Archive for August, 2007
Tuesday, August 7th, 2007
Engaging with the media - John Tulloch - Institute for Advanced Studie Lecture [Lectopia: Recordings List]
John Tulloch, a media professor who was also one of the survivors of the 7/7 London Bombings, talks about (mis-)representation, the media, terrorism, and personal experience in an engaging and fascinating lecture!
(tags: media representation london ...
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Monday, August 6th, 2007
So ... Bree's dead, then. Or, that should be "Bree's dead" since her character supposedly had all of her blood transfused to someone else, but you're not dead on television, or in videoblogs (which, in this case at least, looks like they want to be television) until your head comes ...
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Monday, August 6th, 2007
A beginner's guide to BitTorrent - UltraNewb [Lifehacker]
A very useful beginners guide to what BitTorrent is, how peer to peer filesharing works, and the like ...
(tags: bittorrent p2p howto)
Arrested for 20-second video recording [SIVACRACY.NET]
A 19 y.o. in Arlington, Virginia took a 20 second clip of teh Transformers film in the ...
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Thursday, August 2nd, 2007
MobMov: the mobile movie guerilla drive-in and street marketing
What it is: "Mobile Movie is bringing back the forgotten joy of the great American drive-in. Powered by cars and low-cost film projectors, "mobmovs" are easy and affordable to set up" (Cool!) [Via]
(tags: smartmob film cinema community flashmob)
Channel Ten 'bumps' Torchwood [Outpost ...
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Wednesday, August 1st, 2007
Yesterday I was interviewed by Laura Miller on RTR FM's radio programme 'Morning Magazine'. Laura and I spoke about about MySpace, Facebook, Australian politican's using social software, and the recent interest in these spaces in terms of 'class' on the back of danah boyd's work. For the two ...
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Wednesday, August 1st, 2007
The Simpsons Movie [New York Times]
"“The Simpsons Movie” sold a strong $71.9 million in tickets at United States theaters over the weekend and another $100 million overseas, according to 20th Century Fox." (Despite 19 years on TV, a change of medium is as good as a holiday!)
(tags: tv convergence film ...
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