David McVay

Owner and admin of GeekActually.com and the host of the Geek Actually and Film Actually podcasts..

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Hello Vodafone, anyone home? Where is iPhone Info?

Now, with four days to go until the iPhone 3G is released in Australia and Vodafone, the supposed “number 1 carrier of iPhone in Australia”, is still silent while Optus and Telstra announce their plans. Vodafone, get off your ass and release some sort of info, even if it is an apology to the many …

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Community First Rips Off Mac Ads – Poor Judgement

This ad campaign was just pointed out to me on Australian Foxtel. It would seem that Community First Credit Union is so devoid of ideas that it has to rip off Apple Computers very successful Get-A-Mac ads. Here is one of the the ads: My first question is: Does Apple know that they have copied …

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The Geek Actually Podcast

The podcast is still under development and there will be more news on this soon.

iPhone – Only five days to go – What the hell is going on Vodafone?

Five whole days to go and still no word from Vodafone on the Australian pricing of iPhone. I accept that Apple computers are notoriously tight lipped when it comes to future products, but my god this time it is not their fault! I can’t believe that Vodafone has made us wait this long. Vodafone announced …

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Metropolis Lives Again

My friend Jacob just sent me this very interesting article (which you can read here) about finding the lost, complete version, of Fritz Lang’s Metropolis. This is wonderful and I really hope that Hollywood (or the German Film Industry) sees fit to digitally restore this wonderful film for the world to see. Whatever happens please …

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Argh! Remake Alert! “The Day the Earth Stood Still”

Oh god, why?!?!? The masterpiece of Science Fiction by Robert Wise has been remade with Keanu Reeves as Klaatu! What the hell is Hollywood thinking? More on this as information comes to me. In the meantime, view the trailer here.