Bayesianism in five minutes (by Martin Poulter)

The talks from the second Ignite Bristol evening were filmed by the Bristol-based Films@59 company and are now being put online. The evening started with my talk, “What is Bayesianism and why should you care?”

At my previous Ignite talk I was too ambitious in what I tried to pack into five minutes. For this second talk, I ditched the bullet points and concentrated on getting one basic idea across.

Keep an eye on the Ignite Bristol Youtube channel for more talks, which were all well-presented and very thought-provoking.

If you want to give a talk at Ignite Bristol yourself, the next date is 31 October 2010, the venue is once again the Tobacco Factory Theatre and the proposal form is that way.

Best magazine articles ever

This list compiled by Kevin Kelly and his blog readers includes Richard Hofstadter on paranoia in American politics, Errol Morris’s recent article about cluelessness, and much imbetween.  Malcolm Gladwell, Neal Stephenson and Hunter S. Thompson are among the cooks of this delicious brain-food buffet.

The Worst And Saddest Of Yahoo! Answers

This collection includes such face-smacking classics as “Why are there school? is a point to it?” and “I caught my son having sex with a guy and think he might be gay. Is there a definitive way I can tell?” Some are likely trolls, but there’s some real human failure in these captured questions.

Yahoo! Answers previously on KDnC: Erotic fantasies about Garfield, Girlfriend found faked sex vids

Sucker Punch trailer is online

This was the talk of Comic-Con over the weekend, but no one seemed quite able to explain what they’d just seen. Now you can see why:

We worked on one entire segment of this film – the dragon scene is ours, but the whole thing looks awesome.

Jane Austen’s Fight Club

One of the true classics of social manners is combined with Pride and Prejudice in this spoof trailer.

It starts well, though towards the end it seems to think that Fight Club is a Tarantino film.

The 100 Greatest Movie Insults of All Time

Says some random person with some editing skills….

Bad language alert in this amusing compilation

Wikileaks founder Julian Assange speaks at TED

In one of the most interesting recent TED talks, Assange is interviewed about the crucial role Wikileaks is playing in transforming news reporting by releasing formerly secret documents to the public.

(Much) more from the Old Spice Guy

Following on from the original “I’m On A Horse” ad and the more recent “Swan Dive” ad — once again, mostly single-shot with very little CGI — the Old Spice Guy is now making video posts responding to individual tweets… LOADS of them.

The most recent ad:

and some of the responses:

Mel Gibson’s bigoted love song

Touchingly melodic and biliously racist, this song features Mel Gibson’s true inner feelings, channelled through the satire of Jon LaJoie.

Spoof advert for stock footage

Where do TV advertisers go for generic footage such as “woman with headache” or “two guys on motorbikes”? At last the tawdry secret is revealed.