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Punk Rock and DIY Creativity :: Why John Robb is here

13 April 2012

It's funny, because I never thought really that punk rock would be something I'd feel apart of, but as John Robb explained in his talk at TEDxSalford, it's very very different from the pop punk bands of my youth. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=meHrnHjRRu8 John Robb – Punk Rock and DIY Creativity John blogs at LouderThanWar and tweets as […]

Reality TV for [almost] sane people: Tallafornia Swipe

1 February 2012

I want to apologise in advance. If reality TV – even if someone is satirising it – isn't your thing, stop reading now. Tallafornia is Ireland's answer to Jersey Shore. If that doesn't mean anything to you, I suggest you save your soul, stop reading and go to a happy place right now. Tallafornia is […]

The 5 best, anti-SOPA protest songs

17 January 2012

So with the blackout of Wikipedia, Reddit and everything, Rick Falkvinge got me thinking. If the iconic singer songwriters of the labour movements were Arlo Guthrie and Billy Bragg, who are the iconic singer songwriters of the Digital Rights movement? I'm genuinely interested if you have a suggestion. To help you consider the question, here […]

Matchstalk cats and dogs…

15 January 2012

Growing up in Glossop, with weird, folk-loving parents, I never had much contact with popular music. So when, one day, my dad once took me upstairs to the stereo there and introduced me to this song via a old scratchy record, it left quite a lasting impression on me. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SnRX6_Txpaw This is of course Brian […]

#timontour: Central Fells – 5 Wainrights

8 January 2012

I have known that I really wanted to go camping (as in backpacking) sometime in January for quite a while. Why? Why January, you might reasonably ask. You might point out it's cold, the weather is rubbish and so the mere concept is bordering on crazy. Perhaps I should "go and watch TV instead"… After […]

Megaupload vs the world

10 December 2011

For those of you that don't know, Megaupload is an American web service that lets you send large files across the internet Why do these services exist? XKCD explains: Sadly, but not unusually, XKCD is spot on – and that's the reason that over the past few years Megaupload has gained a large following – […]

Tim jumps

29 October 2011

Marek, in his infinite wisdom, is somewhat responsible for inspiring me to do this: httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=o6CAdhJI0qY Tim Jumps

#timontour VBlog: Western Lakes 2011 (Epic-navigation-fail edition)

17 October 2011

As you may have seen, I've been hiking around the Western Lake District over the past few days as part of #timontour. I've just uploaded all the video blog entries I made over the last few days… Enjoy! httpv://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2E734F88F2BE3C64

Symphony of Science – the Quantum World!

20 September 2011

Symphony of Science is a wonderful series of musical videos by John Boswell, autotuning famous scientists talking about big questions and setting it to music. The debut track, "A Glorious Dawn" was a fantastic breakthrough. Since then there have been many more fantastic tracks and the latest track featuring Morgan Freeman, Stephen Hawking, Michio Kaku, […]

A moment from the PiratenPartei campaign in Berlin

16 September 2011

I have spent all day with the German Pirate Party campaigning, in Berlin. This is a moment towards the end of the day when we walked up to a SDP campaign point and started talking to all the people they tried to flyer. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJnL5yrjNWQ A moment from the PiratenPartei campaign in Berlin Music from Mikuláš […]

Nyan Cat Dubstep

11 September 2011

Dubstep is good. Nyan Cat is better. There have been lounge jazz remixes, piano covers, synth loop covers, violin covers so the dubstep cover was inevitable really. Anyway, here is one of the most danceable Nyan Cat remixes I've heard: Nyan Cat (Alex S. Dubstep Remix) httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=502xxCTRfxo

An analysis of the physics depicted in My Little Pony

8 September 2011

My Little Pony, as you've never seen it before. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=muVfidujxRg Yes, pun intended.