Tom Scott
Hello. I'm Tom. These are some of the things I've made and done. They'll probably come back to haunt me in a few years' time.
Everything
Some are funny, some aren't. Some are appreciated, some aren't. Either way, here are all the videos, animations and other odd stuff that I've put on the web.
Talks and Writing
- Mob – in which someone sings into a webcam, and a flashmob goes horribly wrong.
- I Know What You Did Five Minutes Ago – in which I rattle through the online privacy settings of fashionable web services, and leave a surprising message.
- Is This You? – privacy, lifelogging, and an MP caught in a scandal.
- The Wisdom of the Crowd – in which I show that the crowd isn't always wise by conducting a quiz live on stage, collecting answers over Twitter.
- When Facebook Resurrected The Dead.
- My talk from Thinking Digital 2009 – featuring graphs, Hans Zimmer, Eurovision and a tea cozy.
- Going Viral – how to get ideas out of your head, onto the web, and into other people's heads.
- I occasionally write articles for the Guardian's technology blog.
- Two Drums and a Cymbal Fall off a Cliff – b'doom, tssh.
- Breaking the News – Matt Gray and I bonehead the budget, in the biggest project we've ever attempted.
- Gadget Geeks for Sky 1 HD – on air in 2012.
- The Google Street View Race – one man in San Francisco versus one man in Dewsbury.
- Ridiculous Minigolf – inspired by Portal, Minecraft, the Crystal Maze, and more.
- Ten Illegal Things To Do In London: Matt and I break some silly laws.
- Lies on the London Underground: a rough-and-ready investigation.
- A Starship Simulator in a Caravan: the LHS Bikeshed.
- The Webcycle – the faster you pedal, the faster your internet connection goes.
- Robocoaster Challenge – reciting Shakespeare while attached to a giant robot arm.
- The Matt Gray High Five Face Off – one man versus his own cardboard cutout.
- Monument Morse – a dozen people, a lot of cardboard, and a very big beacon.
- You Cannot Remove Your Fingerprints With Pineapple – it's true.
- Human vs Rat: The Maze Challenge – with overenthusiastic commentary.
- The Northern Nocturnal Cracker Consumption Challenge – three crackers, two men, one minute, and no water.
- Date This Man – in which Toast gets a big ad in Cardiff.
- Real Life Mario Kart – Sometimes playing on a screen just isn't enough. With bonus Thwomp Bowling World Championships.
- Maker Faire UK in 30 Seconds – Daleks, fire, and Tesla coils!
- The Evil Genius Simulator by Tom Wyatt – Kinect-controlled Tesla coils. No, really.
- Caution: High Speed Balls – the London Hackspace made a ping-pong ball launcher for the BBC, and fired it at a live studio audience.
- Preparing for Emergencies – From mid-2004: Remember the British Government's terror advice leaflet? This isn't quite it. The British government were "considering legal action" over this at one point, but decided not to after the Guardian, Daily Mail, BBC, and a whole lot of other news media got interested...
- Students' Union Induction Talks – in which I dress like a pirate and make the greatest entrance of my life.
- The Lady Gaga Race – two people, three hundred miles, only one ticket.
- Fun With A Giant Slingshot – an old monitor, a giant slingshot, and ripe fruit.
- Tea Party in a Transit – scones, jam and cream at high speed.
- The Fire Jugglers of York – not a joke, just some very impressive people spinning fire round themselves.
- Tesco Value Spiderman – how much sticky tape does it take to be Peter Parker?
- The Cone – fun with a talking warning cone.
- The Iron Chefs – the final version. A full English breakfast, cooked with IRONS.
- Breakfast: Fortified with Iron – how it all started, back in 2005. Featured on BBC One.
- Pastaaaargh – in the same vein, pasta and sauce cooked by kettle.
- Extra Light Pancakes – pancakes cooked using nothing but a big light.
- Salmon in a Dishwasher – is it possible?
- The Robin Hood Sandwich Challenge – featuring an overenthusiastic toaster.
- Mint Sauce Bottle Rocket: SCIENCE!
- The Large Piña Collider: making a pina colada with giant slingshots!
- Washing Machine Cookery – mulled wine and scrambled eggs, cooked with an ordinary household washing machine. Badly.
- The 30 Second Bacon Sandwich – Bacon. Bread. And a blowtorch.
- The Ninja Fizz Test – Finding out whether tapping a shaken cola can really stop it exploding. Features me getting sprayed with large amounts of cola. Warning: contains ninja.
- The Technical Difficulties – it was about time we made a TV show. Plus: a new podcast!
- Google Glasses – I made them a new commercial. I don't think they'll like it.
- Facebook Graph Search – I made them a new commercial too. I don't think they'll like it.
- iOS 6 Maps: an explanation from Apple.
- The Coruscant Juggling Club – Jedi jugglers juggling lightsabers, plus other spectacular feats of Force dexterity.
- The Battle of the Beer № 1, № 2 and № 3 – Gary and Toast battle over nine questions in the only quiz with the Distractionator.
- Nyan Fax: Nyan Cat, delivered to your fax machine.
- If Self-Checkout Machines Used Famous Voices
- Yorkshire Yoga: wi' none o' namby-pamby rubbish.
- The End of History: On a Budget – an answer to the £500 dead squirrel beer.
- The Amazing Englishman: he does whatever the English can.
- We All Make The Games: I fixed McDonalds' Olympics ad.
- The A-Z of Epidemiology: germs from Anthrax to Zoonoses!
- The Queen's Birthday Surprise – the Red Arrows provide a very special flyover.
- Cwora – like Quora, only much more sarcastic.
- Europlop! – Tim and I argue about music that isn't worth arguing about.
- Cash4Access – get up close and personal with your favourite politicians!
- Journalism Warning Labels – making newspaper reading that much safer.
- A Statement From Instagram about their new Terms of Service
- Comedy Donor Card – I want to help others laugh in the event of my death.
- British Hammer Time – don't forget to set your clocks forward.
- Be A Safe Ninja This Winter – a PSA for the more stealthy among us.
- Captain Obvious – the titles from the little-known show.
- The Trip to Scarborough – in which I push the CGI budget, and Gary keeps an eye on two seagulls.
- Guitar Hero: Status Quo – Some jokes never get old. Just like Status Quo.
- Lemmings: The Movie – someday, they'll run out of video games to turn into movies.
- Appalling Visual Puns № 1, № 2, № 3, № 4 and № 5 – surprising amounts of effort for surprisingly bad gags.
- An Extract from the Life of Kings of Leon lead singer Caleb Followill.
- Trapped in Sticker Factory, Send Help – these stickers went all over the world.
- Game Shows With Bees – buzz in if you know the answer.
- Cockup Britain – this 'Startup Britain' initiative isn't up to much.
- Fluffy the Penguin Goes Skiing – I have no idea why this is popular. It shouldn't be, by all rights; it was my first attempt at a proper cartoon in Flash, and it shows. But for some reason, people like it.
- Extortr – It's what Flickr would be if Flickr were evil. Presented at the Paraflows exhibition, Vienna.
- Real World Racer – a Google Maps racing game.
- The Star Wars Weather Forecast – 'It's like Hoth out here.'
- The Grumpy British Weather Forecast: it's too bloody hot.
- A Brief History of Lyric Videos: presented in their own style.
- Soul Compare: get the most for your soul!
- Stupid Fight – pick two celebrities. Whose fans are the most stupid?
- Evil – displays the phone numbers of unsuspecting Facebookers. No, seriously.
- Actual Facebook Graph Searches.
- YouTube Death Toll – how many lives have been wasted?
- You Against The World – a live-streamed, online quiz show.
- Klouchebag – the standard for asshattery.
- Your Startup is Doomed: and here's why.
- Welcome to Life – the science fiction afterlife, ruined by lawyers.
- Advent Locker – one prize a day in an Amazon Locker!
- Look Outside Y'All – a Twitter bot that tells you about fantastic sunsets in London.
- Who Said It? – the Facebook status game that makes you lose faith in humanity!
- The Unofficial Party Rock Generator – every day I'm bufferin'.
- Olympic Defence – help the mascots shoot down protests!
- Whose Leak Is It Anyway? – If you get 10/10, you should apply to Interpol.
- CharityShock – donate money, give someone an electric shock.
- Sexual Congress – which US politician is most attractive? Vote. Find out.
- This Is My Spam – like This Is My Jam, but less annoying.
- The Tache-O-Matic – blessing photos with style, elegance, and dapper 'taches.
- The Magical Mystical Ley Line Locator – do you live on an "energy highway"?
- The Analogizer – Journalists! Need useless, confusing analogies? Here you go.
- The Quick Pop Pick Quiz. Two songs. Same name. But which is most popular?
- Who Wants To Not Get Stabbed?: a game from Hack The Government Day.
- The Intubator – endless randomly chosen personal videos.
- Nul Points – rate Eurovision as it happens, see live results!
- Smug Kookaburras – the most self-satisfied of all birds.
- Shower Shock Super Sing Song Challenge – guess the shower songs, give Tom a cold surprise.
- What's Osama Bin Watchin'? – possibly the most tasteless thing I've ever made.
- The Semaphore Ninja – Give him a message, and he will deliver it with honour. And flags.
- Tweleted – once upon a time, it recovered deleted tweets. No longer.
- Your lawmakers are probably not senile. Good news.
- The 2010 "Editing Wikipedia From Inside Parliament" Awards.
- Buntify – instant Royal Wedding patriotism for any web site.
- Camptown News Greasemonkey Script – doo-dah, doo-dah.
- The Internet's Bathroom Wall – classy.
- Your Mum News – puerile playground humour.
- Windmap – for kite flyers.
- Missing Vowels Trainer – for Only Connect fans.
