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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
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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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.
Politics
The whole point of detention for asylum seekers is horror, whether it is acknowledged or not [http://www.smh.com.au/comment/the-whole-point-of-detention-for-asylum-seekers-is-horror-whether-it-is-acknowledged-or-not-20140220-333yw.html] Australia is a strange and depressing place these days.
Internet
The Next Civil Rights Issue: Why Women Aren't Welcome on the Internet - Pacific Standard: The Science of Society [http://www.psmag.com/navigation/health-and-behavior/women-arent-welcome-internet-72170/] Well, this is depressing. It’s easy as a dude to be completely unaware of this, unless you should venture into the
Film
Interview with Man of Steel's Visual Effects Supervisor [http://www.theverge.com/2013/6/29/4474512/man-of-steel-visual-effects-supervisor-john-dj-desjardin-interview] Okay, so I guess they really quite liked the idea of massive collateral damage.
Video
Video: Doctor Who – The Robots of Death discussion [http://www.bfi.org.uk/news-opinion/news-bfi/video/video-doctor-who-robots-death-discussion] The BFI had a chat with Tom Baker, Louise Jameson and Philip Hinchcliffe which you should watch for no other reason than to spend time listening to Tom Baker.
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Doctor Who: Remembrance of the Daleks: 50th Anniversary Edition eBook [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00BBA6FJ8/?pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=1389517282&pf_rd_s=center-2&pf_rd_r=1R5ER78HGP0GFSCCEAE8&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_i=507846&ref=s9_newr_