Matt Haughey wrote recently about the point at which he lost all respect for Bill Gates. The issue turns out to be Gates' position on the legalities surrounding personal online publishing, which he he equates as being equal to print media. There are all sorts of open-ended questions here, and I don't think [...]
Digital Rights and Wrongs
January 9th, 2005 · No Comments
Tags: · Computers, Freedom, Information Security, Internet, Media, Movies, Music, Privacy, Security, Software, Technology, Television
Fahrenheit 9/11
June 27th, 2004 · 1 Comment
Fahrenheit 9/11 has finally been released in North America to flattering reviews, scathing reviews, and equally scathing rebuttles. Michael Moore, for the moment, has everyone's attention.
The film opens with a rehashing of the 2000 US Presidential Election debacle. Moore pointedly mentions that while most other media outlets were predicting a win for Al [...]
Tags: · Activism, Civil Liberties, Government, Movies, Politics, Ranting, Reviews, Security
Lost In Translation
March 2nd, 2004 · 4 Comments
I didn't watch the Oscars, but in order to be topical I'll chime in on one of the films I've favoured lately -- Lost in Translation.
Bill Murray manages to capture something special and unique in his role as Bob Harris. His subtle resignation as a sold out, washed up, exhausted man is all the [...]