links for 2007-05-23

“A New Zealand city on the receiving end of a tongue-lashing from British comedian John Cleese has hit back by re-naming its rubbish dump after him.”

The trailer for the upcoming The Sarah Connor Chronicles TV series, which actually looks okay! It’s nice to see Summer Glau (Firefly, 4400) in another promising TV franchise.

The story of fair use (in the US) re-told using snippits of Disney owned films! See also the Stanford Uni Project this comes from.

Christian McCrea takes Zizek to task for his exuberant 300 review essay. Lots of quotes from others responding to Zizek, too. Interesting stuff …

Amazing street-art installations … all spectres of people amongst the urban decay; very clever stuff!