Life
A day late thanks to another broadband outage. Twice in a week including a new hub being fitted. Not good.
Media
Golf Club 2 and a rather mixed reaction so far. Graphically a bit better, club options make it more interesting but multiplayer looks a hot mess and some of the ball physics just seem wrong. I’ll give it time, no doubt patches will fix over time.
Links
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Muscle-Up on Vimeo
An amazing drone video. -
See How This Impossible Drone Shot Was Achieved – Part II | cinema5D
And this is how the drone video was achieved. Clever. -
Grenfell Tower Campaigners Are So Angry With The Police They Are Creating Their Own Database Of Victims
The Met police have said 79 people are missing and presumed dead, but Justice 4 Grenfell campaigners have rejected the figure and say they’re now doing their own investigation.
Desperate. Doesn’t seem possible that the authorities are leaving this to locals. Something stinks. -
Flawed reporting about WhatsApp | Open door | Paul Chadwick | Opinion | The Guardian
Open door: Cumulative effect of missteps led the Guardian to overstate the potential impact on the security of users’ messaging
Guardian finally comes clean about this. -
Women in Tech Speak Frankly on Culture of Harassment – The New York Times
It takes one brave woman to stand up and the rest step forward. Reminds me of the harrasment cases from 70’s and 80’s in the UK that are only now believed. -
Pando: The State of Pando 2017: Dropping the paywall on stories from the Silicon Valley Swamp
Pando makes a stand -
Male and Female Entrepreneurs Get Asked Different Questions by VCs — and It Affects How Much Funding They Get
Course it does. Makes me question how I behave and react in the workplace. Not easy. -
Daring Fireball: Perfect Ten
10 years and the impact of the iPhone. -
The Life, Death, and Legacy of iPhone Jailbreaking – Motherboard
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Researchers Found They Could Hack Entire Wind Farms | WIRED
Hacking a wind farm! Wow. -
UK is the worst-performing advanced economy in the world, official figures confirm | The Independent
Cheery article to finish with. Strong and stable my arse.