Monthly Archives: February 2008
Morning is for the logical, night-time the creative
Been going through freelance journalist Clive Thompson’s blog today — he’s a regular writer for Wired and New York magazine, two excellent publications. A couple of months ago, he wrote about a study that identifies morning people as logical, and … Continue reading
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What I said about dumb Americans …
… can of course easily be applied to, well, everyone basically. I found this Gallup poll (via Scalzi) that shows various response numbers to several different scientific and general knowledge questions. The fact that one subheading says “Four out of … Continue reading
Six-word biography
There’s a bit of a “web meme” thing going around right now where writers famous and anonymous are writing six-word biographies that sum up their lives to date. Sounds fun, I can be in this too … wouldn’t promise this … Continue reading
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Review: Juno — or Life doesn’t always fall to pieces when …
Saw Juno tonight, and as good as I’d heard it be to. Cute, funny, sweet and endearingly entertaining. Top notch cast, especially Ellen Page and JK Simmons. Excellecntly written and very likely to win an Oscar for that soon. With … Continue reading
There are dumb people in the world … many are Americans …
Reading this article at the New York Times website about an authors new book on American anti-intellectualism. The usual stuff — Americans know little about the world, Americans distrust smart people and learning (just look at their President for proof … Continue reading
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TV: Life on Mars
… was the best new drama last year, and to my great surprise, ABC has put on the second season already. A good start, with Sam Tyler (John Simm) seemingly in a very bad way, and almost off the deep … Continue reading
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I’m sorry too
Just in case it looks like I’m only thinking of today as the premiere of Underbelly, I really need to mention the National Apology speech by PM Rudd this morning. I didn’t catch all of it at the time (it … Continue reading
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Underbelly: Ridiculous media suppression
So everyone now knows that Underbelly has been banned from airing in Victoria, and banned from the Internet altogether. But the reasoning behind this and the ridiculousness of it all in the modern media age is what I want to … Continue reading
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Underbelly: Reality vs fiction: your guide to the characters
[Added May 8, 2009: What did I think of the new Underbelly series?] Underbelly, the Nine Network’s new multi-million dollar series debuting on February 13 at 8.30pm, is a dramatisation of the real life Melbourne crime wars of the 1990s … Continue reading
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Underbelly: Bad luck if you’re in Victoria … or …
News in today that a Supreme Court judge has banned Underbelly from being shown on Victoria television. Sucks if you’re in Victoria, so being in Sydney, this isn’t a problem for me. But it’s an exact replica of the Blue … Continue reading
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