February 2012
5 posts
January 2012
23 posts
Today's Highlight
Getting back to my car after work and being ‘attacked’ by three little white Scottish Terriers that the owner was letting run around the empty car park.
They ran all the way across the car park towards me, barking all the way, and then all three were jumping up around my legs, none of them getting higher than my knees, while the owner and I laughed about it.
Two of them let me stroke...
Top Ten Shots From Ferris Bueller's 'Twist And... →
This is like looking through an old photo album from your childhood.
The only shot I’d add is one of Mia Sara flicking her hair and dancing, and then looking at the camera. And beardy Tim Curry-lookalike in a suit? I don’t remember that guy at all.
“What film 5 assasins shaun bean jonathan price you robert de n ero asap at...”
– Text from my mum, who must be at a pub quiz. And drunk.
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Elevation Profiles in Google Earth →
How brilliant is this? Draw a path between two points in Google Earth and then select ‘Show Elevation Profile’. Hours of fun.
Here is my daily drive to work:
Here is my walk from my old flat to the university’s geography department. You can tell it’s Sheffield, can’t you:
Those are just two relatively short journeys, but you can do the same thing with whole...
December 2011
5 posts
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WatchDavey Dance Blog — All I Want for Christmas (Rockefeller Center 2007)
It’s only been four years, but watching this video is as much a part of my Christmas experience as eating too much food, drinking too much booze, and family parties where everyone eats too much food and drinks too much booze.
November 2011
7 posts
“Quotes from The Big Lebowski have become a form of cultural currency second only...”
– The Big Lebowski | Film | The New Cult Canon | The A.V. Club
Most of my Sunday has been spent reading through the articles in the A.V. Club’s The New Cult Canon section.
October 2011
4 posts
SimplyNoise, a free white noise generator. →
ben:
I have a lot of trouble focusing and sometimes I even find blocking out the world with music is too distracting. When this happens, I turn to white noise.
Oh hell yes. I’ve been using youarelisteningtolosangeles.com as background noise to sleep to for months. I’m trying this tonight.
September 2011
4 posts
August 2011
6 posts
