Enigma have for a long time one of my favorite sounds to listen to while programming from the early 90’s onwards. There have been bug-hunting exercises where Enigma has literally been on my playlist all day. You can just queue all of their albums, knuckle down, and kill those tiresome and frustrating bugs. Since it is going to be a programming weekend, including some site tweaking….
Fancy wasting a little time on a slow Sunday? Some viral video, courtesy of Guardian blogger, Jemima Kiss.
“The Bechdel test†requires a movie to pass three questions:
1) Does it have two or more women in it (who have names)?
2) Do they talk to one another?
3) Do they talk to one another about something other than a man?
This two minute video explains…
As well as releasing its yearly report on World Development Indicators last month, the World Bank opened up its data. It has included a […]
In Florida, a legislative plan to close as many as five state prisons and ship inmates to a private prison run by GEO Group was scaled back last month.
The feds may be searching to see if former state House Speaker Sansom received any kickbacks from the company. The GEO group are also contenders for running private prisons here.
Here’s a catchy tune for all you pirates out there. Get your kids to sing along!
This is eleven minutes of pure Patti Smith singing about Vietnam in her usual ambiguous poetical style. Came up on the playlist while coding, and I had to stop to listen to the sheer menace in her voice. I had a look for a video. A powerful song, and a powerful rendition by its creator.
New instalment from John Key impersonater “Plumedekiwi”, in which the PM gets his linguistic knickers in a twist over national standards….
If you haven’t seen the other vids by Plumedekiwi, check him out here
Who would have thought that a Facebook group advocating to keep Radio NZ funded and commercial-free would overtake Prime Minister John Key’s fan […]
In Fear the Boom and Bust, John Maynard Keynes and F. A. Hayek, two of the great economists of the 20th century go […]
Click through to see Phil Goff take John Key down a peg. Sloppy home insulation. Sloppy, broken cycleway promises. Sloppy, unfilfulled Youth Guarantee. Sloppy & uncaring on unemployment. Sloppy abuse of the people of McGehan Close. A sloppy, do nothing PM.
It was probably well intentioned – and to be fair we don’t know the full facts yet – but on the face of […]
One of the stranger Internet campaigns has being going on in Britain. It has resulted in this excellent track being the Xmas number […]
Just found the trailer on youtube. No word yet when it’s coming to New Zealand.
More at: theyesmenfixtheworld.com
Eddie’s piece on the importance of joining your union if you want to avoid a pay cut reminded me of another Peter Seeger classic:
Following on from the workers’ rights/class war theme of the last few days, here’s an old classic:
The last video I posted had Democratic Congressman Barney Frank taking the fight to a woman in the audience of a townhall meeting […]
An old favourite came around on the playlist. It sounded like the ostriches that occupy the sewer and appear here for our entertainment… […]
John explains how what he said was taken out of context, and he outlines his views on climate change.
John Key has recently acted like a jerk to a young mother worried about what climate change is going to mean for her […]
An old favourite.
Not to be outshone by their leader’s latest efforts, looks like Young Labour have been busy with a little video project of their […]
Sometimes writing is hard. Especially when one is hungover for the third morning in a row. Thank God for Youtube. This one goes […]
Obama kills a fly with his bare hands. Awesome.
So. There’s this dude who writes a song a day (weekdays only) and puts it on Youtube. Calls it The Daily Refrain. He’s […]
Makes you wish we had some good political satire here.
Di Mackey of Woman Wandering had this video in a post. Looks like someone had a lot of fun making the video to […]
If you’ve been watching your Fox News, you know that the US is turning socialist. It’s going to be Sweden any day apparently. […]
Uncanny spoof of John Key. Has all of the mannerisms…
For some reason the convolutions in this video reminded me of the twin comedy act of Worth and Grosser this week. Not to […]
Rather than decorating their tree, some committed Labour Party staffer seems still to be hard at work posting maiden speeches to YouTube. The […]
Tourism New Zealand has recently launched its dedicated YouTube channel – Have Your Say – where tourists can post video messages about their experiences while […]
[The shoe-thrower is a journo from a Baghdad newspaper taking his opportunity to make his feelings known during Bush’s surprise farewell visit to […]
Some jokers have given new lyrics to the Dr. Dre and Eminem classic. Hilarious. My favourite part is Hide’s cameo. Hattip: Dolla$Trada
