miniblog archive

Don't Drink The Water has finally arrived, so expect review soon, or in other words when I've had a chance to watch it. In the meantime ...

UK cinema chains may boycott Burton's Alice in Wonderland. The operative word being "may". The cinemas will back down. They'll have to. The artificial four month gap is only really tenable for films which have a decent distribution and aren't yanked off the screen within a couple of weeks. http://ff.im/-fOcS2

Confused Facebook users think ReadWriteWeb is the new Facebook login page, and what's positively worry is the illiteracy with which they signal their dismay... http://ff.im/-fOcS0

Immigration whistleblowers: spot the difference. Tabloid newspapers have an agenda. http://ff.im/-fOcS1

Avatar, the French New Wave and the morality of deep-focus (in 3-D), in which Jim Emmerson notices how James Cameron hobbles the film visually by pointlessly recreating the limitations of celluloid even in the digital sequences. http://ff.im/-fOcRZ

Hello Kitty's Star Wars Is a Nightmarish Orgy of Horror and Insanity http://bit.ly/dzpSlu

a Concept for Reinventing MySpace http://ff.im/-fLm7h

Did karaoke versions of Sinatra's My Way provoke killings in the Philippines? http://ff.im/-fLhRr

If you have a spare £2.99 I can highly recommend 20/30/40, a beautiful generational hyperlink comedy drama from Taiwan. http://bit.ly/9lUSbP

Videogame Soundtracks on Spotify http://ff.im/-fJI1R

Interview: Peter Brook, in Paris and London http://ff.im/-fJAyu

The Doctor and Douglas, a new Radio 4 documentary coming soon. http://ff.im/-fJv7D

Didn't Love Actually show that you can't mix the classic genres with hyperlink narratives? Short Cuts isn't about that. http://bit.ly/9hJoOQ

David Dimbleby’s Seven Ages of Britain http://ff.im/-fHPqC

There's no place like Dome -- visiting the undeveloped parts of the site. http://ff.im/-fHM3Z

Want to own your very own Dr Who Cyberman? http://ff.im/-fHLje

Henry And The Giant Harp http://ff.im/-fHJFC

Henry & The Giant Harp, part two http://ff.im/-fHJFD

Wild Horses: We'll Ride Them Someday http://ff.im/-fHIML

Tribute to Ianto Jones. Memorial shrine at the real entrance to Torchwood: http://bit.ly/ibYyh

Publicy http://ff.im/-fHAnU

Not watching The Wire can cause trouble http://ff.im/-fHyCX

10 Companions Younger Than Karen Gillan (not to mention John and Gillian): http://bit.ly/9YS75B

This Guardian front page piece about BBC expenses reads like a deliberate parody of an anti-BBC Daily Mail article. At no point does it notice that the reason they're hiring the limousine is to make a good impression in front of people for whom such things are standard. Like buying a good suit for an interview. http://bit.ly/bF7aky

Eve Myles Interview Exclusive! http://ff.im/-fFPAE

#spotify Sade's new album's about what you'd expect, but track 2 conjures up images of Will Smith & a big robot spider: http://bit.ly/99v1IT

The V&A is Wrong about closing its instruments section http://ff.im/-fDO1b

Innuendo [and out the other] http://ff.im/-fDLH0

Pink Floyd and Carly Firorina Because Yes Please! http://ff.im/-fDFol

How the Letterman-Oprah-Leno Super Bowl Ad Came Together: http://nyti.ms/9VWsZX

Republicans Sure Do Have Opinions http://ff.im/-fCif9

The challenges of filming the Virtual Revolution http://ff.im/-fBy5x

More from the TV Cream Songbook http://ff.im/-fBu8N

Daily Star watch the Kick-Ass trailer, pretend it’s newsworthy http://ff.im/-fB88R

They're playing our show http://ff.im/-fyX0c

B7 Media's Blakes 7 audio dramas are now available on Spotify: http://bit.ly/cPsV6V (via @afront)

Bulk http://ff.im/-fyMSh

Sarah Palin Logic: Teleprompters Are Bad, But Writing Notes On Your Hand Is A-OK [Notable/quotable] http://ff.im/-fyivr

The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus dvd details. Commentary! http://bit.ly/bRs8jg

Alastair Campbell – signs of (di)stress? http://ff.im/-fy7cW

Life is but a holographic projection http://ff.im/-fxYQ7

10 Unbelievable Inheritance Stories http://ff.im/-fxTYh

Is it too late to save the Cultural Olympiad? http://ff.im/-fxJP8

Editorial: President Proposes Bold New Approach to Exploring the Final Frontier http://ff.im/-fxICu

Giraffe Needed http://ff.im/-fxG6h

White Outs and Brown Outs http://ff.im/-fxDpx

Emily Mortimer: "Sometimes I think this is so undignified" http://ff.im/-fxA03

Sight and Sound Magazine's flickr stream has new and classic covers: http://bit.ly/acfDvN

Ian Carmichael obituary http://ff.im/-fxjZv

DVD Goes To The Theatre. Useful experiment in which a theatre company produces their own live dvd production for release after the live show has ended http://ff.im/-fxiqB

Is Supernatural really this good? Better than Dr Who & T-wood.? I think I may have miscalculated in not watching it ... (of course it's just that the Who fan vote was split between two different series which wasn't a problem with the first two series of Touchwoudn't) http://bit.ly/cxaNbg

Learn Japanese From A to Zen. Naoko Mori on her written language legacy http://ff.im/-fvaL8

Julia Somerville, Fiona Armstrong at BBC http://ff.im/-fuZB8

Playing the 'I Don't Deserve This' Card. The Wrap on how actors try and deflect the attention from themselves at award ceremonies http://ff.im/-fuS3h

Groundhog Day. Punxsutawney on Google Street Map http://ff.im/-fuPZU

Jon Stewart out thinking Bill O'Reilly on The O'Reilly Factor. http://bit.ly/aIRQo2

Torchwood Range Rover up for auction along with what looks like the contents of the various exhibitions from across the country http://ff.im/-fsZRu