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Monthly Archives: October 2009
Three questions for the Three Strikes rule.
Unelected plutocrat Peter Mandelson has pointed the way to a less free internet today, by announcing that Britain will be adopting an anti-filesharing piracy policy much like the one that has just been voted into legislation in France. This will … Continue reading
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Banksy, Time Out and NanoWrimo.
It’s time, I think, to start talking about a project that I’ve been tangentially involved in for a while. This is a short documentary that Dom, one of my best friends and filming partners, has been working on. It’s about … Continue reading
Posted in Film, nanowrimo, Straight 8
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Write When You Have Something To Say
A quicky, as I’m at work. That’s my excuse for link blogging, but there’s a chunk of work in the pipeline. Like the wonderful Post Secret, SOMEONE ONCE TOLD ME is a brilliantly simple idea. The heart of it is … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, ramblin', whuff
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In The Gutter
At some point today, I am reliably informed, X&HTowers will have it’s first dedicated e-reader. Sure, TLC and I both have laptops and iPhones, which are both perfectly capable display vectors, but she wanted something bigger than the phone, smaller … Continue reading
Posted in comics, RANT
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Newsnight Review
I don’t often watch Newsnight Review these days. It’s been a bastion of the worst of contemporary cultural snobbery for quite a while, and would just wind me up into a fury that’s really not good for the soul at … Continue reading
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A Progress Report
Looking back over the past few posts, it’s painfully obvious that I am turning into a curmudgeonous old whiner, griping and complaining about the state of the country, signing petitions in lieu of doing something useful. So, for a change, … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Straight 8
Tagged decks dance, documentary., editing, Film, time out
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