Now, how did we first come across the Cybraphon project? Was it via Radio Riel, that noted purveyor of steampunk music? I believe it must have been. Anyway, fresh from its BAFTA success, the robot is now collaborating with guest composers. The following video is a tango composed by Bernd Rest.

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I wouldn’t blame you if you were put off by the title of this post. After all, it’s a pretty moot point which people will continue to argue over, disagree about and use as a subject for television documentaries probably for decades to come. And whenever these discussions kick off, Orson Welles’ masterpiece Citizen Kane always gets mentioned, much to the annoyance of those people who don’t rate it very highly.

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What I’m reading online today – if you like what you see, add me to your Delicious network…

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What I’m reading online today – if you like what you see, add me to your Delicious network…

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What I’m reading online today – if you like what you see, add me to your Delicious network…

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What I’m reading online today – if you like what you see, add me to your Delicious network…

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On the verge of the unveiling, the public art project representing each of Europe’s nations as a pop-out piece from an Airfix kit, turns out to be not quite what the Great and Good were expecting. And everyone, absolutely everyone, has found something to be offended about.

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With great regret I have decided that, for the first time in five years, I won’t be taking part in NaNoWriMo this year.

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Here’s a link to a thoughtful piece from the BBC website by Nicholas Parsons, examining the role of radio comedy in the national discourse.

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John Hodgman on BoingBoingTV: SPAMasterpiece Theatre – the dramatization of “true tale[s] of romance, adventure, infamy, and low-cost prescription drugs, all culled from the reams of actual, unsolicited emails, received here by us and people like you – what we call SPAM.”

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