2008

Feb

Really quite good acoustic cover of The Shins’ song, Sea Legs.

Jan

Cake or death lego video. Next, cake or death lego EXERCISE video! Not really.

House bloopers. If, like me, you were hoping Hugh Laurie might bloop in his own accent...

Orbyn.com tentatively resurrected.

2007

Dec

Merry Exmouth and a Happy New York from Polymath Blues.

Orbyn.com Christmas rum truffles

Popularised (or at least tolerated) by Belle de Jour. These are my Christmas truffles what I make...

Terminator Pig

Pig Toy Gets Completely Squashed, Raises Like Terminator T1000.

Katsu curry, long meeting, rollerdisco. Hmm.

Exkoob me, I hab godda boddla googoojooch!

Saw Tom Basden last night at the Albany. Very, very funny.

Emoticon Stamp For Analog Correspondence

Nov

Regina Spektor - Apres Moi, live.

Armstrong & Miller - WWII RAF Sketch

Oct

Daftpunk + hands + ink + lots and lots of free time.

From the depths of my C: drive...

… A Notepad file entitled “cat...

Top 10 ways to stop yourself getting distracted at...

Adam Green - Carolina

Simon Pegg offered role of 'Scotty' in J J...

Joss Whedon's Firefly to return (again?)?

Emmy the Great - Easter Parade. I can’t tell whether I like this, or whether it really annoys...

Current heroes

I never really had heroes. But if I were to have role models, this week they would be… Jason...

Hewlett’s Daughter by Grandaddy — this song has been going round my head all week. I...

Right Brain vs Left Brain test | Do you see...

“1. In teh beginnin Invisible Man was invisible, and he maded...”
— LOLBible

Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency on...

Song 2 of the week - Onkawara by Xerox Teens

An oldie but a goodie - misinterpreted movie posters at...

Song of the week - Lazy Eye by the Silversun Pickups. Infectious lo-fi Americana. Kind of like...

Thou shalt not put musicians and...

“Her lips are devil red and her skin’s the color...”
— From La Vida Loca by Ricky...

Beaucoupkevin.com.

Sep

The Tao of Beige

1. If you are hanging around in a public area, minding your own business, and a stranger...

Pshaw

Pshaw. Pshaw, I say! Belle de Jour knows what a palindrome is. Pshaw.

Flight of the Conchords - Hiphopopotamus vs. Rhymenoceros

Billy Ocean, then and now

I do this *all the time*.

Video showing MotionPortrait’s new photo-to-animated CG program. Basically it takes a 2D...

I think I want to be a Jedi Chef.

Lenticular clouds on Boing Boing. UFOs or stacks of...

Song of the week - Battles: Atlas

How to remove vocals from mp3s using Audacity.

Masai hands-free solution. From gadgets@boingboing.

The new Dairy Milk advert: a drumming gorilla. Obviously.

More om nom noms.

It is 1997. I am deeply asleep in a friend’s spare...

Aug

omnomnomnom.com - pictures badly photoshopped in paint to...

Ulysses 31 - second best. Theme tune. Evar.

Battle of the Planets - best. Theme tune. Evar.

Or it was yesterday. Today it are my hangover.

Someone please tell me that this is a Chris Morris creation and not an actual band.

Song of the week: Of Montreal - Wraith Pinned to the Mist and Other Games

A photograph I took of the view from Ditchling Beacon in...

Entrances to Hell

HELLO I’m Patrick WOLF have you seen my BOOK OF POETRY...

“I just learned that August is anal sex month.”
— According to this poster on...

Los Angeles Let’s be Friends - “Inspired by the work of Jeff Soto, Los Angeles...

Jul

Do not illegally download the movie Evan Almighty if you...

How to cut a mango. The internet saves my life #123,456,670.

Overheard

Security guard: I was just saying earlier, it's awful.
Random girl: Yeah, it's really bad, isn't it?
Security guard: Terrible. I mean, nobody enjoys it.
Random girl: Yeah, everybody hates you. I mean, it.

Lemon Jelly - The Shouty Track. My second favourite animated music video this year.

“Thriller” as performed by inmates of the Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation...

Threadless T-Shirts - Video Games Ruined My Life by Lawrence...

“I don’t give a MONKEY what you think.”
— Overheard.

Bat for Lashes - What’s a Girl to Do?

www.tombell.org

“Coming up after the break… PINEAPPLES!”
— Daytime TV is shit.

“Ever notice that people who ask “Why can’t we...”

Jun

Film Crew Online - New movie commentary...

Win dinner with Joss Whedon!

Dream a little

My dreams have been so dull lately. Last night I dreamt I lost the kitchen roll, and found it in my...

Me: Hello, skag.
Him: I've got trenchfoot!
Some days are just like that.

Dramatic chipmunk. Apparently it’s not a chipmunk, though. It’s a prairie dog.

Aya Matsuua - Nee All videos should be this awesome. [Subtitled version kindly passed on by...

Personal update

This week I’ve managed to fall down the gap between the platform and train at Oxford Circus...

Glastonbury tips from a veteran

Do take tent poles. A little obvious maybe, but trying to erect a hovel out of firewood while 50...

“It’s just like everybody, beforehand, has decided to...”
— Bjork, talking about this...

Behind the scenes on Charlotte Hatherley’s video Bastardo. Starring Simon Pegg, David...

Von Sudenfed again. And some of the worst transvestites you ever did see. Plus a strangely...

Human Transformers. As crap *and* exciting as that sounds.

Robyn: “I noticed there was nothing on your site about seeing the future in your...

Robyn: “I have witnessed innumerable sightings of non-earthen craft.” Ah, the internet.

“… And next week is the longest day in the world!”
— Overheard by Captain...

10 (refreshingly realistic) things to do...

Surely The Mighty Boosh could solve the Myleene Klass test...

My Name is Earl - Scientologist propaganda?...

The Noisettes - Scratch Your Name [video]

MST3K - Riding with Death [video]

Ken Korda interviews Handy Andycane.

I’m on a bit of an Adam and Joe trip tonight.

HELP THE POLICE - Adam Buxton makes NWA kid friendly. Reasonably arresting.

Travels with my catmera

Mr Lee is a cat who lives in Germany. He has a camera attached to his collar. These are his...

“One time when I was on the toilet [my cat] came in but I...”
— Ask MeFi: Why do cats follow...

Robyn: I just saw a real life city gent in the park. Briefcase, umbrella, FT under the arm,...

Matt Berry. As a volcano. In a Volvic ad. Contains the phrase “grab life by the...

Junkies vs toilets?

Popbitch goodies

A supply teacher at a school in Huddersfield recounted her experiences of her first day, teaching a...

May

Robyn: A woman on my train has the “mna mna” muppet song as her ringtone. Typically she...

Robyn: When I am king my subjects will be forced to undergo rigorous foot quality testing before...

Mark E Smith + Mouse on Mars = Von Sudenfed

Postsecret: new secrets every Sunday.

Robyn: Why do people on tv spend an entire scene making a drink, then leave before drinking it?

Saw a man squinting at a map at Aldgate East tube last night. “When he squints he looks...

Short and Curly | Bloomsbury Theatre

Keanu Reeves NEEDS a comPUTER!

From Ed, at work: “This robot was built by a Japanese...

Robyn: Hm, i’ve been complimented twice on my “fit”ness today & one guy asked...

Joss Whedon's Firefly may return as pay per...

Robyn: Another great line from Smallville: “Hope isn’t a word in my vocabulary,...

Doctor Who gets a bit rude with Rose. In his defence, though, it is a big mouth.

dan le sac vs scroobius pip - Thou Shalt Always Kill My second new favourite song.