Which movie is “most 90’s-est”: Clerks or Clueless? As the Snook pointed out this morning, Clerks is more representative of MOVIES from the 90’s, but Clueless is more representative of the CULTURE. I really can’t decide. (It’s a shame that this isn’t the Final match-up, because both of these films are way more 90’s than stupid Wayne’s World or Scream.)
Category: Random Links
Links that I’m reading/watching/listening to/thinking about
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Veggies for Victory
“The Obamas’ vegie patch…is alarming conservatives.” See? That’s why I want to keep my veggie patch, despite the Snook’s protests. (To be fair, my total yield this year was next to nothing.) Still, I feel trying to grow my own food is at least a little bit subversive and political. In related news, we’ve started up the weekly veggie box again after a bit of a break. They’ve moved pickup to Saturday mornings at the Farmer’s Market at the Chippo Peace Park, which works out fantastic for us. It gives us a bit more time to work out what we’re doing with it, and a chance to go to the shops to get any necessary ingredients. Plus the new organiser, Daria, lets us pick out just what we want! Today we got LOADS, well worth the $25 we spent! (Pumpkin, zucchini, beetroot, leeks, capsicum, beans, potatoes, onion, and fennel.) We’ve already had beetroot risotto, and a chocolate and beetroot cake is cooling in the kitchen as we speak…
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Sydney Tilt-Shift Video
Wow. This tilt-shift video of Sydney is FANTASTIC. I really like the music too. It’s just lovely. I spoke to our company photographer Stu about how it was done. (He knows the guy who did it.) Stu’s of the opinion that it’s actually “fake” tilt-shift (i.e. done in post-production). Still, it looks GORGEOUS.
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Copyright and the Queen
I wondered last night whether Obama’s gift of an iPod loaded with show tunes was actually legal. Turns out it’s a very tricky issue. That’s the second gift he’s given recently that has highlighted a copyright problem. Is someone on his staff doing this deliberately to point out how broken and stupid the system is?
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Plush Steve Jobs
Plush Steve Jobs. Awwww, he’s so cute!
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Tauntaun Sleeping Bag
Man, I’m sorry it’s just an April Fools joke. I’d LOVE a Tauntaun sleeping bag!
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Mission to Fake Mars
I’m kind of fascinated by this fake Mars mission experiment. Six astronauts are going to be locked up for three months in a space capsule to see how they react to the prolonged isolation of long-distance space travel. They’ll have all their supplies with them, and their communications to “Earth” will be delayed by 20 minutes. Won’t they all just go nuts? That’s what I’m expecting. Other questions that popped into my head: What do astronauts do with their garbage/human waste? Just dump it out into space? (I’m now picturing this space capsule hooked up like a motorhome at a camp ground.) And why aren’t there any women included? Surely the dynamics of a mixed group would be more interesting that all men.
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Mathison leaving Idol?
Mathison leaving Idol??? Nooooooooo! TELL ME it’s an April Fool’s joke.
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Cake decorating
The SMH report on the cake decoration competition at the Easter Show, which they claim is one of the “fiercest contests.” See, this is why I’m not a huge fan of transient art forms. If I spent four months knitting Na Craga only to have somebody knock it over and ruin it, I’d never pick up the needles again.