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To prevent boats sinking in the Boat Race

nobody@vox.com(paulsroom) — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 18:24:16 +0000

It was the 154th Oxford and Cambridge University Boat Race today on the River Thames in London - Oxford won. But here's a 1901 Punch cartoon suggesting how the latest marine technology might alter how the Boat Race could be run in the future (Ox...

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Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose

nobody@vox.com(paulsroom) — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 12:25:06 +0000

The French President came to the UK this week for a State visit. He impressed us with his Anglophile speeches and effusive praise, and his wife wowed us with her glamour and French chic. They stayed at Windsor Castle where they had lunch with the...

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Optimism versus possibility

nobody@vox.com(paulsroom) — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 16:34:27 +0000

I'm about to embark on an attempt at starting a new career in voiceovers, but first before I offer my voice to any service, I must be able to produce a high quality recording. So I'm doing a twelve module course on the fundamentals of digital rec...

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Oldies, but goldies!

nobody@vox.com(paulsroom) — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 09:18:45 +0000

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"Good News" - title song from the 1930 film

nobody@vox.com(paulsroom) — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 12:23:12 +0000

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Futurism and Vorticism

nobody@vox.com(paulsroom) — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 14:04:49 +0000

With the fast moving technology of today, we become impatient at anything that doesn’t move as fast as we can think. If a program takes longer than we expect to execute a command, we’re either shouting at the computer or are generally irritated. ...

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Hey Bulldog!

nobody@vox.com(paulsroom) — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 12:24:03 +0000

This is my favourite cartoon character—a four-headed bulldog—based on the Greek Myths dog, Cerberous who guarded the underground (he actually only had three heads). Under the brilliant art direction of Heinz Edlemann this character appeared in T...

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In offices of 'old' when nights were.....

nobody@vox.com(paulsroom) — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 13:43:35 +0000

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I open my eyes, but there's nothing there...

nobody@vox.com(paulsroom) — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 03:36:04 +0000

People sometimes talk about an out of body experience when they’ve had a serious illness or suffered an accident from which they survived unscathed. The precise definition of this is neither explained nor really analysed, but the religious among u...

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Lady Agnew of Lucknow

nobody@vox.com(paulsroom) — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 13:20:10 +0000

After the nightmare picture below comes this one of ethereal beauty. The sitter was recovering from an illness at the time which may have contributed to the melancholic atmosphere. But it cannot be denied that the painter—John Singer Sargent—knew...

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