February 2012
19 posts
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WatchWimbledon uncommon.
Transcription:
“A bit of a confession to make. Contrary to the instructions of Journey and Mike Batt, I temporarily stopped believing I was a Womble.
“But I’m all right now.
“Carry on.”
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WatchThis just takes the cake.
Transcription:
“I’ve got about half an hour to kill so I’ve got a bit of cake and I’m going to eat it in front of the gym window.
“Carry on.”
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Top 10 Nearly Extinct Household Items →
If you scoot down to number one, we used to have one of these as well, and I’d totally forgotten about it.
Carry on.
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WatchA thirty-degree wash.
Transcription:
“You’ll have to excuse my, er, slightly odd pose, however according to the back of the detergent, I’m helping save the planet by washing at thirty degrees.
“Don’t know how much more I can take of this. The planet… planet just might have to suffer.
“Carry on.”
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WatchHip to be square.
This isn’t a trick. The hip flask has a small opening and I really did have trouble pouring it out.
The music is Nina Simone’s Feeling Good.
Carry on.
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WatchTaken as read.
I started reading a book by someone called Argos. I presume he must be Greek. It’s a very experimental work, light on plot but making heavy use of objects. I’ll give it a few more pages before I decide on it for sure.
The background music is Kirsty McColl’s Fifteen Minutes.
Carry on.
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WatchThe last straw.
Transcription:
“Hi there, I’m Lady Gav Gav. I’ve been staring at this carton of orange juice for about an hour now but it’s not doing anything. I thought something would have happened by now.
“It’s just… it says, ‘concentrate,’ on the side, so I am. Oh well, we’ll give it a few more minutes, I think.
“Carry on,...
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WatchClean and clear.
Transcription:
“Hi there, er, due to some scheduled maintenance today, there’s going to be no video blog. Er, I just need to do a bit of cleaning, okay? Just don’t, don’t mind me, just keep, keep doing as you’re doing. Okay?
“Carry on.”
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How Japan has rebuilt itself. →
If this was the UK, the authorities would still be arguing over whose responsibility it was to clean up.
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WatchTwenty-eight days later. (Original video)
Exactly four weeks after I posted this sunny video postcard from my garden, it began snowing.
The figure in orange is our postman, and the background music is Heaven For The Weather by The Streets, a good track from an otherwise awful album.
Carry on.
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WatchGas boiler sings Katy Perry track. (Original video)
I originally intended for this just to be the boiler lights switching on once and off with Katy Perry’s Hot & Cold in the background. Instead, I spent Saturday afternoon animating them so that they, “sing,” the track.
Carry on.
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One unread message displaying yet inbox is empty.
When I go to my blog page (http://www.tumblr.com/blog/knaw), the menu on the right persistently shows Messages - 1, yet when I click on the button or the envelope icon at the top, there are none to read.
Is there a second inbox somewhere that I should be checking? How do I get rid of this phantom message?
Carry on.
EDIT: Thanks for all of the answers. It’s good to know that I’m not...
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WatchYou’re on notice. (Original video)
I’m not sure whether Bob Dylan fans will consider this sacrilege but I’ve made a parody of Subterranean Homesick Blues using a stack of handwritten one-liners that I’ve had knocking about for a few years.
Since all the words are on the screen, there is no transcription, but I do apologise for covering some of the letters with my...
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WatchPushing the envelope. (Original video)
Transcription:
“Hot on the heel of the New York book in the last entry, it seems to be raining pr… parcels at the moment. So this one’s been sent to me by my mum, and I genuinely don’t know what is in it, it could be anything. It’s a fairly flat package, it’s not a DVD anyway, but let’s find out.
“Ah-ha-ha,...
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You should nominate me for this. Go on, I dare you.
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