February 2012
2 posts
January 2012
2 posts
“Make good stuff, then make it easy for people to buy it. There’s your...”
– Jonathan Coulton, definitively. (via merlin)
December 2011
3 posts
My top 10 movies of 2011
alphabetically….
The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn
Another Earth
Contagion
Drive
Hanna
The Ides of March
Margin Call
Midnight in Paris
Source Code
Win Win
Honourable Mentions: Attack the Block, Hesher, The Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Movie I would recommend to everyone: Another Earth
Best Comic Book Movie: X-Men: First Class
Best 3D: Tintin (animated),...
September 2011
2 posts
2 tags
1 tag
Vonnegut’s Firefighters
nevver:
“I can think of no more stirring symbol of man’s humanity to man than a fire engine.” — Kurt Vonnegut, The New Inquiry
August 2011
2 posts
2 tags
July 2011
1 post
June 2011
4 posts
“The postmodern reply to the modern consists of recognizing that the past, since...”
– Postscript to The Name of the Rose, Umberto Eco
“The truth about the world, he said, is that anything is possible. Had you not...”
– Cormac McCarthy, Blood Meridian
May 2011
2 posts
Australia's deficit and debt
The news media are reporting in gloomy terms of Australia’s budget deficit of $50 BILLION. But what does that mean? What percentage is that? How does that compare to other western economies?
In terms of percentage Australia’s budget deficit as reported by Wayne Swan is 3.6 per cent of GDP. Compared to other countries?
So compared to other members of the OECD (Organisation for...
April 2011
4 posts
“And “Raw Deal” has Arnold Schwarzenegger, whose greatest virtue is...”
– Shelia Benson, LA Times
March 2011
5 posts
3 tags
1 tag
January 2011
3 posts
I love a good sport tradition
Starting with their 2005 trip to the Superbowl, Steelers players have made a tradition of equipping the jerseys of past and present teammates to media events surrounding their Superbowl and 2007 Hall of Fame game appearances.
On their way to Superbowl XL the Steelers players, prompted by linebacker Joey Porter, wore the college jersey of Jerome Bettis, in honor of what was to be “the...
My Oscars
Best Documentary Film: Catfish
Best Original Score: The Social Network - Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross
Best Film Editing: 127 Hours - Jon Harris
Best Cinematography: Scott Pilgrim vs. the World - Bill Pope
Best Animated Feature: How to Train Your Dragon
Best Screenplay: The Social Network - Aaron Sorkin (Adapted); Inception - Christopher Nolan (Original)
Best Supporting: Christian Bale - The...
December 2010
2 posts
My Top 10 Movies of 2010
1. Inception
2. The Social Network
3. How to Train Your Dragon
4. Enter the Void
5. The Killer Inside Me
6. Toy Story 3
7. Shutter Island
8. Animal Kingdom
9. Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
10. The Town
Honourable Mentions: Kick-Ass, Exit Through the Gift Shop, Micmacs, Youth in Revolt.
October 2010
4 posts
F.o.t.c.o.b., or the my amateur vexillological...
The sixth episode of 99% Invisible, the great design podcast by Roman Mars, discusses the design of flags and in particular city flags.
Roman discusses with his guest Ted Kaye the 5 principles of good flag design, which are:
Keep It Simple: the flag should be so simple that a child can draw it from memory.
Use Meaningful Symbolism: the flag’s images, colors, or patterns should relate to what...
Homemade is Best →
September 2010
2 posts
Chael says... →
August 2010
4 posts
Movies I've seen lately...
Inception ★★★★★
The Expendables ★ 1/2
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World ★★★ 1/2
Animal Kingdom ★★★★
Salt ★★ 1/2
Tito Also Says... →
Tito says... →
July 2010
2 posts
June 2010
6 posts
World Cup Referees Are Under Fire - WSJ.com →
This World Cup is likely to be remembered for two things terrible refereeing and annoying as shit horns… Especially if the bookies are to be believed and Brazil (or Argentina) maintains the South America record of winning every 2nd World Cup since 1962, concluding a very average World Cup with a predictable result.
AFL Crowd Sizes
The average Australian Football league crowd is 37,282, which is approximately 20,000 more than its “competition” code NRL at 17,831. This average attendance makes AFL the 4th most popular domestic sporting league in the world based on crowd size, behind the NFL (68,240), IPL (~58,000) and Bundesliga (42,565), and surpassing the EPL (36,076) and MLB (32,539).
This equates to an...
Resource Super Profits Tax
RIO vs. BHP vs. ASX
Good to see that the big mining stocks have out performed the ASX since the May 2nd announcement of the RSPT. You’d think with the impending doom of this burdensome tax they would be a little less resilient. Surely Fortescue, home of the biggest complaints about the RSPT, has tanked …
Nope… In fact Reuters market analysts have gone from 3 months ago...
Vuvuzela filter →
A german guy seems to have come with a anti-vuvuzela filter:http://www.surfpoeten.de/tube/vuvuzela_filter(german written). Check the sound test at the bottom of the article. Give this man the Nobel Prize of Mental Sanity.