1980s

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Here’s a funny clip featuring B. Gates and S. Jobs - and a surprize guest from the 80s.

And talking of the past and B. Gates, here’s what he once said about the Mac: Read the rest of this entry »

Extras are the people in the background of a film that give life to a scene. A less-than-glamorous job (lots of waiting), they are usually directed by the assistant director.

Usually the extras are furnished with simple instructions like “Hey you in the grey shirt - walk from here to there. You with the cap, sit here, count til 10 and then get up. Don’t look into the camera!”. On some films, each extra gets his/her own role description, including a motivation.

In Wim Wender’s excellent film “Wings of Desire” you can see Peter Falk talk to extras.
And if you happen to see the Oscar nominated film “Elling”, you might even spot yours truly - on 3 occasions
Thanks to my iceland-based informer, I found out that the BBC has a new series named “Extras”, and here is a hilarious clip from it:

I thought I knew quite a bit about the music of the 80s (after all I spent hours on end mixing my own tapes). But I found out that my score is (only?) 45%:

You Scored 45% Correct

You know some 80s stuff

You can take your own test.

…and the 60s

And if I had been born about 20 years earlier, my name might have been

Your Hippie Dude Name Is:

Wildwind

Feel free to take your own virtual trip to 1968 and get your Hippie name.