A question I'm asked frequently - why call your design company Powderdust?
Well just check out this video and I hope it helps with your answer:
Lyrics:
Yo, I always hit the tape with the rough road styles You heard the psychdelic and ya came from miles Keep my rhymes thick like a Guinness brew So you could call me black and tan when I'm a wreckin' a crew I'm like Bill Lee writing when he's in Tangiers And now I'm on a soul safari with my Beatnik peers Analogue reel and a little distortion Smokin' on somethin' s'you could say I'm scorchin' I never been the type to brag, but beware I'll make a man burn his draft card like it was hair Send ya up the river like you lookin' for Kurtz I got the mugwump jism up in every verse
Bug powder dust an' mugwump jism The wild boys runnin' 'round Interzone trippin' Letter to control about the Big Brother Try like hard to not blow my cover
I always hit the apple when I'm going to shoot So you can call me William Tell or Agent Cooper to boot Mr. Mojo Risin' on the case again So tell your mother and your sister and your sister's friends Like an exterminator running low on dust I'm bug powder itchin' and it can't be trust Interzone trippin' and I'm off to Annexia I gotta get a typewriter that's sexier My name is Justin and that's all that's it And I'll be spittin' rhymes wicked like it ain't for this shit Houses of the Holy like Jimmy Page But the song remains the same so I'm stuck in a rage Just like Jane when she's going to Spain I think I'm going away tomorrow, just a fool in the rain Light up the candles and bless the room I'm paranoid, snow blind, just a black meat fool
Bug powder dust an' mugwump jism The wild boys runnin' 'round Interzone trippin' Letter to control about the Big Brother Try like hard to not blow my cover
Never been a fake and I'm never phony I got more flavour than the packet in macaroni Rock drippin' from my every vowel I've got the soul of the sixties like Ginsberg's Howl Shootin' mad ball and I'm always jukin' Take you to the hole and I'm surely hoopin' Top of the pops like the Lulu's show I'll take a walk on Abbey Road with my shoes off, so I got a splinter though, damn, you know man it hurt I got a Vegemite sandwich from Men at Work I keep minds in line, but time sublimes, So when you search you find something like a gold mine A psychadelic meanderings in the poem I got a patter, patter any place that I roam Waiting for the sun on a Spanish caravan Solar eclipse and I'm feeling like starin' man
Bug powder dust an' mugwump jism The wild boys runnin' 'round Interzone trippin' Letter to control about the Big Brother Try like hard to not blow my cover
Who's that man in the windowpane Got somethin' on his tongue and it's startin' to stain Sho' nuff equip so wop n'get down Step up on my ladder and you'll get beat down Hash bar style so I'm singin' day glow Wakin' up the dead like Serpent and the Rainbow Jeff Spicoli roll me another hay The Fish that Saved Pittsburgh with Dr. J Shockin' your ass like a faulty vibrator Hear me now, but you'll probably get the vibe later Who knows where the wicked wind blows Que sera sera just leave it alone Great Space Coaster toast up the town Makin' midgets with my man Dr. Shrinker Pass the hookah, throw down the pillows Cloth on the ceiling, blow rings that billows Kick off the shoes and relax your feet Now roll up your sleeves for this lyrical treat
Bug powder dust an' mugwump jism The wild boys runnin' 'round Interzone trippin' Letter to control about the Big Brother Try like hard to not blow my cover
Bug powder dust an' mugwump jism The wild boys runnin' 'round Interzone trippin' Letter to control about the Big Brother Try like hard to not blow my cover
[I think it's time for you boys to share my last taste of the true black meat; the flesh of the giant, aquatic, Brazilian centipede.]
Powderdust is proud to announce it can offer a basic web presence for £120.
The great intro price includes:
• Domain Registration • 1 Year Hosting • Email Addresses • Google Account • Google Analytics • Custom Home Page
This is great for the business that hasn't yet got round to having a web page. This offer is in it's early days and we have already got 3 sites up and running. All customers are happy with their basic site and are free to upgrade at any time.
Give us a call to discuss this great option further.
Only available to UK companies. Terms and Conditions apply.
Just a quick post to say Powderdust is offering excellent trade print prices to it's UK customers. Save money in your print budget or simply purchase more for your money. Printed flyers and brochures are the best way of contacting your target audience and driving them either to your physical store or to your online site.
As the next recession looms, don't be caught out - let people know about your offers, discounts or new stock. Get your message out there!!!
If you need to talk about a print project either give us a call: 01858 445151 or simply drop us an email: print@powderdust.com. YOu'll be glad you did.
Apple open the doors to it's new store in the brand new Highcross shopping centre in Leicester.
With promises of a free t-shirt to the first 1000 people through the door it was an offer that Leicester Apple fans couldn't resist.
The atmosphere outside the store was frantic as people had to queue behind barriers to get in. Security guards looked overwhelmed as the crowds grew larger. The countdown from the store staff, who had whipped themselves into an Apple frenzy, was shouted out to the awaiting crowds.
I was told to get to the back of the queue, but I thought, nah, and just carried on filming the commotion from bang outside the store entrance. As security started to let people into the store I noticed that a security guy (big guy with grey hair) was holding back a pair of old folks who obviously weren't there for the grand opening of a Apple store. I pointed this out to the guy who argued the toss for a while then after I told him "you are not the law", he proceeded to let them past. This then broke the line of security surrounding the mouth of the store and I took my chance and snuck in.
A second security guy then told me to get to the back of the queue and I explained to him that I just wanted to buy something from the store and didn't want a t-shirt. I think he didn't want to argue and just let me through. The staff just went wild. Obviously Powderdust was in the building. Lol.
Would be nice if O2 (UK) let existing customers with contracts switch over to the iPhone 3G. This was the case with the launch of the first iPhone. So I was under the impression by staff that this would be the case this time. I even swapped from Orange to O2 to facilitate this move.
The other nice experience was that O2 took £10 from me as a deposit for an iPhone 3G but when I went in to collect it - they say "we have loads upstairs, the system is down so we can't sell them, we'll give you a call when everything is back to normal". It is now Saturday and the system is still down. Sounds more like bollocks to me!
Here's a good experience - MobileMe, is it launched? Are people using it? I know I'm not, I can't get it. So much for the Apple slogan "it just works". The launch of iPhone 3G and MobileMe is clearly a massive balls-up. Apple have powerful servers, massively skilled engineers and obviously an over zealous marketing team that is short on deliverables. It's a joke to see the advertising "the phone you've been waiting for" and the t-shirts and balloons. In the O2 and Carphone Warehouse stores it looks like a party were the host didn't turn up. Not good for new blood O2 or Apple customers.
In the wake of this debacle the Carphone Warehouse has a little flyer on the iPhone 3G display units (devoid of handsets) comparing the iPhone 3G with other phones on the market with the bias to the other phones. Message to Apple - don't come up with the goods, your outlet partners will stab you in the back.
As for the attitude of some people who seem to roll over and accept the apparent sub-standard yellow tinted screens as preferred I find amazing. Apple users should be scathing if things are not right - not accepting. Apple users have been used to brilliant products that work straight out of the box. So much so we have a smug look on our faces when talking about our kit. Apple as a company picked up on this an incorporated the smug attitude into it's advertising. But the smug look doesn't last too long when Apple fails. And it's failed big time this time around.
An interesting thing has happened online recently. Since Russian music website allofmp3.com was shut down after infringing copywrite laws a new type of site has emerged copying the success of youtube but playing the most up to date movies straight to your desktop.
http://www.watch-movies.net is a Chinese site that seems to pull in content from video sources across China and link them to a massive movie database. You can watch old films from the past (I watch a bit of The Running Man the other day) to films that have possibly not made it into your cinemas yet.
Some of the films are dodgy handy-cam screeners, but to some people a free film is a free film. You have the option of voting on the quality of the stream, and to leave a review of the film.
The film industry has had it good over the years with the music industry losing out to illegal downloading. For the film industry the is a sting in the tale for this type of technology, like youtube the viewer only streams the content there is no downloads and subsequent owning of illegal material.
With broadband getting faster and faster, with technology making it easier to push streaming content to multiple devices and countries that do not recognise or police copywrite infringement the movie and music industries must be quaking in their boots.
Please feel free to post your opinion of watch-movies.net and the future of online media.
It's official! Powderdust has gone green. Yes indeed, ladies and gentlemen, an 80 Watt solar panel has been installed by my good self and is now taking care of charging:
• 2 x Laptops (Macbook and IBM) 0% - 100% • 2 x Mobile Phones • 1 x Bluetooth Headset • 1 x 10 Megapixel Casio Camera Battery • 1 x Canon 400D SLR Camera • 1 x Sony DV Video Camera Battery • 1 x iPod Classic • 1 x iPod Shuffle (via Macbook) • 1 x Tom Tom One Sat Nav • 2 x House Phones (top-up to full when down on 30%) • 16 x AA Batteries • 4 x AAA Batteries • 1 x Battery Drill And to top it all of 1.5 - 2hrs x 11 Watt Lamp every other night.
I do believe I could draw more power from the system - watch this space or suscribe to the blog to find out more.
You may be asking yourself a few questions. Like where in the world is powderdust? How is the power stored? What kit is used? Well its quite easy actually. Here is a list of kit used:
• Solar Panel (80 Watts, 12V) Mounted on shed roof facing south • 4 x 12v, 26 Amp Hour Batteries wired in parallel • 1 x 10 Amp charge controller, bought off eBay • 1 x 12V-240V at 300 Watts inverter, again, bought off eBay • 25 Metres of cable to run from shed to kitchen
Wire it all up, switch it all on, and hey presto! Free power. And this is all in rainy old England.
Feel free if you want to ask any more questions. And if you are going to use powderdust's design services, its good to know a percentage of energy used is from renewable resources.
powderdust design büro, a company based in England specialising in all media formats - from print to web design and then moving beyond into eCommerce, Flash & Flex design and then coming full circle to synergise all content into a smoothy run campaign project.
