Savage Popcorn

• Just added myself to the http://wefollow.com twitter directory under: #film #movies #independent #
• A quarter of all government databases are illegal and should be scrapped according to the Joseph Rowntree Reform Trust http://is.gd/oBbb #
• Heath Ledger's final film hits the UK in June. The Imaginarium is coming! http://is.gd/oBuU #
• Today is Ada Lovelace Day – celebrating women in technology #ADL09 #
• Iain M Banks, Charlie Stross and Cory Doctorow are all up for an award for best "pro-freedom" sf novel http://is.gd/oUKS – Via @namenick in reply to namenick #
• I'm not sure I needed to know that my Twitter profile is worth a meagre $117 – via @klausWW1T in reply to klausWW1T #
• Dammit, forgot the link… http://is.gd/8K4R in reply to expatpaul #
• Jamendo challenges the French "Three Strikes" law by saying "Thanks for Downloading" http://is.gd/oSLx #
• If it's not from Budejovicky Budvar you can't call it Budweiser http://is.gd/oWKp #
• In another case of spectacular point missing, proposals are being drafted to teach Twitter and Wikipedia in Primary school http://is.gd/oNKr #
• This is all sorts of wrong! RT @shockingvideos Numa Numa Partydoll a Go-Go, baby! http://budurl.com/pdnuma in reply to shockingvideos #
• Earth Hour is today – 8:30pm local time wherever you happen to be http://is.gd/obPg #
• Although, switching the lights off and then blooging/tweeting about it does strike me as slightly self defeating #
• Let's GO! HAKODATE. The number one invasion destination for alien squids: http://is.gd/p5CX #
• French film composer Maurice Jarre died yesterday. To be honest, I hadn't realised he was still alive http://is.gd/pJ5J #
• YouTube has always been a bit crap but now they have completely lost the plot http://is.gd/pIPb #
• Dear contractors. You can avoid endless configuration problems if you bother to read the documentation provided. kthxbai #
• Robert Crumb is about to publish his version of Genesis. That will be a Bible worth reading http://is.gd/pR99 #
• Click on the image to see the only tattoo you will ever need… http://tinyurl.com/cctse2 #
• Technopolis looks like fun. How can anyone not want to visit a museum with an exhibition on Grossology? http://is.gd/q86D #
• Shark Diving> I'm not sure whether this is awesome or insane. Or both. http://is.gd/qAKM #
• New review: Night For Day http://www.pulpmovies.com/reviews/night-for-day #
• Reblip @Danacea Here comes the "Orinoco Bitch" – Enya vs. The Prodigy This is class!! ♫ http://blip.fm/~3xuwe #
• Ian Tomlinson, who died during G20 protests in London, was attacked from behind. Video: http://is.gd/rePY – via @willhowells #
• The Toughest Developer Puzzle Ever: http://is.gd/rtrz So far I have made it all the way to level 2 #
• The Matrix Revisited. Xkcd says it all: http://xkcd.com/566/ #
• Dave Arneson, the co-creator of Dungeons and Dragons, failed his saving throw http://ping.fm/3KsMz #
• Back from a rather pleasant Easter break… but I think it's going to be a while before my inbox forgives me #
• RT @Energia To stop piracy by force would require create a police state of culture where every song & film would be locked down. #
• There is only one… Jason Statham! http://is.gd/tgrF #
• 8-bit Bohemian Rhapsody – Awsomeness! http://is.gd/sgkO #
• The oldest hotel in the world… looks stunning. I wander what Hokiruki is like as a tourist destination http://is.gd/thhv #
• Billy Joel sings: We Didn't Start The Flame War http://is.gd/snPJ #
• Sad News. RT @bbcbreaking The novelist JG Ballard has died at the age of 78. #
• Been there, done that. Storm: a beat poem from Tim Minchin http://is.gd/ioXm #
• Here's interesting… RT @jonone100 RT @Sheamus ISPs refuse to shut down Pirate Bay. http://is.gd/t8Be #
• RT @mightymur RT @AbsoluteWrite:RT @evangoer 's link: http://bit.ly/15PVBB "But this is good!" "Well, then, it's not SF." #
• http://is.gd/tGnF RT @VideoNasty Cheney's only argument: "waterboarding is effective". So is execution for shoplifting, doesn't make itright #
• This is worth having! RT @namenick Free-book o/t Day: The Gods of Mars – Edgar Rice Burroughs http://ow.ly/1HJ0 #feedbooks #ebooks #
• I should have checked a little more closely before replacing my keyboard. The new one has an AZERTY layout. Multiple typos imminent! #
• My Twitter personality: likeable inquisitive cautious My style: garrulous coherent SHARER http://twanalyst.com/expatpaul #
• Kermode on piracy: The film industry is to blame http://is.gd/unM6 very true #
• Kevin Macdonald to direct an adaptation of Isaac Asimov's The End of Eternity. Could be worth watching out for http://is.gd/usQt #
• Screamers, a critically acclaimed documentary about genocide, is available online for free for one week. Go watch it http://is.gd/uslK #
• RT @chaosfilms 2 minutes ago
  RT @1txsage1957: Gay Cleansing Is A Gathering Storm In Iraq http://short.to/5gsd #
• RT @Energia RT @jasonbentley: Now we have the perfect retort to anyone who says "when pigs fly:" "Well, swine flu." #
• Justifiably so… RT @jamendo RT @coolcavemen: Cool Cavemen is number 15 in Jamendo's top 100. Thanks to all our listeners! #
• Scored 23 on this online Asperger test (via @willhowells ) which makes me a math contest winning computer scientist #
• I was wondering the same thing. RT @lordbonkers What is a "twibe" and why should I join one? #
• RT @bobcozzi Ah, yes, this woman is VERY talented. Watch for a good time. Seriously. http://twurl.nl/w07mxi #
• New review: Livestock http://www.pulpmovies.com/reviews/livestock #
• XKCD watching the Twitterati keep track of the Swine Flu panic http://xkcd.com/574/ #
• JG Ballard's last short story http://is.gd/uppi was published in Interzone 13 years ago http://is.gd/v94m #
• Listening to The Dada Weathermen because it's impossible to ignore a band with a name like that http://is.gd/vctn #
• I've given up on the AZERTY keyboard and now I have no idea where any of my keys are #
• New review: Death in Charge http://tinyurl.com/c8pstl #
• Lots of folks to follow from the Bibliophile Stalker Mini Directory of S&SF on Twitter: http://is.gd/rI3Q #
• RT @james_gunn If Everything Was Made by Microsoft: http://tinyurl.com/cw6hwo #
• Looking forward to a three day weekend! #
• Obscure marketing is irritating #
• RT @warrenellis It's Free Comic Book Day, so have a free copy of FELL #1, online: http://bit.ly/gKgRy in reply to warrenellis #
• A decent science fiction film? It looks like District 9 might be just that http://d-9.com/ !sff #
• May 3rd is World Press Freedom Day http://is.gd/wbAK #
• Just back from !watching Fighter. Excellent film #
• May the Fourth Be With You #
• New review: The Horror Vault 2 http://tinyurl.com/cxej4u #
• RT @dbspin After a lengthy search, I have uncovered the worlds biggest tosser – http://tinyurl.com/dasrdk in reply to dbspin #
• It turns out that leaving a two year old in the same room as a PC is a really bad idea #
• Suddenly I find that I need a new phone RT @saarikko RT @Jussipekka: The making of the Nokia N97: The Designers Cut http://bit.ly/h6ZoD in reply to saarikko #
• Just what I need. An office chair that tells the world every time I fart http://is.gd/seih #
• It's finally happened – the Zombie Swine Flu epidemic is here http://is.gd/vHDQ #MFZAR #
• All new Windows. Same old security holes http://is.gd/xPpQ #
• Swinefighter – a surprisingly addictive bit of swine flu inspired flash silliness http://is.gd/vh1m #
• Signing up to Twitter just to talk about Twitter is a lot like phoning people to tell them they need a phone – pointless and irritating #
• And after my last tweet two more social marketing "experts" have suddenly started following me. Pointless, irritating, automated and blocked #
• Interesting. According to the EU Profiler, I should be voting for the Sociaal-Liberale Partij on June 10th. http://is.gd/u3hn #
• Cute helps you concentrate: http://is.gd/zeGq I'll have to mention this next time someone asks me why I'm browsing Lolcats at work #
• Is the Church of Scientology a criminal organisation? The Belgian public prosecutor thinks so http://is.gd/zgaS #
• Just finished !reading Space Captain Smith by Toby Frost. Frighteningly funny steampunk space opera. !sff #
• You know you have too much technology when you are Skyping someone on the other side of the room #
• New review: The Video Guys http://bit.ly/ymDnh #
• Good article in The Economist about Simon Singh and the Chiropractic frauds http://is.gd/zXre #
• This is good: Terry Gilliam's The Man Who Killed Don Quixote is back on http://is.gd/ApDq #
• That's the rest of My Saturday sorted. RT @upwithgravity The new Sofanauts is up. Check it out. http://bit.ly/q03mt Fred and Diane are on! in reply to upwithgravity #
• And why not? RT @HardlyBearFilms RT @dwcongdon Cannes 2009: Sharks in a Mall! http://bit.ly/2meYx7 Hard to believe. in reply to HardlyBearFilms #
• Bloody hell. I mention chiropractic frauds once and they all come out of the woodwork. Blockety block block #
• Twitter Comedy… RT @bengoldacre This might not be rubbish: although prone to intrusive and overwhelming heckling http://rly.cc/daKEl in reply to bengoldacre #
• 1000 tweets. And rather than posting something funny, I managed to post about something that might be funny instead #
• New review: Bleed With Me http://bit.ly/4ZHkL #
• RT @bengoldacre The Science News Cycle: this may be vaguely familiar. http://abahm.tk in reply to bengoldacre #
• Logitech: 10/10 for having an easy to use online store. Minus several million for taking four weeks to ship a sodding keyboard #
• Yowza! @Filmbrain (via @FilmThreat) says Jodorowsky is making a film! Metaphysical spaghetti western. Nick Nolte, Asia Argento and Udo Kier in reply to FilmThreat #
• Screen Daily has more… http://is.gd/BLiE #
• This Heat Map of MPs expenses is fascinating http://msn.shoothill.com/ #
• Maemo Harmattan looks nice but I really don't want ads on my phone http://is.gd/Bgrc #
• Interactive map of open source activity around the world. The data isn't complete, but it's clickable http://is.gd/tKmj #
• Francis Sedgemore on Simon Singh and the British Chiropractic Association http://is.gd/BZzQ Succinct #
• Don't #SaveEarl, #LetEarlDieinPeace RT @james_gunn sometimes the internet folks are like Herbert West in reply to james_gunn #
• Twitter for two year olds. This is just wrong http://is.gd/uRcf #
• Boston Police: Using Twitter to warn us of the upcoming zombie apocalypse http://is.gd/BOjT #
• This is brilliant. Cthuugle – the search engine man was not meant to know. Via @Danacea in reply to Danacea #
• New review: Gunheavy http://www.pulpmovies.com/reviews/gunheavy #
• RT @bengoldacre Telegraph lawyers shut down Tory MP's blog: there goes the moral highground http://rly.cc/C4ycV in reply to bengoldacre #
• Don't Panic! Today is Towel Day http://www.towelday.org/ and a good day to dig out my H2G2 DVDs. I may even drink a cup of tea #towelday #
• Surveillance insanity: Pretending to combat crime by harassing pensioners http://is.gd/DiLX #
• "Time is an illusion. Lunchtime doubly so." #towelday #quotes #
• Where's My Towel? #3wordsaftersex #towelday #
• Here I am, brain the size of a planet and they ask me to take you down to the bridge. Call that job satisfaction? I don't. #towelday #quotes #
• "If there's anything more important than my ego around, I want it caught and shot now." #towelday #quotes #
• In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move #towelday #quotes #
• "Six pints of bitter. And quickly please, the world's about to end." #towelday #quotes #
• #3wordsaftersex "Cash or cheque?" #
• 10 things you might not know about ID cards http://is.gd/F45J #
• It's no surprise that CCTV cameras are largely ineffective: http://is.gd/FlzN So why is the government so keen on them? http://is.gd/FlDW #
• Presseurop is a daily round-up of news across the EU. http://is.gd/H8S3 It's a new site but might be worth following #
• RT @mysmallpotatoes Social Media Marketers: Remember the great online money making system covered on all the news programs? Neither do I in reply to mysmallpotatoes #
• New review: Experiments in Terror 3 http://bit.ly/1ako73 #
• RT @neilhimself Read this by @Doctorow NOW: http://bit.ly/yLY0I. US, UK, Canada et al vs the blind on copyright. I'm with the blind. #sccr18 #
• Irish steak and Belgian beer: A most excellent way to start this three day weekend #
• Thanks for the #followfriday shoutout @mysmallpotatoes – Follow him, he's fun in reply to mysmallpotatoes #
• You see that web address in your profile? You see those people who use URL shortners to obscure their URL? Spammers. Blocked spammers #
• If the time that @ replies turn up is anything to go by, Identi.ca is currently 6 times more responsive than Twitter #
• !Listening to Freestyle Percussion Magik. Another !Jamendo find and one that does exactly what is says on the tin http://is.gd/Jk3N #
• That European TV is becoming more successful is good, but the fact that this relies on Reality TV is embarrassing http://is.gd/JOWQ #
• Trailer for !sff !movie Mr Nobody looks good. The film hits Belgian cinemas in October – I shall have to try and catch it http://is.gd/JRlF #
• I am an amalgamation of those pesky anti-Popes Clement VII and Benedict XIII. Which Pope are you? http://is.gd/JRNK #
• Three clips from Drag Me To Hell? Yes Please! http://is.gd/JSul #
• New keyboard joy is slightly tempered by the sheer crapness of UPS #
• Things are bad when I hear of an Alien prequel and my only thought is "well, it can't be any worse than AvP" http://is.gd/K7up !sff !movie #
• It's 8:00am on a Sunday morning and not only am I up but I've even had some breakfast. Something is very wrong #
• Good article by Nick Cohen on the consequences of letting libel law restrict scientific debate http://is.gd/KtCf #simonsingh #
• RT @sil Genius. http://bit.ly/TpFea in reply to sil #
• Now *that's* how you market a zombie film http://is.gd/KBdP #
• Very true. RT @devincf 6 Reasons Why Horror Fans Make the Best Film Fans! http://tinyurl.com/llk8c2 in reply to devincf #
• RT @lordbonkers Code of conduct for MPs would do more harm than good http://bit.ly/1ahUHU in reply to lordbonkers #
• RT @willhowells This is indeed marvelous. RT @anghelides Hurrah for literal videos! Total Eclipse of the Heart at http://is.gd/KTwJ in reply to willhowells #
• I want the tooth!
  You can't handle the tooth!
  #moviemisquotes #
• New review: Cookies & Cream http://bit.ly/5Pa1j #
• Petition to support Simon Singh (who is appealing) and to keep the libel laws out of science: http://is.gd/OnHs Read it. Sign it #simonsingh #
• To lose one minister, Mr Brown, may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose three looks like carelessness. http://is.gd/OrBF #
• The Voynich Manuscript explained http://xkcd.com/593/ #
• OS upgrade completed. Vote cast. Barbecue consumed. Productive day so far #
• The Apple iProduct – your life in a small, shiny, plastic case http://is.gd/Ru0x – via @timelady #
• EU election coverage, live and online and starting at 7:00pm. tp://www.europarltv.europa.eu/Elections2009.aspx !eu09 #
• Euro election turnout (provisional) is 43%s !eu09 #eu09 Still falling election to election #
• #exitpoll Strong showing for EPP as Socialists suffer large losses http://is.gd/RYZm !ep09 #ep09 #
• And it looks like the Liberals have done well in Flanders http://is.gd/RZ6f !ep09 #ep09 #
• Mandelson: The cabinet is united behind Brown http://is.gd/S0nf Well, what's left of it. For now #
• Provisional results are in: http://is.gd/S1Bb !eu09 #eu09 #
• Catholic Church claims gay adoption is tantamount to child abuse http://is.gd/S243 They would know – they're the experts on child abuse #
• Looks like a poor EU election result for all three main groups with socialists suffering most. Greens seem to have done well !eu09 #eu09 #
• … and Sweden's Pirate Party is headed for Brussels http://is.gd/S32T I'll be interested to see what effect they have #
• … and Sweden's Pirate Party is headed for Brussels http://is.gd/S32T I'll be interested to see what effect they have !eu09 #eu09 #
• Honor Mahony is right: "Parliament needs to be noisier, brasher and more combative." http://is.gd/S5mF !eu09 #eu09 #
• Seizure inducing awesomeness http://is.gd/TvzB #pirateparty #eu09 !eu09 #
• Computers are like air conditioning: They stop working when you open Windows #
• This is brilliant! RT @Leenygma Tired with e-books just not smelling quite right? Use Smell Of Books http://tinyurl.com/dclvqq in reply to Leenygma #
• RT @giagia @edyong209 @lecanardnoir OMG. Chiropractic ARMAGEDDON! It's meltdown time as chiros remove their web sites. http://bit.ly/ni1o4 in reply to giagia #
• RT @hg47 @duffmcduffee (#crapsuperpowers) The ability to start a meaningless yet slightly entertaining hashtag meme on Twitter. in reply to hg47 #
• Whenever you mention a quack on Twitter, at least one quack will immediately follow you. Hello @byerschiro, and goodbye #
• From its trailer, Air Doll looks like a sweet and surreal film. http://is.gd/XRnl #
• *This* is what Twitter was invented for: @viz_top_tips – Via @lordbonkers #
• RT @viz_top_tips CINEMA BUILDERS. Don't bother installing a front row of seats, nobody ever uses them. Simply start with the second row. in reply to viz_top_tips #
• Many thanks to @ratholeradio for pointing me in the direction of Ben Walker's music. He's well worth a listen http://is.gd/1033P #
• Alternative remedies responsible for actress death: http://is.gd/11B4V #
• Turn It Off And Turn It On Again (Ballad Of The I.T. Guy) http://is.gd/11Ebm #
• Here's handy. http://is.gd/11FjR I might be able to get the vintage rocket fixed up after all #
• Belgian music rights organisation wants to charge child minders for putting the radio on http://is.gd/12Fxc bonkers #
• RT @stephenfry Functioning Iran proxies 218.128.112.18:8080 218.206.94.132:808 218.253.65.99:808 219.50.16.70:8080 #iranelection in reply to stephenfry #
• RT @feliciaday @Tabz: @doctorow advises on what you should say about #IranElection http://bit.ly/1oBrD in reply to feliciaday #
• New review: El Alambrista: The Fence Jumper http://bit.ly/kDxlQ #
• Check out the trailer for dolphin documentary, The Cove. http://is.gd/14Avl Looks like strong stuff !movie #
• RT @andydiggle #IranElection Regime still pretending there's no protest outside Tehran – RT this HUGE demo pic NOW- http://twitpic.com/7ki6e in reply to andydiggle #
• RT @andydiggle @Chris_TOMP: Best. website. EVER: http://www.socialmediadouchebag.net in reply to andydiggle #
• The latest issue of Black Static has turned up. Time for some !reading, I think #
• The canteen at work served us Pork Goulash today. Now I'm worried about what they're putting in the Hungarian Goulash #
• It turns out that I really am being controlled by The Illuminati: http://is.gd/16vFh #
• Dailymotion uploads now have a progess bar and no longer lock my browser, I can finally fully abandon Firefox in favour of Epiphany #
• Their encoding is a lot faster too #
• I'm not entirely sure I'd want driving directions from Hmer Simpson http://is.gd/16B5z #
• Kermode's review of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. The only review you need. http://is.gd/16Dk7 #
• How smelly are Florida council employees for the council dress code to include "must wear underwear and use deodorant"? http://is.gd/17s9M #
• !Watching the Zombieland trailer http://is.gd/17tZq This looks like a fun !movie #
• War of the Worlds: Goliath promises to be an animated steampunk epic http://is.gd/18cYb The premise for this sounds superb #
• Iraq: Brown trying to cover up for Blair http://is.gd/18eoB #
• Today I had to deal with the support guy who thinks resetting your password will solve all issues #
• And it's performance review time, so now I have figure out what all of this year's bullshit buzzwords actually mean. #
• New review: Honeymoon http://www.pulpmovies.com/reviews/honeymoon #
• RT @viz_top_tips SAVE the cost of installing Sky TV by taping current editions of Top Of The Pops and then watching them in 15 years' time in reply to viz_top_tips #
• Do I need a Darth Vader radio alarm clock? Oh yes! http://is.gd/1ddBd #
• RT @GeneHunt People are more violently opposed to fur than to leather because it's safer to harass rich women than motorcycle gangs. in reply to GeneHunt #
• Three words that don't often fit into a single sentence: Alpine Surf Rock. !Listening to Juanitos #
• RT @Danacea RT @Dayngr: One day I want to see a completely random word like #NINJA become a trending topic on twitter in reply to Danacea #
• I wonder how @fsm will react if #NINJA becomes a trending topic and #PIRATE doesn't #
• Quite amused at Opus Dei, an atheist card game. http://is.gd/1f8nq it looks quite playable as well #
• RT @willhowells RT @danielmaier: Maybe everyone's already seen this except me, but – amazing branding fail: http://bit.ly/HAKVF in reply to willhowells #
• RT @james_gunn RT @rainnwilson This dancing walrus is why the internet was created. http://bit.ly/toqZI – Awesomocity in reply to james_gunn #
• Trailer for The Box. http://is.gd/1frX2 Potentially interesting looking !sff !movie #
• Brass Eye – Always first with the news. Compare this – http://url.ie/1xi2, with this – http://url.ie/1xi3 – Via @dbspin in reply to dbspin #

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