charlie Charlie Brown And The Lonely Walk Of Faith By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2016-12-24T13:26:32+00:00 Full Article
charlie Whose Baby is Charlie Gard, Anyway? By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2017-07-19T02:53:32+00:00 Who should decide what is best for a child, the parents or medical professionals and the state? Full Article
charlie Stray Kids to release new single featuring Charlie Puth By world.kbs.co.kr Published On :: 2024-04-22 Stray Kids is set to release a new digital single featuring global pop star Charlie Puth.The new single “Lose My Breath” will drop on May 10. Charlie Puth is a familiar name in the K-pop industry and...[more...] Full Article
charlie Quick Quotes: Charlie Waite By blog.howardgrill.com Published On :: Tue, 26 Aug 2014 08:53:30 +0000 “A landscape image cuts across all political and national boundaries, it transcends the constraints of language and culture” Charlie Wait A great landscape image needs no explanation. At least not a verbal one. That is one of the things I love most about nature and landscape photograph. Full Article Quotes photographers quotes
charlie SE-Radio Episode 305: Charlie Berger on Predictive Applications By traffic.libsyn.com Published On :: Mon, 09 Oct 2017 19:58:19 +0000 Edaena Salinas talks with Charlie Berger about Predictive Applications. The discussion begins with an overview of how to build a Predictive Application and the role of Machine Learning. It then explores different Machine Learning algorithms that can be implemented natively in a database. Full Article
charlie SE Radio 606: Charlie Jones on Third-Party Software Supply Chain Risks By se-radio.net Published On :: Thu, 07 Mar 2024 22:57:00 +0000 Charlie Jones, Director of Product Management at ReversingLabs and subject matter expert in supply chain security, joins host Priyanka Raghavan to discuss tackling third-party software risks. They begin by defining different types of third-party software risks and then take a deep dive into case studies where third-party components and software have had cascading effects on downstream systems. They consider some frameworks for secure software development that can be used to evaluate third-party software and components – both as a publisher or as a consumer – and end by discussing laws and regulations with final advise from Charlie on how enterprises can tackle third-party software risks. Brought to you by IEEE Computer Society and IEEE Software magazine. This episode is sponsored by WorkOS. Full Article
charlie Ben Harper with Charlie Musselwhite - Get Up! By www.bbc.co.uk Published On :: Thu, 31 Jan 2013 00:00:00 +0000 Inter-generational summit sets the standard for 21st century blues. Full Article
charlie Where's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown? How to watch your favorite Peanuts Halloween special tonight By www.yahoo.com Published On :: 2024-10-29T17:51:59Z Full Article
charlie Charlie Wilson Performs ‘My Favorite Part of You’ By www.bet.com Published On :: Mon, 23 Feb 2015 20:00:00 EST Uncle Charlie breaks it down. Full Article BET Honors Kanye West Charlie Wilson
charlie Try vegan and gluten-free pasta from Charlie's Table By inhabitat.com Published On :: Fri, 21 Jul 2023 16:30:00 +0000 If you love pasta, but don’t often find suitable gluten-free alternatives in restaurants, Charlie's Table gluten-free products may be the answer for you. In fact, this craft pasta and pasta flour blend not only caters to the gluten intolerant, but is free of the top nine food allergens.[...] Full Article food vegan flour pasta gluten-free flour post-format-gallery Food
charlie Air Force veteran Anna Luna runs Charlie Crist By shark-tank.com Published On :: Tue, 18 Feb 2020 05:08:13 +0000 Air Force veteran and former Turning Point USA spokesperson Anna Paulina Luna has just announced she is running for the U.S. Congress against Democratic Congressman Charlie Crist in Florida’s 13th congressional district. The post Air Force veteran Anna Luna runs Charlie Crist appeared first on Shark Tank. Full Article Featured immigration islam
charlie Charlie Webster: Coaches' suspected child abuse must be reported By www.telegraph.co.uk Published On :: Sun, 03 Oct 2021 09:12:18 GMT Full Article topics:things/abuse topics:organisations/uk-athletics structure:sport structure:womens-sport structure:athletics storytype:standard
charlie Attention all shipping : a journey round the shipping forecast / Charlie Connelly. By encore.st-andrews.ac.uk Published On :: London : Abacus, 2005. Full Article
charlie Autocomplete Interview - Charlie Puth Answers The Web's Most Searched Questions By www.wired.com Published On :: Thu, 17 Oct 2024 16:00:00 +0000 Singer-songwriter Charlie Puth visits WIRED to answer his most searched for questions on Google. What was Charlie Puth's first single? What famous songs has he written for other artists? How did Charlie Puth react to Taylor Swift's lyric referencing him? When is his birthday? Charlie Puth answers these questions and plenty more on the WIRED Autocomplete Interview. The Charlie Puth Show is now available on The Roku Channel Director: Justin Wolfson Director of Photography: Charlie Jordan Editor: Cory Stevens; Estan Esparza Talent: Charlie Puth Line Producer: Joseph Buscemi Associate Producer: Brandon White Production Manager: Peter Brunette Production Coordinator: Rhyan Lark Talent Booker: Paige Garbarini Camera Operator: Lauren Pruitt Sound Mixer: Sean Paulsen Production Assistant: Sonia Butt Post Production Supervisor: Christian Olguin Post Production Coordinator: Ian Bryant Supervising Editor: Doug Larsen Assistant Editor: Billy Ward Full Article
charlie Wild style (1982) / written, produced and directed by Charlie Ahearn [DVD]. By encore.st-andrews.ac.uk Published On :: [U.K.] : Second Sight, [2009] Full Article
charlie 597: How Many VS Code Plugins, Poor Charlie’s Almanack, and Where to Start in 2024? By shoptalkshow.com Published On :: Mon, 08 Jan 2024 10:06:30 +0000 We're closing in on episode 600 and need your help to celebrate! Listen in to learn how to contribute to the episode. We're also talking GitHub desktop apps and code editors, how many VS Code plugins are needed, reading long form like Poor Charlie's Almanack, InVision shutting down, and answering our first Q of the year: how would you approach learning web development in 2024? Full Article All Episodes Education episode 600 Github vs code
charlie Madhavan to star in the Tamil remake of Charlie By www.rediff.com Published On :: Thu, 16 Jun 2016 11:47:31 +0530 The latest updates from the Tamil film industry. Full Article Ennaku Innoru Peru Irukku Kamal Haasan Madhavan Sabaash Naidu Rajeev Kumar VTV Ganesh Best Actor and Actress Enakku Innoru Per Irukku Krishnan Vasant Shruti Haasan Sam Anton Martin Prakkat Dulquer Salmaan Balram Naidu Jayam Ravi Pramodh Films
charlie Borussia Dortmund 'line up move for Chelsea starlet Charlie Webster' By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Sun, 10 May 2020 08:46:05 GMT The central midfielder, who has been capped for England at under-16 level, picked up the player of the tournament award at the Kevin De Bruyne under-15s cup in Belgium last summer. Full Article
charlie REFILE-Europe's media differ over publishing Charlie Hebdo cartoons By www.reuters.com Published On :: Thu, 08 Jan 2015 12:15:07 -0500 (Clarifies in paragraph 18 that some UK newspapers carried images of Charlie Hebdo front pages) Full Article vcMedia
charlie Charlie-the-Chihuahua-Mix By www.dailypuppy.com Published On :: Fri, 30 Sep 2016 00:00:00 -0700 Charlie is the love of my life. My children are grown and left home and I have been trying to fill the void in my life. I was not sure about an inside dog because I always have dogs that are outside pets. As you can see, I gave it a try and Charlie is the best thing in the the world to fill that empty spot in my heart!Click for more pictures and comments... Full Article
charlie U.S. Soccer star Alex Morgan announces she has given birth to daughter Charlie Elena Carrasco By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 21:22:06 GMT Alex Morgan welcomed her first child with husband Servando Carrasco, 31, a daughter named Charlie, on Thursday. Full Article
charlie Charlie Munger's 'Wait And Watch' Strategy May Work For Long Term Investors Amid COVID-19 By www.goodreturns.in Published On :: Tue, 28 Apr 2020 16:54:47 +0530 Charlie Munger, the vice-chairman of Berkshire Hathway, the investment company controlled by billionaire Warren Buffet, is not looking at making investments amid the COVID-19 crisis. In a recent telephonic interview with the Wall Street Journal, Munger was asked if his investment Full Article
charlie Charlie Sheen's 'Torpedo of Truth' to benefit Red Cross By www.mnn.com Published On :: Mon, 14 Mar 2011 18:06:00 +0000 Actor says $1 from every ticket sold will go towards relief efforts in devastated Japan. Full Article Arts & Culture
charlie Charlie Willard Shaeffer Presented with the Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award by Marquis Who's Who By www.24-7pressrelease.com Published On :: Wed, 06 Nov 2019 07:00:00 GMT Dr. Shaeffer has been endorsed by Marquis Who's Who as a leader in cardiology Full Article
charlie 'It has got potential' - Charlie Nicholas on the Newcastle takeover reports By www.chroniclelive.co.uk Published On :: Sat, 9 May 2020 16:39:20 +0000 The proposed takeover deal of the Magpies is now understood to be in the hands of the Premier League. Full Article Newcastle United FC
charlie Charlie Methven's advice for would-be NUFC owners By www.chroniclelive.co.uk Published On :: Fri, 8 May 2020 15:46:22 +0000 The co-owner of Sunderland has given advice to the potential new owners of Newcastle following his Black Cats' experience Full Article Sport
charlie Review: The Strange Tale of Charlie Chaplin and Stan Laurel By thebirminghampress.com Published On :: Wed, 26 Feb 2020 00:01:31 +0000 Richard Lutz takes his pew for an endearing play about two movie icons. Full Article Music Theatre Birmingham Rep Charlie Chaplin Fred Karno Richard Lutz Stan Laurel
charlie Of Note: A Smile to Charlie Chaplin's Dichotomous Compositions By www.kuaf.com Published On :: Mon, 29 Jul 2019 20:45:21 +0000 A new recording from Philippe Quint and Marta Aznavoorian proves Charlie Chaplin is as relevant today as he was in his heyday. His legacy in visionary musical genius continues to be celebrated with "Chaplin's Smile," a collection of Chaplin's songs arranged for violin and piano. "He has a very amazing spin on a melody," says Aznavoorian, who was inspired by Chaplin's emotional and character-driven compositional style. "There's an incredible dichotomy of happiness and sadness in his melodies, and that is mirrored by what's happening in his films." Listen to the full interview between Quint, Aznavoorian and Of Note's Katy Henriksen with the streaming link above. Full Article
charlie 949- Charlie Hunter & Lucy Woodward, John Paul White, Molly Tuttle and more. By tracking.feedpress.it Published On :: Wed, 09 Oct 2019 01:00:00 -0600 Charlie Hunter & Lucy Woodward, John Paul White, Molly Tuttle and Jeff Black perform live on Mountain Stage. Recorded in Marietta, OH with the Peoples Bank Theatre. Support provided by Adventures on the Gorge. https://adventuresonthegorge.com/ Full Article Podcasts
charlie This Song: Charlie Faye By kutx.org Published On :: Wed, 12 Dec 2018 17:13:47 +0000 Austin based singer and songwriter Charlie Faye describes how her childhood love of "Be My Baby" by the Ronettes helped her find her musical way and how it inspired the band's new single "I Don't Need No Baby." Full Article This Song Charlie Faye Charlie Faye and the Fayettes podcast Ronettes
charlie Adelaide Film Festival: Charlie's Country By www.abc.net.au Published On :: Wed, 16 Oct 2013 15:48:00 +1030 This quietly powerful examination of one man's life is a sad indictment on a modern nation struggling to reconcile with the customs and culture of the original custodians. Full Article ABC Local adelaide Arts and Entertainment:All:All Arts and Entertainment:Film (Movies):All Australia:SA:All Australia:SA:Adelaide 5000
charlie Charlie Blackmon’s 9th-inning homer lifts Rockies to sweep of Padres in MLB The Show 20 By www.denverpost.com Published On :: Thu, 16 Apr 2020 18:22:53 +0000 The Rockies outfielder crushed a 404-foot home run off of reliever Matt Strahm to give Colorado a 5-4 win Thursday over San Diego at Petco Park. Full Article Colorado Rockies Entertainment Latest News Sports Video Games MLB More Rockies News
charlie Charlie Wilson Performs Three Songs By feeds.bet.com Published On :: Wed, 22 Apr 2020 22:25:00 EDT The singer struts his stuff in his own backyard. Full Article Covid-19 Coronavirus Covid19 Coronavirus Charlie Wilson Performance BET News Special
charlie Affiche - Charlie Grand By www.artwanted.com Published On :: Mon, 16 Jan 2006 22:43:05 +0100 Affiches. Vous pouvez commander des affiches de cette image en ligne. De très petit à 76 x 102 centimètres, c'est à 30 x 40 pouces. Prix d'USS 1.95 vers les USA $79.95. Full Article
charlie Time for the emperors-in-waiting who run Facebook to just admit they're evil | Charlie Brooker By www.theguardian.com Published On :: 2014-06-30T17:30:00Z Facebook's emotion study reveals it is hopelessly disconnected from emotional reality: that people get upset when people they care about are unhappy• Alex Hern: The final straw for Facebook?This weekend we learned that Facebook had deliberately manipulated the emotional content of 689,003 users' news feeds as part of an experiment to see what kind of psychological impact it would have. For one week in January 2012, some users saw chiefly positive stories (kitten videos, brownie recipes and assorted LOLs), while others were force-fed despair (breakups, health woes and seal-clubbing holiday snaps). And guess what happened?"The results show emotional contagion," decided the scientists. Continue reading... Full Article Facebook Media Internet Social networking Technology
charlie What is Drip and how, precisely, will it help the government ruin your life? | Charlie Brooker By www.theguardian.com Published On :: 2014-07-14T19:00:00Z The Data Retention and Investigatory Powers bill is the most tedious outrage ever, right down to the dreary acronym. But oh, the horrors it will bring …David Cameron cares about your safety. It's all he ever thinks about. It's his passion. He's passionate about it. Every time David Cameron thinks about how safe he'd like to keep you, passion overcomes him and he has to have a lie down. With his eyes shut. A bit like he's having a nap and doesn't care about your safety at all.Right now he's so committed to keeping you safe, he's rushing something called the Drip bill through the House of Commons. Drip stands for Data Retention and Investigatory Powers and critics are calling it yet another erosion of civil liberties and … see, I've lost you because it's just so bloody boring. Maybe it's just me, but whenever I hear about some fresh internet privacy outrage my brain enters screensaver mode and displays that looped news footage of mumblin' Edward Snowden and I automatically nod off only to be awoken shortly afterwards by the sound of my forehead colliding sharply with the table. Continue reading... Full Article Surveillance World news Privacy UK news
charlie How can a party sell a policy when it can't even sell a decent keyring? | Charlie Brooker By www.theguardian.com Published On :: 2014-07-28T19:00:00Z Ukip has made thousands from merchandise on its online store. What could the other parties learn from it?It can't be easy trying to fund a political movement in the current climate, when politicians are about as popular as a wasp in a submarine. You'd have more luck organising a whip-round for President Assad. That's why politicians are forced to suck up to billionaire donors, who expect them to tailor their policies accordingly, thereby further widening the gulf between parties and the public.But wait. Not all parties are alike. The Daily Telegraph has revealed that, last year, Ukip made a whopping £80,000 from flogging branded merchandise to the public from its online store. Continue reading... Full Article Politics UK Independence party (Ukip) Labour Conservatives
charlie Want to silence a two-year-old? Try teaching it to ride a motorbike | Charlie Brooker By www.theguardian.com Published On :: 2014-08-11T19:00:00Z I decided to introduce my son to video games. We soon found one he liked … and I mean really, really likedSo I decided to introduce my two-year-old son to the world of video games. Before you accuse me of hobbling my offspring's mind, I'd like to point out that a) television is 2,000 times worse, so shove that up your Night Garden and b) I also decided to counterbalance the gaming with exposure to high culture. For every 10 minutes of Fruit Ninja during daylight hours, he'd get 10 pages of a critically acclaimed novel at bedtime. We're currently halfway through The Magus by John Fowles, which he's enjoying immensely. He finds some passages so moving that his protracted sobs drown out my reading completely, and when I return to the beginning of the chapter to start again, he leaps up screaming, trying to snatch the book out of my hands with delight.Like any self-respecting 2014 toddler, he can swipe, pat and jab at games on a smartphone or tablet, but smartphone games aren't real games. They're interactive dumbshows designed to sedate suicidal commuters. And they're not just basic but insulting, often introducing themselves as free-to-play simply so they can extort money from you later in exchange for more levels or less terrible gameplay. Either that or they fund themselves with pop-up adverts that defile the screen like streaks on a toilet bowl. Continue reading... Full Article Games Children's tech Family Life and style Technology Culture
charlie 2014 is so horrible, nothing can cheer us up. Not even Simon Cowell with a bucket on his head | Charlie Brooker By www.theguardian.com Published On :: 2014-08-25T19:00:00Z Russia v Ukraine, Isis, Boris Johnson, Cliff Richard and Ebola – there's not much to be cheerful about right now, though the ice bucket challenge is working overtimeAh. Right. Looks like I picked a bad week to draw inspiration from current affairs for this knockabout comedy column. The news is rarely a warehouse of carefree chuckles but at the moment it's like an apocalyptic playlist on perpetual shuffle, with one harrowing crisis overlapping another. Palestine, Libya, Syria … it's all horrifying and upsetting. Not a single nice thing has happened all year, except the recent stealth launch of Cadbury's Wispa Biscuits, and even "stealth launch of Wispa Biscuits" sounds like a terrible euphemism for breaking wind.The planet is currently playing host to countless alarming crises. There's the nail-biting tension of Russia v Ukraine, a depressing standoff overseen by facial-expression-avoider Vladimir Putin. I don't know if all the strings connecting Putin's face muscles to his brain were accidentally severed during a tragic smiling accident years ago, but I've seen brickwork convey more emotion. Continue reading... Full Article World news UK news Media Internet
charlie Apple’s software updates are like changing the water in a fish tank. I’d rather let the fish die | Charlie Brooker By www.theguardian.com Published On :: 2014-09-22T17:47:06Z The all-new iPhones and Apple Watch can be easily avoided but there’s no escaping iOS 8The past few weeks haven’t been great for Apple. First they were implicated in the stolen celebrity nude photo disaster, which reminded everybody how easily clouds leak. Correct me if I’m wrong, but I don’t think the iPhone is generally marketed as a diabolical timewasting device with the potential to wreak a grotesque and devastating invasion of your personal privacy. They tend to focus more on all the cool colours it comes in.Then they launched the horrible-looking Apple Watch, which does everything an iPhone can do, but more expensively and pointlessly, and on a slightly different part of your body. Only an unhealthily devoted Apple fanatic could bear to wear a Apple Watch, and even that poor notional idiot would have to keep putting their iPhone down in order to operate the damn thing. It’ll scarcely be used for telling the time, just as the iPhone is scarcely used for making calls. It’s not a watch. It’s a gaudy wristband aimed at raising awareness of Chinese factory conditions. Or a handy visual tag that helps con artists instantly identify gullible rich idiots in a crowd. Continue reading... Full Article iPhone 6 Apple Watch Apple Computing Technology Mobile phones iPhone Smartphones
charlie This awesome dissection of internet hyperbole will make you cry and change your life | Charlie Brooker By www.theguardian.com Published On :: 2014-10-06T19:00:10Z Exaggeration is the official language of the internet. Only the most strident statements have any impact. Oversteer and oversell, all the timeThe other day I was talking to a music fan who’d recently gone to see one of Kate Bush’s widely praised live appearances. Naturally I was keen to hear a first-hand account of this era-defining event, so I asked what it was like.“The first half was great,” she said. “But the second half got a bit boring.” Continue reading... Full Article Internet Technology YouTube Facebook Twitter Social networking Digital media Kate Bush Music Pop and rock Culture
charlie Gamergate: the internet is the toughest game in town – if you’re playing as a woman | Charlie Brooker By www.theguardian.com Published On :: 2014-10-20T19:00:01Z It’s a stealth adventure with nowhere to hide and hundreds of respawning enemies waiting to attack you the moment you stand out in any wayI haven’t always been the kind of man who plays videogames. I used to be the kind of boy who played videogames. We’re inseparable, games and I. If you cut me, I’d bleed pixels. Or blood. Probably blood, come to think of it.Games get a bad press compared with, say, opera – even though they’re obviously better, because no opera has ever compelled an audience member to collect a giant mushroom and jump across some clouds. Nobody writes articles in which opera-lovers are mocked as adult babies who never grew out of make-believe and sing-song; obsessive misfits who flock to weird “opening nights” wearing elaborate “tuxedo” cosplay outfits. Continue reading... Full Article Technology Gamergate Games Internet Game culture Cyberbullying US news World news
charlie Charlie Brooker | The fashion industry is responsible for everything that’s wrong with the world By www.theguardian.com Published On :: 2014-11-03T20:00:02Z If the fashion industry truly cared about the future of our planet, it would issue a solitary line of unisex, one-size-fits-all smocks, then shut down for goodSo then. Alongside “eating a sandwich” and “holding up a copy of a newspaper”, we now have to add “wearing a T-shirt” to the growing list of Ordinary Things Ed Miliband Somehow Just Can’t Do. The other week he was pictured in Elle magazine wearing the Fawcett Society’s “This Is What a Feminist Looks Like” T-shirt. Last Sunday the Mail claimed those T-shirts are stitched together in a Mauritian sweatshop by women earning 62p an hour.A T-shirt. He can’t even wear a T-shirt without somehow condemning both himself and any surrounding witnesses to ridicule. What’s going to trip him up next? A doorknob? Next week he operates a doorknob so badly he fractures his wrist, and as the medics wheel him to the operating theatre, they accidentally knock an ageing war veteran off a waiting room chair, leaving him groaning in pain on the floor, at which point Miliband insists they stop his gurney so he can lean over and help the guy up, but he forgets about his fractured wrist, so as the 96-year-old decorated-war-hero-and-humbling-inspiration-to-us-all gingerly grabs his hand, Miliband abruptly screeches a barrage of agonised obscenities directly into his face, causing him to hit the floor again, fatally this time, in front of the world’s media, oh and also Miliband does a frightened little wee at the end, and they film that too. Continue reading... Full Article Fashion industry Politics Ed Miliband
charlie A trafficked penguin, a creepy talking doll and trench warfare | Charlie Brooker By www.theguardian.com Published On :: 2014-11-24T20:00:04Z The John Lewis and Sainsbury’s ads have kickstarted an earlier-than-ever festive season in which we’ll shop or click our way to bankruptcy chasing 15% off the top Christmas products. But beware of My Friend Cayla …Hey, remember when Christmas used to last 12 days? Now it’s so bloated it’s virtually an epoch, lasting twice as long as the year it falls in. The early-warning signs keep changing: not so long ago the start of the holiday season was signified by the release of the Christmas edition of the Radio Times. Now it’s the annual unveiling of the John Lewis ad, which this year features a boy arranging for a trafficked overseas bird to be smuggled into the country inside a small container and presented like a gift-wrapped object to the laddish penguin mate who exists only in his troubled mind. They say psychopathic murderers often start their “careers” by doing ghastly things to animals: hopefully they’ll keep the storyline going year after year, as his illusory brain-penguin commands him to carry out increasingly hideous yuletide ceremonies, until eventually the advert consists of nothing but him appeasing the Penguin King by dancing in the moonlight wearing a necklace of ears and eyeballs, all of it seen through the sights of a police marksman positioned on the roof of a neighbour’s evacuated home.But this year, the John Lewis ad has been overshadowed by gargantuan supermarket and noted humanitarian anti-war campaigner J Sainsbury PLC, and its tear-jerking period piece in which a perfectly good war is ruined by a tragic outbreak of football. Continue reading... Full Article Christmas Life and style Retail industry
charlie Goodbye, cruel 2014: we promise not to miss you once you’ve gone | Charlie Brooker By www.theguardian.com Published On :: 2014-12-22T20:28:37Z From flooding to Benefits Street, the rise of Ukip to the Apple Watch, the year was filled with huge, grim events. We could all use a lie-down over ChristmasSo 2014’s almost done, and unless you got married, or had your firstborn, or won a Subaru filled with Maltesers in a radio phone-in, it’s unlikely to be a year you’ll remember fondly. It was filled with huge, grim events. So is every year, of course, but in 2014 it seemed there were fewer light moments to offset the enveloping dread. And everyone seemed angry, all the time. A whole planet, gritting its teeth. Hundreds protesting. Thousands marching. Millions waiting to attach their internalised rage to a hashtag at a moment’s notice. We could all use a lie-down over Christmas.The year started badly for Britain when the sky decided to waterboard the lot of us. It rained incessantly throughout early January; big grey raindrops the size of cupboards. The government issued snorkels to anyone under 5ft 4in, while areas of Devon were submerged for so long the residents evolved gills and blowholes. Continue reading... Full Article
charlie Never mind the 'selfie stick' – here are some REALLY useful inventions | Charlie Brooker By www.theguardian.com Published On :: 2015-01-05T20:00:06Z Products I’ve made up for the sheer giddy thrill of it include Total Farage Plus, which skilfully Photoshops the Ukip leader into whatever you’re looking atThis week it’s the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, an annual opportunity for tech companies to unveil their latest gizmos during January’s traditional slow news week, thereby picking up precious coverage that might otherwise be spent detailing something – anything – more important than an egg whisk with a USB port in the side.At the time of writing, the show is yet to kick off, although some of the offerings have already been unveiled – such as “Belty”, the world’s first “smart belt”, which monitors your waistline and tells you when it’s time to lose weight, just like a mirror or a close friend might. More excitingly, it adjusts to your girth (again, like a close friend might), and will tighten or loosen itself according to your current level of blubber. No word yet on whether it’s possible to pop a Belty round your neck and order it to squeeze you into the afterlife, but there’s no reason they can’t incorporate that feature in Belty 2.0, except maybe on basic ethical, moral and humanitarian grounds. Continue reading... Full Article CES 2015 CES Technology Nigel Farage
charlie The new Mario is self aware. How long before he goes inside you to fix things? | Charlie Brooker By www.theguardian.com Published On :: 2015-01-19T20:00:02Z Researchers have created a version of Mario that experiences basic emotions – now he needs a purpose that affects the real world• It’s-a-me, Mario! And soon I’ll be playing my games without your help …January is traditionally a fairly sleepy month, current affairs-wise, but a horrified gawp at the news confirms that 2015 has already had one heck of a morning. Clearly it takes a lot to knock a garish underage sex allegation involving Prince Andrew off the news agenda, but the Parisian terror attacks managed it, partly because the horror of it all warranted such blanket coverage, but also because the resulting conversation about freedom of speech is taking up so many column inches, there’s scarcely room to run anything else. There hasn’t been this much furious debate about the merits of a cartoon since the introduction of Scrappy Doo.(Fun imaginary scenario: in a bid to revive their flagging ratings, ITV launch a live, feelgood Saturday night version of Celebrity Pictionary. But chaos ensues when Paddy McGuinness pulls the first card from the deck to discover it requires him to sketch the Prophet Muhammad.) Continue reading... Full Article Mario Artificial intelligence (AI) Super Mario Games Games consoles Game culture Computing Consciousness
charlie The leaders’ debate: option paralysis and the wriggling opinion worm | Charlie Brooker By www.theguardian.com Published On :: 2015-04-06T19:00:10Z What sort of person can’t decide who to vote for, but can rate how much they like whatever they’re hearing out of five, and wants to sit there tapping a button accordingly?As the general election scuttles closer, the campaign grows more confusing by the moment, so it’s good that last week’s seven-way leaders’ debate brought some much-needed mayhem to the situation. Not so long ago we were bemoaning the lack of choice in a two-party system. Now we’ve got option paralysis.It had its moments. Nigel Farage complained about foreigners with HIV who enter Britain and immediately start wolfing down expensive medicine: greedy as well as sick. You’d think Farage might welcome immigrants with grave illnesses on the basis that they’re less likely to hang around as long, but apparently not. Say what you like about him – say it, write it down, daub it in 3ft-high cherry-red letters up the side of a prominent overpass on his regular commute if you must – but it’s undeniably refreshing to see a politician determined to speak his mind, indifferent to the absurd constraints of spin or basic human empathy. Never mind HIV sufferers – how much is Britain spending on refugees with cancer? Maybe he could put that statistic on a sandwich board and patrol the country in it, perhaps while ringing a bell and loudly commanding passersby to picture a nation under his command. Continue reading... Full Article Politics Leaders' debates General election 2015 Nigel Farage David Cameron Ed Miliband Voter apathy
charlie Charlie Brooker: ‘The more horrible an idea, the funnier I find it’ By www.theguardian.com Published On :: 2016-10-14T11:00:34Z As the anthology series Black Mirror returns, its creator explains what fuels the show’s twisted tales – and tells us where we’re going wrong with technologyA sadistic version of The X Factor where contestants perform for their own freedom. An immersive experience where criminals are subjected to the same terrors they inflicted on their victims, in front of a baying audience. A grotesque cartoon demagogue using TV and social media to obtain power. No, these aren’t scenes from the first term of a Donald Trump presidency, but something only marginally less traumatising, and infinitely more likely to happen: Charlie Brooker’s techy anthology series Black Mirror, a show its creator describes as made up of “deliciously horrible ‘what if’s”. Related: Black Mirror review – Charlie Brooker's splashy new series is still a sinister marvel Related: Modern tribes: the Pokémon Go aficionado Continue reading... Full Article Television Culture Television & radio Charlie Brooker Black Mirror Netflix Technology
charlie Get ready for Crudstergram! Charlie Brooker's gadgets to save the world By www.theguardian.com Published On :: 2019-06-01T05:00:59Z The Black Mirror creator invents exciting products to transform your life – from the workout that makes you feel like a saint to the world’s cleverest toilet I don’t know if you’ve noticed, but happiness is in sharp decline. Many people blame technology for our woes, and it’s not hard to see why. The internet is nothing but deranged screeching and fascist memes sitting atop a plateau of moldering desperation masquerading as ironic meaninglessness. No one has smiled in real life since 2011. But wait! Silicon Valley is waking up to the negative effect its products can have on us, and like the good Samaritans they are, they’re unveiling a whole new range of products aimed at making us feel good about ourselves. Here is an exclusive look at just a few of the cool gizmos and rad gadgets due to be unveiled at next year’s CES Consumer Electronics Show and featured in news reports, and then in shops, and then in your house before you even know it. Continue reading... Full Article Black Mirror Advertising Marketing & PR Media Television & radio Social media Culture Fitness Virtual reality Life and style Technology Comedy Charlie Brooker