Monthly archives: July 2007

About bot-crossing

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Andy died in May of 2007, leaving behind a huge collection of Transformers and GI Joes. Rather than throwing them all away we felt they should be used in as constructive a way as possible.

So bot-crossing was born. Taking inspiration from bookcrossing.com we will be setting toys loose and seeing what happens to them.

If you have found one of the toys use the index in the sidebar to find out more about it. If you would like to release a toy of your own get in touch and we will send you information.

To find out more about Andy read the obituaries on Spinneyhead and UK-Rag. To make a donation please go to the justgiving page set up to remember him.

The sumo and the horses

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The sumo and the horses
Originally uploaded by spinneyhead.
I’m not sure how much I’m allowed to tell you about what I did on Saturday. I was playing a skinhead for an upcoming sketch show (The Adam and Shelly Show, due on BBC3 in September). Nine of us had to run around a field near Knutsford miming football chants.

There was also a sumo wrestler, a morris dancer and a local hunt involved. Unscientific testing showed that horses aren’t afraid of skinheads or sumo wrestlers, but are a bit nervous around morris dancers.

1 Million dollars insurance to shoot film in New York!!??

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New York plans to introduce a law that would require filmmakers, and photographers, to obtain a permit and hold liability insurance of up to $1million to film on the city’s streets. This is supposed to be aimed at professional film makers, but local civil liberties groups contend that the wording is so loose the Police could use it against sightseers, tourists and amateurs if they wanted.

New rules being considered by the Mayor’s Office of Film, Theater and Broadcasting would require any group of two or more people who want to use a camera in a single public location for more than a half hour to get a city permit and insurance.

The same requirements would apply to any group of five or more people who plan to use a tripod in a public location for more than 10 minutes, including the time it takes to set up the equipment.

I’m planning to take my video camera to New York and shoot stuff there, your usual tourist stuff mostly. I don’t want to get arrested for it.

via BoingBoing