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Manoel de Oliveira turns 100

neblina_matinal — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 04:28:27 -0800

Portuguese director Manoel de Oliveira turned 100 yesterday. Oliveira was born 13 years after the Lumiére brothers shot the first movie ever, and he is still going strong, currently directing "Singularidades de uma Rapariga Loira" ("Idiosyncrasies of a Blonde Girl") and making plans for a project after that. Even if this is the first time you've heard of Manoel de Oliveira, or indeed if you are not a fan of his long, slow style, you have to be amazed at the remarkable condition in which he hits the 3 figures (scroll to 3:23 to see him).

the is and it are you of

clearly — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 01:42:15 -0800

The 100 Most Common Words In The English Language

see how many you can guess in 5 minutes

Conservative Cartoon All-Stars To The Rescue!

Effigy2000 — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 15:16:11 -0800

Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue was an animated drug prevention television special starring many popular cartoon characters from American Saturday morning television. Airing in 1990 and financed by McDonald's, it was simulcast on all three major American television networks. The VHS home video edition of the special also opened with an introduction from then-President George Bush Snr and Barbara Bush. And thanks to the wonders of the interwebs, you can watch the whole thing here. And you really should. After all, where else are you going to get to hear cartoon characters like Garfield and Winnie the Pooh talking about smoking crack and shooting juice? If you don't want to (or simply can't bear to) sit through the whole thing, at the very least you should subject yourself to the horrors of what is arguably one of the worst songs in animated TV specials history ever, Wonderful Ways to Say No, where the collected group of characters explain all the ways you can say no to drugs. It' worth it just for the irony of seeing Kermit the Frog telling kids to say no to drugs despite the fact Henson practically conceived the character in a drug fuelled haze (previously).

Need some inspiration for turning up for work?

Brockles — Sat, 10 Nov 2007 17:31:49 -0800

Find that going to work is a drag, and nothing seems to make you want to go? Well how about being deciding to refuse to sit around at home and keeping working just because you're 'bored'. I reckon that is an unusual reason to work your life away. Especially if it happens to be your birthday. Oh, and even more so if you just happen to be 100 years old.

Les Demoiselles turn 100

bru — Thu, 11 Jan 2007 19:12:32 -0800

Happy anniversary, modern art. Les Demoiselles d'Avignon are 100 years old and look as fresh and exciting as ever.

10x10

loquacious — Thu, 28 Dec 2006 00:45:35 -0800

10 x 10 = 1 0 0. tenbyten.org = 100 words, 100 pictures. 100 x 1000 = 10,000 words. 10,000 years.

Round number video list

caddis — Sat, 22 Jul 2006 20:16:24 -0800

Top 100 Music Videos, according to Stylus. Last month Pitchfork made their pitch for a hundred awesome music videos. This month it's Stylus's turn.

100 Greatest Internet Moments

kirkaracha — Tue, 08 Nov 2005 12:00:18 -0800

100 Greatest Internet Moments