Monthly Archives: March 2009

Embarrass Yourself For Money

This fine gentleman is providing us with an embarrassing story from his life, for every £100 he gets in sponsorship for running the marathon next month. addthis_url = ‘http%3A%2F%2Fwww.robertsharp.co.uk%2F2009%2F03%2F29%2Fembarrass-yourself-for-money%2F’; addthis_title = ‘Embarrass+Yourself+For+Money’; addthis_pub = ”;

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Earth Hour

I’m at a wedding today, so won’t be in my house to participate in Earth Hour. That’s doesn’t mean that all you non-wedding guests can’t do it though, does it? Continue reading

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Cyber-realism in Filmmaking II

What is being purveyed in all these films is the idea of determinism. The stars are in alignment and your destiny is written. Happenstance rules all. Continue reading

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Write protect removal in MS Word

The other day, I spent an irritating hour battling a Word Document.  It carried an application form we had to fill in, and some fool had misdesigned the thing.  Type in your details, and they shifted the rest of the … Continue reading

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Cyber-realism in Filmmaking

In which I gush over James Harkin’s essay; discuss the answer to ‘Mullholland Drive’; and riff on the idea that digital media is changing the way we think and tell stories. Continue reading

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Twitter Books

No mention of where the revenues for this will go. Continue reading

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Mobius Tube

The Northern Line switches from right-hand to left-hand lanes, halfway through. How is this physically possible? Continue reading

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Abolish Seditious Libel

We at English PEN have just had a letter published in The Times… Continue reading

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Blogging Can Kill You

… in Iran.  Omid Reza Mir Sayafi, Iranian blogger Dies in Prison. In December, he was sentenced to two and half years in prison for allegedly insulting religious leaders, and engaging in propaganda against the Islamic Republic of Iran. Mir … Continue reading

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Linklog for 4th March to 16th March

My del.icio.us links: 4th March to 16th March youshouldhaveseenthis.com – Greg Rutter's Definitive List of The 99 Things You Should Have Already Experienced On The Internet Unless You're a Loser or Old or Something FeedSweep – Useful javascript solution to … Continue reading

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