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29 Mar 11 Waiting for Godot: The Video Game

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28 Mar 11 Flying Robot Bird shits SD cards

well, actually it doesnt.. But its still pretty bloody cool

This bionic technology-bearer, which is inspired by the herring gull, can start, fly and land autonomously — with no additional drive mechanism. Its wings not only beat up and down, but also twist at specific angles. This is made possible by an active articulated torsional drive unit, which in combination with a complex control system attains an unprecedented level of efficiency in flight operation. Festo has thus succeeded for the first time in creating an energy-efficient technical adaptation of this model from nature.

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15 Feb 11 Ukulele Chords: Short People – Randy Newman/WIUO

As you know, I love the Wellington International Ukulele Orchestra. I almost love them as much as i love Bret McKenzie. Randy Newman, i can take or leave, tbh, especially all the mawkish stuff. BUT, this video of the WIUO performing Short People is GREAT

Ive NO IDEA what Bret is playing in the clip – it doesnt even look like hes tuned to GCEA! But ive tried to come up with a version that easy to play, and you can argue amongst yourself over whether it should be a B7 or Bm7!

Short People – Randy Newman/WIUO

The problem of course, is that whenever anyone mentions Randy Newman – i can’t help but to think of “Randy Newman singing about what he sees”

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04 Jan 11 A Dirty Monkey Photographer…

…seems to best way to re-start blogging in 2011

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01 Oct 10 Chord Friday: I wanna be your boyfriend – The Ramones

I needed a quick & easy new song for the Hull Ukulele Group meeting the other week, so i turned to Gus & Fin for some inspiration.

I wanna be your boyfriend – The Ramones

This is easy to play, and very good to ‘croon’ along to…

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28 Sep 10 Lets pretend i’ve never been away…

and instead lets look at a video of a monkey riding a Segway, and say “look, even a monkey can ride a segway without steering it off a cliff!”

thanks to ICHACAWAB for the link

Tags: monkey, segway

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17 Feb 10 The greatest game song this side of ‘Still Alive’

Over the past few weeks i have become increasing addicted to the Xbox live indie game “I MAED A GAM3 W1TH Z0MB1ES!!!1″

As well as only costing $1, it also features possibly one of the greatest computer game songs ever. You have no excuse not to buy it from XBL

Tags: xbox, zombies

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12 Feb 10 Chord Friday: Walking on sunshine – Katrina and the Waves

The Hull Ukulele Group (HUG) had a 80s evening a few weeks back, and this is one of the songs that proved to be a hit.

Unfortunately i cant embed the actual video for this, but heres the song for those who arent familar.

Theres a little bit of ‘artistic licence with regards to the structure here, but its a pretty easy one to play. Get the riff right and it will sound ace

Walking on Sunshine – Katrina and the Waves

Just make sure everyone joins in with the ‘Whoahs’!!

Tags: chords, Friday, Ukuleles

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12 Feb 10 Hi-Vis ukulele case

HUG member Jeanette is off to New Zealand next week to visit her family. On the off chance she accidentaly bumps into the WIUO and gets invited to a jam, she has made an Ukulele Case out of an old Hi-Vis jacket, so she can take her uke with her…