Dec 12
The Black List For 2011 is announced, and the "winner" for best unproduced
screenplay of the year is
THE IMITATION GAME
by Graham Moore
The story of British WWII cryptographer Alan Turing, who cracked the German Enigma code and later poisoned himself after being criminally pros- ecuted for being a homosexual..
The Black List: Official Website.
Dec 11
Five bucks for 2 DRM free downloads and 2 Streams.
Louis CK: Live at the Beacon Theater.
Nov 29
RIM is getting in to the
MDM game. Or more accurately, it started the game, and now it's using its existing technology to cover phones people actually want and use.
RIM is taking advantage of one of its core assets: the strength of its BlackBerry Enterprise Server. For all of the knocks that its phones receive, its BlackBerry service remains the most efficient at delivering e-mails in a secure and speedy manner. That's particularly important with as employee-owned phones increasingly run confidential corporate applications and data.
via RIM BlackBerry services open up to iOS, Android | Mobile - CNET News.
Nov 29
Stop the presses! According code found in the latest iOS 5.1 beta, Apple are working on a
new iPad and a new
Apple TV! I was sure they were going to scrap both products after this current run...
Nov 28
Employees armed with iPod touches get notified when customers enter the stores with their location-aware iPhones (for services like in-store pickup or an appointment), or when customers request help using in-store iPads. All the employee has to do is select a customer in a queue, get their position on an in-store map, and voilà! An an employee walks up to the customer and assists them.
Very cool or very creepy, depending on your point of view.
via
So How Does Apple Know You’re in the Store?.
Nov 27
1 THE BLOCK -WINNER ANNOUNCED Network 9 0:07:06 3,370,000 1,052,000 1,102,000 618,000 314,000 284,000
2 AUSTRALIA’S GOT TALENT-THE WINNER ANNOUNCED Network 7 0:10:06 2,980,000 914,000 928,000 510,000 327,000 301,000
3 UNDERBELLY: RAZOR -EP1 Network 9 1:01:21 2,794,000 988,000 815,000 491,000 232,000 266,000
4 MASTERCHEF AUSTRALIA – THE WINNER ANNOUNCED Network TEN 0:16:00 2,745,000 798,000 912,000 428,000 273,000 334,000
5 THE BLOCK -AUCTION Network 9 0:45:50 2,736,000 836,000 893,000 516,000 255,000 236,000
6 THE 2011 MELBOURNE CUP CARNIVAL: MELBOURNE CUP-THE RACE Network 7 0:06:05 2,667,000 616,000 1,343,000 396,000 127,000 185,000
7 TEN’S AFL FINALS 2011: GRAND FINAL COLLINGWOOD V GEELONG Network TEN 3:02:30 2,641,000 263,000 1,389,000 320,000 302,000 368,000
8 STATE OF ORIGIN RUGBY LEAGUE QLD V NSW 3RD – MATCH Network 9 1:50:58 2,492,000 1,086,000 340,000 919,000 68,000 78,000
9 MASTERCHEF AUSTRALIA – FINALE NIGHT Network TEN 1:01:34 2,402,000 712,000 806,000 373,000 241,000 269,000
10 UNDERBELLY: RAZOR -EP2 Network 9 1:01:16 2,352,000 817,000 681,000 418,000 202,000 234,000
11 THE BLOCK -GRAND FINAL Network 9 1:07:10 2,309,000 715,000 738,000 463,000 206,000 186,000
12 STATE OF ORIGIN RUGBY LEAGUE QLD V NSW 1ST – MATCH Network 9 1:41:24 2,245,000 1,065,000 298,000 823,000 31,000 28,000
13 RUGBY LEAGUE GRAND FINAL Network 9 1:51:01 2,172,000 1,093,000 362,000 569,000 54,000 94,000
14 STATE OF ORIGIN RUGBY LEAGUE NSW V QLD 2ND – MATCH Network 9 1:44:00 2,165,000 1,022,000 291,000 776,000 40,000 36,000
15 MY KITCHEN RULES-WINNER ANNOUNCED Network 7 0:10:00 2,127,000 547,000 719,000 366,000 232,000 264,000
16 THE X FACTOR – THE WINNER ANNOUNCED Network 7 0:08:00 2,026,000 625,000 581,000 340,000 248,000 231,000
17 THE 2011 MELBOURNE CUP CARNIVAL: MELBOURNE CUP-RACE PRESENTATIO Network 7 0:33:27 1,967,000 382,000 1,054,000 295,000 98,000 138,000
18 AUSTRALIA’S GOT TALENT-TUE Network 7 1:34:32 1,936,000 558,000 589,000 346,000 221,000 222,000
19 THE 2011 GRAND FINAL PRE GAME Network TEN 0:20:58 1,914,000 139,000 1,095,000 226,000 199,000 255,000
20 DOWNTON ABBEY Network 7 1:11:48 1,906,000 496,000 619,000 349,000 205,000 236,000
via
The Block winner tops 2011 :TV Tonight.
Of the top 20 shows on Australian TV this year, I watched 4.
The AFL Grand Final,
The Melbourne Cup, and the first two episodes of
Underbelly : Razor. Of those four, I watched the two sporting events live in a pub, and downloaded the two Underbelly episodes, so even if I did have a ratings box in my house, all four wouldn't have been counted.
There's no point to this post, I just find it fascinating.