Author: Pall Hilmarsson
Adrian Lamo vs. Siggi
On June 2010, threat analyst Adrian Lamo, in recent years most famous for participating in (and publishing logs of) chats…
Q
In early 2010, a young man was arrested in Reykjavík on charges of stealing sensitive documents from local financial company,…
All Expression Reduced To A Single ‘Like’
by Pall Hilmarsson and Anna Andersen
Icelandic media reported yesterday that thirty-two year old Loftur Gunnarsson suffered a heart attack on Laugavegur last Friday, and died…
High Fidelity
If you’re a serious musicologist you’ll know that vinyl is the ultimate form for experiencing music. And if you don’t…
What The Fuck Did I Ever Do To You?!?
On the eve of Monday January 19, I strolled the fifty meters or so that separate my home from that…
The Tartan Army Comes to Town
The qualifying rounds for the football World Cup finals in 2010, to be held in South Africa, kicked off last…
Equal Opportunities
I grew up in a small village on the east coast of Iceland. In many ways it was an ideal…
Life in Numbers
I have never been particularly interested in mathematics. However, I am extremely interested in numbers and statistics. So much so…
The Last Days of the Labels
The music industry is facing some troubled waters. To be precise, the business side of the music industry is in…
“Elvis Was a Hero to Most…
…but he never meant shit to me” – to borrow the words of Public Enemy’s Chuck D. I was busy…
Outside and Off the Grid
“In the incessant, obtrusive drone of our technological age, we sometimes begin to yearn for whatever is original, simple, and…
A Trip to an Eco-Village
An hour’s drive to the East of Reykjavík is the community of Sólheimar with around fifty houses, home to roughly…
The Most Expensive Cigarette I Have Ever Smoked
Prior to my life-altering, three-month backpacking trip to Southeast Asia, I was aware of the strict smoking laws in Singapore….