Posts Tagged ‘ Video ’

This is FAR cooler than the Lotus Esprit Submarine from the 1977 Bond film, The Spy Who Loved Me: Go on - admit it. You know you want one!
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Like many, I watched that programme on the tellybox last week - “The war on Britain’s roads“. Like many, I was left feeling rather depressed by the whole thing - its sensationalist chasing of the biggest shouting, and whole futility of it all left me feeling empty. The two parts that were worth watching was...
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Here’s how they want you to see the world: It’s not really like that though, is it? If you drive regularly, the chances are, this is more like what you experience: Let’s face it. Thanks to the power of advertising spend, your car (and mine too) is a form of mind control. It’s time to wake up.
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There could be a reason for that: And if the wheels seem slightly less than round (really, really round), there could be a reason for that too: Hat-tip to Andy for these!
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I know I shouldn’t really. But it’s the captions that do it for me here: “Be careful, that’s a hell… “Oh “Oh “Sshhhh “Oh “Shhhit “Oh my… “Oh hell “Oh shit “Oh “You alright? “Did you film it?” “Yeah.”
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Several sports have their roots in acts of violence - boxing (OK, that’s still pretty violent), archery, javelin, and of course, motor racing. But how’s about this for a new cycling sport, demonstrated at last year’s Cycle Messenger World Championships: When a driver comes within inches of killing you, this can be pretty tempting. But it’s...
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This is a disgrace. Only Jake and Colin are wearing helmets. Do these people not understand the risks in a typical home? Apparently, the film maker was just 15 years old. Makes me feel ancient!
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This caught my eye in yesterday’s Guardian: Alice Furguson and Amy Rose organised getting their Bristol street closed for a street party but without the party bit - they just wanted their kids to be able to play outside without having to worry about cars. With minimal organisation from the street’s parents (they just gave the...
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I love the lighting, over-exposed feel and focus of this time-lapse film from Budapest’s critical mass. It somehow makes it feel like a stop-motion film instead - there are parts of it where my brain is telling me that I’m watching someone’s Hornby train set rather than real people:
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Apply Brooks Proofide during the breaking in period, and every 3-6 months thereafter. I did the one on Byron today. But not like this:
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