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A while ago someone showed me some unreal pieces of work by some Youtube dudes. They're called "re-cut" trailers and are pretty much film editors showing off, but the good ones can completely reverse the atmosphere of the film they depict. Because it's a Friday afternoon and no one can be bothered you know, working and stuff, here are some of the better ones I've seen. When Harry Met Sally The Shining Top Gun (brilliant!) It's all about the music, but jeez they're clever... I'm going skiing tomorrow. Woot!

OMGFWTFBBQROFLMAOETC!1!!!)!!!11m1ehi!!!111 The Most Amusing Men On Earth, Flight of the Conchords, the larrikins responsible for this piece of genius (seriously - I strongly recommend watching): Have been given their own show on HBO!! I may explode. Watch their zany antics: Thanks be to Zopsy for the heads-up.

Couldn't happen to a nicer person .

I would just like to point out that it is 11:30 in the morning and the temperature is currently 6.3 degrees. Six. Degrees. Of centigrade...ness. Brrr. A month ago, I was here. Now, I'm not. :-( Still. I loves me some cold weather. More I say!

Is it just me, or do internet service providers have each and every one of us firmly over a barrel? As the world of the interwebs has grown increasingly complex, websites larger and larger, content displayed with snazzy graphics, the need to have a faster connection has continued to increase. Originally we all had dial-up. The we moved to quicker dial-up. Then arrived the apparent broad-band revolution and our download speeds were going to go through the roof. Except that they didn't really. Sure the difference was noticeable at first, but then as the web became more complex, it started looking slow again. Those with the cash just upgrade again - double the download speeds and triple the limits - those lucky enough to an interchange (whatever that is) nearby even have the luxury of being able to choose super-fast ADSL2. This is a pattern that has always irritated me. Now on top of this, is the somewhat extraordinary fact that ISPs can sell you a new super-go-fast internet pac...

On July 7 in London, 189 dudes will don the lycra and pedal their bikes around a 7.9km course with the aim of winning the first race - the Prologue - of the 2007 Tour de France. Over the following 20 days of competition, they will ride 3,542kms in 21 teams of 9, averaging just over 175kms per day. With €3.2 million to be won, €450,000 of which go the the overall winner, it's a serious business. The French love it and after Lance Armstrong, so do the Yanks. The Germans, Italians, Spanish all have national cycling heroes. Riding a bike in the Tour de France is a big deal - but hardly anyone in Australia bothers to flick it a glance. It doesn't help that the stages shown live on SBS start at around 10:30 or 11:00 at night our time (it's not their fault we're on the other side of the world), and it's not the sort of sport that will suck you in with it's flashy acrobatics as you casually surf the late night TV dials. But for those who have learnt to love the To...

Ha! Matt Price on his Australian blog post about Keating's performance on Lateline last night , just wrote: "I’ve sent a message to Andrew Bolt..., suggesting now might be the time to strike with a proposal for AB v PK weekly program." I would watch. That. I saw the Keating interview and it was as good as everyone's saying it was. The man knows how to speak. Well. And eloquently. And passionately. To see him going Andrew Bolt would be a joy to behold. Why can't this country have politicians with panache any more?

You're just going to have to entertain yourselves for a while, cos I's gots nothin'. This should help. [ via ]