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Tag Archives: Video
But I just wanted an ice cream…
Ordering an ice cream in Istanbul can lead to complications, it seems: Thanks to the ubiquitous BoingBoing for that.
The last word on 6 Music
I mumbled about the Evil Plan to close 6Music and its defeat by the forces of sanity, but I’d missed this up till now. It’s a campaign video made by someone called “0ldScratch[1]“ for a song by Adam Buxton. It’s got … Continue reading
Muse – Neutron Star Collision (Love is Forever)
I have mentioned Muse previously, but seemed to not remember to mention their more recent album[1]. Anyway, they’re back with a single which is apparently on the soundtrack of the latest vampire thingy movie[2]. It really sounds like they’re trying … Continue reading
And While I’m Editing…
I really should pay more attention to improvements in WordPress’s core code, you know. For quite a while, I’ve been using the rather nifty, flexible and generally clever Viper’s Video Quicktags to embed YouTube videos in my posts. Now the … Continue reading
Closedown
This is pure genius. Thanks to the indispensable Look at This for this one: Younger (or older non-Brit) readers might like to know that in the distant past, when I was a lad[1] and so on, the few TV channels … Continue reading
Extreme Mandelbrot Zoom
Back in the Dark Ages – over twenty years ago, a popular[1] thing to do with the home computers of the time[2] was to run programs that would render the Mandelbrot Set. Typically, you’d start the program running, go to … Continue reading
Warning: Do Not Try This At Home
Pointing your camera at its output can be dangerous: Listen out for the screams of souls in torment towards the end. Keeping it running any longer might have created a black hole, or the end of the universe, or am … Continue reading
A Brief History of Pretty Much Everything
This is nice – a huge flip-book done in ballpoint pen, and made into this nifty video: Thanks to the always handy Look at This for that.
One more iPad thing…
Updated: Tuesday, 30th March 2010, 1:39pm Original video pulled. I found what seems to be another copy of the same one. There are others… I have to blame William[1] for bringing this to my attention. Possibly the silliest use of … Continue reading
Totally Eclipsed…
I was alerted to this bit of insanity by Twisty[1], who posted it on that Facebook thingy. This is one of an ongoing series where a music video has its vocals replaced (very skillfully) with someone describing what’s going on … Continue reading
