June 24th, 2009
My son is nearly 5 and like most boys his age he’s really into Transformers. We won’t be taking him to see the new feature film, but he and I did check out the online trailer and a few online clips from the first movie tonight.
June 12th, 2009
Banksy takes over a big chunk of the Bristol Museum for his biggest exhibition ever, a secret installation entitled ‘Banksy vs. Bristol Museum’. BBC segment below.
April 29th, 2009
I love watching skating, and this is one of the best video segments I’ve ever seen. William Spencer skateboards with a circus stunt attitude…
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April 14th, 2009
I might be the last person in the world to know this, but you can now watch entire movies like Saving Private Ryan on Youtube thanks to the playlist feature and the dedication of the people who break them down into bite sized bits and upload them to Youtube one at a time. Surely this can’t last very long. Movie after the jump…
April 4th, 2009
I’ve written before that I am not *really* a car guy, which is true in so far as my own tastes in automobiles err to function over form. That said, I definitely enjoy watching Top Gear and can appreciate the art and engineering in really fancy cars, which is why I took notice when I saw this thing just ahead of me in traffic on the way to work the other day. Read the rest of this entry »
March 7th, 2009
The only times I’ve been tempted to download pirated movies or TV shows is when getting it through some other channel is more of a hassle. It isn’t because I am cheap and don’t want to pay for it…au contraire, I am happy to pay for it (I was at the video store renting RocknRolla when I had the inspiration for this post), it is just that I am often lazy and in some circumstances the internet is an easier place to get what you want.
March 1st, 2009
I love todays Google New Zealand logo in celebration of Dr Suess’ birthday. Of course we are a day ahead of the US so I guess google.com will update to this tomorrow.
February 16th, 2009
Per my last post, if you want to support the efforts of the Creative Freedom team in the fight to repeal S92a specifically from the Copyright Amendment Act then they have a bunch of banners you can choose to put on your site. You can also participate in the big Internet Blackout action.
February 15th, 2009
UPDATE 23/2/09: It isn’t over yet, but today the Prime Minister, John Key, announced a delay to the implementation of section 92a until March 27th. The idea is that stakeholders now try and develop a mutually acceptable code of practice. The PM has also said that if a solution could not be found then it would be suspended. It ain’t over, but that’s a good start and thanks in large part to the hard work done by the Creative Freedom Foundation. Well done those guys.
UPDATE…thought I ought to be a little more specific about this Internet Blackout business and make it clear that the issue at hand is absolutely not about Copyright itself.