Bobby Anderson

Seat Ecomotive Desktop

Bobby — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 23:00:00 +0000

I was reading an article on Auto Express earlier in the week about how the Seat Ibiza Ecomotive completed what is known as the ‘Green Journey’ which is essentially driving from John O’Groats to Land’s End on one tank of fuel (or less).

Upon reading it it gave me the inspiration to put together a new desktop for my computer in work based around the Seat Ibiza’s accomplishment and greened it up… although maybe a bit too much!

I’ve featured the image on my Flickr as well as my Behance profile but you can only download the full resolution 1600×1200 image right here!

To download the full image please click here.

Spotted!

Bobby — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 21:46:41 +0000

This is why cameras, nights out and I don’t mix!

…worth it though!

Party Hard & Be Yourself!

Bobby — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 16:46:07 +0000

A few months ago I made a ‘song of the month’ post featuring a remix of Justice’s D.A.N.C.E. by an Italian DJ/Production team that go by the name of Reset!

Over the past few months I’ve been following their releases and some of their tracks are amongst my all time favourites, their remixes of Cassius’ tracks 99 and Youth Speed Trouble Cigarettes, as well as the song featured in the attached video, and their remix of Herve’s Blaze it to name a few.

Last night (Friday 30th July) I was lucky enough to catch these guys playing at the Sub Club in Glasgow and they didn’t disappoint, their opening tune was actually the previously mentioned 99 remix and it kicked off a great night. Their motto is ‘Party Hard & Be Yourself’, it seemed everyone in attendance was doing just that!

I think these guys will make it huge!

Nike Dunk Grunge Ad

Bobby — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 21:55:08 +0000

It’s been a while since I just sat down and did some Photoshop work for a bit of enjoyment, I find it as a good way of escapism sometimes and when you see the final product not only have you learned maybe a new technique or two but there’s a sense of self achievement too.

This particular image was constructed after reading a tutorial over at http://designinstruct.com, it only took me maybe an hour or so to reproduce and it was time well spent in my opinion, quite pleased with how it turned out.

The full image is featured on my Behance profile, so feel free to head on over there, view it and give me some appreciation

You can also download the full 1280×800 version here.

My Dutch Disappointment

Bobby — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 12:24:24 +0000

After having time to reflect on last night’s World Cup Final between Spain and the Netherlands I’ve come to the conclusion that even though I’m happy Spain won the tournament, I’m disappointed in the way Holland approached the game.

Holland got to the final playing expansive, decent football, letting their flair players such as Sneijder and Robben drive them forward, so why oh why when you get to the final of the World Cup would you change your tactics from setting up to play your best to set up to stop the other team playing their best?

I can fully understand their way of thinking, Spain have the best midfield in the world by a fair distance, Xavi, Iniesta, Alonso, Busquets and to an extent Fabregas Navas and Silva, its a solid unit and all of Spain’s play is controlled by the pairing of Xavi and Iniesta, they are no strangers to anyone in the world of football, sheer class, so what are the Dutch going to do? Batter them. Van Bommel and De Jong, two ‘good’ footballers in their own right, I say ‘good’ because they aren’t naturally gifted with skill, they are there to break up the play and put the boot in, but last night was a step too far.

For a country that prides itself on ‘Total Football’ it was a shame to see them resort to such shameful bully tactics, since the game Dirk Kuyt has criticised the referee for the number of bookings he handed out to the Dutch… eh Dirk, what game were you watching? The Dutch could’ve easily had as many red and they had yellow; I think Howard Webb did Holland a favour by doing his best to keep the teams at 11 players each for as long as he did as the Netherlands could have been down to 9 men before half time.

De Jong is an animal and that ‘tackle’ on Alonso was worse than Zidane’s headbutt on Materazzi 4 years ago.

So while the Dutch set up to frustrate the Spanish and hit them on the break, it killed any chance they had of Sneijder ever settling into the game and he has been their player of the tournament. It’s disappointing to see what should be the best 22 players on the planet having to either kick their way or be kicked through their way of the greatest football match they will ever take part in.

It was a poor way to end what has all in all been a decent tournament.

Spain vs The Netherlands

Bobby — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 13:38:53 +0000

The 2010 World Cup Finals will come to a conclusion today, with Spain and the Netherlands battling it out to win their first world cup ever.

It amazes me that neither of these two famous footballing nations have never managed to win the World Cup considering some of the great players and teams they have had over the years, tonight though one of these teams is going to change that.

We have Spain, a team who lost their opening game of the championships to Switzerland, but have gone from strength to strength as the tournament has progressed, a classic Italy look about them, very strong from the back, a tremendous midfield and strikers any team would love to have. Even though Spain are strong from the back, its strong going forward from the back, Ramos in particularly, defensively though they’ve looked shaky. The game will rest on how much time and space Xavi and Iniesta can get from the Dutch midfield and of course whether Fernando Torres’ shooting boots have been sent to him from Liverpool yet.

The Dutch have flattered to deceive thus far, without playing particularly well they have still managed to win every single game from the World Cup qualifiers until now, thats near enough 2 years of competitive international football without dropping a single point. They have the form of champions, scraping through games and doing just enough to get through. Sneijder will be the key to the Dutch success, if Alonso can’t keep tabs on him then the Spanish will be in trouble.

My prediction is for a 2-1 Spanish victory, but in all honesty I’m not bothered who wins as long as it is a good game, end to end with plenty of talking points, if its anywhere near as good as the playoff between Germany and Uruguay we’re going to be in for a good one.

Goodbye South Africa, its been fun.

World Cup 2010 – Top Goals

Bobby — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 01:36:59 +0000

I do realise that I am posting this the day before the World Cup final so hopefully Spain or Holland will be able to add to this list of my favourite goals from the tournament.

These goals are in no particular order as they could all be my number 1 for a variety of reasons, so sit back and enjoy the highlights…

Giovanni Van Bronkhurst

Giovanni’s goal for the Netherlands vs Uruguay in the World Cup Semi Finals was an absolute stormer, what a way to open the scoring in what should have been a very tense game; this goal sent Holland on their way to a 3-2 win and into the World Cup final.

Luis Suarez

Right, put this ‘Hand of God’ nonsense to the side for a minute because lets face it, anyone would have done the exact same thing if it meant getting your country to the World Cup semis, this goal from Luis Suarez in the Round of 16 knocked South Korea out and was an absolute belter, control, pace, precisions, brilliant.

Fabio Quagliarella

What can I say about this goal? Let’s face it, only an Italian would have the audacity, while 3-1 down in a game that has Italy’s fate on the line, to chip the goalkeeper from 25 yards out, a very cool and quite generally outstanding finish.

Siphiwe Tshabalala

A lot of people doubted South Africa’s credentials as a footballing nation, well, opening game, eyes of the world are on you, here’s how to answer your critics, what a strike. It wasn’t even the goal itself but the move leading up to it with one touch crisp passing was a joy to watch, it ripped Mexico apart.

Diego Forlan

Diego Forlan was one of my favourite players to watch throughout the tournament, a constant threat from inside and outside the box as his goal against the Netherlands in the Semi Final proved, but the Jubalani to good use and whipped it straight down the middle with pace giving the Dutch goalkeeper very little chance of saving this.

Other goals that I quite enjoyed were Honda’s free kick for Japan against Denmark and Carlos Tevez’ piledriver against the Mexicans. So that’s my favourite goals, have I missed any? What were yours?

I’m baaaack!

Bobby — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 00:56:31 +0000

Hi all, long time no blog. Things have been a bit hectic of late with numerous things, one of which you can see is the redesign of my site which has been a long time in the making.

In all honesty this redesign has only taken about 2 days to go from Photoshop into a WordPress theme but getting around to this final design has taken months; I’ve been striving for something that simply didn’t exist and I never really knew what I wanted in my head until I finally just sat down and got on with it.

If you have any comments on the new site or whatever please feel free to leave some on here or get in touch with me on my Twitter or something.

From now on I am going to make more of this blog, I do realise I’ve said that a few times now but I think it’s important in my line of work to have more of an online presence and get myself out there plus it always helps to get a wee rant off my chest every now and then

So onwards and upwards and even more spouting of nonsense!

Song of the Month

Bobby — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 21:13:32 +0000

February’s song of the month, a remix of Justice’s D.A.N.C.E. by R3SET

February Mix

Bobby — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 15:41:26 +0000

After another spending spree on Beatport I’ve put together another mix.

You can download it from here

Track list is after the break…

01 – Louis La Roche – Super Soaker (Original Mix)
02 – Tensake – Coma Cat (Original Mix)
03 – Louis La Roche – Malfunction (Original Mix)
04 – Groove Armada – Paper Romance (Original Mix)
05 – Shiny Toy Guns – Le Disko (Boys Noize Vocal Mix)
06 – Alex Metric – Discotron (Original Mix)
07 – Hot Natured – Electric Jones (Original Mix)
08 – Knightlife – Discotirso (Original Mix)
09 – Sebastien Tellier – Kilometer (A-Trak Mix)
10 – Spirit Catcher – Secret Stranger feat. Illja Rudman (Extended Mix)
11 – Harris Robotis – Up All Night (Knightlife Remix)
12 – Toecutter – Best Party Ever (Jordan Light Year & Jimmy 2 Sox Remix)
13 – DJ Yan – Atmosphere (Original Mix)
14 – Justice – Phantom Part II (Soulwax Mix)
15 – Strip Steve – Children (Original Mix)
16 – Popcop – Superstar (Original Mix)
17 – Digitalism – ZDRLT – Rewind
18 – Popmuschi – Once Again (Original Mix)
19 – Boys Noize & Erol Alkan – Waves (Original Mix)
20 – Zdar & Boombass – Youth Speed Trouble Cigarettes (Reset! Trouble Remix)
21 – Bob Sinclar – I Feel For You (Original Club Mix)
22 – Kavinsky – Testarossa (SebastiAn Remix)

Enjoy!