The chat room scene from Closer.

Tinashé - A-Liar

Links und rechts

If anyone actually reads this before I get a chance to edit it into a presentable form, this is a whole heap of raw links and other bits of crap I saved to a text document when I was browsing on another computer.

As I found this stuff whilst browsing at a location other than command HQ, I saved it all in one spot and then emailed it to myself, so that I could go through all properly at some later time.

The wiki stuff is saved in clusters in some points; it's stuff that seemed interesting and was in some way related to the article above it. I'm trying out a different way of finding out about new things. So far it seems to be working well enough.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aposematic
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dialectic_of_Enlightenment
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radicalization
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lo-fi_music
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Violent_Radicalization_and_Homegrown_Terrorism_Prevention_Act_of_2007

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Velvet_Underground
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Factory
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surrealistic_Pillow
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1960s_in_film
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viva_%28Warhol_superstar%29
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desuetude
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People%27s_Volunteer_Army
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intelligentsia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_Gun_Ri_Massacre
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bridge_of_No_Return
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axe_Murder_Incident
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francisco_Franco
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Green_Book_%28BBC%29
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poison_dart_frog
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polygenic
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crepuscular
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camponotus_saundersi
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Velvet_ant
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everybody_Draw_Mohammed_Day
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theo_van_Gogh_%28film_director%29
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Bangkok
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kansas_evolution_hearings

Now, I have Googled "Gerard Brennan" on the Internet. It turns out, Sir
Gerard, that you are either a Canadian native Eskimo with an interest in
sustainable economic development in the Arctic region of Canada, or you are
a former Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia

http://www.haneefcaseinquiry.gov.au/www/inquiry/rwpattach.nsf/VAP/%28CFD7369FCAE9B8F32F341DBE097801FF%29~CLA080922_PublicForum.PDF/$file/CLA080922_PublicForum.PDF

http://www.news.com.au/technology/meet-spider-goat-the-dna-enhanced-web-flinging-nanny-that-may-one-day-knit-your-bones/story-e6frfro0-1225867617374
http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/television/taser-fight-at-dawn-for-rival-tv-networks/story-e6frfmyi-1225879678805
http://www.courts.qld.gov.au/cif-child-at-mackay-20100305.pdf
http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/qld/QDC/2003/151.html
http://www.courts.qld.gov.au/Fiechtner1204.pdf
http://haigreport.com/proofofbccmultiplecrimes-bcccriminalsnotprosecuted.php
http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/96781/20091007-1352/www.royalcommission.vic.gov.au/Submissions.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passiflora_caerulea
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._G._Wells
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giordano_Bruno
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art_of_memory
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freethought#Modern_movements
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pansy
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._G._Wells

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Skater
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nepalese_royal_massacre
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cappadocia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dipendra
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devyani_Rana
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rana_dynasty

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mrkonji%C4%87_Grad_incident
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperrealism_%28painting%29

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Bacon

Divine insight from the half-pissed oracle
Hostile Primary
Your friends? Those fleet-footed turncoats, whose words weigh little more than the wind that carries them. Fuck those guys.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culture_jamming
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subvertising
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Yes_Men
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C3%A9tournement
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wizard_People,_Dear_Reader
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meme

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhopal_disaster
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phosgene
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_blossom
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermal_runaway

http://archive.sclqld.org.au/qjudgment/1999/QCA99-110.pdf
http://www.alrc.gov.au/speeches/RC/2007/20071810.pdf
http://www.news.com.au/breaking-news/homeless-people-in-sydney-given-free-food-showers-services-at-town-hall/story-e6frfku0-1225876975417
http://www.news.com.au/breaking-news/world-of-warcraft-skills-help-norwegian-boy-save-his-sister-from-moose-attack/story-e6frfku0-1225876928772

The Firth of Forth is mentioned in Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck in a rejected version of the original script of episode 1 and was the cause for a McDuck not being declared the king because of a lisp. He had to proclaim the birth of Scotland including the girth of all earth north of the Firth of Forth.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Field_Marshal_%28Australia%29
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Blamey
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drill_commands#United_Kingdom
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Run_Rabbit_Run

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashford_v_Thornton
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trial_by_battle
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duel
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outlaw
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_bandits

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lithography
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kunstformen_der_Natur
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernst_Haeckel

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exodus_(ship)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_wars_2003%E2%80%93current

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amber
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smoke-screen#Phosphorus
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howitzer

http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/transcript-of-prime-minister-rudds-speech/story-e6frea6u-1225883458033
http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/96781/20091007-1352/www.royalcommission.vic.gov.au/Submissions/SubmissionDocuments/SUBM-002-022-0137_R.pdf
http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/96781/20091007-1352/www.royalcommission.vic.gov.au/Submissions/SubmissionDocuments/SUBM-002-029-0200_R.pdf
http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/96781/20091007-1352/www.royalcommission.vic.gov.au/Submissions/SubmissionDocuments/SUBM-002-015-0178_R.pdf
http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/96781/20091007-1352/www.royalcommission.vic.gov.au/Submissions/SubmissionDocuments/SUBM-002-023-0189_R-Part1.pdf

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coober_Pedy,_South_Australia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marble_Bar,_Western_Australia

Sebastien Tellier - la Ritournelle

I've gone on at length about how waiting in line is a tonic for the soul. For tech and films especially, it's a rare coordinate where you stand a reasonable chance of being able to have a conversation with any person next to you, any "random" person, but they aren't actually random because simply by being in line we have some notion of how their variables might be set. Organisms who (under other circumstances) would be little more than shambling physical obstacles become something akin to people.

Jerry Holkins
25 June 2010

Forgeticus!

I have had this in my head ever since having seen the trailer for Somewhere.

Not bad. Certainly could be worse.

Can someone please forward me the memo I seem to have missed.

I believe it might have said something along the lines of:

"All blogs hosted on this service are to deal, exclusively, in the affairs of new families. Moreover, it is preferable that they be authored by bored housebound individuals with little better to report on than their own domestic affairs. Examples of acceptable topics for discussion include, but are not limited to: Kyle's soccer game on Saturday; the recent family trip to ______; your woeful poetry; Summer's geography assignment; your new job at_____ ;Kip's new teeth; the recent and regrettable death of the family pet, etc."

Having only recently discovered the "Next Blog>>" button, I thought I might have a bit of a perv on what other randomly selected blogs were doing. Much to my dismay, the next sixteen consecutive blogs all were authored by people who seemed to be interested in little more than gloating about the unparalleled awesomeness of their own private affairs.


I don't quite understand what compels people to publish all this information. After all of the alarmist reporting on online predators and identity thieft, why are people so willing to 'give it all up' without a thought directed to how easy it is for that information to be used against their interests.


I can certainly appreciate that these people may have plenty of reasons to be proud about what they have achieved for themselves. Yet, it must be understood that some measure of self-restraint needs to be exercised, particularly in circumstances where there is a disclosure of information concerning a third party, and that third party is unaware of such disclosure, or of the possible risk that such disclosure invites.


I think it would be appropriate for personal blogs, or at least those dealing with domestic affairs, to be kept private; not because of the shameless voyeurism they seem to encourage but because there are a great many people who literally need to have it explained to them that when they have a public blog called "The Doe Family Blog" and mum complains about Kyle's soccer game on the weekend at the such and such school soccer fields, mum probably doesn't realise just how much information she has disclosed.


I really have spent more time on this than I should have. This isn't a new problem, and it certainly should have already been addressed. Nevertheless, in my work I have developed a certain awareness of what some individuals are capable of.


The tragedy is that very little would need to be done to negate the potential risk these people unknowingly expose themselves to on a daily basis.

Vuvuzela Concerto in B Flat

Image retrieved from BuzzFeed

New Favourite: Bill Bryson.

Ladies and Gents I present Bill Bryson.

Honestly, this probably shouldn't qualify as a new favourite. I've known about this dude for a while now. However, I only just discovered this video. I'm not gonna let him get squeezed out on a technicality. Also, it should be noted that conducting appraisals of literary works isn't really something I'm particularly good at, but this seems like a cause worthy of at lest some effort.

Author and Chancellor of Durham University, Bryson is one of those possessed of a brilliant mind, whose enthusiasm and wit is nothing if not utterly captivating. I've read a fair few of his works now, and consider him to be among the most engaging and wholly entertaining authors I have encountered thus far.

His manner draws a stark contrast to the style of Diamond in Guns, Germs and Steel. Upon any reading of Mother Tongue or A Short History of Nearly Everything it is plain to see that whilst they both cover similar material, Bryson is by far more likely to keep the reader not only engaged, but entertained.

See also: that fucking beard.

See that shit? A fulsome, rich red hue, punctuated along the jawline with notes of silver. That be one distinguished-looking motherfucker.

Seriously, read his shit. A Short History is where you should start.

Y'know, that Herzog dude is a pretty upbeat chap once you get to know him.

New Medal of Hono(u)r trailer is up!

Rear Window - The Kiss

Still the best Hitchcock film. By far.

Maximum Excitement!

Trailer for the new Sofia Coppola movie, Somewhere!

Das Whermacht an der Mittagspause.

SidAbitball - Boxing tonight

Generally speaking, I'm not all that big on chiptunes, but this dude ain't all bad. The awesomeness of that clip helps.

Amnesty International's new ad.

Amnesty International from Digital District™ VFX Post-Pro on Vimeo.

The track used is "Carly Comando - Everyday"


Which reminds me a little of this:



Bloody beautiful.

Nevertheless, I'm pretty sure if you up the tempo on this to match Comando's work, it would sound pretty damn similar.

Cordyceps: attack of the killer fungi - Planet Earth Attenborough BBC wildlife

I swear I saw something like this in an X-Files episode once.

Something to do with a some kind of fungus that came out of a volcano?

[EDIT] BAM.