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A few videos which have been keeping me amused this week.

Hello

Pingu – The Thing.

James Bond song

Computer games – Look around you

Angry ginger kid – scary

Otter’s pocket – BBC Breakfast

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I never used to be a bus person until someone taught me the error of my ways (when not on my bike of course). Always the top deck, always the left hand window seat, always looking around and seeing what’s going on – silently observing the world going on below you.

This experience is perfectly summarised by the below video (via Michal Dzierza). The child playing, the guy arguing on the phone with someone, the accident that everyone cranes their neck for, road works, cyclists, tourists, landmarks, the crazy guy, the gaggle of school kids – it’s all there. Beautifully shot & edited from 30 hours of footage. A lovely feel to it – watch in HD!

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I’m sure everyone has seen this video by now but if not it’s well worth watching. Incredibly beautiful and also somehow strangely ominous that the forms the birds make whilst swarming – not sure if that’s the right term. Out of my field of expertise here.

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A chat with Aleks on Sat reminded me of a few of these montages. Worth watching all three. I think the Tom Cruise running is the best. Once you’ve seen these I don’t think you can take this lot seriously again.

Tom Cruise – Running

Harrison Ford – My wife my family

And finally, Nicholas Cage – Losing his shit.

Got any more?

Lawrence reminded me of these two in the comments…

It’s the 90′s!

160 Greatest Arnold Schwarzenegger Quotes

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Been meaning to post this for a while as it’s been doing the rounds on the net. Something incredible about this. Watch it and then watch the behind the scenes cut after.

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Brilliant! Love the IT Crowd.

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Incredible.

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This is Roger Lean. He fixed* my Lomo LC-A for the very reasonable price of £40 including recorded postage back. I found out about him via Flickr and there’s lots of very happy people on out there who have had theirs repaired too.

*I use the word “fixed” when actually it was stripped right down and every part checked, lubed, tightened and all put together again, not just the bit that had gone wrong.

If you need your Lomo LC-A fixed then give him a call!

Roger Lean – Russian Camera Repairs
32 Ravenstone Road
Hornsey
London N8 0JT

0208 881 5208



roger lean, originally uploaded by the brownhorse

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This is a topic that’s very close to my heart after writing my dissertation on the privatisation of public space (amongst other things).

A great little project from the guys at www.spacehijackers.org.

“Hey you, stop smoking”
“You slow down, No Running”
“No Cycling”
“No mobile phones please sir”
“Oi, you two, further apart please, No Petting”
“Oi Son, take that hood down”
“You keep moving, you’re loitering”
It seemed everyone was doing something wrong.

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Oh dear. Not sure what ‘marmalise’ means but hilarious to watch anyway.

Bit more uplift on the bars required perhaps.

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