The Sydney Film Festival starts in a little over a week. How do you choose from more than 300 films to see?
Sleeping through a gunshot
I gained a certain reputation one night when I woke to the sound of gunfire — and then muttered “Oh, it’s next door,” before nonchalantly falling asleep again. But I don’t think even I could sleep through a gunshot wound to the head!
How to fire a client
Melbourne designer Jonathan Nicol has published a great article on how to fire a client.
Fred Dagg on Real Estate
I’ve finally found the text for the famous “Real Estate” speech by Fred Dagg, aka John Clarke. Lifted from Eric Lindsay’s blog, where it was shameless plagiarised…
Stay in Touch — with last year
Speaking of reporting old news, the dead-tree version of this morning’s Stay in Touch column in the Sydney Morning Herald (though not the online version) reports on the Armor [sic] of God Pyjamas — something I blogged about in August last year.
“First Virtual Land Lawsuit” not so new
When I first saw this month’s post on Futures Blog about a Second Life property lawsuit, I thought I’d be seeing news of cutting-edge jurisprudence. But it turns out the lawsuit was filed back in May 2005, has since been withdrawn, and a second suit filed in October 2006 which is more about fraud than property law. Second Life Insider has the story so far. Futures Blog might best re-name itself Past Blog — or at least link to their sources.