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Tales from the Writers' Room - Conscious Robots. Part two: The Gift Horse.
Episode two now. I intend to release the whole series in one go, to please the binge-watchers of the world.Nice end scene!i wonder about how much of the discussions between the scenes to leave in. It sometimes go on a bit, but part of what the video is doing is showing the creative process.I have spent a month editi...
Tales from the Writers' Room - Conscious Robots. Part one: The Rise of Darius.
Again, you are seeing this before the masses. At the moment, I'm planning to release the set-up video and perhaps the first two episodes in quick succession. or possibly all at once, to please the binge-watchers.Now the lighting may make more sense. next time, I may light the set-up stage differently from the gam...
Tales from the Writers' Room - Conscious Robots. Part zero: the set-up
You are getting to see this before the rest of the world, which will get it in a day or two. Possibly someone here will spot and report an error that I can correct.This was a big project for me - many months in the planning, many months in the equipping and recruiting, a one-day shoot with the cast, and then... oh lor...
New studio tour
Look at the new kit you just paid for! I am now editing the next series of videos. These are a new departure into a new form of role play gaming. Will anyone watch these videos? Only time will tell. There are about five and half hours of footage on each of the five cameras that covered the event as it occurred (so...
The Creator: a film that should have been great
If you are going to spend many millions of other people's money on something, you should strive to make it good. In some ways, this film succeeded. In others, it really didn't.
Hyphens Matter!
The function of punctuation is to make the meaning of a sentence clear. Ideally, the reader should, thanks to the punctuation, be able to glean the correct intended meaning from a sentence in a single reading, and never have to look back over a sentence to make sense of it.No charge.
Serifs matter
Such irony that I am forced to type this in a san-serif fount (yes, that is the correct English spelling of 'fount' as in type-face).No charge for this short.
NEVER TRUST YOUR AGENT
Sorry about the foul-up yesterday. Here is a brand new version of the video, rushed to you at no charge in one day. I ramble on about why bright-eyed types who would be your friend and associate may not share your motivations and goals, while saying or believing that they do.It's even longer than yesterday's ab...
Whoops! I messed up!
Hello everyone. You may notice that my latest video did not stay up for very long. It suddenly dawned on me that I may have messed up badly, and that I should take the video down before it got me into trouble. I shall replace it with a similar video, and you will of course not be charged for my incompetence. Possibly I...
NEVER TRUST AN AGENT
A quickish ramble on the topic of why human interests never perfectly align. Thinking of signing a contract? Are you sure that their motives match yours?UPDATE: I have taken this video down. I will replace it, and you will not be charged for the replacement. Very sorry. Sometimes, we all mess up.
A history of the philosophy of happiness
Well, if you like rambling, THIS is rambling!I regret pegging a list of names and dates to the camera, because I ended up using almost none of the dates in my speech (they are all there in the captions) and being distracted by my notes.
Bumper pack of shorts
Hello, you marvellous people!I spent all yesterday editing and publishing eleven short videos. Most of them are scheduled to appear one per day over the next week or do, but I thought I'd send you all the addresses for the whole lot, so that you binge-watch them when you choose.Owing to the way that 'scheduling...
Predictions for 2024
This was intended to come out on New Year's Day, but I did not predict having quite so much trouble getting a tablet to work. I made an autocue (teleprompter) out of the glass from a clip-frame, and cardboard. That was the easy bit. I then spent some frustrating days wrestling with an Android tablet, trying to get ...
Opening a fiendish puzzle-box
A viewer sent me a box to open. It took a while. How much fun is it to watch me struggle with it? I don't know, but you can always skip bits. Possibly I should make a short version? What do you think?
Whoops! Jedi silence broken
Oh dear. It seems that the first two widescreen versions of my 'Gems of Jedi Wisdom' were silent. Odd how few people complained. They even got over 90% 'likes'!I checked on my computer, and on my computer they sounded fine, so I rendered them again and tried a second time. Again, they came out silent. I...
Merry Christmas!
A quick (and of course free) seasonal message, with a little bit of teasing news about what's to come next year.
A Brit volunteer in Ukraine: looking back on seven months' service
'BigMac' Joe McDonald came back to review his first seven months' fighting in Ukraine with the Legion. He has since returned to the front.Incidentally, can you tell which bit was shot using my new equipment? What equipment do you think it is?
A Canadian volunteer in Ukraine part four: rescuing civilians and hitting a mine
Brandon takes on considerably more dangerous work, and perhaps inevitably pays a price.
A Canadian volunteer in Ukraine: mobilising the nerd army
Brandon shows us that the world's nerds are capable of making quite a difference in Ukraine.
A Canadian volunteer in Ukraine: being a medic with little training
Brandon tells us how he ended up dealing with serious war casualties in a Ukrainian hospital, despite minimal training.This one got delayed by sponsorship hiccups. I ended up having to make the advert three times. Still - got there in the end.There used to be a 'community' tab on Patreon. I recall being made aw...
My Next Suit of Armour
A new project. A new hope.
World War Two's most common tank
Not a great click-bait title, is it? Should it have been "The tank that gave Hitler nightmares!" instead? Not really my style.Anyway, for those of you who like tanks: tanks! Specifically LOTS of tanks.
A Canadian volunteer in Ukraine: part one - why I went, and the shock of arrival
For those of you who like the very long ones with lots of talking: a very long one with lots of talking.
How shiny can armour be?
Ever-so, it turns out. Picture credits: Rob Kirby.I was a bodyguard to the Duke of Gloucester.No charge for any of these pictures.
Tewkesbury 2023
Just back from Tewkesbury, and I have to thank you all again for this armour. As you can see, it is ever-so shiny. The rain was torrential, but fortunately not during the battle. Right now, the armour is back home and drying out. My back, which has been hurting for a while, did not seem to mind the extra strain.
Tulwar - the sabre of the Indian Mughals
The tulwar! Look out for a short every day for the next week or so, 6 p.m. British time.All are free.
Longswords are not what they say
The 'shorts' experiment continues. No charge.
The stabbiest of daggers
We'll see, perhaps, if these 'shorts' make a difference.Again, no charge.
I made a bastard sword
One of several 'shorts' about weapons coming soon:In theory, these will make The Algorithm notice me again.No, I cannot change the thumbnail.No, you have not been charged for this.
Crossing the World's Most Beautiful Lake to Meet a God
Back to Guatemala now, and a trip across the sparkling waters of Lake Atitlan, to a town where there resides a strange god...Why was there no video last month? Because I got my days mixed up. This was supposed to come out on the 31st of June, but there isn't a 31st of June. I am an idiot. Still, I saved you some mo...
