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Jeff Bezos Rowing Boat by Bobby Fingers - 17.11.2023

   video  humour  art

You know when some YouTube videos start you're immediately intrigued? Then there's a sudden change of direction, a brilliant swerve if you like, and it takes your breath away? And then things move on to an altogether more wonderful and surreal level. Then when you think it couldn't get better, it does? No? Well Bobby Fingers does that, in every one of his videos. Especially this one:

A Walk in the Woods - 28.10.2023

   photo

Tabletop Still Life - 21.08.2023

   photo

All my worldly goods I must have fruit! Potpourri DIY skyline Potpourri ii

Flowers by the Path - Ecchinswell - 20.08.2023

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We walked here a couple of days ago There were some amazing wildflowers Worlds within worlds Fascinating I took some photos But didn't have a tripod with me Returned today With tripod I have a Tamron 28 -75 lens Which is pretty good for macro shots It's much better Than I expected :-)

Maceo Snipes - 19.07.2023

   wtf

From Wikipedia:

Takes your breath away.

Goodfellas - 16.06.2023

   video  humour

Watched Goodfellas the other night. Brilliant, as always. Then, coincidently, this marvel popped up:

Elizabeth Line and the Thames - 05.06.2023

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The platforms on the Elizabeth Line are enormous Farringdon Station The cavernous Canary Wharf A little further along the Thames from Canary Wharf This noose hangs at the back of The Prospect of Whitby pub. It's there because the pub is right next to Execution Dock, which was used for over 400 years to hang pirates, smugglers and mutineers. The most recent hanging was in the 1830s. Hermitage Community Moorings A glimpse of Kaos, Walmart hieress Nancy Walton's £240 million yacht. You'd think with that sort of money she could afford a spell checker. Tower Bridge, of course. The city, framed by Tower Bridge's iron work. Borough Market. I stood under the sign for ages, but no luck.

Big Bang! - 02.04.2023

   processing  video

Particle life and the Big Bang, programmed in Processing:

Henry's Kitchen - 17.03.2023

   video  humour  food

I've been enjoying cooking recently. Mainly the classic dishes: toast, muesli, boiled eggs, things like that. Henry's Kitchen is always a source of inspiration. Can't wait to try his latest delicious creation:

Bangdromeda - 07.03.2023

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This is what's going to happen when the Milky Way and Andromeda galaxies collide in around four billion years:

There's some alien bloke on a planet in the Andromeda galaxy looking at a similar video right now thinking "Thank f**k for that! No more worrying about a shortage of cucumbers or who is going to present Match of the Day!"

Bonus point: which is the Milky Way? Answer in the video description.