Archive for July, 2007
Monday, July 30th, 2007
Police Report [Gotham Police Department]
Is this an Alternative Reality Game well in advance of the 2008 Batman film or a Smart Mob cleverly using the image of the new Joker instead of Zombies or pillow fights?
(tags: arg games batman smartmob film)
Pew Internet: Online Video - 29 July 2007
"57% of [US] ...
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Sunday, July 29th, 2007
The US release date for the much anticipated Blade Runner: The Final Cut DVD has been set at 18 December 2007 (I hope the same date will be true for Australia, but I can't find anything to confirm that yet). There are sets from 2 to 5 discs in ...
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Sunday, July 29th, 2007
iPlayer - Welcome [BBC]
The BBC's iPlayer (downloadable TV) is in beta, but ONLY for XP users, only in the UK and with other restrictions which has led some people to question whether it's consistent with the BBC's mission.
(tags: bbc tv convergence digitalculture drm)
For YouTube, a System to Halt Copyright-Infringing Videos ...
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Saturday, July 28th, 2007
CommentPress
"CommentPress is an open source theme for the WordPress blogging engine that allows readers to comment paragraph by paragraph in the margins of a text. Annotate, gloss, workshop, debate..."
(tags: wordpress opensource book books blog comments web2.0)
Now We’re Not Talking: Telstra Bans Facebook [TechCrunch]
"Telstra, Australia’s largest telecommunications company, has banned its ...
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Friday, July 27th, 2007
On the back of a lot of really interesting work and events last year, Creative Commons Australia have released their "Unlocking the Potential Through Creative Commons" report which examines the role (and potential roles) of Creative Commons licensing in Australia. It's an easy read and has lots of examples, so ...
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Thursday, July 26th, 2007
There, I Said It [Wolves Evolve]
"Second Life is a conspiracy amongst media researchers to create work for themselves." (LOL!) (Thanks Barry!)
(tags: secondlife humour funny academia elearning)
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Wednesday, July 25th, 2007
iPod index shows Australians do better than Brazilians [The Age]
"Australian iPod prices are among the cheapest in the world, but few of the gains from the stampeding Australian dollar are being passed on to consumers, the latest CommSec iPod index shows."
(tags: australia apple ipod cost exchangerate)
Army recruiters use the lure ...
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Tuesday, July 24th, 2007
The Life of a Chinese Gold Farmer by JULIAN DIBBELL
Really interesting (and worrying) article about 'gold farming' - getting others to earn and then sell in-game currencies, working in terrible conditions. [See the Flickr set, too.]
(tags: wow worldofwarcraft digitalculture games videogames ethics)
10 Articles All Bloggers Should Read (at least once) ...
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Saturday, July 21st, 2007
Harry Potter photo-leaker might be busted through metadata [Boing Boing]
"Techno-forensics may reveal the identity of the anonymous person who photographed every page of the new Harry Potter book and put it online."
(tags: harrypotter metadata piracy privacy photography)
Will BitTorrent Change Television? A Luddite’s View by Alan McKee [FlowTV]
Reminds us, among other ...
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Friday, July 20th, 2007
Internet TV push 'unstoppable' [Australian IT]
"Internet technology that almost brought the music industry to its knees is being turned on the television world, with some predictions that by the end of the year traditional TV could be rendered obsolete."
(tags: internet tv convergence joost tyrannyofdigitaldistance digitalculture)
Pinning the Internet Video Audience Down ...
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