Chris Morris, busted on “The Time, The Place”. A Programme I remember watching when I was about five… not this actual episode. The list below is other ‘found’ 90’s comedy snippets I’ve spent the last hour coughing-up a lung over. Anyway the video clip below is described in detail over there, but better to watch it first here:
I went to see A Prairie Home Companion the ‘Movie’ again. A truly wonderful film, a cinematic break from the trivial or sensational adaptations we’ve seen in the cinema before. Its altogether different - first off PHC is a radio programme- that really goes out every Saturday on NPR over in the States’, a musical variety show interspersed with the host’s (Garrison Keillor) long tales. He wrote and stars in the PHC Movie, directed by Robert Altman - his final film. Not an obvious choice for hollywood… it was filmed on location at the Fitzgerald Theatre- and seems to be making the rounds in the filmhouse cinemas (here in Scotland) after generally positive reception in America.
The long tales don’t really make it onto the screen although the very documentary style of the first scene - in which Keillor stands in his underpants in the middle of the bustling dressingrooms telling hyperbolic stories of his early days in radio, saving a drowning man from ankle-deep water, clarifying the identity of a pilot in a tangled story about an early transcontinental flight that ditched in a Minnesota lake (after shooting itself down) - does capture a little of his whimsical musings… sadly no “News from lake Wobegon“.
[regarding a Recipe on the PHC "Post the Host" website]
When the Norwegian’s came over the sea to settle in the New Continent, did they not bring a set of kitchen scales? Where did American’s get this ‘cup’ measurement from - its would appear fraught with dangers; what if one family used the word ‘cup’ to refer to all tea/coffee retaining porcelain-based tableware? As is the case in this household- right now I’m sipping Earl Grey from what is obviously a mug (a tall one at that), yet I picked off the cup shelf- if I were making toffee think of the trouble I’d be in!
I mentioned the Scandinavians specifically because I feel the early explorers and emigrants from Southern Europe and Britian were in an understandable hurry to get to the New World and I’ll forgive them for not packing correctly- if you’ve ever had an Italian Salad you’ll know how little precision has to do with their cooking, its all about passion (and Olive Oil… mostly Olive Oil). No doubt it was an Italian - Columbus himself? - famished after a long day’s discovering, hungry for a really good feed, who grabbed the first ‘cup’ off the shelf in the buzz of excitement that is always present in a kitchen (or Galley Mess) where Italian men meet flavoursome ingredients in a hurry.
Hmm, talking of flavoursome ingredients - what are “Graham Cracker Crumbs”. A passable UK equivalent?
Its been three years since Billy and I chanced apon PHC, during “News from Lake Wobegone”. G.K. was talking about cherry tomatoes being flown in on their own airliner seats to preserve freshness, while someone in the village - a Peterson, just guessing - had been visited by a bear and her lazy husband had done little to frighten the fierce creature away. there was snow in Lake Wobegone that week, lots of snow out there on there on the prairie .
This is a quick how-to that will explain - with lots of pretty, but vdark, photos - the most destructive way to hack a pair of ordinary running shoes or ‘trainers’ into Nike+ alternatives.
I recently bought an iPod Nano and the Nike+ Sports Kit, but decided against the £80 Nike+ Shoes; I already have a nice pair of running shoes! (and £80 is taking the mick). The Nike+ Sensor, however, (a glorified Pedometer - to be honest) is designed with Nike+ Shoes in mind… it pops into a little groove in a certain strand of Nike shoes- very limited in the UK. I’ve never seen a pair in person.
First thought was (had by many)- I could attach this thing to the top of any shoe. Velcro has been used, strap it between your laces, even purchase an attachment or knit your own cover. BUT, surely this thing is built into the sole of a shoe (in Nike+ Trainers) because it requires some sort of pressure to make it tick… I did a little reading, and as much as all the others have done… I’ve not yet read of a hacked Nike+ and the real deal being compared on the same stretch / measured distance in regards accuracy. So, I’m going to try to emulate the Nike+ Trainer’s with this hack. (See the Apple FAQ).
Step One:
You’ll want to start with the Nike+ Kit and a pair of shoes, best to start with a pair that have a good thick out-sole. The goal is sole…
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