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Blast from the past: “Life on Trumpton”
Tuesday, August 19th, 2008
I don’t know why but this video came to mind, so I had to find it on the wonder that is YouTube and, of course, share it.
Imagine if “Life on Mars” had been made by Gordon Murray (the man behind “Trumpton“, “Camberwick Green” and “Chigley“): it might have looked something like this.
Next week, “Ashes to Ashes” in the style of “Count Duckula“.
Using photos to enhance videos
Sunday, August 17th, 2008
I could waffle for a while about how wonderful this idea/system is – but the video says it all. How long until it’s in iMovie I wonder?
Monday, August 11th, 2008
House writer at Stax. Responsible (with David Porter) for “Soul Man” and “Hold On I’m Coming. Part of the in-house backing band, alongside Booker T and the MGs.
The Dark Knight: A short review
Sunday, August 10th, 2008
Go see it. Now.
Slightly extended version: yes, Heath Ledger is *very* good. Best Supporting Actor Oscar? A step a too far perhaps. Christian Bale does a very strange thing with his voice when he’s Batman and sometimes I couldn’t hear the dialogue for the VERY LOUD music… but it was better than Iron Man (and I liked Iron Man too).
Anyway, stop reading this and get your backside down to the pictures.
A Facebook app to land you in trouble
Friday, August 8th, 2008
So I’m in the process of organising a school reunion at the moment – hello to fellow Hanson 88ers – and, as a consequence, a lot of us have added a Facebook app called “My School Friends”. Which is quite sweet.
As is often the case, the makers of the app want you to add some of their other applications too and promote them within “My School Friends” – including one called “Friends I Want To F*ck” (yes, the asterisk does appear).
Friday, August 8th, 2008
Wow! This looks fantastic. We’ve all seen photos of lightning before but here’s some slow motion video of nature in all it’s awesome, electric glory.
Wednesday, August 6th, 2008
You know what it’s like; you can’t decide whether a turban is for you or not. And you don’t want to go to the time and expense if, frankly, you’re going to look a fool.
“Can the fool and his money please contact reception…”
Wednesday, August 6th, 2008
So, new tech readers start here: the new iPhone came out a few weeks ago. It’s a glorious gizmo. A veritable pleasure to work/play/exist with.
Wednesday, August 6th, 2008
A couple of weeks ago, I wrote about Radiohead’s new video being shot not with film – but with lasers.
Monday, August 4th, 2008
For reasons I can’t explain, the scene from “High Fidelity” when Laura asks Rob what job he would do if reason, talent and time were no barriers (I can’t remember the exact way it’s phrased, apologies to Nick Hornby afficionados).
