The website history game

This is going to sound weird but as you would all know, your browser saves your web history. And a scurrilous thing it is too. I don’t need to see just how often I look at trashy celebrity fashion websites.

That aside, I have recently developed a new habit utilising that dastardly search history. Into the address bar I type one letter – a random letter of the alphabet – and see what websites pop up from my history. So I choose ‘D’ and the first two options are a couple of tumblrs. I choose ‘C’ and it’s A Cup of Jo, a blog I look at all the time. ‘X’ of course brings up XKCD.

Comic courtesy of XKCD. If you don't read it you're missing out on very important pop culture.

It also varies on whether I’m at home or work. My home computer has so many more options; 'E' is for Entwined Happiness, 'R' is for Fuck Yeah, Parks and Recreation, and 'V' brings up a plethora of websites with the word 'Vintage' in the title; Posh Girl Vintage, Heartbreaker Fashion and then Vogue.

 From the Posh Girl Vintage homepage.

Sounds like a weird habit, doesn’t it? Bet you’re going to try it now though, just to see what your computer remembers about you.

Comic Book Movies @ GOMA

I didn't know about it until just this morning, but GOMA Cinematheque has been running a comic-book-movies program for most of January! The selection of movies is amazing, and the program runs until March so there is still plenty of opportunity to see a cool film.

The program features the usual Hollywood suspects - Sin City, Iron Man, Watchmen - but also Asian classics like Akira and Ghost in the Shell, and far more obscure works like L'Ultimo Terrestre and The Storm Riders. New Zealand's Footrot Flats gets a screening (I remember watching that when I was a kid!) and so does Marjane Satrapi's Persepolis, which I've been really keen to see!

For more info, check out QAG's website: http://qag.qld.gov.au/fullsite/cinematheque/current/drawn_to_screen