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The perils of the Bruce Willis vest in middle age

December 14th, 2010 · Comments Off on The perils of the Bruce Willis vest in middle age · Music

Let me say straight off that I enjoy Elmer Food Beat enormously, and was overjoyed to see that they returned to the stage in recent years even if it was just to relive past glories rather then produce anything new.  All I will say is that perhaps the singer might have considered not wearing the […]

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More Mala Vida

December 13th, 2010 · Comments Off on More Mala Vida · Music

I include this video of the Astro Zombies doing a version of Mala Vida not because of the quality of the sound or picture but for two very good reasons. They have ‘zombie’ in their name The drummer If it were not for the fact that I know I have never had a red mohican, […]

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Oh dear Piers

December 8th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Politics

I know it is old news, but only just heard about George Osborne allegedly getting voice coaching to sound less posh and weedy from a radio show on Saturday that I just listened to as a podcast.  If it is true (and the story is in the Daily Mail which immediately makes it a bit […]

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Silent Night? I think not

November 24th, 2010 · 4 Comments · Life

Carlsberg don’t do Xmas lights, but if they did… You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube video

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Flipping heck

November 22nd, 2010 · 2 Comments · Technology

My Flip arrived today – the new 8GB HD model, and very nice it is too.  It is willfully bereft of features as it is based on the design concept of just doing one thing, doing it well and making it easy for you to make it do that thing.  I had read good things […]

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The solution to gun crime?

August 11th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Life, Technology

This is supposed to be art – a sculpture that can turn into a gun, which would appear to owe a lot of inspiration to a certain  James Bond film – but it could be the answer to gun crime.  Just tweak the US constitution so that the right to bear arms means you can […]

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The toilet of light

August 11th, 2010 · Comments Off on The toilet of light · Life

Very wrong, but I couldn’t help laughing at the moment of the flush. You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube video

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Newport state of mind

August 10th, 2010 · 3 Comments · Music

Obviously this is old news to the nearly 2.5million people who have seen it before me but I am really enjoying this very Welsh version of Jay-Z’s Empire State of Mind. You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube video I bet Jay-Z wishes he could write lines like “if you come […]

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Virtual visits

July 29th, 2010 · Comments Off on Virtual visits · Technology

Microsoft Research say: By combining 360-degree panoramic zooming with dynamically adaptive multi-perspective panoramas, Street Slide provides both an immersive and an informative experience for exploring street-side imagery and geo-located information. Skuds translates: It’s cool If phrases like “adaptive multi-perspective panoramas” leave you cold then this demo of Microsoft’s answer to Google Street View is best […]

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The first rule of Fight Club is…

July 28th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Life

…one never mentions Fight Club. Got to love the idea of Jane Austen’s Fight Club!   (hat tip to Stroppybird) You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube video

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