New-Ness

31December2006

In which I try roll over the website while everyone else rolls over midnight […]

Semantics and Style :: Markup for Dialogue

30December2006

In an effort to create something as portable as possible, I wrote my latest scre […]

Winter with Django

02December2006

The list of things I want to change on this site has just kept on growing for so […]

Quoting Song Lyrics

15October2006

I have, as John Mayer sings, "too many corners in my mind" right now, and have b […]

The Prophetess

26September2006

Our hero's story 'begins' when he, somehow, finds himself at the wrong end of a […]

Untitled Vampire Short :: Treatment

Written for Screenwriting at UTS, this is the short I hope to shoot early next year for my final project; had to knock together a treatment so this is a rough story outline; it doesn't give a very good idea of timing but the story elements are all here; Sam and Jeunet are currently ungendered

Untitled Vampire Short :: Treatment

30August2006

Just uploaded a treatment](/film/thom_treatment/ "?film :: Untitled Vampire Shor […]

A Flickr photoset :: Europe in Black & White

19August2006

(Skip straight to the photos: *Europe in Black & White* I've been meaning t […]

Recent Consumption

12August2006

* watched *People I Know*; started slow but interesting thriller once it got goi […]

Photos :: Darling Harbour under storm clouds

25July2006

A few images from around Darling Harbour today. The storm clouds gathered but it […]

16-22July2006 :: This Week

22July2006

* watched *The Brothers Grimm*; "I know this story" * watched *28 Days Later*; a […]

9-15July2006 :: This Week

15July2006

* watched the first part of *Bleak House*; it's setting up rather nicely, comple […]

A Vampire Lore

10July2006

The vampires, with their cousins the werewolves, represent two extremes of human […]

2-8July2006 :: This Week

09July2006

* watched *Annie Hall*; not as amazing as *Manhattan* but in a similar vein * st […]

MySpace :: the latest victim of cultural ignorance

07July2006

So MySpace just launched an Australian site. Haven't seen it marketed yet, so it […]

Vampire/Watcher

05July2006

Snapped this of the windows across the street from the Red Cross Blood Bank i […]

That Imp of Earth and Industry

03July2006

Download (Quicktime 6+ MP4): * 320x240 8MB version * 640x480 22MB version […]

25June-1July2006 :: This Week

01July2006

* watched *The Society Murders*; which strangely felt like propaganda for the vi […]

18-24June2006 :: This Week

25June2006

* watched *Springtime in a Small Town*; beautiful Chinese film; the film work wa […]

Working 9-5

20June2006

Have just completed my 7th day of nine-to-five (well, 9-6 actually)... It really […]

The Author and The Logos

11June2006

I've just uploaded a piece I wrote for uni to ?myth=author\_logos. I wasn't sure […]

4-10June2006 :: This Week

11June2006

* watched *Answered by Fire* (Parts I and II); first part focussed on the lead-u […]

On Switching, Part the First

09June2006

*This is the first part of some bits I'm writing about migrating from Linux to M […]

28May-3June2006 :: This Week

03June2006

* watched *The Family Stone*; funny lite; very predictable * watched *Prime*; li […]

Dreams of a Place That Never Was

31May2006

Have had memories of last year thrust back into my mind lately... They come and […]

21-27May2006 :: This Week

27May2006

* watched *Deceiver*; simple story but some clever cinematography * watched *The […]

Who Says Computers Aren’t Intelligent?

26May2006

Received an 'Amazon.com Recommends' email the other day. I haven't been particul […]

14-20May2006 :: This Week

20May2006

* went to the *Reelife Short Film Festival* at the Dendy, Newtown; a friend's sh […]

Looking For Work

14May2006

I've decided to write on this here: I'm looking for work. I'm currently in my […]

Ladies and Gentlemen, We Have A Winner (White vs Beige)

13May2006

Back in Round 4. Also got Final Cut Studio while I was at it; Final Cut Pro al […]

Shooting Bombsites in Melbourne and Sydney

13May2006

Went to Melbourne with the family a couple of weekends ago. I took the video […]

7-13May2006 :: This Week

13May2006

* watched *The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen*; a mistake; can now see why Al […]

On Being Marketed Down To

11May2006

Went to a couple sessions of Adobe's *Fully Loaded* tour on Tuesday, the first o […]

30Apr-6May2006 :: This Week

06May2006

* *started* reading Don DeLillo's *Cosmopolis*; *Edit: actually only read the fi […]

23-29April2006 :: This Week

30April2006

* watched *Roman Road* * watched *Holy Man*, despite having decided not to watch […]

16-22April2006 :: This Week

22April2006

* watched *Mr Harvey Lights A Candle*; feel-good and trying to be Mr Chips but o […]

Fou Amoureux

20April2006

Je suis amoureux, mais de qui ou de quoi, je ne sais pas. J'aime Paris, j'aime l […]

9-15April2006 :: This Week

15April2006

* watched *Corpse Bride* * saw James Blunt perform at the Hordern * read Sara Do […]

Venus and Mars and some other planet

14April2006

1. Men and Women are different; their brains work differently 2. Not everyone co […]

Team B Mark II

13April2006

Saw James Blunt perform at the Hordern Pavilion last night. It was impossible fo […]

Rehearsing for Fourty Thousand Years; On Cultural Curiosity

10April2006

Having watched the latest Australian Tourism ad I'm starting to wonder if it was […]

2-8April2006 :: This Week

08April2006

* finished reading EL Doctorow's *The March*; quite a good read, lots of good id […]

Two of Three Short Scripts

04April2006

Have just uploaded a couple short scripts to the ?film section. I wrote both las […]

Rethinking that Convergent Gadget

04April2006

> > Mostly inspired by my current cash-strapped state, and the lack of any pai […]

V For Vendetta

01April2006

On the surface, this film appears to be a fairly decent comic adaptation, with a […]

26Mar-1April2006 :: This Week

01April2006

* saw Adam Alexander play at The Basement; he opened with *Talk of Funny Days* w […]

19-25March2006 :: This Week

25March2006

* read Delia Falconer's *The Lost Thoughts of Soldiers* * watched *Scrubs*, Seas […]

Flora, Thrice

20March2006

Despite Panasonic Australia's protestations that my NV-GS400 camera *does not ex […]

Why I Do This; Some Justifications

18March2006

This thing I do, I do it for me. I write for me. I am conscious that I am puttin […]

12-18March2006 :: This Week

18March2006

* read 'Chance' from Alice Munro's collection of short stories *Runaway*; very s […]

We’ve Been Underestimating Those Buildings

15March2006

On the bus on the way out of the city today I saw "the city's most envious offic […]

Syriana

13March2006

From the movie's opening scene, I knew this one was gonna be good. Beautiful cam […]

5-11March2006 :: This Week

11March2006

This is a replacement for the '?currently' entries. And for listing movies I saw […]

Style Updates

07March2006

As promised, I've made some changes to the styles on this site. There are three […]

White vs Beige, Round 4

06March2006

**On Switching** Put the White vs Beige fight on hiatus, it having become some […]

Attempting Reconnection... Failed

06March2006

Abort, Retry, Fail?\_ R After returning from the year of In-Country Studies, o […]

Crash, House of Flying Daggers, Little Fish

06March2006

I saw these movies a few weeks ago, when I hired about a dozen in the space of a […]

Débranché

25February2006

Have been feeling strangely disconnected lately. I've been back for over five we […]

When Myth-Making Backfires

22February2006

Was interested to see the French government and media backpedalling from their p […]

Housekeeping, Syndication Politics

21February2006

Have dumped my RSS2 feed in favor of 100% Atom 1.0. Support for Atom has gotten […]

Vanishing From View

19February2006

I really don't have anything new to say about a lot of what's been happening lat […]

Nokia N and E Series

19February2006

I desperately need a new phone, and am trying to get a nice all-in-one gadget - […]

Rethinking Judas

03February2006

I've been thinking a lot about the myth of evil, and of evil characters. My gene […]

Code 46

03February2006

My conclusion: Winterbottom doesn't have the brain for science fiction. On the s […]

Appreciations in Two Parts; or, Things I Miss, Or Don’t

28January2006

Having been back in Australia just over a week, I've been thinking about the dif […]

Updates: Everything Has To End

08January2006

Have just finished editing my filmic flânerie and written the piece to accompany […]

The Vampire’s Story

04January2006

The story of the Vampires cannot be told. Their history cannot be contained i […]

Places of Departure

04January2006

I love ports: airports, stations, places of departure; the promise of the journe […]