What do you really need out of your domicile? If you take a fairly minimalist approach to this, maybe a pod would be right up your street. picked by pocksucket 1 year ago

On the anniversary of the bomb dropped on Hiroshima, I'd like to draw your attention to this film. Whilst not directly concerned with the bomb, this film deals with that time in Japan's history through the eyes of a boy orphaned in an allied attack. It really is one of the most compelling anti-war arguments I have ever seen. If you have seen this, you will know what I mean. If you haven't I u... read full post picked by pocksucket 1 year ago

Inspired by Gammerus' Stephen Lynch post, I've hunted these vids down.

Stephen makes me think of Corky & vice versa - not just because of comedy songs. picked by pocksucket 1 year ago

I'd hazard a guess that most of you have XKCD in your various RSS feeds anyway, but just in case not... picked by pocksucket 1 year ago

Don't know if this is a dupe or not. I don't want to tag it properly as that will be a reveal and I imagine if it has been posted before, the poster would have felt the same.

So if it has, sorry. picked by pocksucket 1 year ago

The opening to the second episode of Chris Morris' Jam - involves a description of a suicide method that some might find slightly distasteful. Others may laugh with gay abandon. picked by pocksucket 1 year ago

Chris Morris' Ambient Comedy radio show. All of the episodes available to download. Possibly because of the unique way the BBC is funded. Possibly without any respect for the law. Not sure. All I'm doing is linking though, so I should be in the clear. picked by pocksucket 1 year ago

These columns turned up in The Observer in 1999, appearing as a genuine column. It later transpired that it was plotted all along, and they were by Chris Morris Got some people quite het up though.

There's a lot of it, but it really is worth a read.

I've posted it in response to what Indisguise said here picked by pocksucket 1 year ago

Doesn't sound so good in English. Really, it's called C'est le vent, Betty and it's from Betty Blue. Which is really called 37°2 Le Matin. It's by Gabriel Yared. He is really called Gabriel Yared.

Betty Blue. Blue. picked by pocksucket 1 year ago

From Luc Besson's homage to diving. Are they dolphins or are they mermaids? Or are they angels? Or are they? Or are they?

To the accompaniment of Eric Serra's 80s synth-rock stylings. picked by pocksucket 1 year ago

Derek Jarman's 1993 swansong was an interwoven tapestry of voices playing over an unwaveringly blue screen*. This is a transcript of the dialogue

*Curiously, when it was first broadcast on UK TV it was shown in 16:9 letterbox format with black bars at the top and bottom of the screen. picked by pocksucket 1 year ago

Stick with me on this - it's in keeping with the theme day. The theory in the film is that Mad King George was mad because of porphyria . One of the symptoms of porphyria is that it makes your wee change colour. In George's case it turned it blue. See - there's our link. Whilst treated as fact in the film, there is some debate in reality, hence headline to the film, but George's actual wiki... read full post picked by pocksucket 1 year ago

Even his face is blue. Commitment from Bob. picked by pocksucket 1 year ago

Want to get some time away from your desk? This screensaver mimics a number of BSOD views. Show your screen to your boss, pretend to call IT and then nip off to a bar for an hour.

NB - if you do install this, once it has launched, you have to press Esc to stop it. Moving your mouse or other keypresses won't work. picked by pocksucket 1 year ago

Carl says it all. Much, much better than I could. picked by pocksucket 1 year ago

Hey - this isn't just thrown together - I think about this stuff... picked by pocksucket 1 year ago

Really, I do. picked by pocksucket 1 year ago

See what I did there? picked by pocksucket 1 year ago

See what I did there? picked by pocksucket 1 year ago

The Lovell radio telescope at the Jodrell Bank Observatory is 50 this year. As part of the celebrations Jem Finer of The Pogues and Ansuman Biswas have turned the telescope into a musical instrument which they will play as part of the First Light Festival picked by pocksucket 1 year ago

Eric Hainstock took a loaded shotgun and a pistol to school. After the shotgun was forcibly removed from him he drew the pistol and shot the principal. picked by pocksucket 1 year ago

A collection of people who had MySpace pages and have now died. picked by pocksucket 1 year ago

Serious eyecandy here.

And if that's not your thing, you can always try counting how many times the cow skull crops up. Sort of like "Where's Waldo" except a bit more macabre. picked by pocksucket 1 year ago

It's a tank. It's a limo. Both at the same time - not a Transformer with limited range.

Rent it for your hen/stag night if, like Pat Benatar, you truly believe that Love Is A Battlefield picked by pocksucket 1 year ago

Inspired by HeyMrP's Magic Moonwalking Forklift Truck post, I've hunted down Klaus The Gabelstapler Fahrer (Forklift driver)

It's a bit slow to start with, but once it gets going, it really gets going.

Kinda gory. Well, very gory. So probably NSFW on that regard picked by pocksucket 1 year ago