A curious sentiment. Everybody who pays GST pays tax, and anybody earns bank interest pays tax. What could they actually mean?

(I’ll charitably refrain from describing the rest of the bumper stickers decorating the car).

Since it was a distributor's preview, we had our cell phones confiscated on the way in, presumably to avoid piracy. Obviously this tactic is working since there don't appear to be any pirated copies of the film available.

Oh, really? In that case then, the film must be a financial flop due to all the piracy, right?

The Hangover hit the jackpot over the weekend, narrowly edging out Up for the top spot. The ribald comedy had been projected to trail the Pixar adventure in Sunday's studio estimates, but was revised upward once actual grosses poured in. Hangover's Friday dominance combined with a better-than-expected Sunday haul cinched its position, despite Up soaring past it on Saturday as well as being marginally ahead on Sunday. Both pictures were highly successful for their genres and wound up less than two percent apart. [...] The Hangover packed a much greater wallop than the norm for its genre, taking in $45 million on around 4,500 screens at 3,269 sites.

-- http://www.boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=2594&p=.htm

Le sigh. Since the preview was last night (Wednesday) and the film opened today (first show in Wellington: 11:15am at Manners Mall), I can only assume they're going to continue taking phones at the front door until they're happy with the financial success, rather than as a once off ... right?

Also: why would you want to watch video captured on a phone? Can mobiles contain 2 hours of footage worth watching? Are there any copies of the film floating around actually taken on a phone?

It’s a good thing weddings aren’t hotbeds of superstition and ceremony; otherwise I’ll be solely to blame when the weather turns out poorly.

A panorama taken from the recently updated "Simpsons" opening titles. I want to try this with a real HD file but the only one I can find has the Fox affiliate's bug in the lower right-hand corner.

In the interests of future-proofing my investment, I can't help thinking the inherent value of this cast would be diminished if another cast of similar heritage becomes available in the future. What assurance, if any, can Mr. Key or his office provide that either a/ he won't have any more casts on his limbs in the future, or b/ in the case of him having a cast removed from his broken limb, that said cast will NOT be made publicly available, either sold or given away.

What "hidden agenda" are you hiding, Prime Minister?

I kind of wish I'd been around to watch the Dr. Manhattan cartoon and have a sweater.

If I had any semblance of ironic hipster-ism, I'd include a clip from "Baby", but here's some "Prisoner" nonsense.

On an unrelated note, here's some wittertainment at its most wittertaining:

100 fps? No shit -- the trailers suggests the whole film is at least 50% slow motion. No wonder it's running 160+ minutes.

This is very much v0.1 (I haven't done much testing) so any feedback appreciated (esp. from overseas visitors who may or may not be able to access the videos on that site).

Install the script from userscripts.org.

When a meeting, or part thereof, is held under the Chatham House Rule, participants are free to use the information received, but neither the identity nor the affiliation of the speaker(s), nor that of any other participant, may be revealed

On Natrad the other day Trotter seemed to that it's a general confidentiality / NDA rule. It plainly isn't.