Friday, 14 March 2008

Typography explained


Typographics - another great video from Vancouver Film Shcool

The future of work

Read it here

Thursday, 6 March 2008

Tsunami Video


Tsunami Infographic from Shal on Vimeo.

What is Twitter?


Another fine video from commoncraft which explains all about the "micro-blogging" platform Twitter

Wednesday, 5 March 2008

Spanish election debate?



The Guardian reports on the TV debate here

Tuesday, 4 March 2008

Monday, 3 March 2008

How to write better in English










Finnish blogger Jarkko Laine has some great ideas on how to write better in English. Check them out here

Sunday, 2 March 2008

Hands off those privates


John Hooper reports on how Italian men have been ordered to keep their hands to themselves. Read all about it here

Sunday, 24 February 2008

How to listen to podcasts

Listening to podcasts is a great way to tune your ear to a language. Apple have made a video that shows how to get podcasts in iTunes for pc or mac. Watch here

Friday, 22 February 2008

Hooligans in Spain











The BBC is reporting about violence at a football match in Spain here

All aboard the chocolate train


The Guardian reports on the slow train across Cuba here




Wednesday, 13 February 2008

Fight global warming



Watch the Earth Hour video and then sign up here to add your voice to the campaign

Tuesday, 5 February 2008

75 years since Hitler took power





















There's a fascinating article by Ian Kershaw at Spiegel Online about "how Hitler won over the German people". Read it here.

Monday, 4 February 2008

The Ikea Game

Photo by Hokkey

The Guardian explain a fun game here

Friday, 1 February 2008

How does RSS work?


A great video from the folks at Common Craft which explains all about RSS

Thursday, 31 January 2008

Colours, Nouns, Numbers and Adjectives: The Song


Sarah from the The Daily English Show introduces Colours, Nouns, Numbers and Adjectives   transcription here

Monday, 21 January 2008

Sir Edmund Hillary

Sarah from The Daily English Show explains all
You can read the transcript here

Friday, 7 December 2007

Montse Guitar Sessions


Here's a video I have produced for people who want to learn Spanish classical guitar (in Spanish with English subtitles). Click here for more info.

Thursday, 6 December 2007

Podcasts bring university to the masses
























The LA Times reports on how iTunes U is bringing university lectures to a growing band of listeners here

Wednesday, 5 December 2007

Blogs for beginners

The folks at Common Craft have made this video to explain blogs

Technology traffic jam

GPS is bringing chaos to a small English village as the New York Times reports here

Thursday, 22 November 2007

Woman killed after rejecting Spanish TV marriage proposal

Read the full story about what happened after woman appeared on "Patricia's Diary" here

Monday, 19 November 2007

Spanish King's million pound outburst

The demand of king Juan Carlos of Spain to Hugo Chavez to shut up has become a nice earner according to the Guardian. Find out how here

Tuesday, 6 November 2007

Ghosts of the Past Haunt Spain

The Guardian reports on a photographic exhibition which digs up the Civil War. Click here to read the report and see the photos

Wednesday, 31 October 2007

A cautionary tale for Hallowe'en



Beware of the zombies - another great video from commoncraft

Tuesday, 23 October 2007

Google Docs in plain English

Another great video by commoncraft - with English subtitles courtesy of dotSUB

Sunday, 21 October 2007

Friday, 19 October 2007

Why new light bulbs are important!


Learn all about the importance of new light bulbs with Lee LeFever from commoncraft

Wednesday, 17 October 2007

Pumpkin Pie recipe


With hallowe'en just around the corner, I thought it would be a good time to share this recipe for pumpkin pie by Sarah at The Daily English Show. Click here for the recipe