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In film, geek, internet, links, music on 29 July 2008 with no comments

Wired magazine has an oral history of War Games, the film that made me realise Dad’s TRS-80 was capable of more than 10 Print: You are a dick and 20: Goto 10. Possibly. That shit’s *still* really, really funny
Kubrick nitty gritty fans should take an hour to watch this, or the time-poor should read this [...]

Link - Where the wild things are

In film, links on 19 July 2008 with no comments

Apparently Spike Jones’ Where The Wild Things Are adaptation is in trouble. Kids running from the theatre screaming trouble. Sounds great.
The LA Times has the run down - along with bonus test footage of a pre-Pixar John Lasseter WTWTA animation.

Muppets

In links on 15 June 2008 tagged muppets, the boy with no comments

I’ve been fully blog lite lately, what with the boy being born and that. He’s amazing.
I’m expecting to be a more regular contributor to teh internets soon.
In the meantime, here’s The Muppets’ three greatest singers together at last.
As you were.

Link

In links on 7 May 2008 tagged b3ta, cartoon with no comments

Via B3ta

You look nice today

In links on 23 April 2008 tagged podcast, twitter with no comments

You Look Nice Today is my new fav podcast - it’s 43 Folders‘ Merlin Mann with two other hip-ass Silicon Valley types talking uniforms, odour clouds, and Snare! These guys were described on Digg! as ‘Twitter superstars’. How the HELL does one become a ‘Twitter superstar’? I still don’t think I’m using it right.

Stop Making Movies About My Books!

In links on 2 April 2008 tagged dr suess with no comments

Brilliance from The Onion - a poem written as Dr Suess protesting recent tsunami of crap-like Jim Carrey / Mike Myers / Dreamworks adaptations of his books.

The Onion - sometimes it makes me want to be a top comedy blogger, sometimes it makes me want to chuck it all away, they’re so good.