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V For Vendetta
01April2006
On the surface, this film appears to be a fairly decent comic adaptation, with a smattering of action, Natalie Portman […]
26Mar-1April2006 :: This Week
01April2006
saw Adam Alexander play at The Basement; he opened with Talk of Funny Days which is still a beautiful song; […]
19-25March2006 :: This Week
25March2006
read Delia Falconer's The Lost Thoughts of Soldiers watched Scrubs, Season 2 watched Beautiful Creatures watched Bringing Out The Dead […]
Flora, Thrice
20March2006
Despite Panasonic Australia's protestations that my NV-GS400 camera does not exist, I managed to find a manual online, and in […]
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 putting […]
12-18March2006 :: This Week
18March2006
read 'Chance' from Alice Munro's collection of short stories Runaway; very short-film-ic watched Syriana watched Balzac and the Little Chinese […]
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 office building”. I […]
Syriana
13March2006
From the movie's opening scene, I knew this one was gonna be good. Beautiful camera work. Not far in and […]
5-11March2006 :: This Week
11March2006
This is a replacement for the '?currently' entries. And for listing movies I saw, books I read, &c, when I […]
Style Updates
07March2006
As promised, I've made some changes to the styles on this site. There are three alternate stylesheets available: the black […]
Attempting Reconnection... Failed
06March2006
Abort, Retry, Fail?_ R After returning from the year of In-Country Studies, one hits a 7-8 day mark when reality […]
White vs Beige, Round 4
06March2006
On Switching Put the White vs Beige fight on hiatus, it having become somewhat academic as I have no money, […]
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 couple […]
Débranché
25February2006
Have been feeling strangely disconnected lately. I've been back for over five weeks, but don't feel like I've settled. Doesn't […]
When Myth-Making Backfires
22February2006
Was interested to see the French government and media backpedalling from their previous fear-mongering about Bird Flu. As long as […]
Housekeeping, Syndication Politics
21February2006
Have dumped my RSS2 feed in favor of 100% Atom 1.0. Support for Atom has gotten to the point where […]
Nokia N and E Series
19February2006
I desperately need a new phone, and am trying to get a nice all-in-one gadget - music player, organiser, camera, […]
Vanishing From View
19February2006
I really don't have anything new to say about a lot of what's been happening lately around the issue of […]
Rethinking Judas
03February2006
I've been thinking a lot about the myth of evil, and of evil characters. My general feeling though, is that […]
Code 46
03February2006
My conclusion: Winterbottom doesn't have the brain for science fiction. On the surface, there's no doubt that this film is […]
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 differences between there and here, before […]
Updates: Everything Has To End
08January2006
Have just finished editing my filmic flânerie and written the piece to accompany it. Am going to render the video […]
The Vampire's Story
04January2006
The story of the Vampires cannot be told. Their history cannot be contained in any single tale. Instead, I shall […]
Places of Departure
04January2006
I love ports: airports, stations, places of departure; the promise of the journey to come. The departure lounge acts as […]
The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe
31December2005
Saw Narnia with the cousins yesterday; the kids all enjoyed it so they're obviously doing something right. But a few […]
Updates
29December2005
Am currently in England with Jenni and David and the cousins. Didn't get all the editing finished on my project […]
Casablanca
19December2005
All I can say is: the is the first 'classic' I've _ever_ seen that I've actually enjoyed. Entertaining, and well […]
Search Term Spam
17December2005
Time for some more bizarre and completely irrelevant search terms; these are just some of the ways people have found […]
Public Schooling, Religion, A Manifesto
17December2005
a few thoughts on public schooling… a lot to do with religion and state stuff 1. public schools SHOULD NOT […]
My Snow Coloured Dreams
15December2005
The year in France is coming to its end, and Reims is getting quiet. The five Aussies just had a […]
Australian Identity and Online Writing
11December2005
Warning: Essay follows; this is what happens when the brain dumps core A couple of events have recently got me […]
Dumping Core
11December2005
Ok, brain is full, desperately need to dump core to make space… Been doing lots of reading, thinking about all […]
Mysterious Packages Part II
11December2005
or, More Reasons to Worship the Internet Following-up my previous post, and with pictures… We tried the Stormhoek Shiraz at […]
What I Want From the Future
08December2005
This started life inside my head as a gadget wishlist, but it relates to a few other things. Anyway, for […]
Mysterious Packages
03December2005
Couple of days ago found a DHL sticker on my letterbox, saying they'd tried to deliver a package. Had absolutely […]
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
02December2005
Saw the new Potter movie last night. It's been a long time since I read the book (ie, not since […]
The Universal Library
02December2005
A follow-up of sorts to Turing's Cathedral from George Dyson. The Universal Library talks about some of the implications of […]
Updates/Weirdness
28November2005
Been experiencing some weirdness with the website over the last couple days, but it looks like it was only me […]
Matrix Reloaded & Revolutions
23November2005
Been a while since I've seen these, so over the last couple nights I watched the Matrix/es Reloaded and Revolutions […]
The Cyberpunk Educator
21November2005
Watched The Cyberpunk Educator, available for download. It's an exploration of 1980s cyberpunk film and isn't half bad. Watch out […]