I’m fascinated by comics, comedians, humourists, funny people. However you want to describe them. There’s something I feel I can always learn from them about the human condition. Which is probably why I enjoyed Not Only But Always immensely, Rhys Ifans does an incredible job of being Peter Cook. Man On The Moon was another I enjoyed tremendously, about the life of Andy Kaufman. I still laugh whenever I watch Fawlty Towers, I’m that kind of guy.
Comics make themselves very vulnerable, it’s something about them that appeals to me. The same sort of feeling I got when I saw David Mackenzie speak before a private showing of Hallam Foe to bloggers, an openness and vulnerability that is rare.
I guess I can vicariously share in a tiny bit of that vulnerability by pointing to something offbeat that I found funny. Please humour me and go take a look at these robots fighting. As usual, also in my VodPod.
Have a quick look at this spoof.
“If supermarkets were designed around Web2″
http://www.glumbert.com/media/supermarket
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There’s nothing as funny as real life
whats tough about forward rolls!
Wow, and I was impressed with the humanoid robot soccer teams!
http://youtube.com/watch?v=DV5h_6T_J0A
Of course, I guess the autonomous soccer bots are largely an AI problem, whereas these fighters are remote controlled. But they are amazingly nimble!
There’s nowt stranger than folk!
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/pocketli/20070810/ttc-man-gets-thumbs-surgically-whittled-57dbc65_1.html
It makes me wonder what else we could adapt to make using modern technology easier!
Hey Patrick, welcome to the conversation! Nice to see you here.