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Tag: monty python

  • King Arthur again, but now he says "I wanna, like, make cool shit on the Internet or whatever."

    [Bloganuary] Mission

    My mission is to make cool shit on the Internet, and to periodically remind people about how awesome Monty Python is.

    Read more (115 words)

    • Article
    • posted 9 January, 2024
  • Framegrab from first and only episode of 1974 TV sketch comedy show Out of the Trees, showing two uniformed policemen, one of them holding a crimson peony.

    Out of the Trees

    In 1976, Graham Chapman and Douglas Adams made a single episode of a sketch comedy show which was broadcast only once before the master tapes were destroyed. It took significant work to recover, but that's small potatoes compared to the ephemeral media we create today.

    Read more (207 words)

    • Repost
    • of this original
    • posted 22 September, 2023
  • "Hacker" Dan Q

    Evolving Computer Words: "Hacker"

    Of all evolving computer words, "hacker" is perhaps the most-loaded and controversial. Dan explores how it's changed and whether it can ever return to its original meaning.

    Read more - about 8 minutes (1751 words)

    • Article
    • 7 comments
    • posted 23 December, 2019
  • Dan with a whisky.

    Automattic Recruitment (days -179 to -51)

    Dan reflects on the last 128 days since he applied to work at Automattic, and looks forward to the remaining 50 until he starts.

    Read more - about 17 minutes (3853 words)

    • Article
    • 25 comments
    • posted 30 August, 2019
  • Life of Brian Modern Trailer



    StΓ©phane Bouley (YouTube)
    What if Monty Python's Life of Brian were a dramatic blockbuster theatrically released in the 2010s? It'd probably have a trailer a bit like this...

    Read more (29 words)

    • Repost
    • posted 22 December, 2018
  • Eric Sings His New Version of "FCC Song"

    https://youtu.be/9tn1QNxEoF4 (youtu.be)

    Eric Idle (Monty Python)

    Read more - about 1 minutes (4 words)

    • Repost
    • posted 30 May, 2018
  • Review of Oh...Sir! The Insult Simulator

    This review originally appeared on Steam. See more reviews by Dan. Oh...Sir! The Insult Simulator Rating: πŸ‘ Oh... Sir! The Insult Simulator is a light-hearted, (quite literally) Monty Python-silly timed-turns insult-spitting game for one or two players. It's the perfect casual luck-heavy puzzler for anybody whose hovercraft is full of eels, whose parrot is pining …

    Read more (156 words)

    • Review
    • posted 31 October, 2016
  • Image representing post: Australian Pink Floyd Intermission

    Australian Pink Floyd Intermission



    In the middle of their concert at the Cardiff International Arena, 3rd April 2008, The Australian Pink Floyd Show began their 20-minute intermission by projecting the "Intermission" from Monty Python's Flying Circus.

    Also available on YouTube.

    Read more (35 words)

    • Video
    • posted 4 April, 2008
  • The Australian Pink Floyd Show

    I took Claire, Ruth and JTA to see The Australian Pink Floyd Show at the Cardiff International Arena last night. Claire and I had seen them before, back in 2005, and they were as fabulous as ever: I maintain that this tribute band is the only one I've ever seen that, at times, can be …

    Read more (253 words)

    • Article
    • 5 comments
    • posted 4 April, 2008
  • Amusing Line From The Python Manual

    Attempts to pickle unpicklable objects will raise the PicklingError exception.

    Read more (94 words)

    • Article
    • posted 4 February, 2004
  • Image representing post: Troma Night V pictures

    Troma Night V pictures

    Photos from Troma Night V, at which we watched Les MΓ©mΓ©s Cannibales (Rabid Grannies), Citizen Toxie : The Toxic Avenger Part 4, and Monty Python and The Quest For The Holy Grail, presented without further context:



    Also a video of Paul telling Mark about Enter the Matrix:

    Read more (53 words)

    • Article
    • posted 24 May, 2003
  • Image representing post: Troma Night IV pictures

    Troma Night IV pictures

    Photos from Troma Night IV, at which we watched Class of Nuke'Em High, Beware: Children at Play, and Monty Python's The Meaning of Life, presented without further context:

    Read more (34 words)

    • Note
    • posted 17 May, 2003

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