I’m not sure why I didn’t write about this when it first happened ;) But anyway, here are some hilarious photos from all round the world relating to the incident - apparently when it comes to throwing shoes at Bush, we can all stand united ;)
The world of software patents is a bit like Monthy Python - the reason why Apple, Google and Microsoft have been hit by a lawsuit is that they use thumbnails to preview files like images and video in their applications. This is already pretty funny, but we might be in for some even more ridiculous [...]
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Happy-Go-Lucky (UK, 2008)
Seen: Saturday, 27th December 2008 (cinema)
Runtime: 118′
Polish Distributor: Monolith Films (28th November 2008)
Director: Mike Leigh
Cast: Sally Hawkins, Alexis Zegerman, Eddie Marsan, Samuel Roukin
Production House: Ingenious Film Partners, Thin Man Films
Plot: Poppy is a primary school teacher in London and she always tries to stay happy ;)
Sally Hawkins interview
I already put the trailer [...]
This is a set of 8 short films by Isabella Rossellini depicting insect sex *grin* (this is work safe I think, just er… weird ;))
I couldn’t find the remaining two films (dragonfly and firefly) on youtube, but you can watch them here and here.
Apparently in Bhutan divorce carries no stigma unlike in its neighbouring countries.
You give Afghan warlords Viagra in exchange for information *grin*
I’m rather unexcited about the Frost/Nixon film (I hate the trailer and all the clips from the film that I’ve seen), but I found the discussion below very interesting:
I’m too young to remember the Watergate scandal and too historically ignorant to know much about it. I’ve seen David Frost interviewing people (he now works for [...]
Some of these are actually very useful - at least I think so ;-P I always thought it would be cool to take my laptop out camping for example, but it never seemed realistic because how on Earth would I power it? With some of the gadgets there it’s absolutely possible ;)
This is an article about how the relationship between Firefox and Google has become somewhat more complicated since the release of Chrome.
