My “Batman: the Dark Knight” review in 700 characters or less

I loved the Dark Knight. It was fun, but it was also dark and difficult to watch. The film was experimental (for a comic book movie) that was a contrast to the big loud and also terrific Iron Man a couple of months ago.

The Joker's scruffy and grungy make-up reflect... Image via Wikipedia

And as for Heath Ledger’s Joker, I present my Twitter comments from soon after seeing the film:

Went to see 'Dark Knight' last night. I'm not sure I even want to leave the house any more.  Not while that mad fucker is still out there. Seriously, he’s one scary mofo. I don’t want to be Batman anymore.

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Why Australia should remain part of the Commonwealth of Nations

I’m a republican at heart, but some things just shouldn’t be tampered with. This morning when thinking about the issue of whether Australia should be looking to rule itself, and cut ties with the British monarchy, only one thing played on my mind as a possibly unintentional consequence of such a move.

The Crown jewels at The Tower of London Creative Commons License photo credit: Edgley Cesar

This issue should not be taken lightly. Whilst it is a slim possibility, even a remote chance should be enough to halt all talks of such a change until this issue can be sorted out.

Would the Brits still send us new episodes of Dr. Who?

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I voted. You don’t care.

I voted in the 2008 Webware 100 Awards I voted!


Review: Taskee - Manage your website ‘to-dos’

A month and a half ago I was contacted by a Martin Vrabel, who sent me this:

email from Martin Vrabel of Taskee.comHi Joshua,

I found out you are writing about webdesign on your blog. I though you may be interested in writing about the new URL related task management tool for web designers - Taskee.

Taskee is a hosted website task management tool for small and medium size webdesign companies. Taskee simplifies website task management communication process and makes it easier and cheaper to collaborate during website testing process.

You can find more info and demo at www.taskee.com

Sorry for this email if its not worth your attention or was interrupting you.

Kind Regards,

Martin Vrabel

This was my first ever request for comment about any product, so I dutifully starred it in Gmail and promised myself I’d look at it when I could. Well, the wait is over. I thought I’d set it up today and give it a go. This post is part review, but mostly feedback at the moment as the product is only at version 0.3 and not ready for prime time.

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Nice one Scott!

Excellent Customer Service

Jul 11, 2007

★★★★★ Scott was at the Information desk of the Blackwood branch of the Commonwealth Bank and was most informative and helpful. He remembered me by name when I came back later on in the day to complete my business and had me fixed up very quickly. His obvious knowledge of the ins-and-outs of his business made the whole experience very pleasant. This hReview brought to you by the hReview Creator.

I was thinking the other day that I have a wonderful way of thanking someone for excellent service. I can’t find any reference to this guy on the net today, but in the future this might be one of the places that someone learns about Scott’s interpersonal skills. They say that a lot of employers Google your name before they hire you. There’s also a lot of negative info about people and companies that have screwed people over. I want to start adding a bit of positive info to the net.

Thank you Scott. I’ll be calling your employer to pass on my thanks, but this review is my way of saying “nice work”.

I’ve included this ‘hreview‘ as a test of the format.