Werner Herzog eats his shoe

“Directed by Les Blank, this is a film exactly described by its title. German film director Herzog had made a bet with fledgling director Errol Morris that, if Morris made a film, Herzog would eat his shoe. Morris went on to film ‘Gates of Heaven’, so Herzog kept his promise. While eating the boiled shoe, [...]

The Lisbon treaty explained

My good friend Mark McGinty sent me this mail today. Mark works in Brussels as assistant to MEP Gay Mitchell. He’s a smart guy. Everyone should read this:
“Dear all,
If you have not already switched off completely from the Lisbon Treaty debate I’m sure you are all sick of it.
This is a very important [...]

Space Hijackers Circle Line Party 31st May 2008

Fucking awesome… someone should do this on the DART

David Icke revisits Wogan

I saw the original interview with Wogan all those years ago, but I’ve never seen this. David Icke gets his opportunity to square things from his point of view. Love them or hate them, it’s great TV.

The history of the Internet in 5 minutes as presented by Ethan Zuckerman

Really entertaining presentation on the history of the internet, from the first email sent in 1965 right up to today’s social networking phenomenon. If you’ve ever wondered how the internet came to be (no, Al Gore didn’t invent it), watch this right now. Bonus geek points to Ethan for the 12 inch powerbook.

Meth addict is beyond repair (video)

This is absolutely crazy. 24 year old meth addict living in her parent’s guest house goes on camera for some show in the US called Intervention:
“she’s deep in the throes of what is probably an irreversible meth psychosis in which she believes that she is the sister of both Jesus and Satan, and finds it [...]