All 22 entries tagged Video, Chris Doidge's Blog

January 27, 2009

In Your Face

Mentioning Joe Cornish (of Adam and Joe) in my last entry sent me on a whirlwind tour of their various websites. I found this, and given it’s only had 80,000 hits so far, thought it deserved a reshowing here.

Genius.

: 27 Jan 2009 11:00 | Tags: Adam And Joe Adam Buxton Comedy President Obama Video | Comments (0) | Close comments | Report a problem

October 29, 2008

If you're alive today, it's because this man spared you

Jack Bauer fans click here

Love the last line.

: 29 Oct 2008 14:40 | Tags: 24 Jack Bauer Television Video | Comments (1) | Close comments | Report a problem

June 28, 2007

Ode to Tony

I’ve seen bits of BBC Two’s Culture Show before, and despite the nonsense sometimes uttered by Lauren Laverne, it’s seemed pretty good. I mean, it’s got Mark Kermode on it, what the hell else do you want?

But this surely deserves a bigger audience than the couple of million viewers that usually watch the show.

Written by John Oliver – who’s now working on Jon Stewart’s The Daily Show in the U.S. – and Andy Saltzman, performed by Rory Bremner, and with the animation of the 2DTV team, this is British satire at its very best.

: 28 Jun 2007 22:21 | Tags: BBC John Oliver Rory Bremner Satire Video | Comments (1) | Close comments | Report a problem

June 13, 2007

Teetotal. Yes–sirree.

: 13 Jun 2007 17:13 | Tags: Alcohol France Nicolas Sarkozy Over Exuberance Video | Comments (0) | Close comments | Report a problem

May 31, 2007

Geek blog

Look away now if you’re not even slightly interested in science fiction, technology, computers or anything like that.

This is really cool – and I’m sure it’ll be used in TV sport in a couple of years’ time… The video starts at a pedestrian seen-it-before level, but the snowboarding stuff is brand new.

The kit looks like this:

There’s 11 high-resolution cameras on that thing.

Could have come in handy during Woolsack Day actually!

: 31 May 2007 16:01 | Tags: Geek Technology Video | Comments (0) | Close comments | Report a problem

May 30, 2007

35lbs of wool… up a big hill

More at www.tetburyonline.co.uk

: 30 May 2007 23:30 | Tags: Sport Tetbury Video Woolsack Day | Comments (0) | Close comments | Report a problem

May 16, 2007

What's your favourite fruit?

You can tell it’s exam season.

I spent far too much time yesterday debating the merits of certain fruits, in the ~~futile~~ quest to find the world’s best fruit.

Contenders include:

The strawberry, which has been defaced by the British who try to eat it all year round from African polytunnels. The in-season, natural strawberry is still brilliant though.
The pineapple. Again, the British tend to have no concept of what a pineapple really tastes like. We’re used to the rubbish tinned variety, although even our ‘fresh’ pineapples aren’t that great. Go to the tropics and try one – it’s hard to argue against them.
The mango. Just like the pineapple, it’s got to be eaten in its country of origin. We pair it with apples in the UK (i.e. juice) because the ones we get are so bad and need mixing with something else.
The banana. A divisive choice. Personally, a slightly unripe banana is fantastic, and a ripe one is horrible. Any sign of brown and it’ll get offered to someone else. Others feel completely the opposite. This fickleness is the only thing going against the banana. Otherwise it’s perfect.
The raspberry. Not so sure on this one – I’m not a fan of the seeds, and again the supermarket ones aren’t as good.
The blackberry. Similar problem as raspberries, except you can’t beat apple and blackberry crumble.

I’ve left out apple, which many will see as an obvious choice. I think they’re too much of a staple really. If I asked you what your favourite vegetable was, would you say ‘potato’? I don’t think so.

I think my choice would be banana or pineapple. But if there’s any trends to be made it’s that fruit from hot countries is much better than from Britain.

What do you think?

And on a complete tangent, how quickly can you guess what this video’s on about?

: 16 May 2007 15:29 | Tags: Fruit Procrastination Video | Comments (19) | Close comments | Report a problem

May 11, 2007

Worth sharing

In my last blog entry, I pondered whether Britain really is the best nation in the world. But then I saw this, and remembered: “Who cares? We’ve got the best sarcasm in the UNIVERSE!!! And that’s all that really matters.”

: 11 May 2007 10:40 | Tags: Advertising BBC Charlie Brooker Marketing Men Screen Wipe Television Video | Comments (2) | Close comments | Report a problem

May 05, 2007

Never work with children, animals or…

: 05 May 2007 19:09 | Tags: Blackpool Gmtv Infusion Pleasure Beach Rollercoaster Video | Comments (1) | Close comments | Report a problem

March 28, 2007

We've Been Framed

Cardiff is probably one of the best-regarded places to study journalism in the UK. Even Johnny Foreigner comes over to study here. We call him McFad. Yet the evidence below suggests this reputation may not be entirely deserved…

: 28 Mar 2007 15:27 | Tags: Cardiff Humour Journalism Outtakes Video Youtube | Comments (1) | Close comments | Report a problem

March 23, 2007

Cameron tries to win over the Welsh

: 23 Mar 2007 19:00 | Tags: Conservatives David Cameron Politics Video Wales Welsh Assembly | Comments (0) | Close comments | Report a problem

February 06, 2007

Charlie Brooker is so right, it hurts

You’ll have seen the adverts. Mitchell and Webb play a PC and a Mac. The PC is a dull geek while the Mac is a cool kid.

Except the whole advert is founded on ten tonnes of utter bollocks, as Charlie Brooker brilliantly explained in yesterday’s Guardian.

Aside from crowing about sartorial differences, the adverts also make a big deal about PCs being associated with “work stuff” (Boo! Offices! Boo!), as opposed to Macs, which are apparently better at “fun stuff”. How insecure is that? And how inaccurate? Better at “fun stuff”, my arse. The only way to have fun with a Mac is to poke its insufferable owner in the eye. For proof, stroll into any decent games shop and cast your eye over the exhaustive range of cutting-edge computer games available exclusively for the PC, then compare that with the sort of rubbish you get on the Mac.

I get fed up with my PC crashing, just like everyone else does. But it’s so true that Macs are still niche products capable of ‘professional’ things, while PCs are multi-purpose and can do most things just as well as a Mac.

Having said that, I’ve no intention of ruining my relative calm by installing Windows Vista, which sounds like a bloody nightmare.

P.S. If anyone can find anything in the canon of Charlie Brooker’s work which they disagree with, please do let me know.

: 06 Feb 2007 15:10 | Tags: Charlie Brooker Guardian Macs Mitchell And Webb Pcs Video | Comments (18) | Close comments | Report a problem

January 31, 2007

Race for 2008: getting a bit crowded

It’s turning into a two-year Olympic event. The race for 2008 now has at least 21 serious contenders, 9 for the Democrats and 12 for the Republicans¹.

They’re going to need heats and semi-finals long before it gets to the Iowa and New Hampshire primaries next January.

So here’s Round 1:

Who do you find more convincing?

¹ There’s also three Libertarian candidates. They don’t stand a chance. The only other possibility is Michael Bloomberg, the New York Mayor, who might run as an independent. He also has little chance. Unbelievably the Prohibition Party still exists: its main policy still being the banning of alcohol.

: 31 Jan 2007 13:54 | Tags: Politics Race For 2008 United States Video | Comments (1) | Close comments | Report a problem