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The best of Marty Feldman

tony — Tue, 02 Jan 2018 05:08:37 +0000

Marty Feldman was not as well-known in North America as he was in the UK, and many here may think that his bulging eyes made him a bit of a one-trick comic but he was a comedy genius.

Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me several times…

Thu, 09 Dec 2010 00:07:25 +0000

Here is why Toronto Police Chief Bill Blair has no credibility. Why do Canadians put up with such brazen dishonesty and lack of integrity in their public officials?

Delicious carnage and flavorful assaults

Tue, 26 Oct 2010 15:47:37 +0000

If you’re a military history buff and you’re hungry you’ll probably enjoy this montage of America-centric warfare from WWII to present-day in the medium of food.

Needs to work on its composition skills…

Tue, 15 Jun 2010 17:04:27 +0000

If you’ve ever wondered what it would look like if a sea turtle managed to get hold of a camera in a waterproof case and shoot its own videos, wonder no longer. The camera was dropped in the water near Aruba and has resurfaced 7 months later in Key West.

Part thriller and part environmental snuff flick

Wed, 26 May 2010 05:16:38 +0000

If you want to see what millions of gallons of crude look like as they pour into the ocean, as well as what people with robots are trying to do about it, check out the live ROV monitoring of the damaged riser that is causing the leak of oil into the Gulf of Mexico. Hosted by BP and featuring robots.

Too big to fail, indeed.

Thu, 08 Oct 2009 04:03:31 +0000

What if they built a mall, at the time the world’s largest, and (almost) no one came?

Like 1994 all over again!

tony — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 06:52:23 +0000

Ah, the good old days of dialup internet and restricted university access, a time when people started wanting to know what this “internet” thing was about… may they never come again, except perhaps in parody form: Mastering the Internet and Mastering the Internet Part 2.

More documentaries…

Tue, 13 Jan 2009 00:36:08 +0000

Here’s what I’ve been looking at recently in my quest to seek out all the interesting documentaries on the web. Just three today, but they’re well worth it.

The first is a French (or Belgian?) documentary called Working Man’s Death, and which will show you what work means to the really poor workers of the world. Link goes to the first episode on Dailymotion. A note of warning here: if you’re at all disgusted by the sight of blood or of cattle slaughtering operations, you may want to skip the Nigeria episode, which is shown between the “sulphur mining” and the “ship scrapyard” episodes. If you’ve ever thought your job was bad, check this out, you’ll never complain about being “bored at work” again.

Then there’s House of Saud (LGT the first part of 13, see the “related links” for the rest). It’s a PBS Frontline documentary on the rise of Saudi Arabia and its special relationship with the United States.

Megacities: Taipei is a look at the Taiwanese capital, Taipei, and especially at the Taipei 101 building and the way its design addresses the many issues inherent in its location. Quite neat, and it’s a bit of a showcase for Taipei as a city to visit.

Documentaries to watch in 2009

Mon, 05 Jan 2009 19:26:18 +0000

I’ve been watching a lot of documentaries on YouTube recently, so I figured it might be a good idea to recommend a few. I think all of them are well worth seeing, if you haven’t viewed them already.

First off, The World at War, a 1973 26-part documentary on the second world war that examines practically everything about the conflict from Weimar Germany to the aftermath of the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, narrated by Sir Laurence Olivier. It’s the definitive WWII documentary out there. Link to the first part of episode 1 on YouTube.

The Cold War was a 1998 CNN-produced series on the subject of (surprise!) the cold war which quickly followed after the second world war. Narrated by Kenneth Branagh. This series aspires strongly to be a sort of follow-up to The World at War, and is stylistically very similar. Link to first episode on Google Video.

Phantoms in the Brain (YouTube link to part 1 of episode 1) is an extremely interesting documentary on neuroscience based on the work of (and featuring) Dr. V.S. Ramachandran, who has led pioneering work on perception and unusual neurological phenomena such as phantom limb syndrome and epilepsy-caused “religious experiences”.

Finally, The Living Dead is a 1995 Adam Curtis documentary on the way history and memory have been manipulated since the second world war and the issues which this type of manipulation has created. Link to episode 1 on Google Video.

Happy viewing…

The video link trends continue with some rally racing.

tony — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 07:09:27 +0000

If you’ve got a couple of hours to kill why not watch Too Fast to Race? It covers the history of Group B, which is in my mind the best and most bad-ass car racing series the world has ever seen, and (most likely) will ever see. Link goes to part 1, look in the “Related Videos” section for the rest.