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Found here: Timeline of everything from several movies:


Cory Doctorow:

The Movie Timeline is a timeline of all the events that occurred in many, many films, from 4,000,000 BC to 865,427,810 AD:

1703 Gulliver discovers Brobdingnag (Gulliver's Travels)

1704 October 10: Bouvet Island, Antarctica - Predators arrive for their feasting ritual on xenomorphs and humans (Alien vs Predator)

1711 Gulliver marooned with the Houyhnhnms (Gulliver's Travels)

1712 Kildare, Ireland - Connor MacLeod and Duncan rescue a stagecoach from bandits, and Duncan meets Kate (Highlander: Endgame)

1715 Rob Roy escapes the defeat of the clans (Rob Roy The Highland Rogue)

A Predator gains a pistol while hunting in the Raonoke colony (Predator 2)

Ireland - Duncan kills Kate MacLeod (Highlander: Endgame)

1720 Pirate Jack Sparrow frees a governor's daughter in the hope of regaining the Black Pearl (Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl)

Link

(via Joshua)

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Found here: Aussie timezone switch borks Exchange Server:


Cory Doctorow:

Some Australian states have delayed their Daylight Savings time-switch by a week in order to accommodate the Commonwealth Games; however, this is causing chaos in corporate environments where the servers have no idea how to reconcile their time-zones and get everyone into the same meeting at the same time, correctly sort database entries by time, etc. It's only going to get worse next year, when some Canadian provinces change their Daylight Savings switch-dates to save electricity -- time-zones are already ad-hoc, and nearly random (see the update to this post for more); once they start getting arbitrarily changed from year to year, it becomes practically impossible to keep track of them

The hitch is that the Microsoft Exchange server that we all use in Australia for my company is located in Kuala Lumpur, who I'm guessing didn't know about this deviation from standard DST. As a result, our Outlook calendars are showing that Adelaide are out of DST when they aren't.

The upshot of this is that some of the meetings in my calendar are actually an hour earlier than they appear to be. But only the ones that were booked by folks in Adelaide, and only for this week. As a result some people are putting the time of the meeting in the subject line (note the Tuesday 11am meeting below marked as "10am Perth time").

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(Thanks, Stewart!)

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I saw some people last night. People I've not seen in a while.

Look... the UK has great writers, great culture and doesn't need to get embroiled in one-up-man-ship. Seriously, don't. The major player here is a tiny wet little island, where people batter their food. Just don't. Look at how much you've done with so little... be proud, but do so quietly. If you can do it, I'll even try to make the Saffa(s) shut up. Promise.

Having said this, I am fiercely Australian, and after 8 years of raving about my country (especially when it comes to sport) we started loosing things here and there... so I learnt to stop being annoying... giving me a year or so of quiet nodding.

So you UK lot can do the same.

Especially now. Someone taunted me about the Commonwealth Games last night.
That is fucking stupid.

Apparently if you add up the UK medals they beat Australia. Ha!

What I should have said was LEARN TO COUNT YOU SOFT POMMY FUCK.

Today:
Australia 75 Gold 61 Silver 58 Bronze 194 Total

England 28 Gold 35 Silver 29 Bronze 92 Total
Scotland 10 Gold 7 Silver 11 Bronze 28 Total
Wales 3 Gold 4 Silver 10 Bronze 17 Total
Northern Ireland 0 Gold 2 Silver 0 Bronze 2 Total (ought to just give it back mate)
UK Total 43 Gold 46 Silver 50 Bronze 139 Total
Now divide that figure, you flaming galah.

[posted with ecto]

A quick word on the United Kingdom. I've lived in the UK for nearly 10 years. I have no fucking idea what makes it up... so I looked on wikipedia. It told it was:

The United Kingdom (UK) or the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, is a country in North West Europe. It is made up of the nations of England, Scotland and Wales (together known as Great Britain), and Northern Ireland (on the island of Ireland).

So all you dicks hassling me about tiny islands can fuck off. Now. They don't make a difference anyway, and I'm still better than you.

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Overheard at work today:

A religious state is just fascism under a beard

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Found here: Backstage: Microsoft Unveils XboxVP, Category-Defining Portable Device...:


Backstage: Microsoft Unveils XboxVP, Category-Defining Portable Device (j/k)

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I have a terrible headache. It’s really quite annoying. Just this annoying, frustrating little humming eating away at the edge of my reality, and I’m not too sure what is happening, at least at the moment.

So… no reality. This is a good thing, surely?

Well you would have thought, wouldn’t you? But I’m unable to see anything straight at the moment. It is taking far too long to type this, for example.

Does anybody have any fricken idea what you can do about a headache?

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Joel has a wonderful new bird, the ever-offensive VICKY. Who is lovely?

You can't beat her at being insulting. Or can you?

16/03/2006 23:12
Vicky
pfft. whever
16/03/2006 23:12
Kristian Peacocke
minger
16/03/2006 23:12
Vicky
hoe
16/03/2006 23:12
Kristian Peacocke
biaatch
16/03/2006 23:14
Vicky
cunt rag
16/03/2006 23:14
Kristian Peacocke
fuck bucket
16/03/2006 23:17
Vicky
you wouldn't believe it.. i'm stumped
16/03/2006 23:17
...
i must be tired.. or something
16/03/2006 23:17
Kristian Peacocke
WINNER!
16/03/2006 23:18
...
I'm bloggin' this...
16/03/2006 23:18
Vicky
farken

[posted with ecto]

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Found here: Blogging Demystified?:

Just a little teaser for something we're putting on.

More details later.

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Found here: Six Degrees Of Canadian Bacon:

Since discovering that her marriage into British Royalty might have been based around an early Heat poll a month or so after Lock, Stock etc was released, Madonna's further excavation of her family tree has revealed that she's perhaps a little closer to the real thing than she might ever have imagined.

Now you might be wondering why this is in anyway worthy of coverage, anywhere, but read on faithful Londonistas as we reveal a far more insiduous threat to our heritage than a post-past it pop princess with dodgy taste in films.

So the story goes that Madge is a distant relative of one Zacharie Cloutier who lived from 1617 to 1708. And so is Camilla Parker Bowles. So that means... they're both related. In a weird-arse hundred and eighty degrees of separation kind of way. But wait for it. There's more. Camilla is also a distant relation of one Jean Guyon, who lived from 1619 to 1694. And Jean is a distant relation to... Celine Dion. So they're both related too. Which means that Madge and Celine are also kind of related, maybe.

But the thing about Jean and Zacharie is they're both from Quebec. Which means, that if we're not careful, after all the other genetic variations, our Royal Family could be a little bit French Canadian!!!!!!!!!! Ye Gods, that side of the family will never get on with the German side. It'll be chaos. We'll have a new line of princes called Therrance and Phillipe. Celine and Madge might record a family album together. Camilla might guest. Daily Mail readers might buy it. Run to the Rockies folks, the end of the world started yesterday.

Seriously though, we here at Londonist Towers believe that we're all part of one big global, slightly disfunctinal happy human family. And although we're over the moon for this great reunion (everyone finding their long lost cousins, fifty seven times removed) we think that all the names on the descendant's ladder that hangs from Jean Guyon and Zacharie Cloutier should also be informed. Each and every genealogical rung all being allowed to share in this very special bond between the mighty nation states of Great Britain, The United States of America and Canada (and maybe France, but only a little bit). We'd even like to encourage you all to help out if you have a spare lunch break. Track down a few of Jean and Zacharie's other descendants, let them know. Send them a reminder: "Hey, Dirty Arthur McSquirt, you are a relative of Madonna and Camilla and Celine Dion's. Your days as a spare tire dealer in Buttfuck, Idaho are over, come join the party". Can you imagine the reunion. They'll have to hire out Luxembourg.

We promise you the next post will be slightly more news worthy. Maybe.

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This would be very, very good for work:Found here: Distributed BoingBoing, for those blocked by censorware:


Xeni Jardin:

BoingBoing reader Mark says,

Hey, guys. I really hate SmartFilter, and I just knew there had to be something I could do. This idea came to me a few days ago. It's called Distributed Boing Boing -- it's a very simple script that anyone can put on their server. When people visit that page, it automatically fetches Boing Boing and serves up through their server -- sort of an automatic mirror. The code gets rewritten automagically to keep links working through the proxy server. It doesn't require any configuration, and it's totally safe -- only files hosted on *.boingboing.net will get passed through. Help spread the word and help keep Boing Boing flowing.

PS: You guys rock. Seriously, I love this place.

Previously:

- SmartFilter, BoingBoing, and Adult Baby - Diaper Lovers.

- Xeni's NYT op-ed: Exporting Censorship
- BB banned in UAE, Qatar, elsewhere. Response to net-censors: Get bent!
- PRI's "The World" on SmartFilter's BoingBoing "nudity" ban
- NY Times on SmartFilter's not-so-smart "nudity" block
- Saudi Arabia joins league of BoingBoing-deprived nations
- BoingBoing's guide to defeating Censorware
- More BB posts on SmartFilter

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Alan Moore talking about V for Vendetta.

Posting here because I can't watch the movie where I am, but I can post to the site.

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Please read the following with church organ music playing in the background… even if it’s in your mind.

I don’t relish the thought of looking at a dead body, especially the bodies of the lost and the broken and the doomed. Or the damned. That’d be kind of… hokey…

…and possibly unsanitary. I don’t want to be unsanitary. We must never be unsanitary, because that’d be wrong. And we don’t want to be wrong, do we?

But back to the bodies, because if we leave them too long they might start to decompose and rot. And we don’t want that either. Do we???

You need to be looking at the bodies with one of those “alternative mentalities”. Pick one of them that will enable you to look at them without fear, or vomit. Vomit isn’t all that good. Pick the mentality that will enable you to bludgeon a bunch of rednecks to death with your own severed arm. Possibly while howling at the moon (full or otherwise).

Now look at the bodies. Look at them all. Can you figure out what’s going on? Can you?

No?

You’re sick. Very sick. Why the hell are you looking at bodies that aren’t there? That’s just wrong….

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I blame the coffees that I’m munging.

Ho-hum. So much good stuff happening today. Got a new copy of SFX, found out that Terry Pratchett’s Hogfather is going to be on TV this Christmas. That is very cool.

Blurgh. I also have to update my standing order at the all-mighty Gosh!. Before I go into that, I’ll take a moment to recommend that you pop in there when you visit the British museum. They are nice chaps, and the store is a lovely place that has a bunch of cool stuff… yet doesn’t feel all hideously childish. Go there, spend money. Be good.

Where was I? Oh yes… standing order. I’m going to add some new Star Wars comics, and stuff like that. I’m feeling all nostalgic today. It’s got to be because of these tablets that I’m on…

For those that want to know… to Dictionary.com says the mung is:

mung
/muhng/ (MIT, 1960) Mash Until No Good.

Sometime after that the derivation from the recursive
acronym "Mung Until No Good" became standard. 1. To make
changes to a file, especially large-scale and irrevocable
changes.

See BLT.

2. To destroy, usually accidentally, occasionally maliciously.
The system only mungs things maliciously; this is a
consequence of Finagle's Law.

But I mean to eat lots of, all at once. Sorta. It’s good.
It reminds me…. It’s time to discuss MUNGFEST!

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Sometimes it is OK to be me.

For example, I’m still enjoying working my way through the 80+ Big Finish audio plays. Surprising fun… you’re all stupid if you now don’t rate Paul McGann as one of the best Doctors ever. Sorry, but that’s just the way it is.

Even better, if you’re me, then while you are listening to the Doctor, you get to find the following out:

ETERNALS #1 (OF 6)
Written by NEIL GAIMAN
Penciled by John Romita Jr.
Cover by RICK BERRY
Variant Cover by JOHN ROMITA JR.
You are thousands of years old. You have amazing powers. You have watched civilizations rise and fall-- so why does no one remember any of this? Bestselling Author Neil Gaiman (Marvel: 1602, Anansi Boys, Sandman) is joined by superstar artist John Romita Jr. (Amazing Spider-Man, Wolverine) to bring you the eagerly-awaited event of 2006-ETERNALS!! Ike Harris has dreams of adventures, love affairs and betrayals, but no one involved remembers or believes him. And who is trying to kill him to keep him from talking about it?
48 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99
FOC - 6/1, On Sale - 6/21/2006

The release date is what is important. It’s my birthday, and that people. It is very cool.

For the record, these are the Doctors ordered, from my very humble, yet well informed, point of view. The escalation of the terrible Colin, etc. is due to the very excellent audios that I’ve been indulging in.

1. Sylvester McCoy
2. Paul McGann
3. David Tennant
4. Tom Baker
5. Christopher Eccleston
6. Peter Davidson
7. Colin Baker
8. Patrick Troughton
9. Jon Pertwee
10. William Hartnell

Don’t argue. I know. Although please comment. I’m interested to see what type of people you are. You can certainly get a bead on what type of person you are from who you’re favourite Doctor is. For example, if you rate Christopher Eccleston, then you have big ears; Sylvester McCoy then you are an evil manipulative bastard. Remember that.

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My friends make me look very shit.

http://www.anticlockwise.com.au/sc/ is more people using the internet well. Well done Holt, you little bastard.

[posted with ecto]

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Hahahaha.
This is comedy gold:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4767660.stm

Apparently some people would rather starve than loose their beer. Way to go you home brewers.

And while I’m at it:
http://www.easyclimatechange.com/.
I’m sort of proud to see someone I know use the internet for something useful. Or something other than PORN.

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