Month: September 2018

Comment of the day

From a story about the idea that while Apple are moving into producing content directly they are keen to differentiate Apple’s own content from the sort of grittier, adult fare that seems to be a hallmark of the ongoing Golden Era of Television Drama. In particular: Apple CEO Tim Cook reportedly killed a semi-autobiographical drama… Continue reading Comment of the day

Root?

Darius Kazemi might just be some kind of evil genius: I gave a talk at CornCon 2018 about the history of the cron utility in UNIX systems, in the character of a man who gradually realizes that he is not speaking at CronCon, a conference about the time-based scheduler, but rather at CornCon, a conference… Continue reading Root?

Choices, choices

As of Google Chrome version 69, Google are treating being logged in to any Google service as the same thing as being logged in to Google Chrome: Most Google services have for me this in common with Facebook: these services are too deeply integrated and impossible to use in part or isolation. It’s either the… Continue reading Choices, choices

Rejection

Sad to say, the Apple Store and Greg Knauss have a little problem: [Including…] the phrase “iPhone XR” or alluding to some announced, advertised, demoed but technically theoretical new phone will result in another rejection, up until October 26, 2018, when something will be released. Maybe it will be a flamethrower, or humane treatment for… Continue reading Rejection

Quoted For Truth!

From Memex 1.1: “More fiction is written in Excel than in Word” Troy Vosseller Amen to that, brother. Sometimes by design, sometimes by accident.

Of Interest

It’d be marvellous if writers about TV could spend a few years never mentioning Lost at the drop of a hat,[note]I enjoyed that show a lot, including the ending, but enough time has elapsed that surely we can stop pretending that every bit of prestige TV is secretly either aping Lost or bravely showing us… Continue reading Of Interest