27 October 2008 – 11:50 AM
There’s a scene in Alan Bennett‘s semi-autobiographical play The History Boys where two teachers are discussing the English language. Hector, played by Richard Griffiths, remarks to his colleague that he loves language. Not merely “words”, he says. “That would be so… Welsh!”. They both chuckle. I wasn’t able to quote that one exactly as I [...]
By Carl Morris
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Posted in britain, england, language, places, wales
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Tagged alan bennett, cardiff, cwmaman, cymraeg, english, learning Welsh, pellach, slough, welsh, wlpan, words
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20 October 2008 – 2:20 AM
Mucking about with music video streams isn’t the only misuse of YouTube I’ve been enjoying lately. Here’s a game called A Car’s Life which is based entirely in YouTube. Click the annotations to save the car, but be quick! As to how it works, each level has a different video with an annotation linking to [...]
20 October 2008 – 1:58 AM
Here are two embedded videos. They are identical. I’ve posted them so you can play them both – simultaneously. Have a play around with these identical videos. Experiment. No rules, but some things to try: use the pause/play button to synchronise the videos as close as possible. To bring them closer, just delay the video [...]
By Carl Morris
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Posted in music, pastimes
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Tagged brian eno, candi staton, electra, flanging, frankie knuckles, grandmaster flash, jamie principle, mash-up, phasing, remix, remixing, steve reich, the source
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14 October 2008 – 7:08 PM
Is it me or is this possibly the worst PR ever? This clip has been broadcast today by TV and covered by loads of media – and counting. It’s a great example of how NOT to communicate. Whatever you think of Ringo Starr as a musician, he has worked hard over a span of five [...]
10 October 2008 – 5:39 PM
Thanks for the peace of mind, Alliance and Leicester. But if you’re going to reassure web visitors that everything will be A-OK financially, make sure you know how to spell important-sounding terms like “market capitalisation”.
2 October 2008 – 12:40 AM
The last year has been a bit of a language learning adventure for me. I was preparing a massive post but it’s rapidly expanding into several posts. So I want to blog about the Welsh language, for these reasons: I love it I’m learning it To offer my perspectives Recording my thoughts for a year’s [...]
