Category: Travel and Places

I go to a lot of places, usually for work. I have a “ritual” of filming in them after hours, and some of the series of films I have made, as well as other writings, are in this section. These vlogs will be subcategorized by country and visit.

Hilltop, River and Fields

Hilltop, river and fields of the Czech countryside is what we see from the train, to the accompaniment of some pleasant Russian music.

Prague vlog, Walking,

Original YT playout date: 19 August 2010
Duration: 9:13

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If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies: Why Superhuman AI Would Kill Us All
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The Let Them Theory: A Life-Changing Tool That Millions of People Can’t Sto...
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Bratislava, Slovakia #1

Original YT playout date: 15 August 2010
Duration: 58:00

It’s Bratislava, in all its brotherly glory. The famous Blue Church of St. Alzbeta, the centre, and the Danube embankment.
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Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Full-Cast Edition)
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Famesick: A Memoir
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Warsaw’s Cross … Very!

Original YT playout date: 14 August 2010
Duration: 45:28

Here we see what is going on in Krakowskie Przedmiescie, the actions of the right wing group Solidarni 2010 and their demand to have the Smolensk disaster investigated as well as the victims properly remembered.

We see some of the atmosphere as activists engage with people on the streets and enter into discussion with someone who claimed that he was making private comments when as you will see he was de facto, whether he realised in or not, addressing a crowd of about 12-15 people. He asked for his comments not to be viewed as public statements, but that’s fine, because we can keep them just in my group of viewers which probably won’t get over a thousand views a year anyway, which is still pretty private by media standards.
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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Full-Cast Edition)
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The Score
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Is it possible to marry a Polish girl?

Duck soup for the soul … of discretion!

If you are a man, it is. Poland doesn’t do same-sex marriage.

The next prerequisite is finding a Polish girl who wants to marry you.

You then need to visit her family. On the last evening, when there is a big meal and you are the guest of honour, it is the time when you formally ask for the daughter’s hand in marriage. This you do after the main course but if you were given duck blood soup, a dark sweet soup called czernina as the first course, then it is a signal not to ask, as she is already intended for another nobleman.

Once these formalities are concluded the rest is easy.

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Dungeon Crawler Carl: A LitRPG/Gamelit Adventure
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Influence, New and Expanded: The Psychology of Persuasion
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They couldn’t drag me away… (PV #36)

Original YT playout date: 26 June 2010
Duration: 12:29

The scariest thing I’ve done this year was get in the chair lift in Prague Zoo. It doesn’t stop for anyone. I wasn’t sitting very square in it and the drop was quite a long way to the wire net below.

When they saw me get on it, the lift operators started calling on the name of the second person of the Trinity and His earthly mother, which didn’t bode well.  Anyway, I filmed the whole thing. I supposed the ski lift could drag me away despite their fears that it might not hold, but the wild horses to be found at the top of it couldn’t drag me out of Prague Zoo before closing time, even though the battery was only good for the six small films you have here. I could certainly do another six at least with what’s left to show, but I’ll save that for another time.
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Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Full-Cast Edition)
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When the Moon Hatched: A Novel
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