Cheap Therapy

That would be Village Roadshow, Universal Pictures, Warner Bros, Paramount Pictures, Sony Pictures Entertainment, 20th Century Fox, Disney and the Seven Network, who as the Australian Federaction Against Copyright Theft have filed suit against iiNet, at the same time as distributing “Nothing beats the real thing” DVDs to high schools (I guess they’re suggesting reading books instead of watching tv :). Amusingly these “educational” packs include the claim:

The resource is not a propaganda exercise. It does make clear to students that there are harmful consequences from film piracy, but it does so through educationally valid processes. It is an educational approach that allows students to face a significant civics and citizenship issue: their role in a society where many of them and their peers are breaking the law.

Check out Tama’s blog or the Electronic Frontiers Australia response to the suit (and make sure you join the EFA, you may need their help someday. Maybe sooner than you think!)

I’m looking at the NASA image archive picture of the day, and I realise that now I think of George Takei as Hiro’s Dad, Nichelle Nicholls as Mika’s grandmother, and Walter Koenig as Babylon 5’s Bester of the Psi Corps.

And my, how Leonard Nimoy looks like Sylar.

George W. Bush has signed the Pro-IP act into law, providing for harsher penalties for people who copy movies and music. How soon before Australia follows down that path? It’s hard to know, given that our government won’t publicly provide the text of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA).

Puggle (to man walking dogs): What are their names?
Man: Mulder and Sculley
Me: Ah
My Mum: Who are they, people from Star Wars?
Me: No, The X-Files
Puggle: What’s that?
Me: A TV show.
Man: I’m glad someone knows that, most people go “Who are they?”
My Mum: My son knows.

It seems that the Muppet show may be returning.

Meanwhile there’s another Muppet movie in the offing.

Has anyone seen “Forgetting Sarah Marshall”?

There’s a Cosplay lecture on at UWA on 8th September (see link for details) by Leng Leng Thang from Singapore.

The poster they have up in the lunchroom indicates there’s an iPod touch as a prize for best costume.

The 50 best Sesame Street moments, as rated by babblebaby.

Fans of Philip Pullman might like to take a look at the documentary “Inside his Dark Materials” on ABC2, 8:30pm tonight (Sunday), put together by a friend of his.

… Massachusetts was renamed to Aquinnah in 1998, no doubt due to people repeatedly getting arrested when asking for directions.
On an almost totally unrelated note, Aquinnah is the name Michael J. Fox gave to his daughter.

Can you guess it’s baby name season again?

Apparently guys who can cook well enough to impress women are now termed ‘Gastrosexuals’
Not to be confused with people who have a sexual preference for snails.
Unless they’re sauteed in butter and garlic and used to entice partners perhaps.