The Financial Times moves firmly into Black Mirror territory with We know what you did during lockdown: Just in case you were planning to rest easy tonight… [Via swissmiss]
Month: May 2021
Chinese Typewriting
Thomas S. Mullaney tells us the story of How Lois Lew mastered IBM’s 1940s Chinese typewriter (and of how he eventually met Lois Lew, to reveal the backstory of the woman who demonstrated the system as part of IBM’s attempt to market a Chinese-language typewriter in the late 1940s): The IBM Chinese typewriter was a… Continue reading Chinese Typewriting
COVID: The Experience
Word comes to us from M.G. Siegler of one cinema’s … gutsy… approach to what we hope is the beginning of the end of the pandemic: Taking cues from amusement-park rides, blocks of seats have motion effects that pitch, twist, vibrate, and roll in coordination with action happening on screen. And, there are “atmospherics” that… Continue reading COVID: The Experience
Ian Betteridge on the Surface Duo in the UK
I continue to be fascinated at the cack-handed way Microsoft have launched the Surface Duo. I’ve just spotted Ian Betteridge’s thoughts on the Surface Duo from March 2021: Yes, the cost here is ridiculous – £1300 at a time when the price has been reduced to $999 in the US – but I’ve always loved… Continue reading Ian Betteridge on the Surface Duo in the UK
The Soundtrack Of Their Census
Turns out that Canada’s 2021 Census has a soundtrack: 2021 Census soundtrack As Canada’s statistical portrait, the census is a reflection of who we are and what makes us Canadian. Listen to our Spotify and YouTube playlists while you complete your 2021 Census questionnaire to experience the different facets of Canadian culture through the sounds… Continue reading The Soundtrack Of Their Census
GCU Negotiations Were Short
I realise this is thoroughly immature of me, but I adored Listen, Strange Space Wizards Sitting In Temples Distributing Laser Swords Is No Basis For A System Of Government, a fanfic depicting just how capably Palpatine’s Empire would have dealt with Ian M Banks’ Culture. Before the Death Star can begin its campaign of terror… Continue reading GCU Negotiations Were Short
Sepinwall on For All Mankind Season 2
An interesting take from Alan Sepinwall on what a nice job the writers did in season 2 of For All Mankind of bringing together various storylines come the season’s climax: “I started jogging again.” This sentence is uttered by astronaut Gordo Stevens (Michael Dornan) midway through the Season Two finale of For All Mankind, the… Continue reading Sepinwall on For All Mankind Season 2