Monthly Archives: December 2010

bill bailey

Posted on 2010/12/22 by dermot

A fun Bill Bailey interview. Not your usual stand-up comic: “My comedy increasingly goes into the most abstruse areas,” says Bailey once we get inside and settle down to tea. And how. In his current show, Dandelion Mind at London’s … Continue reading →

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(scr)amtrak

Posted on 2010/12/18 by dermot

A milquetoast reporter rides Amtrak, and endures a 10 hour delay…and practically comes apart at the seams. Drama queen histrionics ensue! Most amusing; as James Howard Kunstler has said many times, the U.S. has a rail service that the Bulgarians … Continue reading →

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…global warming, eh?

Posted on 2010/12/16 by dermot

A great sketch from UK comedy duo Armstrong & Miller:

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greeks bearing lego

Posted on 2010/12/15 by dermot

A reconstruction of the 2,000 year old Greek Astronomical computer the Antikythera Mechanism, built out of lego! Via brothers-brick. More Lego-mania … Simpsons busts! Strange, how some things stay off your radar screen. For example, two fantasy books by Lewis Carrol, … Continue reading →

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links of boom & gloom

Posted on 2010/12/15 by dermot

Creepy in the extreme: China’s ghost cities. If you build it, they will not come. Unless the sea levels rise as predicted…then, having a few empty cities on hand might be useful. Joe Bageant: AMERICA: Y UR PEEPS B SO … Continue reading →

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to we or not to we

Posted on 2010/12/08 by dermot

Before reading this piece about wooly-headed thinking, here’s the lucid George Carlin: He’s with Bill Hicks now…wherever the Heck that is. You may have noticed a curious phenomenon: one day, something that you hadn’t previously been bothered by suddenly begins … Continue reading →

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irish wanking bankers

Posted on 2010/12/08 by dermot

This will likely go viral, and soon become annoying, but here goes. An Irishman explains the economic crisis to an American journalist: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nk36cMgf028&feature=player_embedded

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origami

Posted on 2010/12/06 by dermot

home page: http://www.l.van.breemen.scarlet.nl/

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asteroids galore

Posted on 2010/12/01 by dermot

All the asteroids discovered since 1980. Each second represents 2 months. This is best watched full screen, and a high-res version is available: Earth Crossers are Red Earth Approachers (Perihelion less than 1.3AU) are Yellow All Others are Green Notice … Continue reading →

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