- the new doctor
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Neil Gaiman tweeted:
You ALWAYS don’t like the new Dr Who. It’s a rule. You miss the last one. But after a few weeks (or less) he’s the Doctor. It’s inevitable.
He’s right, but even from this short preview I don’t hate this new Doctor, in fact I kind of liked him straight away – I’m surprised! I really really liked Christopher Eccleston and when he regenerated I could not imagine that David Tennant would ever grow on me… too skinny, too comic looking. He was fantastic! Tom Baker will always be the ‘real’ Doctor to me but Tennant has been my favourite by far.
- nearly alice time
Matt Lucas is going to be so fantastic to watch as Tweedledee & Tweedledum, just looking at this still showing that characteristic head tilt, that man is hilarious! According to what I’ve read, Tim Burton found some inspiration in the creepy twins from The Shining :)
I’m really looking forward to seeing this movie, visually it will be stunning, I hope the story is as impressive.
And just because I’ve mentioned it (even though the story is butchered from the original book it’s still a pretty awesome movie):
- how to report the news
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This video gave me such a laugh, and then a little bit of a cry thinking about the rubbish they put on “current affairs” programs on commercial television stations in Australia…
One program that makes me actually angry to think about is Today Tonight – I guess the real problem is the people that watch it thinking that sensationalist rubbish about supermarket pricing, diets, immigration exposés, (telephone company exposés, centrelink exposés, blah blah) and cheap fashion shopping is actual factual news.
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Thanks John ;)
- time for a new browser?
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I’ve been thinking for some time of ditching Safari in favour of Google Chrome and this video has me wanting to do it now. Besides being a fun promo, the fact that in Chrome a crashed tab wont crash the whole browser and google’s claims of faster speeds had me downloading and installing.
I’ve always really liked Safari but after a few days (I don’t shut down my laptop & often have multiple tabs left open, the same ones for days at a stretch) it’s seems to clog up almost, grinds to a halt and becomes maddeningly slow taking up to a minute to open a new tab. I don’t want to change the way I work, so on to Chrome.
Watch the whole video, it’s pretty cool :)
- kitty surprise
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This response to the Surprised Kitty video on youtube gave me such a laugh! I hope it cheers up what I’m sure is a hectic week for everyone else too :)
- i’m yours
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I could watch this over and over!
- creative clock
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Coolest Clock Ever? from A3Network
I’m posting this because a. I think it’s an interesting and creative idea that took quite a lot of dedication and patience from the artist to film himself redrawing the time, and b. The idiotic comments and the posters’ need to point out that there is no man inside this clock…. wtf?
Reading that gave me a bit of an eyebrow raise, surely people don’t need it spelt out to them that there isn’t a little man inside the clock continually redrawing the minute hand on this clock?! That’s my grumble for the day :)
- you can be my neutraface
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Neutra Face : An Ode On A Typeface (A Bearded Poker Face Parody)
With gold lines like “Avant Garde you make me hard” and a chorus of “You can be my Neutraface – even if it’s bold italic” watching this was the perfect way to kick start work this morning.
- animated paper cuts
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NZ Book Council – Going West VIA
This is just fantastic!
- tim burton @ moma
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I really enjoy Tim Burton’s films, they’re so visually rich and beautiful and always just suck me in to another world of fascination and colour. It was lovely to hear him speak and see some of his illustrations.