Year: 2001

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I went for a drink last night with Matt to cheer him out about some work stuff he’s dealing with at the moment. Instead, after scouring Goodge Street for Haddock.org members and Black Belt Jones, I got all mournful in a bar and smoked too much.

Question: This one is for all the IT professionals out there. I need to know this information pretty much immediately: What is the difference between a ‘Sole Trader’ and a ‘Limited Company’ – which one is the cheapest and the least hassle for a short piece (1 month) of freelance work? [E-mail Tom]

The lifecycle of a meme on the internet: Nike shoe personalisation and sweatshop labour.

More film sites courtesy of Matthew Ivan Ford of Time Out:

• IMDB
• Short Film Database
• Screening the past
• Film Philosophy
• ReadFilm.com
• Film Comment
• Scope
• film.com
• Melon Farmers
• Bright Lights Film

Is the word “CeWebrity” as cheesy as I think it is? Because I’m thinking it might be time for badges and stuff. Alternative slogans have included: “I bitch about you on the net” and “Even YOU can be someone on the internet…”

A stunningly clever piece of web-tech this, that if developed by some central organisation could completely revolutionise the way in which fonts are handled on the net. The place to go for more information is: ReeveJones.com [via Matt].

Ok, Mr Brilliant. I know you’re out there. Stop being such a fuck-wit and drop me an e-mail. I would love to have lunch. Thank you very much.

I’ve been sent information on a few film sites so far – please continue to send me more. In the meantime, here’s my spiralling list of wonder:

• BFI.org.uk
• Inside.com
• BBFC
• Screen Daily
• film.guardian.co.uk
• Sight and Sound
• bbc.co.uk/film
• popcorn.co.uk
• Total Film
• 6 degrees
• HotDog Magazine
• Empire Online
• Screen Journal
• Virgin.net cinema

Important sites outside the UK include:

• Hollywood Reporter
• Variety.com

Newsflash: Whatever it was that Ev and Matt were talking about looks to be some kind of Blogger-based directory system – perhaps like the slow, but useful weblogs.com – for more information, read the post on Blogger.