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New Video Triptych

Posted in triptychs, videos on May 6, 2012 | 1 Comment »

Thursday night I managed to wangle some free tickets to a filming of this thing I used to go to at the South Bank called BUG. It’s where I first came across Fever Ray and MGMT, to name but two. A night of new music videos and comedy hosted by the incorrigible Adam Buxton, who [...]

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Dwell In The Light

Posted in videos, tagged amazing, banjo, China, chinese, compassion, hope, love, music, presentation, sing, singing, story, TED, US on April 29, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

This’ll really get to you.

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“I’m Making Believe You Aren’t A Total Dick!”

Posted in videos, tagged box, cardboard, pretend, ze frank on April 28, 2012 | 2 Comments »

a show :: ze frank

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“…between zero and one.”

Posted in videos, tagged do, down, dumps, idea, inspired, invocation, ze frank on April 10, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

I’ve been in a weird place recently. Working more often than not (10 days out of the last 12) to try and make a bit of money to go do stuff, I’ve made no progress on anything else I got going on. And all the work and early starts, the lack of progress and lack [...]

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The Power Of Introversion

Posted in videos, tagged introvert, introverts, quiet, susan cain, talk, TED on March 8, 2012 | 2 Comments »

In a world that values the outgoing what are introverts to do? This TED Talk from Susan Cain, author of Quiet: The power of introverts in a world that can’t stop talking, really underlines a problem a lot of people have – ie: what are you to do when you’d rather read a book, or [...]

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This Will Blow Your Mind!

Posted in videos, tagged amazing, garlic, ginger, kitchen, peel, tip, vegan on January 7, 2012 | 2 Comments »

Check this out. This clip has done the rounds of the blogosphere recently, but it’s so good it’s worth sharing again here. How good is that? It’s right up there with my tip on how to get the skin off fresh ginger (scrape it off with a teaspoon). Ah, the kitchen is a fascinating place [...]

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Best Salesman Ever

Posted in videos, tagged 3-D, brilliant, makerbot, printing, salesman on January 1, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

In my ramblings round the internet I came across The Makerbot, a 3-D printer for $1000 which has just tickled my fancy something rotten. WOOT! (Want One Of Those) to say the least. My enthusiasm is in no small part thanks to this guy… Isn’t he brilliant. What a salesman! I’d buy anything [...]

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Trust Me On This…

Posted in videos, tagged amazing, breaking, got talent, heart, korea, sing, story, warming, wow on December 1, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

I’m not one for these idiotic talent shows. I think they’re utter drivel. But, I came across this trawling through youTube recently and it is absolutely heart breaking. It’s a long one but please give it a go, it’s well worth it. Amazing huh? Such a moving story. Really puts things into perspective [...]

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