The video title "I Filmed Plants for 12 Years" drew me in and turned out to be a bit misleading, in my opinion. I was hoping to see the "Boyhood" of plant videos.
Nevertheless, the video is beautiful, hypnotic and very much worth watching.
Monday, February 2, 2026
Friday, January 30, 2026
Making a 90s Cable Simulator
Just recently I discovered a new site that simulates 90s television. Now, completely unrelated, someone sent me this video where a guy creates a 90s cable television simulator, complete with an actual cable box. It's quite involved.
Growing up, I didn't have cable so I have no nostalgia for the cable box and only some nostalgia for the channels. MTV is a big one, Nickelodeon obviously and then Comedy Central later in the decade.
Wednesday, January 28, 2026
Scorch Update - Weird News
Scorch is still on Youtube and Weird News is back!
Your Scorch update for January 2026.
Monday, January 26, 2026
Popcorn in Bed - City Slickers
Similar to "Twins," another wide-release, crowd-pleasing, mainstream movie that we don't get anymore, it seems.
A little depressing that the Billy Crystal character has a mid-life crisis when he's younger than I am. Of course he also thinks his life sucks when he has a steady job, a wife and kids. Best not think about it too much.
Wednesday, January 21, 2026
Why Are You Laughing? - Karl Pilkington
Worlds collide as the history-of-comedy podcast "Why Are You Laughing?" examines the career of Karl Pilkington.
This is one where I can say "I lived it." I was listening to the XFM broadcasts basically on a loop from around 2003 to around 2013. I was there when they reunited for the BBC, did the podcast, made the HBO show, and so on. I mention this by way of reminiscing, rather than some form of bragging. I recommended Ricky, Steve and Karl to so many people and only one person really got it. But that was a big hit.
There's a project underway that's unearthing "new" XFM material and remastering the archives. I've lost track of it though. For whatever reason, the clip I shared of the new material has been deleted. But if you're looking to track down that project, you can start here.
Monday, January 19, 2026
I Love the 90s
The website:
Is in Beta. It's meant to simulate watching television in the 1990s using Youtube as its database. Check it out, if that's you're thing.
It's similar to http://www.my80stv.com/ and http://www.my90stv.com/ which appear to be offline or permanently shut down.
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