Sunday 18th April 2010
Planes or Volcano? #ashtag
I was curious about this actually, good to see someone else has done the work so I don’t have to!
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Friday 2nd April 2010
Joanna Newsom - Good Intentions Paving Company
The perfect antidote to the screaming, stamping oafs who live next door.
Audio posted at 00:58
Tuesday 30th March 2010
Sam Harris: Science can answer moral questions. Questions of good and evil, right and wrong are commonly thought unanswerable by science. But Sam Harris argues that science can — and should — be an authority on moral issues, shaping human values and setting out what constitutes a good life.
Video posted at 16:09
Monday 8th March 2010
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Tuesday 23rd February 2010
Charlie Brooker | Why I’m an ebook convert | Comment is free | The Guardian
Quote posted at 12:35
Apparently my Tumblr blog is now 3 years old. I imagine the first two years were probably more interesting (the 2nd year was almost certainly the highlight) but it’s (sort of) still going, so thanks for all the cards and presents.
Oh, no cards and presents? Well then, your penalty for not sending anything is reading this disgustingly and totally undeservedly self-congratulatory post.
I hope you’ve learnt your lesson.
Photo posted at 09:56
Saturday 20th February 2010
Massive Attack’s new single Paradise Circus is awesome, and is (sadly) much better than anything else on Heligoland. Although the stuff after it is good too. It’s one of the most back-heavy albums I think I’ve ever heard.
Audio posted at 13:04
Monday 8th February 2010
Chopsticks for salad
Yesterday I made spaghetti with tomato/parmesan sauce for lunch, and I added a simple salad to the mix.
But wait - what are chopsticks, of all things, doing in my bowl? Prepare to have your mind blown.
You see, whatever you think of chopsticks’ utility as carriers of dumplings, stir fry, rice, noodles, or sushi (I find them decent only at handling the first one), allow me to suggest that they are in fact the perfect utensil for eating salad. And as far as I’ve traveled and dined, I have not seen anyone capitalize on this.
Think about it - salad usually consists of mostly flat, folded-in leaves arranged in a heap. The top of that heap is somewhat forkable, though it’s hard to apply pressure without lifting up either no leaves or all of them. Poking flat objects just isn’t optimal.
Enter the chopsticks, with their power to compress leaves and use the friction of the resulting random shape to their advantage. No more awkward pulling of forked-through leaves. No more chasing the last few bits of lettuce around the bowl. Point and pinch, and enjoy.
This seems like a pretty good idea!
Text posted at 11:36
Tuesday 2nd February 2010
Help get “The Peter Serafinowicz Show” DVD to No.1!
All you have to do is go in to your local HMV and put our DVD in the No. 1 spot on their chart shelf.
You don’t even have to buy it!
A cunning new approach to self-promotion!
Photo posted at 14:31
Torn apart by Lisa, not noticing it stopped raining, putting baby in the corner and having you at ‘hello’
Sadly not leaving your stupid comments in your pocket
“Let off some steam, Bennett” is probably my favourite line of all time.
Video posted at 10:34
Saturday 30th January 2010
BBC News - Why do people often vote against their own interests?
This rings true for me, and the UK is in danger of following the bad example set by the US.
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Tuesday 26th January 2010
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Tuesday 19th January 2010
Wes Anderson’s stop motion acceptance speech for his NBR award.
He should probably get another award for the best acceptance speech ever.
Video posted at 11:56
Friday 15th January 2010
“You’re pricing the poor out of the skies!”
I often hear this in response to arguments that the financial cost of flying should be more aligned to the environmental cost. It doesn’t really make any sense.
It’s a shame that poor people wouldn’t be able to fly to Spain for their holidays, but it’s also a shame that I can’t add an indulgence in lobsters and champagne to my daily routine. The sad fact of the matter is that we are all, to varying degrees, limited in what we can do by financial constraints.
Expensive things are generally expensive for a reason!
Text posted at 19:28
Friday 8th January 2010
Bruce Schneier (via charliepark) (via marco)
Quote posted at 18:15
