger language, her joys and heartaches. It is also the incredible story of how whisky is made to perfection thousands of miles away from its cultural 'home', and the history of its development within Japan up to the present day.
Scotland loses "best whisky in world" title to Japan - Times Online
by sbrothier
LIKE English wine, it has suffered from the taint of inauthenticity and has been the butt of condescending jokes. But now Japanese whisky has scotched its critics by being voted the best in the world, ahead of its Scottish rivals.
Yoichi 20-year-old, distilled on the shores of the Sea of Japan, has become the first variety produced outside Scotland to win the coveted single malt award in an international competition run by Whisky Magazine, the industry bible.
Nonjatta: Japanese Whisky History (1854-1918) - The Jurassic Period
by sbrothier
It is not really in the interests of Japan's big two distillers to tell you too much about it but Japanese whisky had a prehistory.
If you listen to the official versions from Nikka or Suntory, Japanese whisky started with a bang in 1919 or 1924. They have slightly different versions of the creation myth, emphasising the role of either Masataka Taketsuru or Shinjiro Torii in bringing the gospel of authentic whisky from Scotland, but basically they agree: quite suddenly, out of the blue, Japan started making proper Scotch style whisky.
The Founder | NIKKA WHISKY
by sbrothier
In 1918, Masataka Taketsuru embarked alone on a long voyage to Scotland. In this distant land the secrets of whisky-making would be imparted to this young Japanese man, and here he would meet the woman who would become his bride.
Masataka Taketsuru was born in the coastal town of Takehara (now Takehara City) about 60km from Hiroshima City. The Taketsuru family owned a "sake"(Japanese brew made form fermented rice) brewery that goes back to 1733-- and continues to produce fine sake today, in 2004. Taught early that sake making is a painstaking fine art, Masataka studied diligently and trained at university as a chemist, preparing to carry on the family trade.
JISC RSC Scotland N&E: AccessApps
by knann
(via)
50 open source and freeware assistive technology applications which can be entirely used from a USB stick on a Windows compute
Nonjatta: Japanese Whisky History (1918-1919): Unlocking Scotland, Part I
by sbrothier
On Thursday April 17, 1919, Masataka Taketsuru walked into the ramshackle wooden buildings of Glasgow`s Buchanan Street Station and boarded the Caledonian Railway train going north. It was a historic moment.
BBC NEWS | UK | Scotland | Edinburgh, East and Fife | No sex for all-girl fish species
by karlcow
A fish species, which is all female, has survived for 70,000 years without reproducing sexually, experts believe.
violence des batailles de gangs à Londres
by karlcow
"La violence des batailles de gangs à Londres a toujours existé, mais c'est leur intensité qui est nouvelle. Les jeunes criminels portent non seulement des couteaux à longue lame, des cutters ou des hachettes mais aussi des revolvers pour défendre un prétendu territoire, comme si c'était la seule chose au monde qu'ils possèdent", explique le commandant Shaun Sawyer, l'un des chefs de l'anti-gang de Scotland Yard.
2007
BLIP FESTIVAL 2007
by otrox
LINEUP:
6955 (Japan)
8GB (Argentina)
Alex Mauer (Philadelphia, PA)
Anamanaguchi (New York, NY)
Bit Shifter (New York, NY)
Blasterhead (Japan)
Bodenständig 2000 (Germany)
Bokusatsu Shoujo Koubou (Japan)
Bubblyfish (New York, NY)
The Depreciation Guild (New York, NY)
Firebrand Boy(Scotland)
Gijs Gieskes (Netherlands)
Glomag (New York, NY)
gwEm (United Kingdom)
Hally (Japan)
Huoratron (Finland)
kiken.corporation (visuals) (Argentina)
Lo-bat. (Belgium)
Loud Objects (New York, NY)
Mark DeNardo (New York, NY)
Markus Schrodt (Austria)
minusbaby (New York, NY)
Neil Voss (New York, NY)
No Carrier (visuals) (Philadelphia, PA)
noteNdo (visuals) (Baltimore, MD)
nrGiga (Italy)
Nullsleep (New York, NY)
Otro (visuals) (France)
Paza (Sweden)
Postal_M@rket (Italy)
Rugar (Sweden)
Sabrepulse (Scotland)
Saskrotch (Chicago, IL)
Tree Wave (Dallas, TX)
Virt (New York, NY)
Voltage Controlled (visuals) (New York, NY)
Yes, Robot (Spain)
The Trademark Blog: "Parents' Fury At Google's Copyright Roadblock"
by pmdm
The Register: "Parents' Fury at Google's Copyright Roadblock":
"Imagine if you walked into Scotland Yard to report a crime involving children, only to be given a telling off, before you'd opened your mouth, about the dire penalties for wasting police time. And that your complaints would be forwarded to a watchdog - and that you'd better come back with a lawyer.
Peut décrire aussi la méthode de traitement des affaires de contrefaçon de marques par des liens publicitaires, non ?
David Shrigley, Glasgow Artist, Scotland, UK
by Neewok
& 7 others
(représenté à la galerie yvon lambert - galeries du 13ème métro chevaleret)
The Open Rights Group : Blog Archive » ORG Election Report highlights problems with voting technology used
by padawan
Today ORG releases its report into the May 2007 elections in Scotland and England. The result of a huge team effort and planning which began late last year, the report provides a comprehensive look at elections that used e-counting or e-voting technologies.
The Graffiti Project - finish
by keusta
The idea is simple and original: take the vibrant and often transient art form of Brazilian graffiti, out of its predominantly urban context and apply it to the ancient and permanent walls of an historic rural castle in Scotland.
Scottish castles for rent
by CastleKing
Be king of your own Scottish castle for a few days! LTR.co.uk has a prestigious portfolio of privately owned historic castles and mansions in Scotland. These not accessible to the public, but are available for private rentals, corporate events, filming and sporting activities.
Scots Urged to Think about Volunteering on World Thinking Day
by YukihiroKawashi
& 3 others
Members of Girlguiding Scotland will be hosting special activities and events for World Thinking Day 22nd February 2007 joining more than ten million girls and young women from around the world celebrating the diversity of Girlguiding In Scotland Girlguiding is also making a special plea to encourage more adults to become involved
Church of Scotland Announces New Governor
by YukihiroKawashi
& 1 other
The Church of Scotland has announced its new Guild National Convener and Vice Convener for 2007 to 2008 At the last meeting of the Church of Scotland Guilds National Executive committee it was announced that Ann Bowie from Moray is to be the incoming National Convener of the Church of Scotland Guild
