Needing/Getting
I enjoy a good OK Go music video. You could, once upon a time, download the track and see some behind-the-scenes stuff at the Chevrolet website. But no longer.
Latest
Film
Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol
Ugh, I hate the punctuation hurdles required with this franchise. Titles with colons and dashes are just painful. It’s not important (to others) though, so let’s get on with it. It’s the most fun you’ll ever have in a Mission: Impossible film! Well, alright, that’s
Community
Community
I’ve not seen any of season three yet, but for those who’ve seen season two of Community, you might find Dan Harmon’s epic discussion with the Onion AV Club of the making of that year interesting. In particular, you may be kind of disappointed at studio bosses
Stephen Colbert
How Many Stephen Colberts Are There?
How Many Stephen Colberts Are There? [http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/08/magazine/stephen-colbert.html?_r=2&pagewanted=all] > …there has emerged a third Colbert. This one is a version of the TV-show Colbert, except he doesn't exist just on screen anymore. He exists in
Blog
THE WAY IS SHUT
THE WAY IS SHUT [http://mrhipp.blogspot.com/2011/12/way-is-shut.html]. One of Mister Hipp’s best. And his best are very very good.
Public Transport
Metro on track for $2m bonus
Metro on track for $2m bonus [http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/metro-on-track-for-2m-bonus-20111212-1orep.html] > “You have to ask yourself, what’s more likely—has Metro suddenly and miraculously improved train services or have the timetables and travel times been reworked to give the impression of improvement?” said Fiona Richardson,
Croatia
Trogir
In a twist that’s only exciting if you’re me, our tour through Croatia allowed me to finally get to visit a Doctor Who location. In 2009, they filmed ‘The Vampires of Venice’ in Trogir, another Venetian-influenced, coastal Croatian town, and one that’s a lot cheaper to film
Privacy
Invading people's privacy
> In 21 years of invading people’s privacy I’ve never actually come across anyone who’s been doing any good. Privacy is the space bad people need to do bad things in. Privacy is evil; it brings out the worst qualities in people. Privacy is for paedos. Fundamentally,
Photo
Dead Car
Walking past this car made me sad. I realised it was because it reminded me of a dead autobot.
Apple
Fandom
Back in primary school, I used to take a bus to school. There were four buses that did the rounds to and from St Leonard’s; I was on bus number four. Once, while waiting for the bus home, kids started talking about which the best bus was. “Four’s
iOS
iOS Settings Shortcuts
thenextweb [http://thenextweb.tumblr.com/post/13406384416/ui-designer-jeff-broderick-has-put-together-a] : > UI designer Jeff Broderick has put together a dashboard of frequently-used settings icons and has used URL scheming in order to allow the “installed” apps to act as widgets for those deeply-nested settings. (via One-Click Access to iOS Settings with Shortcut
Science
Diamond planets, climate change and the scientific method
Diamond planets, climate change and the scientific method [http://theconversation.edu.au/diamond-planets-climate-change-and-the-scientific-method-3329] Read this, liked it, and I’m too lazy to link to these things myself so I got ifttt to do it for me. > Science follows certain procedures, but does the media get the signal? CSIRO