Vampirism: the bloodborne disease

This is the fourth part in a four part series looking at the extraordinary popularity of the vampire genre, Dracula being the subject of more films than any other fictional character. The four parts are:

Posted under Cliche watch, Unanswerable questions

This post was written by @Drivelry on March 16, 2013

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Vampire origins: the price of immortality

This is the second part in a four part series looking at the extraordinary popularity of the vampire genre, Dracula being the subject of more films than any other fictional character. The four parts are:

Posted under Cliche watch, Reviews

This post was written by @Drivelry on January 15, 2011

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Curation nation or where is my external brain?

Photo by gruntzooki from Flickr licensed under Creative Commons

What’s all the buzz about curation?

Over the last couple of years there has increasing interest in the concept of curation, the idea that as the amount of content on the web expands exponentially, it may not be the availability of the content itself, but how it is organised and prioritized for you that matters (check out Google Trends on the growing use of the term “curation”).

Posted under Cliche watch, Kewl, Reviews

This post was written by @Drivelry on November 27, 2010

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100 years of vampire movies – less Twilight & more a new dawn?

This is the first part in a four part series looking at the extraordinary popularity of the vampire genre, Dracula being the subject of more films than any other fictional character. The four parts are:

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This post was written by @Drivelry on July 15, 2010

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It’s 9 years of your life – and it isn’t sleeping or eating

The loan your TV principleTerminate my brain: The Sarah Connor Chronicles DVD on Amazon

A couple of years ago I managed to loan my television to various friends who were broke or in transient accomodation or both.

My TV-less period lasted 3 years in total.

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This post was written by @Drivelry on October 15, 2009

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Pros and cons of the celebrity cancer confessional

The writing about dying businessJade Goody - Big Brother reality-TV celeb - not recommended reading

It’s hard to be a fan of the celebrity cancer confessional.

 Apart from the similarity to watching a sports match where you  know the likely outcome, and that disease should at least be the great social leveller, you also wonder about priorities i.e. how would you like to spend your last year, doing stuff with people who are important, or writing a book?

Posted under Cliche watch, Self doubt

This post was written by @Drivelry on July 13, 2009

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Australia, the movie: by way of Pearl Harbour, John Wayne, the Australian Tourism Commission (and Baz Luhrmann)

I’m writing this hiding in the bathroom from my partner, with whom I’ve just seen Australia, the movie. She liked it and thinks I need to disclose that I don’t like mangoes, vegemite and other Australian sacred objects.

This film had everything:

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This post was written by @Drivelry on December 3, 2008

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