...by confusing delegates about how the sun works.

Okay, I haven't done this kind of live coverage on Britannia's Creature before, but for those of you also watching this craziness, I'll be editing this post as we go.

Feel free to chip in with comments if you have nothing better to do. ;o)

Bring it on...

( Courtesy-cut in retrospect. We've all suffered enough. )

Not bad at all, although I'm pretty sure that delegate who turned to Hillary at the point when Bill paused before saying "Sound familiar?" was mouthing the words "Have you got his balls in your purse?"

Watch Biden. There's a rumour he'll be using glove puppets during his speech...

Update: Yep, there they are: "What are you doing on this train ( Read more... )

No, not the John Williams and Herbie Flowers muso act. (That's a whole other slice of nostalgia, and one of these days I must do something digital with that old Live at Westminster Abbey bootleg I've got on cassette somewhere ( Read more... )

Seen any good geeky stuff that wouldn't look out of place on the desks (or, in the case of Roy's chest, on the bodies) of the dynamic duo?

They can only use so many of those pull-back-and-go "Pet Chopz" robots from Paperchase ( Read more... )

...but conversations in libraries about photocopiers can trigger waves of geeky nostalgia.

In the late '80s and early '90s there was a little gem of a half hour television programme broadcast on Channel 4 called The Secret Life of Machines. Presented by Tim Hunkin, who I trust won't object to me stereotyping as resembling the epitome of what a ( Read more... )

Plot spoiler: Darwin existed.

http://www.channel4.com/science/microsites/F/famelab/

Never mind that you've probably never even heard of Rojo (inevitable re-directing ahead - http://www.rojo.com), and have long forgiven Six Apart for all the terrible things they did to LiveJournal before selling it to the Russians* (stable doors being what they are, an' all).


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Last night a punky violin virtuoso saved my life ( Read more... )

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An advanced heads-up to UK readers for the forthcoming Bank Holiday Monday night Channel 4 screening of the excellent History Channel documentary, Life after People (details here: http://www.history.com/minisites/life_after_people). Tx: Channel 4, 26/05/2008, 21:00 ( Read more... )