Fantastic Mr Fox
The trailer for the upcoming Fantastic Mr Fox movie is out… and I kinda liked it! (I’m as surprised as you are.) It bears very little resemblance to the original story, but to be honest it was never one of Dahl’s best works anyway. (It also underwent extensive revisions, as the original was even more a glorification of thievery.) I actually chuckled quite a few times during the trailer, especially at the young fox with the tube sock on his head. So for the moment, I’m cautiously optimistic about this one…

I really should start updating my Dahl site again. This movie could generate some serious traffic.

I had a weird and busy day away from the computer, but I need to say a public “Happy birthday” to my best friend and favourite human being. Many happy returns of the day, Snookums.

Link List:

• How To Interview When Gathering Requirements
• Building a Requirements Foundation Through Customer Interviews
• 6 Tips To Double Your Requirements Interview Effectiveness
• Mining project requirements – techniques to use before and after an interview
• Use these interviewing techniques to gather project requirements

Can you guess what I’m doing at work this week?

USE IT UP – WEAR IT OUT – MAKE IT DO! Love it! Of course, I make the Snook take his pants off before I mend them.

Infinite Jest
I’m sad to report that I’ve fallen so far behind that my Infinite Summer is destined to be a failure. I’m still reading a few pages here and there, but nowhere near the rate I need to keep up.

My buddy Michael, Chippendale’s local sustainability expert, is quoted in an article in today’s Sydney Morning Herald about road design and urban warming. He gave a presentation last week on how the Chippendale road gardens represent a way to change the way our city works. (I hope the tree thief reads it and chokes on his own shame.) I’ve also posted this over on the Life in Chippendale blog.

More pictures of yesterday’s tea party are up at JP’s site…

Jeez. The knitting world has been rocked by this post over at Yarn Harlot, where she details the harrassment she’s been dealing with from a reader/commenter who doesn’t like her. If you’re visible on the Internet and you dare to utter an opinion on anything, there is someone who will take extreme offense to it. (And haven’t I learned that lesson recently…) I checked out the Twitter stream of the woman harrassing YH, and man, what a nutbar. A nutbar wrapped in pro-American jingoism, too. Depressing.