Netflix: The Way Way Back I remembered something positive about the movie from Mark Kermode, and was looking for something Kel and I could both watch and enjoy. It’s a coming-of-age story for a withdrawn teenager in a broken up family, with some excellent performances (particularly from Toni Collette and Sam Rockwell). If you’re looking for something …
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All you can eat content
When trying out an all-you can eat content site, it’s tempting to try and make the most of it. But what does it mean to get the most out of a subscription like that? How much value do you put on the discretionary use of your time? What price will your relationships pay when you …
From renting to buying
When I was a teenager, the largest store in my suburb changed from being a “variety” store to being a video store. The upcoming new release was Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. Rentals of new releases were somewhere around $5 for an overnight rental, and – I think – $2 for a weekly rental. Having a …
back on the horse
Having reached an inflection point in my current workload, it’s time to try and recreate the habit of regular writing. I’m continuing to read, though it’s mostly a mix of online news sources related to tech and social media online news sources related to Christian thinking social media updates half-completed books on the Kindle my friend …
paul ford on coding
Paul Ford’s epic Bloomberg piece on coding is the kind of article / teaching piece / tutorial that people will be talking about for years to come. It’s a long read, and the amount you learn from it will depend on how much experience with programming you’ve had. If you’re looking to work with programmers in …
the end of the Late Show with David Letterman
In the lead up to (David) Letterman’s final episode, there were a lot of best-ofs, tributes, excerpts from the show going up on YouTube and some widespread melancholia. I think I started down the rabbit warren watching a tribute song performed by Adam Sandler, and then went much broader, watching different videos and reading a …
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movie: home (2015)
Home is a kids movie from Dreamworks. We found it still playing, and for $6 tickets, and so a family movie trip was born. It’s a sci-fi piece, there are quite a few chase scenes and tense moments, but it’s mostly innocuous stuff, and they do a good enough job building some emotional connection into the …
rethinking the ownership of the web canvas
I still read a lot online; mostly through a feed reader, which I pay for. Part of reading through a feed reader is not seeing the content in its original context, except for those sites that encourage the user to click through to read something. If you’ve been online for a while, you will be deeply …
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resources for modern storytellers
Over on Medium is a list of 60 free tools for modern storytellers. Writing, websites, sources of payment, reporting, organisation, news updates, audio, video, images and resources; emails, social media, SEO. It’s a good list, but the trouble with such a list is not knowing where to start. It’s a long journey between wanting to …
netflix: overview
I’ve had a fairly busy month, with a fair bit of doing some laptop-work in the evening with something on the TV in the background. Much of the last month this has been some kind of Netflix show or movie, and overall I’ve been impressed. The range is not exhaustive, though there is plenty to …