Microposts
Oh, well done, Orbit. I salute not just the publication, but the use of weapons language:
We’re thrilled that the Estate has given us permission to publish the collection, and that owing to special circumstances Ken MacLeod has agreed to join the team working on it.
You can’t leave it there, Star Trek! I mean, you totally can; it’s a great place to leave it. But when’s season 2? 🖖
I’m on an Edinburgh-London train that seemingly has no power sockets (here in coach H, next to the café, at least). What?!? What decade are we in?
Luckily, phone, iPad, headphones, and Kindle all have enough charge for the journey. And I have the season finale of Star Trek: Discovery downloaded. Off we go, then. 🖖
A year ago today I was on a train to Edinburgh. It was snowing at Peterborough.
Today I am also on a train to Edinburgh. No snow, but it’s so crowded that I can’t get to the buffet car. Well, I could, but I’d have to push my way past so many people that I can’t face it. This is why you should buy your sandwiches before you get aboard.
Why is it so crowded, though? Is there something going on that I don’t know about? Or is it something to do with the fact that Virgin run the franchise now?
Marina Hyde has been on fire at the Guardian lately, but this headline is just something else: A-hole in a K-hole: Katie Hopkins’ ketamine adventures
Newspaper journalists don’t usually write their own headlines, but whoever came up with that one deserves an award.
I’m reminded by last year’s post (though really by Facebook: that’s one thing it’s good at) that Feb 7 is recognised by some as International Clash Day. Doesn’t feel like a year, etc. 🎵 #internationalclashday
I have job news. Or I will, soon, I hope. Just waiting for some paperwork…
(OK, Mr Mysterious, that’s enough.)
12:00:00: Hamilton tickets go on sale. 12:00:01: Ticketmaster site grinds to a halt.
(12:10-ish: I book six tickets!)
I don’t suppose the government will listen, but this Brexit poll is interesting.
I just heard the harmonica on ‘Garageland’ for the first time. I’ve heard that song thousands of times over… err, nearly forty years.
These Beats X headphones are really quite good. 🎵
I’m wildly behind the TV curve, in that I’m just watching Stranger Things now. But I’ve got to say they’re killing it with the music choices.
They were never quite my favourite band, but were always there or thereabouts
In Legend of the Fall: Mark E Smith kept swinging to the end, Dave Simpson sums things up well. 🎵
The science-fiction community is dispossessed tonight. Ursula K Le Guin RIP.
Maybe this change to Facebook’s feed will take it back towards just showing what family and friends post, as I was asking for back in October.
My guess is it still won’t give us what we want: all the things our Friends post, in reverse-chronological order.
If only there were a special word that described posts presented in that way… or a special protocol, or feed format, that made it easy to share the posts…
I love that, on Touch Bar MacBooks, you can set things up so that you use your fingerprint to authorise sudo in the Terminal.
Liked: In “Star Wars: The Last Jedi,” Luke Skywalker Finally Becomes Cool | The New Yorker
Luke’s diminished circumstances make for a far richer character, one whom Hamill portrays with mournful energy and depth. For the first time, Hamill’s performance is one of the best parts of a “Star Wars” movie.
I can’t really agree with this article more. Except maybe the bit about the wink.