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September 16, 2009

Making a drama out of a Twitter

Celebrity's tweets are put into the hands (and dramatic hearts) of a trio of fine thesbians (no thesbian jokes about Lindsay Lohan, now. Don't be cheap.)

If that player doesn't work for you - go to the source http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/video/2009/09/09/VI2009090902439.html?hpid=topnews

Oh, lovely lord. This is the best thing since Peter O'Toole read The Spice Girls Wannabe lyrics on TFI Friday.

Oh, wait... That wasn't so great. How did Chris Evans get away with that shit for so long? Oh, the 90s - so awful in hindsight. At least the 80s had the decency to flat up dreadful to your face...

Keep th' faith.

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August 22, 2009

Sex in an MRI scanner - reproductive science for lay-persons

From the nether vaults of The New Scientist comes (ahem) this stunning video of people being scanned having sex in an MRI scanner (be warned this may technically fall under the banner #nsfw not safe for work):

This vital study of people's vitals filled with vitality is catchily titled: Magnetic resonance imaging of male and female genitals during coitus and female sexual arousal. And this video's expositional voice over is just wonderful. Describing the niche and not-so-niche nature of the study in laconic, slightly amused American tones:

"Of interest to specialists and also, perhaps, to lay-persons who have an interest in reproductive anatomy." Lay-persons? Excuuuuuse the pun.

They required people who were 'willing and able to perform under technologically cloistered conditions'. Baby, I do some of my best work under technologically cloistered conditions - where do I sign?

That's MRIght, baby. That's the place I like to bring the sexy. Come visit my technological cloister, you beautiful, scannable thing, you - let's make sweet sense of science!

And, I think that's where I'll leave that.

Keep th' faith,

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August 13, 2009

Unbelievable sand animation - so can art only stay beautiful in the dust?

Un. Believe. Able. Ukraine's apparently REALLY got talent for sand animations:

I'll quote Neil Gaiman's tweet that first brought this to my attention 'If you are an ad executive planning to rip off this Ukrainian Sand animation for Coke or Sony, please die first'

At first I second that. This was a simply a beautiful display that, frankly, shits on Susan Boyle's efforts. Hypnotising. Enchanting. Not an ounce of saccharine, which an ad agency just wouldn't be able to get.

But why shouldn't she make some money out of this talent? And what pays better than an advert? Why are we so instinctively adverse to the 'corruption' of talent by commerce? Is this why we've moved so neatly and seamlessly into accepting the notion that we should no longer pay for music, for news, for content? Because beauty ceases to be beauty when you know the creator has done it for cash?

Of course not. And Gaiman's words are to Coke ripping it off. But if they paid her to do this for a coke ad - is that ok? I get the feeling that many would get that sinking feeling and that the warm light from that flickering candle might pale and chill a little.

Art, beauty, soul, love... All best imagined and embraced in a cashless vacuum. But, do our artists really need to be so poor and obscure to remain real?

Keep th' faith,

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August 6, 2009

Biggest waterslide jump ever? I miss feeling amazed.

Incredible video of an incredible stunt - the biggest waterslide jump ever.

But the tweet that shared this with me was prefaced with Real or Fake? So look, look again. There's an obvious blind spot, perfect for the ol' switcheroo, and frankly the landing in the giant plastic ashtray dish full of water seems infeasible beyond anything else, but... y'know... weirder shit, and all that.

And this is the trouble. Nothing is believable any more. Everything is tainted by scepticism, spoiled by narrowing eyes and tilted heads - So much today is incredible that... well... nothing is credible. (As my good friend @shark_trager presents in one of his rather wonderful 50 Word short stories - The Armageddon). Which is a shame. As a sceptic I may feel clever, but I don't feel amazed.

I miss feeling amazed.

Cases in point: I'd LOVE to believe this stuff is really happening:

The back flip flip flip flip - basket! thing. Impossible, right???

Then there's this:

Is it possible? And if so how many wasted hours did this take to perfect? Wasted being the operative word in every sense.

Then this takes the piss:

Oh, I'd love it to be true.

But then finally, you get this video from BBC's Bang goes the Theory, which is amazing, looks ridiculous and faked, but... Well, it's the BBC - it MUST be true!

Keep th' faith,

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July 29, 2009

Jack Black - the perfect Who Wants To Be A Millionaire contestant

On a lighter note, after calling bullshit on the Kindle Orwellgate thing, I give you Jack Black on top form on the US version of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire

I've grown a little tired of the Jack Black schtick lately. But this is a reminder of why he is a natural presence of pure rocking bad-assery.

Keep th' faith,

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July 16, 2009

Crazy little thing the web (oh please make it stop!)

This web thing. Crazy, right? Just so much of it; so many networks, socials, twitbooks, facefeeds... Virals are good, viruses are bad... Criminey, how's a guy supposed to keep up?

Don't panic. Pete Codella's here. And he's gonna sing you a song that will fix your fuddled little head right up about this whole crazy web 2.0 communities thing

OK. Did you see it through to the end? And you're still able to read through your tear/vomit-filled eyes? Good.

So, first thing here is not to think about how that's 2.57 minutes of your life that you're NEVER going to get back (that's right, it's not even three minutes long, baby - how's that for proving time is relative?). You gotta think about how you'll never actually be Pete Codella. You're not him. He is. Pete Codella is Pete Codella so you don't have to be. That there's a cautionary tale in 2.57 agonising minutes. There's few horror movies as effective in 10 times the time. You might still go camping in the woods, swimming in the sea or fool around with your girl whilst reading from the Necromonicon, but you're NEVER going to think about turning your IT presentation into a quirky music video!

Pete's blog to accompany this... piece... states 'I’ve been reminded that creating a different kind of product for your industry helps set you apart.'

Yes, Pete. You have truly set yourself apart. To recap: Viral is good, virus is bad, and shit awful is shit awful no matter what kind of twisted spin you want to put on that sucker.

Keep th' faith,
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July 3, 2009

Microsoft's Puking Woman ad makes people sick

Microsoft's latest ad for Internet Explorer 8 treats us to watching a woman vomit. Repeatedly.

Then brings on Dean Cain to 'make sense of it all'. Talk about the continued 'curse of superman' - dude's career has truly died.

Unsurprisingly, the ad has been pulled. One thing to say: Fire the Creatives.

Keep th' food down,

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July 2, 2009

Bruno Premiere becomes a Bruno Peri-mare

Bruno creator and star Sasha Baron Cohen looks on with bemused horror (0.54mins) as his big show-off moment at the premiere of his latest film Bruno is completely hijacked (in not unsuitable style) by Nando's Chicken stunt viral creators - with a Bruno look-a-like taking the stage with models drenching themselves in Peri Peri sauce.

Marketing gold for Nandos. For Boron Cohen - the question: which came first the Peri Peri chicken or the egg on the face?

This said, Bruno does look hilarious and well worth a look:

Keep th' faith,

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July 1, 2009

Jeff Goldblum mourns the death of Jeff Goldblum

More Twitter skewering: having died on Twitter, Jeff Goldblum used the old medium of television to eulogise his own life:

Again, we can forgive the madness of Twitter, and itchy Twitter fingers (just!), but that News agencies are picking this crap up and just running with it is ridiculous. And you can't really blame the open and fast fact locker that is Wikipedia this time. Wikipedia history of Goldblum's page holds mention of his tragic death but this was removed swiftly and Goldblum's page locked down (much in the same way as Michael Jackson's wikipedia page had to be during the intense hours of reports of his death).

All ire aside, it gave a marvellous opportunity for Jeff Goldblum to have some fun. "Being in bed with Goldblum was 'like being in a flesh storm with a 90% chance of satisfaction'"

That we should all get to write our own eulogies...

Keep th' faith,

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June 17, 2009

Breaking News: Barack Obama WOULD hurt a fly - and does

Seriously, the man's a goddamn jedi. Fly meets Barack Obama - fly meets its end.

But, you know what? George Bush had some moves too. Remember the shoe throwing incident? Dubya ducked that flying footwear like he was Shinobi.

I reckon there's something in the White House water. Those taps are pumping pure berocca, baby!

Keep th' faith,
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