Friday 26. July 2024
Mortal Steel
We managed to see two films this week, both on Netflix. One was a lot better than expected, the other… not so much. Real Steel In which a washed-up sportsman finds himself taking care of his estranged son with the inevitable rapprochement and bonding that follows. The slight twist with Real Steel is that the … Continue reading Mortal Steel
Thursday 25. July 2024
Wednesday 24. July 2024
How did a CrowdStrike config file crash millions of Windows computers? We take a closer look
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Tuesday 23. July 2024
Links of the week: 23/07/2024
Carole Cadwalladr looks at how tech broligarchs are lining up to court Trump, and the ways in which JD Vance connects to this. Andrew Rawnsley thinks that Starmerism is already beginning to reveal itself. Ted Chiang argues that ChatGPT is a blurry JPEG of the Web. Ian Dunt has some quick thoughts on Gareth Southgate. … Continue reading Links of the week: 23/07/2024
Monday 22. July 2024
The Boys are Back in Town
The boys all returned from camp on Saturday. And after ten days of activities followed by a 70km bike ride home, they were all exhausted by the time they arrived. They enjoyed themselves, though, and were keen to talk about the experience on Sunday once they had recovered a bit. One of the boys was … Continue reading The Boys are Back in Town
Saturday 20. July 2024
Call off the search to discover Starmerism. It is already beginning to reveal itself | Andrew Rawnsley
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Tech broligarchs are lining up to court Trump. And Vance is one more link in the chain
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Friday 19. July 2024
Amerikatsi
This was the second Sneak Preview that we saw this month and, this time, it was really good. Amerikatsi is the story of Charlie who, as a child, escapes the Armenian genocide by fleeing to America. Thirty years later, in 1948, he returns to Armenia hoping to find his roots. Instead, he finds a country … Continue reading Amerikatsi
Wednesday 17. July 2024
Changes
Over the past few months I have developed the habit of posting a weekly round-up on Mondays. These round-ups usually (but not always) include some bit of self-indulgence, some remarks about whatever films I’ve been watching and a link dump. This approach has proved to be very useful for getting myself back into the habit … Continue reading Changes
Tuesday 16. July 2024
Never doubt the instincts of Donald Trump, who just appointed ‘never Trump guy’ as his running mate | Marina Hyde
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Monday 15. July 2024
Lost in the little shop of Godzilla
Summer Camp It’s that time of the year again when the boys all head off for the annual youth club summer camp. This involves seeing them off on Thursday to cycle the best part of 70km to to a field on the other side of Antwerp. They then have ten days of activities before cycling … Continue reading Lost in the little shop of Godzilla