Awkward Situations for Men

Ever since I caught a glimpse on a fine summer afternoon in London of Danny Wallace's attempts to create his own country I have been hooked on his humour and "special boy projects", like accidentally founding a cult or saying yes to everything.

I have found the book versions of his escapades quite funny (less so with his later attempts to revisit some old friends or find the center of the universe) so I am having great hopes about his adventures in the New World, which should come out in book form in about a month and will hopefully become a TV series on ABC I guess in the autumn, if all goes well.

Peru, OLPC and Wikipedia

Web: La Selva from Web on Vimeo. Hat tip to Jimmy Wales.

Dinosaurs Were Made Up by the CIA to Discourage Time Travel

I wish the band Math the Band would have come up with something less electronic and more fun/clever with such a good title...

British Parliamentary archive as VOD

I just stumbled accross the online video archive of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, where meetings of the last 12 months can be watched. (The written records going back centuries are partially available online, as well.) In theory, this allows everyone who has a vague idea about the British Parliamentary style to experience it with their own eyes -- the only obstacle is to sift through the boring stuff where only one or two members are present and find the good debates between e.g. Gordon Brown and David Cameron.
Among the more interesting videos I found is the motion for a humble address in the Lords (at just before the 2-minute mark) and the state opening of Parliament by the queen.

Teaching ravens to fly underwater

Teaching Ravens to Fly Underwater

Eurovision: Ireland in the make-the-world-better bussiness

Ireland seems to make the world better by choosing songs as their Eurovision entry, that promote peace, understanding and genuinely making the world better.
This year they are singing about international tolerance, as the whole Europe (and the World) sings together: the Iron Curtain has been raised, the Berlin wall has been razed, the Cold War is over, the whole continent can sing together no matter what may come, as they can't stop the spring.

Actually I was planning to continue the list with their 2006 entry, but actually I was confusing it with Switzerland's:

A very moving song indeed, it speaks for itself.
Now it seems, that Ireland was more into love songs in the previous years... so you cannot monopolise saving the world, we all have to be part of it, and it helps if China and the US are on our side while we struggle to make it happen..

Yet another I'm a Mac movie

This time with a Nintendo Wii and a PS3. Not really funny, but the Wii is hot :)
Today I'm having a discover YouTube day...

Are you blogging this?

It was time to upload this blog of mine as well, though it doesn't such good standings in search results as my Hungarian does (big fish in a small pond, or more likely links to it from my Wikipedia userpage and NCurse's Hungarian blog help).
Anyway, I plan on updating this blog as well over time... until then enjoy this video of Web2.0 websites; to mention just one part of it, the singer totally shares my approach to the unknown: look it up on Wikipedia :) .