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Edge of Tomorrow, 2014 [http://letterboxd.com/tomcharman/film/edge-of-tomorrow/] Fun, decently put-together sci-fi action, that actually vaguely kind of made sense. Particularly benefits from great performances by Emily Blunt and Tom Cruise–the latter is a particularly convincing wanker, and so really sells the character he starts out with.
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iOS 8 [http://www.apple.com/ios/ios8/design/] There’s a lot of nice stuff here; much of it feels like finally catching up to Android and Windows Phone, but hey, I’ll take it. What pleases me the most is that the iPad apps are taking inspiration from
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Everything is Broken [https://medium.com/message/81e5f33a24e1] Quinn Norton’s discussion of the world of computers is a little depressing, but given the name, I came out of it strangely optimistic.
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X-Men: Days of Future Past [http://letterboxd.com/tomcharman/film/x-men-days-of-future-past/] I have a soft spot for the X-Men films that don’t include the words “Last Stand” in them, so I was always going to enjoy this a bit. But in fact, I enjoyed this a lot. Despite the
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Her, 2013 [http://letterboxd.com/tomcharman/film/her/] The film feels kind of like there’s a big, high-concept science fiction blockbuster happening off-screen somewhere, and we’re just watching the story of how it affected normal people. Which I love. And as if that wasn’t enough, with amazing
> What is striking about the findings is that the number of dollars lost per week varies little with income. — ‘Missing’ figures show poor are hit [http://www.theage.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/missing-figures-show-poor-are-hit-20140518-38i05.html##What+is+striking+about+the+findings+is+that+the+number+of+dollars+lost+per+week+
Instapaper
Instapaper gets highlights [http://blog.instapaper.com/post/85125160146] > For the past few months we've been working hard on a feature a whole lot of you requested: highlights. Today, we're happy to announce that we've shipped text highlighting… This is pretty nifty. One
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The Ultimate Guide to Solving iOS Battery Drain [http://www.overthought.org/blog/2014/the-ultimate-guide-to-solving-ios-battery-drain] This is the most sensible and useful battery article I’ve read. Remember to pop into the Apple store if you think your battery might be dodgy and it hasn’t been 2 years yet
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Time Can Be Rewritten: The Day of the Doctor [http://www.philipsandifer.com/2014/03/time-can-be-rewritten-final-day-of.html] An infinitely more interesting examination of ‘The Day of the Doctor’ and the interplay between the Moffat and Davies eras of Doctor Who than my paltry rants. By the very clever Philip Sandifer,
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[I’ve dropped some updates here until I actually bother to write a better thing about it.] There’s a new paper by the folks who make the Monthly. In an impressive feat of dull naming, it’s called The Saturday Paper [http://www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/]. Whatever. I’m
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The Age of the Essay [http://paulgraham.com/essay.html] > …due to a series of historical accidents the teaching of writing has gotten mixed together with the study of literature. And so all over the country students are writing not about how a baseball team with a small budget
Politics
What happens with digital rights management in the real world? [http://www.theguardian.com/technology/blog/2014/feb/05/digital-rights-management] After reading this, you may find that you hate digital rights management even more that you previously thought you did.