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Gary Hustwit’s Objectified

The trailer for Gary Hustwit's new industrial design documentary Objectified is up at Gizmodo, and it looks great--kind of like a filmic Design of Everyday Things (but suspiciously lacking an appearance by Don Norman). Though Hustwit's name isn't on the website yet, he'll be appearing in some capacity at this year's ...

Link Roundup for October 2nd through January 4th

Apparently, I haven't done a link roundup since October. I hate myself. Anyhoo--here's the first roundup of the new year. Revolutionary Road Ain't All That, Apparently This review of Sam Mendes' upcoming drama Revolutionary Road reminds me why I love reading Nick Schager. Sorry, Thanks A new film starring Austin's own Wiley ...

Upgrading Wordpress… Sorry If It’s A Mess

See title. UPDATE Done! 2.7 update went surprisingly smoothly, except that my Nextlifx plugin no longer works. But that's okay... I've been thinking about rolling my own for a while now. This is a good excuse.

Cox on Buñuel

This essay by Alex Cox (Director of many brilliant and underrated flicks like Repo Man and Walker) has got me really, really interested in seeing Luis Buñuel's The Exterminating Angel, which unfortunately won't be released on DVD until February. I've had Buñuel's The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie floating near ...

Interviewed: Bruce Campbell

At the Austin premiere of the highly anticipated My Name Is Bruce, I had a drink and a friendly chat with b-movie megastar Bruce Campbell. It was a very last minute thing, and I wasn't sure it was even going to happen until about ten seconds before it did, so ...

Watch Online: Crawford and Slacker Uprising

Two major events in the realm of online viewing: the first is today's online premiere of Crawford, a locally produced documentary about the tiny Texas town that GWB chose to adopt as his "home" (Bush was born in Connecticut, and spent his formative years in Houston and Midland). The film ...

Link Roundup for September 27th

Get Your War On: Bailout?! Get Your War On tackles the bailout plan. Role Models Q&A with David Wain and Paul Rudd Here's a short chunk of a great Q&A with Wain and Rudd that happened after their screening of "Role Models" at Fantastic Fest. The movie, despite the incredibly awful ...

The Non-Badgeholder’s Guide to Fantastic Fest 2008

Fantastic Fest is so close I can taste it. But since it's completely sold out, I feel kinda bad for folks who didn't get badges in time. For them I've put together a list of publicly-accessible FF screenings and events. Check it out on Austinist.

Link Roundup for September 8th through September 15th

Watch KLRU's "Downtown" Online You can watch the first three seasons of KLRU's fantastic series "Downtown" through the magic of the internet. Most of the segments are between 1 and 7 minutes, so it's fun to browse around. US Gets First Solar-Powered Cinema VIA John Merriman at AFF Austinist's "Must See Friday" ...

Google Chrome = Pretty Decent

I'm really digging Google's new web browser,Chrome. For pure web surfing, it's a fantastic experience--the "mostvisited sites" and "recent searches" on the default homepage are abrilliant feature, load times are quick, and the viewport is incrediblybig.I can't possibly use Chrome for development though; Firefoxlets me use all kinds of handy ...