Media

Jan 5, 2025 ∞

📺 Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl (2024)

I can't help feeling that less could be more here. It might be a bit much to ask for fewer references to past films, seeing that this could almost be described as a sequel to The Wrong Trousers. But I do wish they'd toned down the callbacks a bit. They felt excessive and unnatural at times, as if they were shoehorned in (the 'cracking toast' line, for example). That said, it was still a decent watch.

Dec 16, 2024 ∞

Finished Mind Over Magnet. It’s been a joy watching this come together over at GMTK, and it’s wonderful to see it finally released. Such a fun and delightful game. Two thumbs up: 👍👍

Dec 12, 2024 ∞

📺 House of the Dragon: Season 2 (2024)

Nov 23, 2024 ∞

📺 House of the Dragon: Season 1 (2022)

Title: House of the Dragon Metadata: Season 1 (2022) - Ryan Condal Score: Good Review: Ah, nice to be back in Westeros again. I was late to this, but people said it was good, and they were right. This was an enjoyable watch. Stunning cinematography and sound design. The acting was decent, although maybe a little too dramatic. And the plot was excellent. I can understand and believe everyone's motivation, and it didn't descent into fan service (it would've been so easy to have Mr. Stark show up for no good reason. I'm glad they resisted). Looking forward to starting the next season.

Nov 21, 2024 ∞

This week’s earworm: Electric Light Orchestra, especially Livin' Thing. 🎵

Nov 10, 2024 ∞

If anyone’s interested in the history of Melbourne transport, I can recommend this YouTube channel. He has a few videos on the “forgotten freeways” — freeways planned in the 1960’s that never got built — that I found quite interesting. 📺

Nov 6, 2024 ∞

📺 Howl’s Moving Castle (2004)

Oct 21, 2024 ∞

Discovered that Enya is still releasing albums. Started listening to this one over the weekend. Quite good. 🎵

Oct 15, 2024 ∞

A lot of people I follow online have been recommending Cabel Sasser’s XOXO conference talk. I watched it last night and thought it was quite good. Definitely worth a watch. And yeah, try to avoid the spoilers. 📺

Oct 7, 2024 ∞

Really enjoyed this YouTube interview with Dr. Alok Kanojia on the Diary of a CEO channel. Very interesting talk about mindfulness, stressors, motivation, amongst other things. 📺

Sep 26, 2024 ∞

📺 Office Space (1999)

Title: Office Space Metadata: 1999 - Mike Judge Score: Good Review: Definitely worthy of it's cult following. Plus now I get all the movie references.

Sep 24, 2024 ∞

This week’s earworms, two tracks by Lee Rosevere: Should I Run, and Midnight Runner. 🎵

Album cover for Should I Run, by Lee Rosevere. It depicts a person holding a guitar is standing on a reflective surface with a colourful, abstract background.

Album cover for Midnight Runner, by Lee Rosevere. It depicts a retro-style video game cartridge, similar to that used for Atari 7600 games, which features the title 'Synthergy' with artwork depicting a futuristic cityscape and a large planet in the background.

Sep 22, 2024 ∞

Clip sharing is now available in Pocketcasts for Android! I was looking forward to this feature since I heard it was coming (this was why I was poking around About screens). Here’s my inaugural clip: a segment of Sharp Tech that I absolutely agree with. 🎙️

Sep 20, 2024 ∞

📺 Dune: Part 2 (2024)

Title: Dune: Part 2 Metadata: 2024 - Denis Villeneuve Score: Decent Review: I'll start by saying that I enjoyed it. It was a very good movie. I'd be hesitant to say that it's a great one. Partly because I found it to be a little too epic: it could've done more with less. And partly because I felt that certain plot moments lacked prior establishment, like why certain family weapon systems were where they were. But it's certainly a very well done movie, and I would watch it again.

Sep 20, 2024 ∞

The whole segment on incorrect names on Hemispheric Views #120 was very enjoyable but this story from Scotty J. was the capper. I burst into laughter when I heard it. 🎙️

Sep 11, 2024 ∞

This week’s earworm: The Wind Chimes by Mike Oldfield. 🎵

This one’s a bit surprising since it’s not a new addition to my collection. Maybe because I haven’t been listening to it all that often.

Album cover of Islands by Mike Oldfield, depicting an island on a dark-violet oceans with faint, artistic depiction of hands, with an orange sky

Aug 25, 2024 ∞

Been listening to The Truman Show soundtrack after watching it again on Friday. One of my absolute favourite soundtracks. So good. 🎵

Aug 3, 2024 ∞

Falling behind on posting a couple of weekly ear-worms, so here are two:

Last week’s: Before Too Long, by Paul Kelly

This week’s: An Extraordinary Life, by Asia (this one via Reconcilable Differences).

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Jul 18, 2024 ∞

This week’s earworm: Warsaw in the Sun by Tangerine Dream. 🎵

Album cover of the Tangerine Dream Zeitgeist Concert, at the Royal Albert Hall London 2010

Jul 18, 2024 ∞

📺 Everybody’s Free (to Make Websites)

One word: this!

Edit: Kev Quirk shared a link to the post by Sarah Joy, who wrote the narration for this video.