December 2009
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Dec 29th
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Namebench - free DNS speed check →
Interesting - I just ran this (took much less than 5mins) and gained 56% in download speed, apparently.  Can certainly see pages loading faster…it’s worth a try, at very least!
Dec 29th
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Canon gets it right with Mark IV : Brad Mangin →
Hoping to have my copy early in the new year - good to hear they’re working well!
Dec 29th
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Dec 25th
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Dec 24th
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Dec 23rd
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Directors' Roundtable →
Possibly more funny than informative, but still worth a watch (and only 10 mins long): directors Quentin Tarantino, Peter Jackson, James Cameron, Jason Reitman, Lee Daniels, and Kathryn Bigelow take part in a roundtable discussion of their craft.
Dec 22nd
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Trailer for Taika Waititi’s New Film ‘Boy’ - for the international audience who couldn’t see it the first time I posted…
Dec 21st
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“I think my blackness is interfering with the computer’s ability to follow...”
– HP investigates “racist” facial-tracking algorithm
Dec 21st
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“I cannot be optimistic. It’s clear we can’t solve the whole...”
– 10 Years After Y2K: Stories From the IT Battlegrounds - I loves me some retro futuristic ten-years-on action…
Dec 21st
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Trailer for Taika Waititi's new feature, BOY →
This looks wickedly great - apparently the video is using its special powers so only New Zealanders can see it, so sorry if you can’t get to it!  You’ll just have to imagine its brilliance…
Dec 18th
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Dec 15th
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The Lovely Bones Press Conference
Dec 14th
is predicting a bright future for Kiwi Rose McIver after seeing #LovelyBones - she nearly steals the film from her Oscar-winning costars…
Dec 14th
The Lovely Bones is, well, lovely. Dare you not to cry…
Dec 13th
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Courtenay Place Webcam →
Red carpet’s been laid out down Courtenay Place - looking forward to walking it in a couple of hours en route to the screening at the Embassy!  Woo hoo…
Dec 13th
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Dec 13th
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Dec 12th
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Dec 10th
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Dec 10th
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“…it’s hard to imagine even the most jaded and cynical having any issues...”
– Chris Hewitt at Empire Magazine’s review of Avatar
Dec 10th
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Reality setting in: What Google’s real-time search... →
Interesting development that I also just observed today - Facebook pages are being indexed by Google and appearing in searches now, including comments you make on other peoples’ pages…
Dec 10th
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“So by saying Avatar was really much, much better than expected, that it looked...”
– Avatar: hit or miss? We can’t really tell you
Dec 10th
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Interesting video live on the set of 24 with the Kiwi DoP, Rodney Charters - using UStream via his iPhone…
Dec 10th
RT @mjgrainger: Under the Mountain is in theatres around NZ from TODAY!
Dec 9th
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Touring productions in New Zealand - 1948 style! →
On its tour of New Zealand, the Old Vic Theatrical Company uses five aircraft to transport its actors and stage props and scenery for its production of A School for Scandal. The stars, Sir Laurence Olivier and Vivian Leigh, arrive at Paraparaumu Airport…
Dec 9th
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Dec 7th
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“A marketing manager from a convention and event centre contacted me about...”
– Thank god, this is definitely not MY story - from Clients From Hell
Dec 5th
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“Q: Why is a monkey smarter than 98% of all microstock photographers? A: Because...”
– From John Harrington’s blog - Monkey Business & Photography
Dec 5th
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Dec 3rd
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Dec 3rd
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Dec 2nd