Sick child has borrowed DVD of “The WotWots” from the library. As kids DVDs go, this is very pleasant background as I type up a linky.
Animated GIFs of The Wire – a new one is generated automatically every hour.
You’ve heard about the Google Maps easter egg that lets you step inside the TARDIS? Well Craig Oxbrow let me know about another one – you can get inside a Dalek, too.
Three-point landing.
Advice from the ’30s about undressing and kissing.
Dan Harmon, writer of Monster House, is so identified with his own cult status these days that it’s easy to forget it all came about because he has some serious writing chops. I was fascinated by his two-part discussion of his process of breaking a story – it’s very simple and not something I’ve seen before (although obviously it has been influenced by all kinds of other approaches). Well worth a look for writing types, even if just to reflect on what a process like that means. Part one: explaining the process and part two: examples.
And finally, He Touched Me.
Right, back into it with poor Wee Beastie. Enjoy!
I’ve spent the last few days taking Dan Harmon’s material from his Channel 101 wiki and simplifying it for my own use on my wiki.
The Summarised Version: http://theprocess.pbworks.com/w/page/68192542/A%20summary%20of%20Dan%27s%20process
The Full Version: http://theprocess.pbworks.com/w/page/68155319/Dan%20Harmon%27s%20process
I can’t watch the Wot Wots because of the Samwell What What In The Butt song and youtube vid… Which I would have linked to cept no one would have thanked me!