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Inst@Review: Tailor, Tinker, ZZZZ, zzzzz
Apologies to the person from the UK who is one of the 12 readers of this blog, but many years ago, I discovered that, for me, the perfect cure for insomnia is listening to the World Service of the BBC....
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Inst@Review: iBook Author isn’t just an ebook authoring tool
[Note: Shortly after I posted this, I edited it to remove a rant I had that I've since discovered was misinformed. I've explained it at the bottom of the post.]Apple introduced an incredible product...
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Inst@Review: The Hunger Games
[A Saturday morning, spoiler-free review.]As dystopian science-fiction “Young Adult” (YA) teen-romance movies go, The Hunger Games ranks up there with all the other such movies I’ve seen....
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Review: The Nickel Creek reunion tour proves that absence does, indeed, make...
TweetFor the past 12 years, posts about music on this blog have been rare. And on those rare occasions, those posts have been almost 100% about the members of Nickel Creek. (The reason for why “just...
View ArticleMovie Review: The Big Short
TweetBefore seeing The Big Short, read the New York Times Magazine (and ProPublica) article, “Why Only One Top Banker Went to Jail for the Financial Crisis.” It will add to your outrage. And outrage is...
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An Epic Binge Watch You Can’t Refuse
TweetI can’t believe I’ve never heard of The Godfather 1902-1959: The Complete Epic. Apparently neither has Rotten Tomatoes, as it has no reviews. First released in 1981, Epic is a re-edited seven-hour...
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Jason Bourne Spoiler Alert
Tweet Saw the new Jason Bourne movie. I can’t recall the name, but I think it’s “Now Playing.” Can’t really explain what happens except people look at computer screens while eerie music plays. I get...
View ArticleReview | Nosedive (Black Mirror, Season 3, Episode 1)
TweetNosedive, the first episode of the third season of Black Mirror, pushed (shipped?) last night by Netflix, fits into an emerging science fiction genre one might call, “dystopian social media...
View Article@R eview | STown
TweetIf you visit the website of the podcast STown, you’ll notice that the seven-part series is divided into “chapters.” After binge-listening seven hours during the past weekend (kept doing yard work...
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Non-Spoiler @R eview | The Circle (film)
TweetWhen it was first published, I weighed in on Dave Eggers’ book, The Circle, as I found a lot of the reaction to the book seemed defensive by those who mainline social media Kool-Aid. (You can read...
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