Behind the scenes (and in front of them) at 5min
Posted in Music on Nov 11th, 2009
I discovered music relatively late in my life: I was in my early twenties, doing things I didn’t really want to do, far away from home. A friend gave me his MiniDisc for safekeeping (those were the dark-ages, MiniDisk was worth his weight in gold). Most of the music on it was Heavy Metal, Black [...]
Posted in 5min, video games on Sep 27th, 2009
True story: six months ago, my brother ruined my life. It all started with an innocent phone call. My secretary (AKA girlfriend) said it was my brother was on the line and that he said it was urgent. I took the call that changed my life.
“Say Mo, what do you recommend, Xbox Premium or Elite?”
I [...]
Posted in 5min on Sep 25th, 2009
The fine art of fine living is hard to master. With the holiday season right around the corner, some of the less sophisticated amongst us (AKA me) feel that perhaps it would be better is they took a refreshment course in hosting.
Holiday season is madness, I’ll be the first to admit it, but as a [...]
Unlike some people , my father is not a Doctor (He is a veterinarian actually, but that’s beside the point). However, I always dreamt to become a one, Gregory House style , the whole cane-chauvinism-misanthropy-pure coolness thingy . Alas, life takes you to weird and magical places like law school instead, and my dream was [...]
Posted in 5min, Technology, web on Jul 28th, 2009
What would life be like if everything was as easy as twittering 5min videos with our new player?
You’d get to work in the morning by blinking, and earn some precious moments of sleep every day. By simply saying the word “lunch” it will pop up and appear in front of you. Oh yeah, step aside [...]
Posted in 5min, News, Technology, video, web on Jun 17th, 2009
For weeks now we’ve been working at full capacity to bring you the latest version of 5min’s Smart Player – the third major release of our flagship distributable player – now sleeker, noticeably lighter, faster and above all – more customizable than ever before, making it the ideal white-label player solution for your site.
During this [...]
Posted in Technology, web on Apr 27th, 2009
So you’ve been wanting to set up your own website, have you? Congratulations – you are making a step in the right direction towards web domination! If you are a Mac user, then getting started with your new online baby, your website, is probably even easier than you think, thanks to Apple’s [...]
Posted in News on Mar 17th, 2009
For a while now, we have been enjoying an ongoing partnership with wikiHow, the web’s largest text how-to manual that you, the users, can edit and contribute to. As a part of our collaboration with wikiHow, the wikiHow community can now embed videos from the vast 5min library of how-to and instructional videos, in any [...]
From naughty leather pants to hauntingly bad hair, for some of us, metal happens to be one of those endearing musical genres reminiscent of rebellious youth, which makes it all that much harder to outgrow and – like a bad mullet – leave behind in the dustbin of history.
However, in recent months I have been [...]
So, it’s Valentine’s Day and love is all around. And the 5min team has something to say about it: we want to share our top 5 love songs of all time. But, before proceeding to beefen up your iTunes library’s sex appeal, here are some no-nonsense fashion tips on how to dress up for Valentine’s [...]
