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• Starlings unite to glorify God

  10Nov
  Categories: Timewasters, Youtube Comments: 2

  Beautiful. (Probably unbearably loud in real life, too, but still.)
  Genesis 1:20 – “… And God said, “Let the waters swarm with swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the expanse of the heavens.”
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  Tags: birds, Christian, creation

• YouTube – What happens if you talk with your phone in a concert?

  14Oct
  Categories: Timewasters, Youtube Comments: 0

  Beware answering your mobile phone near these guys. Hilarity aside, great snippet of Le Toreador from Bizet’s “Carmen”.

  via YouTube – What happens if you talk with your phone in a concert?.

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  Tags: funny, violin

• Damien Rice’s “Cold Water” – an exegesis

  08Jun
  Categories: Blog, Timewasters, Youtube Comments: 2

  This song by Damien Rice singing “Cold Water” caught my attention today for two reasons: music and spirituality (favourite topics of mine). [...]

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  Tags: Christianity, comment, Damien Rice

• Impact 09 – Video slideshow

  06Jun
  Categories: Church, Review, Timewasters, Youtube Comments: 7

  HBC goes to Impact 2009.

  On the lookout for more photos to slot into the video, email me if you have some!

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  Tags: bible conference, Christian, impact09, video, youtube

• How many ways can you describe Susan Boyle’s looks?

  27Apr
  Categories: Timewasters, Youtube Comments: 0

  Got a fantastic article today from my AWAD email. Motherjones.com has made a list of 20 interesting euphemisms that have been employed to describe the physical appearance of Britain’s Got Talent megastar Susan Boyle (you know the one…) – a little snapshot of the power of the English vocabulary (and the creatives that put it to good use).

  A few highlights below: [...]

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  Tags: Britain's Got Talent, English, English language, LinkedIn, media, Susan Boyle

• Crunchie Bar Nostalgia

  25Mar
  Categories: Timewasters, Youtube Comments: 2

  Who remembers this ad?

  I think it was one of the first ones I watched when I moved to New Zealand. I didn’t remember it being so clever…

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• Behind-the-scenes work

  09Jan
  Categories: Blog, Timewasters, Youtube Comments: 5

  Hope everyone’s been enjoying the fantastic NZ weather.

  Other than random timewasters, I don’t think I’ll be putting anything up for a while – I’m doing some biggish, behind-the-scenes work on another website (nothing sinister at all!)

  So in the meantime… here’s something for a laugh – Microsoft’s up-and-coming music making software:

  I guess software designers don’t always make great lyricists!

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  Tags: stub

• The Amazing Product Placement Ad

  09Dec
  Categories: Blog, Timewasters, Youtube Comments: 0

  Kiwi fans of the CBS’s Emmy award-winning show, The Amazing Race, will be pleased to know that New Zealand has been featured again in a leg of the race. In the recently-concluded Season 13, the 4th leg of the race saw remaining teams shuttle into Auckland and Te Puke.

  In between shooting footage for the race, NZ-born host Phil Keoghan drops into Burger Fuel for a spot of lunch:

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  Tags: BurgerFuel, New Zealand, Phil Keoghan, product placement, The Amazing Race

• Korean piano man (Rachmaninoff’s Prelude in C-sharp minor)

  25Nov
  Categories: Timewasters, Youtube Comments: 0

  Comedic classical duo Igudesman and Joo have a novel method of tackling the massively-spaced chords in Rachmaninoff’s infamous Prelude in C-sharp minor (op.3, no.2).

  It’s actually physically impossible for most pianists to play some of those chords in there: a quick look at the sheet music will blow you away…

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  Tags: classical music, humour, Igudesman and Joo, Prelude in C-sharp minor, Rachmaninoff

• Me, me: A-ha’s “Take On Me” literally

  21Oct
  Categories: Timewasters, Youtube Comments: 1

  This is a funny one – “Take On Me”, the 1980’s classic by pop group A-ha gets a lyrics overhaul.
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  Tags: A-ha, internet meme, literal music video, Take On Me, youtube