Life
It’s December. Christmas is coming…can finally have a mince pie. If only this Brexit nonsense wasn’t still an issue.
Media
Rewatched Dunkirk in 4k. Stunning. Visuals are strong but it’s the audio – so impacting.
Red Dead Online – mmm. Not convinced by this so far. Feels a bit sluggish to play. Still ploughing through single player and loving it.
Links
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The Mystery Font That Took Over New York – The New York Times
How did Choc, a quirky calligraphic typeface drawn by a French graphic designer in the 1950s, end up on storefronts everywhere?
Love a font story. -
Charles Kennedy Memorial Lecture – on friendship, mental health, addiction (and what he would have made of the Brexit fiasco) | Alastair Campbell
Really enjoyed this from Campbell. He’s a polarising figure but I’ve got a lot of time for what he says. -
Champs-Élysées Apple Store in Paris by Foster + Partners
Champs-Élysées Apple Store designed Foster + Partners opens in an apartment in Paris with a kaleidoscope solar roof topping a central courtyard.
This is a gallery, not a store. Apple going a step to far with this now. -
The godfather of fake news – BBC News
Meet one of the world’s most prolific writers of disinformation
The fact this idiot makes so much money from this…surely it’s something the tech companies can address? -
Sega Dreamcast at 20: the futuristic games console that came too soon | Games | The Guardian
The Dreamcast deserved so much better than it got. Wonderful console that showed what future gen consoles would become. -
Apple Music Lands on Amazon Echo, as Apple Branches Out | WIRED
Two bitter tech rivals get along for a change, making your streaming life a lot less complicated.
Didn’t see this one coming. -
Life is too short
Great post and something we should all remember. -
NASA’s InSight lands on Mars to explore planet’s uncharted interior – CNN
Seeing the first pictures was amazing. -
Why It’s Easier to Make Decisions for Someone Else
Lot of truth in this for me and something I need to think more about going forward. -
Bowel movement: the push to change the way you poo | News | The Guardian
The long read: Are you sitting comfortably? Many people are not – and they insist that the way we’ve been going to the toilet is all wrong
Shit post. -
Movie Stunt Coordinator Breaks Down ‘Atomic Blonde’ Fight Scene | WIRED – YouTube
Great breakdown of this scene. How many days shooting for a minute of screen time?