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howdy all,

the lovely threadless are having a sale on all their t-shirts. i’ve bought two t-shirts from threadless in the past and even with choosing the “expensive but fast” postage option the t-shirts are cheaper than buying them in shops. especially with this sale - many of the t-shirts are US$9! (and to think i paid US$15 just weeks ago). so say AUS$15-20 including postage. and the material is better quality than what you’d get at Jay-Jays or whatever.

They have all types of t-shirts, i especially like the ones with slogans or satire, eg:

But they also have some that are just interestingly designed (and often have a hidden message in the design), eg:

I was really happy with the t-shirts i bought. The other reason I’m doing free advertising for them here is that anyone can submit a design to threadless, and anyone can vote for which designs they think should be printed.

Anyways, check out the t-shirts, the sale is on until [Edit] Sunday 23rd March. Wednesday 26th March.

I liked the internet better when it was full of copyright infringement and not discriminatory*.

*strictly speaking it was just that all americans assumed i was in america

Today 3 different email newsletters gave me the chance to win tickets to “the new movie from the team that brought you Hot Fuzz.” I felt a public service announcement was needed to counteract all the misinformation.

Pretty much the only similarity between Hot Fuzz/Shaun of the Dead and Run, Fat Boy, Run is that they all star Simon Pegg in the lead role. (And a cameo from Dylan Moran)

Hot Fuzz/Shaun were written by Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright and directed by Edgar Wright. Although set in London, RunFBR was written by US comedian Michael Ian Black and directed by David Schwimmer (you know, from Friends).

The poster for RunFBR states it was written by Simon Pegg, but he only adapted the US script to make it more palatable to a UK audience. (”Pegg was employed as a co-writer to “polish” the US script and make it work in a London setting … Pegg agrees that the movie is “absolutely” pitched at the American market” “http://www.theage.com.au/news/film/running-gag/2008/02/28/1203788546008.html)

To be honest, i’m not all that interested in seeing a romantic comedy that shows a “fairy-book” view of what life is like in London and that is heavily sponsored by Nike (”The film’s marathon is called the Nike River Run, Dennis is given a box-fresh set of Nikes by his landlord and, at times, it appears that the capital itself is sponsored by the sports giant.” see link above). Maybe when it’s on DVD…