Out with the Boy to see Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation.
Out with the Boy to see Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation. Heard it's OK, let's see... https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mission:_Impossible_%E2%80%93_Rogue_Nation
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Margin Call: Just watched this on Netflix.
Margin Call: Just watched this on Netflix. Really excellent. This review from Philip French is spot on. Not sure how this film didn't create more of a buzz at the time. Great cast & performances (Spacey & Irons particularly so). Worth a watch. https://youtu.be/IjZ-ke1kJrA http://www.theguardian.com/film/2012/jan/08/margin-call-review http://www.theguardian.com/film/2012/jan/08/margin-call-review
Been listening to some Egberto Gismonti this morning. #jazz
Been listening to some Egberto Gismonti this morning. #jazz I know him from his collaborations with Jan Gabarek and Charlie Haden mostly. He's best known (I'd say) for his fantastic guitar playing but he also plays piano and this is a great improv around a song from his album "Solo" ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solo_(Egberto_Gismonti_album) Egberto Gismonti - Ano Zero improv 1980 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Vu_2Hw0eSg https://www.youtube.com/attribution_link?a=98T-35KBvqw&u=/watch?v%3D1Vu_2Hw0eSg%26feature%3Dshare
Superheroing in the 21stC #Speedsheet
Superheroing in the 21stC #Speedsheet http://www.smbc-comics.com/index.php?id=3840 http://www.smbc-comics.com/comics/1440513485-20150825.png
I'm sorry Dave, I don't have time to read the whole book (but this article is good)
I'm sorry Dave, I don't have time to read the whole book (but this article is good) The Amazingly Accurate Futurism of 2001: A Space Odyssey http://www.wired.com/2015/08/amazingly-accurate-futurism-2001-space-odyssey/ Snippets: ...Clarke wrote the most of the screenplay at the Chelsea Hotel, in the company of William S. Burroughs and Allen Ginsberg ...Eliot Noyes, IBM’s industrial design consultant, based his renderings on current technological achievements, which were room-sized supercomputers used only by professionals and the military. He proposed to Kubrick that “a computer of the complexity required by the Discoveryspacecraft would be a computer into which men went, rather than a computer around which men walked.” Kubrick lost it. He wanted something smaller, like a control panel. “IBM’s assumptions were behind the times,” http://www.wired.com/2015/08/amazingly-accurate-futurism-2001-space-odyssey/?mbid=social_gplus
David Byrne Weekend on 6 n Music.
David Byrne Weekend on 6 n Music. I have some catching up listening to attend to. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/28Xw9dC8QlZWP4qdTzvgj29/6-music-celebrates-david-byrne http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/28Xw9dC8QlZWP4qdTzvgj29/6-music-celebrates-david-byrne
Coffee & Lloydy on a Saturday morning.
Coffee & Lloydy on a Saturday morning. https://youtu.be/nC0cJupco0s At dad's flat (ahem, apartment) in Walton after a week away working (B'ham, Winchester). Seeing dad later on, taking him out for some lunch, then big drive ooop North. https://youtu.be/nC0cJupco0s
Just watched: The Reluctant Fundamentalist (via Netflix).
Just watched: The Reluctant Fundamentalist (via Netflix). Good film. Great soundtrack. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Reluctant_Fundamentalist_(film)
Dilbert: Alice examines personality types and how they fit into the modern workplace.
Dilbert: Alice examines personality types and how they fit into the modern workplace. http://dilbert.com/strip/2015-08-16 http://assets.amuniversal.com/cb7d3d10f9000132ed9e005056a9545d
Freaky yet heartwarming.
Freaky yet heartwarming. Has a slight whiff of an elaborate hoax. https://youtu.be/rujUvKw7M1M https://youtu.be/rujUvKw7M1M
Complex Financial Instruments explained by Quantitative Easing Robin Hood. Making sense of economics for the rest of us.
Complex Financial Instruments explained by Quantitative Easing Robin Hood. Making sense of economics for the rest of us. http://www.smbc-comics.com/index.php?id=3827 http://www.smbc-comics.com/comics/1439390513-20150812.png
Drone sees the sharks at Pismo that nearby surfers don't see.
Drone sees the sharks at Pismo that nearby surfers don't see. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2U3gjwJfS4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2U3gjwJfS4
Why did I ask for those LLAP selfies? It was a task for a charity scavenger hunt I was doing. Here is what we made with your help! And I put it into Guinness to see if it makes a world record!
Why did I ask for those LLAP selfies? It was a task for a charity scavenger hunt I was doing. Here is what we made with your help! And I put it into Guinness to see if it makes a world record!
Coverage of Google's Big News
Coverage of Google's Big News Plenty of coverage of Google's big announcement out there... and plenty of people not understanding... here's a few well written analysis pieces (by people who do understand). The Big AlphaBet (Om Malik) http://om.co/2015/08/10/google-alphabet-analysis/ Google By the Letters (Steven Levy) https://medium.com/backchannel/google-by-the-letters-83c0deb2d60f Giving Google Room to Dream Big Beyond Search (Farhad Manjoo - NYT) http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/11/technology/giving-google-room-to-dream-big-beyond-search.html?_r=0 I think the main thing to understand is that this is about structuring the comapny(s) in a way that keeps shareholders happy(er) and enables Page/Brin to chase the Moonshots and build new Googles. Good luck to them! https://abc.xyz/
Great news today with Alphabet (https://plus.google.com/+LarryPage/posts/bkiVT71gfSu)
Great news today with Alphabet ( https://plus.google.com/+LarryPage/posts/bkiVT71gfSu ) Cool! They still love G+. I hope they use that same grittiness they did on Chrome and Android on Social (a.k.a. Google+).
Economics explained
Economics explained Shhhh - don't tell the economists... they think it's a science. http://www.smbc-comics.com/index.php?id=3823 http://www.smbc-comics.com/comics/1439045534-20150808.png
Doonesbury still hitting the target
Doonesbury still hitting the target Despite no longer creating daily cartoons Doonesbury still publishes weekly ones. This is nice commentary on the continued falling apart of the middle-east through the eyes of everyone's hero the Red Rascal ("Sorkh Razil"). http://doonesbury.washingtonpost.com/strip/archive/2015/8/9 http://assets.amuniversal.com/e898304008310133f30b005056a9545d
David Bowie: his style story, 1972-1973
David Bowie: his style story, 1972-1973 http://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2015/aug/04/david-bowie-his-style-story-1972-1973 http://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2015/aug/04/david-bowie-his-style-story-1972-1973
Tapas for dinner. #Calamari
Tapas for dinner. #Calamari http://www.laterrazawalton.com/menus.php http://www.laterrazawalton.com/menus.php
Visited Dad today - looking good in the Titfer Bill Adams :)
Visited Dad today - looking good in the Titfer Bill Adams :)
It's Yorkshire Day (& I'm daaan saaaaf again)
It's Yorkshire Day (& I'm daaan saaaaf again) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yorkshire_Day Been to the rather lovely Shepperton Lock with Dad ( Bill Adams)
