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Return of the Observer Blog
Mothballed last year, the Observer Blog has returned in preparation for the Sunday newspaper’s relaunch into the Berliner format — the same process its stablemate The Guardian successfully went through in September 2005. newsdesigner.com has more details on the relaunch.
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“You Call This Archaeology?”: An Indiana Jones Drinking Game
Pending an evening of the Indiana Jones trilogy and a shitload of drinks, I humbly plagiarise and present: To Prepare You’ll need the following: The Indiana Jones trilogy, preferably on Blu Ray: A movie playback device, and a humungous TV (surround sound system recommended) Bunch of friends who aren’t surly drunks A shitload of…
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John Spencer: 1946-2005
West Wing actor John Spencer died yesterday aged 58 after suffering a heart attack. He played Chief of Staff Leo McGarry in The West Wing, one of my favourite characters in the show. Apparently he had appeared in 7 of the first 14 episodes of Season 7 before he died. The show is in hiatus…
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Bob Cringley Discusses Oboe
Robert X. Cringely casts a critical eye at Oboe, the mp3tunes locker service, asks Michael Robertson (he of mp3.com and Linspire) how he thinks the business can be profitable, and looks at how Apple may be doing something similar. read more | digg story
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Der Guardian ist Ein Berliner
Well, here it is: Cute, isn’t it? You can read The Guardian free online until the 26th of September if you want to find out what it’s like without binning 60p. Shame they ditched the sans-serif masthead though … cf: The Guardian | BBC News | NewsDesigner.com
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‘You, Boy!’
Mr. Bronson, scariest fictional schoolteacher ever, played by Aberdonian actor Michael Sheard, has died, aged 65. Best remembered for Mr. Bronson in Grange Hill, Admiral “You have failed me for the last time …” Ozzel in The Empire Strikes Back and also for playing Adolf Hitler five times (in Rogue Male, The Dirty Dozen: The…
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‘Noooooo’
Darth Vader’s ‘Nooooooo’ in Star Wars Episode III is now somewhat legendary, but in a English -> Chinese -> English translation for a pirate copy, it apparently comes out as “Do not waaaaaaaant!” Excellent.
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Way Down the Food Chain
Here’s where I know I’m a nothing, a nobody. I watched Kill Bill, Vol. 1 at the cinema when it came out a year and a half ago. As soon as I could, I bought the DVD. After watching it both those times, I thought, “Jesus, what a cool flick”, but of course I had…