Ryan and I have already put out another episode of “The Backlot,” our new podcast for film and technology geeks. This week we cover the E3 announcements and make some predictions for WWDC next week.

Also: Ryan is surprised by a word I use, we both talk about how our mothers feel about our Web presence and I dream of a world in which technology helps me spot boom mics in movies. It’s an episode not to be missed. Go listen to it now or subscribe in iTunes.

And stay tuned; we’ll be going over whatever Apple does unveil next week in episode 3.

Noah Daniel Smith made a pretty neat infographic of Pulp Fiction. Be sure to check it out in full resolution.

(via Blame it on the Voices.)

Today’s Google Doodle celebreates drive-in movie theaters.

This animated video-doodle celebrates the opening of the first drive-in movie theater June 6th, 1933. Drive in, grab your spot, and have some popcorn!

Fun.

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Skeuomorphic punch-holes and wood grain aren’t really my thing, but I love that Justin Sabestinas put together this WriteRoom 3 theme to aid him with writing screenplays in Fountain.

The Backlot, the new podcast I started with Ryan Gallagher, is now on iTunes. You can subscribe for new episodes there. If you want to stay up to date with technology from a film nerd’s perspective, you’ve come to the right place. Episode 2 is shaping up to be pretty nice already.

The Schiebel Camcopter S-100 and the SmallHDCamera-Top Monitor currently don’t have price tags, but everything else in Uncrate’s “Essentials: Movie Maker” can be yours for a cool $31,964. A bargain compared to four year at a top-tier film school. Of course, you should know how to turn this stuff on and have a story to tell, but that hasn’t stopped anyone before.

I wish Uncrate would make a poster of this image.

{% blockquote -Mike Tanier http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/05/sports/saturday-a-tv-sports-marathon-especially-in-new-york.html?_r=1&pagewanted=all The New York Times %} There are so many world-class sporting events scheduled for June 9, many of them in the New York metropolitan area, that it would take a Kerouac-caliber quest to experience them all.

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Here is a breakdown on the best way to go on the road for the most visceral Saturday sports experience possible. {% endblockquote %}

I’ll probably make it as far as “croissants for the French Open” before I call it a day.

Dave Lee, CEO and founder of GP Apps, on productivity systems:

Most task/to-do software is based around the concept of projects and tasks. It’s really too bad. The tendency is to fill up your task software with dozens of projects and tasks under each project. But the more you look at your projects and tasks every day for the next few weeks, it gets discouraging. It feels like a never-ending river of stress.

I feel this frustration all the time. I’ve been using OmniFocus for about 3 years, but I’m on and off with it. When I’m using it effectively, I actually do get more stuff done and have a clearer, more open mind. But most of the time I don’t even want to open it for fear of seeing that “river of stress” Dave brings up.

The system he does use sounds maddening to me, though. It’s a ten-step process of his own devising, and it’s the last suggestion that indicates it’s not for me:

{% blockquote %} 10. I keep a clean desk, clean desktop, and clean email inbox. This helps keep the clutter down and makes #1-9 work better. {% endblockquote %}

If I tried to keep that up, and I’ve tried, I’d never get anything done. But that’s why there is no one productivity system. Whatever works for you is the best one.

(via Simplicity is Bliss.)

{% blockquote -Rick Falkvinge http://torrentfreak.com/why-acta-lives-or-dies-with-the-vote-in-the-european-parliament-120603/ TorrentFreak %} No matter what you may have heard, ACTA is not dead. This beast is very much alive and for every cent us liberty activists spend on throwing it out, the corporations who want to own our culture and knowledge spend thousands on getting it passed. If you think you can sit back and relax now, those corporations couldn’t be better off – for they are moving in for the kill, lobbying-wise, as the final vote approaches in early July. If us activists consider the battle over, we will lose something that will take decades to repair once we’ve even started repairing it. {% endblockquote %}

Rememeber SOPA and PIPA? ACTA is even worse.

{% blockquote -Ryan Gallagher http://hyperbolic.tv/podcasts/backlot/episode-1/ The Backlot, Episode 1 %} For the most part, film blogs, or film Web sites, are terrible. And are terrible in different ways. {% endblockquote %}

I am very happy to announce the first episode The Backlot, a new podcast I started with Ryan Gallagher of CriterionCast and Hyperbolic.tv fame. What’s it about? Much like the candler blog, it’s about film, technology and whatever else we feel like talking about.

Episode 1, “Sleazy Sharing,” just went live today. Give it a listen and subscribe to the RSS feed or in iTunes for new episodes.

The focus of this week’s episode is share buttons and the overall hideous design of so many film Web sites. I’ve been a fan of Ryan’s work for a while now and I couldn’t be more excited to collaborate with him on this project. Stay tuned, or downloaded or whatever; we’re just getting warmed up here.