Probably not new to a lot of you, but today was the first time I’ve heard Star Wars with Darth Vader’s lines voiced by the Bristol actor David Prowse, before he was overdubbed by James Earl Jones. Come to the dark side, moi luvver?!
Posted by Martin Poulter on 9 February 2010
Probably not new to a lot of you, but today was the first time I’ve heard Star Wars with Darth Vader’s lines voiced by the Bristol actor David Prowse, before he was overdubbed by James Earl Jones. Come to the dark side, moi luvver?!
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Posted by Martin Poulter on 8 February 2010
…for when you just aren’t keen for visitors. In this case, it’s actually a Russian insurance company that doesn’t want to pay out.
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Posted by Martin Poulter on 5 February 2010
For people who wonder what a skeptical conference is like:
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Posted by Martin Poulter on 2 February 2010
Another inspired project from Ze Frank, taking voicemail descriptions of emotional pain, making them available as samples for musicians to transform and remix: The Pain Pack.
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Posted by Martin Poulter on 29 January 2010
Being a fan of Charlie Brooker, I particularly enjoyed it when shopping channel QVC, hawking a flat-screen TV, left it tuned to his Screenwipe programme during a particularly vitriolic moment.
and here’s one of the original Brooker rants with soundtrack: Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by Martin Poulter on 29 January 2010
Bad Science columnist Ben Goldacre remarked that the Daily Mail seems to be on a mission to classify every inanimate object into a) things that give you cancer, and b) things that cure cancer: an oncological ontology project. Various people have taken up the task of amassing lists of both kinds of article. Perhaps the most accessible is Kill or Cure? with an enormous list arranged alphabetically. Many things that are claimed to both cause and prevent cancer, including children, coffee and spicy food.
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Posted by Martin Poulter on 26 January 2010
Thanks to Alex for forwarding this celebration of extremely un-plain English, with shades of Look Around You:
The Wikipedia article gives some background. Here’s the older version of the video:
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Posted by Martin Poulter on 25 January 2010
Videojug – the people who brought you How To Kiss Someone Passionately, How To Do The Hug And Roll and How To Cuddle – once again take a very funny angle on dating tips.
This post is blatant, unapologetic Google-bait as a lot of hits on this blog are from people searching on these questions.
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Posted by Martin Poulter on 22 January 2010
360 degree interactive video has so far seemed like a novelty, but through this link, CNN lets you travel on a truck through Haiti, and stop and take a look around.
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