Bookmarks for July 14th through July 15th
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Links for July 14th through July 15th:
- National Trust Names: Map a name (1998) – where is your surname from?
- Sale Sharks Official Fixture List 2009/10 – HTML version.
Should be able to go from this to iCal, Google Calendar etc. - Cory Doctorow: Stop worrying, Hollywood – nobody is stealing your films with mobiles | Technology | guardian.co.uk – They do bag searching at the Vue in Bury, I think it's disgusting treatment of the very people that fund the industry in the first place.
Not only do they check bags but halfway through the film a member of staff walks in looks at the audience from one side then walks ACROSS THE SCREEN and looks from the other side. - The computers that put man on the moon | 13 Jul 2009 | ComputerWeekly.com – bit of 40th anniversary nostalgia for you
- YouTube – C’etait un Rendez vous – I've been looking for this for a long time,
Kottke's description:
In 1976, Claude Lelouch mounted a camera on the front of his Mercedes-Benz 450SEL 6.9 and drove through the streets of Paris — running red lights, jumping curbs and possibly reaching speeds upwards of 120 mph — before reaching his date near the Sacré Coeur. The result is the film C'était un rendez-vous, 8 uncut minutes of insane urban driving. - O2 Digital News Centre: Turning on Twitter Texts –
Bruno
Jul0
Took advantage of Vue nice cheap day Tuesday card and the money off voucher they give you every time you go (how does that work, why not just reduce the price in the first place?).
Not much to be said really it was funny, wonderfully offensive. In the slightly empty large screen in Pilmsworth it’s an interesting audience compared to the cinemas in central Manchester – more your average citizens I suppose so it’s interesting to see the reactions.
It’s also kind of a different genre of film than anything else – it’s not really fiction or fact, there’s a narrative of sorts but I wouldn’t really call it drama or documentary either.
It’s great seeing Sacha Baron Cohen having a go at people though and the great thing is he doesn’t really on anybody else to do what he wants – he’s kind of out there on his own, looking for the next PC group to spear and go on ad nauseam for a long time
Upcoming films:
Two interesting trailers
Shutter Island
Funny People
Apple Trailers
Judd Apatow, producing, directing and writing a film with lots of the people I like a lot in it and Adam Sandler, who for the most part I dislike but does come out with the odd corker – 50 First Dates, The Waterboy
Sherlock Holmes
I like Guy Ritchie, I always want his films to be good.