How Ryan, Krisso and Ian organised dinner yesterday - via SMS

SMS' from yesterday. Isn't it amazing what we do these days?

Paul to Ian: Hey Mate, we on for tonight?

Ian to Paul: Yeah man, what time suits you? Is unas still cool? Ryan might be able to join us too

Paul to Ian: Is 730 ok? Unas is ok, or anywhere in Newtown?

Ian to Paul: 7.30 good. Prob easiest if i meet u at unas cos i gotta pick up ryan

Ian to Ryan: We still on for tonight?

Ryan to Ian: Hey, Yeah, meant to finish at 7 - that would be good - call I call u now? Did you hear back from Paul?

[Ryan and Ian speak, on the telephone]

Paul to Ian: OK sounds good, see you there

Ian to Ryan: Dude if ur thing finishes at 7 i will pick u up from the city

Ryan to Ian: Mate, this won't finish till 7:20 - sorry

Ian to Ryan: Call me when you're done

Ian to Paul: Mate, Ryan is running be late, can we make it 7.45?

Paul to Ian: OK

All good things come to an end

Review of Scarlett Johansson's Anywhere I Lay My Head, at SMH:

We already know Scarlett Johansson can act, but can she sing?

Here are things we already knew about Scarlett Johansson. She can act, if not necessarily brilliantly, then convincingly and with some screen presence. She is a favourite of Woody Allen and almost convinced us he was back to some form with Match Point, before we saw that stinker, Scoop. She has a figure that meets no objections from men's or women's mags.

She's released an album of Tom Waits songs (and one original). After hearing this album, here is something we now know about Johansson: she can't sing. No, she really, really can't sing. They can put an echo on her voice, throw art-rock shapes around it, bury it in synths and have her speak every song but it doesn't obscure that she is flat, expressionless and eye-wateringly painful for any Waits fan.

As truly awful as this is, it would be no more than a sad joke, except for the fact that she is getting any space at all devoted to it.

New Sigur Ros video is NSFW

Tracking Michael Jackson's white glove

White Glove Tracking Compilation from fi5e on Vimeo.

BoingBoing's description of this photo

See that thing in this image that looks like a Martian vehicle descending by parachute to the surface of Mars? That's the Phoenix lander, captured in mid-drop, still glowing from entry into the atmosphere, by the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. How badass awesome is it to be a human? Super badass awesome. Link to BoingBoing post.

First joke on ghost mutt

A woman was very distraught at the fact that she had not had a date or any sex in quite some time. She was afraid she might have something wrong with her, so she decided to seek the medical expertise of a sex therapist. Her doctor recommended that she see the well known Chinese sex therapist Dr. Chang.

So she went to see him. Upon entering the examination room Dr. Chang said 'OK take off all your crose.'The woman did as she was told.

'Now get down and craw reery, reery fass to odderside of room.' Again the woman did as she was instructed.

Dr. Chang then said 'OK, now craw reery, reery fass back to me.' So she did.

Dr.Chang shook his head slowly and said 'Your probrem vewy bad. You haf Ed Zachary disease. Worse case I ever see. Dat why you not haf sex or dates.'

Worried, the woman asked anxiously 'Oh my God Dr.Chang what is Ed Zachary Disease?'

Dr. Chang sighed deeply and replied 'Ed Zachary Disease is when your face look Ed Zachary like your ass.'

I walked past this today. You could feel the buzz.

Apple says 'drop in soon' to Sydney store

Becky's prank calls!

Apparently there are heaps of them!

Excited ILM animator

Guess who is on Facebook?!

The media

Check out this search for "ILM" and "Indiana Jones" on Google News. Just about every newspaper is running an Associated Press article called Indiana Jones and the computer-generated jungle. This was not really a problem before the Internet cos newspapers were so local, but now it's a different story and just kinda seems really lazy of the newspapers. My two cents.

Christine Spiteri in court

From The Australian, Nine 'treats women as playthings' - Christine Spiteri

By Byron Kaye

May 23, 2008 03:09pm

CHRISTINE Spiteri has fronted court for her $500,000 unfair dismissal action against Channel Nine, accusing the network of treating female staff as "playthings".

Nine is trying to have the case filed by its former Los Angeles reporter thrown out, describing it as a "shocker'' with little substance.

The network's lawyer Robert Goot SC told the court Ms Spiteri's allegations - which include sex and racial discrimination, as well as unpaid entitlements - had "no reasonable prospect'' of being proven.

He also dismissed Spiteri's claims that Nine's news director John Westacott told female reporters they needed to be "f***able'', saying Ms Spiteri was not present at the time.

"The attitude of the defendant towards female journalists: that they're some sort of plaything,'' Ms Spiteri's lawyer Arthur Moses said.

Justice Richard Edmonds reserved his judgement on whether the case would be allowed to proceed to a later date.

Ms Spiteri, dressed entirely in black, left todays hearing without comment.

What Lucas said in Cinefex in 1989...

How logos were invented

Logólogos - A Spanish site devoted to parsing the visual math that led to some of the worlds most recognizable logos. Green apple plus gay pride flag divided by dentures equals the Apple logo.

Indiana Jones and the Defender of the Crystal Castle: a review

It was [removed at the request of tight-ar$e Tuesday movie watcher].

Ian's Tarot card

Someone at work 'calculated' Card 11 - Justice as my Tarot card. Cool, ey?

There is a serious feel to Card 11 - the tone of the courtroom. This card refers to legal matters of all kinds, but is not restricted to them. The courts are where judgments are made and decisions rendered. Our legal system is the official arena in which we explore the principles of Justice - fairness, impartiality and the quest for truth.

In readings, Justice often appears when you are concerned with doing what is right or making sure you receive your due. This card can also appear when you are feeling the impact of a past mistake or good deed. The cause you set in motion at one time is now returning to you as an effect.
Sometimes Justice is a signal to do what needs to be done. A time comes when responsibilities must be accepted, and accounts settled. The past will continue to haunt you if you do not recognize your mistakes and make amends for them. You will need to weigh matters carefully and perhaps make important decisions about your future course.

Laters

Put this on ghostmutt if you want

Video of a real flying (helicopterish) phallus buzzing and disrupting a Russian meeting of some kind. Link

I'm alright, pal

New Yorker cartoon

Great summary of Twitter...

...which I don't use, but it looks kinda interesting and huge:

Twitter is a complement, not a substitute, to blogging (also called "writing"). With its roots in SMS and instant messaging, the 140-character limit forces thought economy, saying more with less.

Observations on Twitterdom

New way to drink spiders!

The Fizz Cup, for Paul.

Christine Spiteri update

Spiteri ramps up action against Nine, at the Sydney Morning Herald.

Former Nine Network reporter Christine Spiteri is to add an unlawful discrimination complaint to her Federal Court action against the broadcaster.

Ms Spiteri, 40, is already seeking damages of more than $500,000 in relation to breach of contract and Trade Practices Act claims.

Nine's application to have the case thrown out has been listed for hearing before Justice Richard Edmonds next Friday.

The case was mentioned briefly in the Federal Court in Sydney today, when Ms Spiteri's lawyer John Laxon said the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission had terminated her complaint of unlawful discrimination.

He said she now wished to consolidate the unlawful discrimination claim into the Federal Court action, telling the judge both matters had the same "factual matrix".

Mr Laxon asked for an adjournment of next Friday's hearing on the basis that when the discrimination claim was added to the case, Nine also was likely to ask to have that thrown out.

"My client only has limited resources and is up against a major organisation ..." he said.

He said given the claims were based on the same facts, it would be appropriate for just one strike-out application to be heard.

But Justice Edmonds said he was not prepared to grant an adjournment, confirming next Friday's hearing.

In her statement of claim, Ms Spiteri alleged Nine's news director John Westacott told her: "You should work for SBS, you certainly have the name for it."

She also alleged Mr Westacott told female journalists: "To make it in this industry, you gotta have fability. To make it in this game, women have to be fable."

AAP

What if Star Wars was real?

Eerie

Evolution of Mario

Brilliant

Man Babies

Check out Man Babies, a blog that has photos of dads whose heads have been swapped with their kids'. Ryan once kind of did this to a pic of my Dad as a baby, replacing the head with Dad's 50 year old version. Classic.

Bike maintenance courses are cool

Wushu with lightsabers

Guy catches glasses on face

Watch this first:

Then this:

Lip sync + Jessica Alba = watch many time

R2-D2 projector video

Ian's top 10 reasons why Iron Man sux

10. There are too many conveniences.

9. There are no memorable musical themes.

8. You just know when Pepper keeps the power heart thingo that Stark will need it later.

7. Why does Tony Stark think of making a suit in the first place, anyway?

6. Corporate greed is so yesterday.

5. Iron Man gets iced up in the upper atmosphere but still survives, then tries it on Iron Monger, who also still survives. Go figure.

4. The final battle is lacklustre.

3. The final battle is lacklustre.

2. So, a bigger, stronger version of Iron Man will actually always win unless a massive power generator thing is nearby and you have a red-head secretary to pull some levers for you.

1. The trailer is the movie.