one of the joys of melbourne on a monday : until 4pm the nova cinema in carlton only charges $5.50 admission. of course you are not the only person who knows this and the 4pm session of todd haynes‘ i’m not there is completely sold out. haynes is a seriously film literate director and he [...]
Friday, September 7, 2007
as a kind of ex-cyberpunk i should be a science fiction fan, but i am just not … something about being unwilling to suspend my disbelief. however william gibson explains why science fiction is about the present, and his observations on the strange kind of reality we live in this recent interview in the washington [...]
why does google hate me? Originally uploaded by toycamera.
for some reason sometimes when i ask google something it thinks i am a virus, and once it is in this loop, it stays there. this precipitates a significant identity crisis. in fact it has an alarming general effect on how i feel [...]
ok i know it is not world toilet day (“let’s celebrate together!“) yet, and no, you don’t have to hold on until november 19… but there are many items of interest for people interested in the world of water closets on the website of the world toilet organization which has as its logo a toilet [...]
the ABC reports that a proposal to introduce a .xxx domain has been rejected by ICANN. curiously it was not the porn industry that was behind the plan, but a couple of conservative us senators who thought that it would make porn easier to control – they reckon if they ban sexually charged (sic) [...]
i am struck by the pictures of the memorial service for rinie mulder, who was shot dead by police in one of my old stamping grounds ondiep, (which means shallow, not deep) in utrecht, the netherlands last week – in what looks more like a celebration of a victory of oranje (the netherlandic football team), [...]
Wednesday, February 28, 2007
Cat 1996-2006 Originally uploaded by suzukichick.
people like to post images of their deceased pets on flickr. in their comments the posters often address their late pet directly, such as this one from suzukichick : “You nearly made it to 2007, boy. RIP”
there are also a number of ‘pools’, such as [...]
Tuesday, December 26, 2006
according to the sydney morning herald recent research in the czech republic seems to explain a few things that have puzzled me for many many many many years : apparently about 40% of the world’s population is infected with a common parasite which makes women sexier and men dumber – it also increases your risk of [...]
Saturday, November 25, 2006
da silva hates me.
he waits until my light goes out and then he starts moving around in his room.
and then he starts playing his weird experimental music, which sounds like a badly tuned radio put through a series of compressors.
and then he goes to the communal kitchen, which is on my right, and he cooks [...]
Wednesday, October 18, 2006
i waste plenty of time in second life (SL) today and it is kind of annoying because i don’t have any time to spare and SL just sucks up time … but i like my character : he is cute … he is big and fat and bald and he gets a free leather sofa, [...]