March, 2010


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Mar 10

Video definition of the word Definition

Here's another little video by my comedy partner Gemma Arrowsmith and me for wordia. Even more self referential than the last. Here it is (opens in a new window):

Video definition of the word Definition

It's silly. Any other words you'd like us to do a video definition of? Let me know in the comments.


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Mar 10

Interesting freecycle freebiejeebies scam and a dubious experiment

Interesting freecycle freebiejeebies scam and a dubious experiment

I love scams. They're often ingenious and involve a good bit of psychology. It's great fun figuring out how they work.

I saw an interesting misuse of freecycle recently which was a scam of sorts. I'll tell you how it worked then introduce my own dubious experiment. Continue reading →


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Mar 10

Recursive video definition of the word recursion

As I've mentioned before, I'm a big fan of recursion. So when my comedy partner Gemma Arrowsmith showed me a website called Wordia we cooked up a plan to create a recursive video definition of the word recursion. The results are below (opens in a new page, you'll understand why I didn't want to embed it when you watch the video):

Recursive video definition of the word recursion

Any other words you'd like us to do a video definition of? Let me know in the comments.

You might also like this post about recursive images.