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movie: batman: gotham knight A Batman version of the Animatrix: six short stories, in different Anime styles, set in Gotham city in between the two Christopher Nolan Batman films. I found the first story dragged a bit, and, while there were a few moments that were enjoyable, I think I’m just not sufficiently into anime …

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I might have left the promotion too late, but if you’d like to spend the financial year reading through war and peace in just a chapter (or so) per day, you can join in over at matt’s blog.

A foodie blogger’s map – where to find the best croissants in Paris. I’ve only ever had one croissant in Paris, and I don’t see myself going back there any time soon, but I’m sure at least one reader will find it useful.

movie: The Dark Knight It was a really good movie: worthy of all the hype, though not the best movie ever made. Heath Ledger’s performance, too, was really good – he indeed disappears into the character. I don’t think it is going to result in an Oscar, but that probably doesn’t matter in the scheme …

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[YouTube] Mark Kermode spends 12 minutes reviewing Mamma Mia. I’ve been enjoying Mark Kermode’s movie reviews via the podcast for a few weeks now: so British, so well-read.

[freelance switch] Hi-tech meets lo-tech in this how-to for a moleskine as HDD case.

[k10k] goosh – the unofficial google shell; a javascript-based command line interface to google.

Branding the Youth in the Totalitarian State – when you’re trying to control the hearts and minds of a people, it stretches even to the way that you present your children’s books, and their schooling. Some examples of how this was put into practice last century.

[Good Experience] Short animation about procrastination: Procrastination is making a cup of tea. Procrastination is thesaurusizing your emails.

Detailed video from the 1970s explaining how a Polaroid camera works. We’ve come a long way, downhill, in terms of what level of technical detail it’s reasonable to put into a video about photography.