pabosher

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    Oh hey, I uh didn't see you there.

     

    On August 2nd, I plan on cycling 100 miles for the charity Save the Rhino as a part of the Prudential RideLondon-Surrey 100. It's going to be pretty intense. If you'd like to find out more, you can do so right here. Go on, click it. You know you want to see the promo video I hastily/lovingly recorded on my iPhone.

     

    So I figured this could be a charity thread for the future, in case anyone else does anything crazy/stupid, and wants to let this community know. :)

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    Andrew Yoon, of Shacknews, Joystiq, PSPFanboy, and most recently of the upcoming board game Divorce! died yesterday in a tragic swimming accident while visiting friends in Austin.

    I am immeasurably saddened by this for numerous reasons, mostly because he was a dear friend to some of my own dear friends, and I would have liked to have met him. His presence of podcasts (especially Weekend Confirmed) showed him to be a delightful man, sparkling with wit and intelligence. It also touches a subject very close to my heart: swimming. I've been a swimmer all my life, and even I am a little unnerved by natural pools with no lifeguards. I've had cramp before, I've had bouts of dizziness - dealing with those in that environment would be incredibly tough. It's just such a shame - the local news reports describe as a poor swimmer - who knows the extent to which that is true - but it does reinforce in me how vitally important swim teaching (my job) and water safety really is. The worst can happen to the best of us, and it really is immeasurably sad.

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    My main issue is that, in his intro post for Kotaku, he mentions breaking a story - acknowledging it was first reported by another, smaller site: "Credit where it's due."

    Mentioning that it exists in the nebula of the Internet is not giving it credit. Naming it and linking is giving it credit. Maybe that's just my academia showing, and we need not cite everything in real life; but to mention credit without offering any is a real slap in the face in my opinion.

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    Also, theirs a Wolf Hall adaptation by the BBC on towards the end of Jan. 6 eps long, apparently the BBC have spent £6million on it.

    Although the trailer doesn't look particularly exciting :/. .... But, Damian Lewis as Henry the 8th :tup:

    As I *keep* telling people, Mark Rylance is one of the world's greatest living actors - his stage work is simply sublime. Him as Cromwell is a brilliantly exciting casting, and goddamn you will be amazed by him.

  21. Posted

    I'm actually reasonably sure Robin Ince has an arts degree; I believe in English Literature, though I might be mistaken.

    EDIT: Ah yes, "Ince graduated in English and Drama from Royal Holloway, University of London in 1991."

    And yes, Dr. Brian Cox was in D:REAM, band behind the wonderfully catchy Things Can Only Get Better.

    ... Oh bugger.

  22. Posted

    BBC 4's The Infinite Monkey Cage anyone?

    It's a really special science podcast that features a physicist, and a person who almost became a physicist but decided mid dissertation that a life of comedy was more enriching. Anyway each episode they invite at least one comedian and one scientist along to discuss questions surrounding science and science communication like 'Is irrationality genetic?', 'Can science save us?', 'Are humans uniquely unique?' and other such goodies.

    srsly check it out it's great : D

    I'm actually reasonably sure Robin Ince has an arts degree; I believe in English Literature, though I might be mistaken.

    And yes, Dr. Brian Cox was in D:REAM, band behind the wonderfully catchy Things Can Only Get Better.

  25. Posted

    Because I watched this show for the first time very recently, I had heard a lot about Bob climbing over the couch as it really freaked a lot of people out and stuck in their memories. When I finally saw it, it wasn't that scary to me. (Though Bob behind the bedpost freaked me right out and still does.) I did, however, get a shiver at the Major's printouts. The repeating, mindless-or-possibly-not COOPER COOPER COOPER.....brrr.

     

    The one that got me was the quick-cut section of the end of S2E1. That seriously screwed me up, even to the point where as I lay in bed that night my brain would occasionally flash an image of Bob.