Jared Diamond - "Collapse"

Finally started reading it properly. Yes, desperately needs an editor and the personal stories about Montana people... that doesn't work for me. But the Easter Island description is interesting. Hope the remaining chapters will be as well. Thome of a book detailing how past and current civilisations failed. Interesting but he repeats a lot and sometimes lists things up way too long and too much. Also, things he at first admits we cannot know he is certain about a couple of pages later (such as whether the Vikings met the Inuits initially in a friendly or hostile way).

Picard

Love it so far. Wondering whether my postulated plot of Borg being a Romulan invention, aka the terrible secret of the Romulan Tal Jahar (?) , is true. Good writing. "You know Jean Luc. The parts of him that are not ego are rampant id" And Romulan slang "Round ears"

Mark Maron - "The Endtimes fun"

Amazing comedian. Must look into his WTF podcasts.

Altered Carbon - Resleeved

Short animated Altered Carbon story, with the "sleeves" of bodies and "stacks" of computerized individuals. Enjoyable but nothing special.

Patrick Stewart reads a sonnet a day until COVID-19 is over

https://twitter.com/SirPatStew Sonnet XII When I do count the clock that tells the time, And see the brave day sunk in hideous night; When I behold the violet past prie, And sable curls, all silver'd o'er with white; When lofty trees I see barren of leaves, Which erst from heat did canopy the heard, And summer's green all girdled up in sheaves, Borne on the bier with white and bristly beard; Then of thy beauty do I questino make, That thou among the wastes of time must go, Since sweets and beauties do themselves forsake And die as fast as they see others gro; An nothing 'gainst Time's scythe can make defence Save breed, to brave him when he takes thee hence. Sonnet XIII reminds me of memcache: So should that beauty which you hold in lease Find no determination: then you were Yourself again, after yourself's decease,

Why the EAX register is called that

https://keleshev.com/eax-x86-register-meaning-and-history/ Fun read

Knives Out

Quite enjoyable whodunnit with Daniel Craig as the detective, although I hated his (Kentucky?) accent.

I love Dick

The series. With the amazing Kathryn Hahn. Haven't read the book, but quite a good series. Made me think of writing again. Kevin Spacey as Dick works quite well. Also, I want his farm.

Deadman Wonderland

Great series about a prison where prisoners with special "sin" power are made to fight. Strange ending. Last episode seemed a prologue.

Kiki's delivery service

Ok anime. Bit of a boring story. But hey, Ghibli.

"On the Metal" podcast ft Jonathan Blow

Podcast about the gaming industry and hardware implementations regarding graphics and game engines in particular. Great podcast.

Sarah Maria Griffin - "Spare and Found Parts"

Enjoyable young adult novel about a post apocalyptic event ("The Turn"), supposedly caused by humans afraid of computers, that left a lot of people dead, a fear of code/computers, and people with mechanical limbs. Protagonist has a mechanic heart. It's very explain-y. I wonder if this is caused by its target audience. A post apocalyptic world should be explained through showing, not through telling. There is too much explicit explanation, even in dialogue; creating a stunted feel. Also, logic wise things jump. Suddenly Nell, the protagonist, wants a computer. Suddenly she takes people into confidence. It all happens haphazardly. It's an enjoyable read though if you want to forget about the world for a moment.

Michael Ondaatje - "Warlight"

Wonderful story of two children who, left by their parents, find their way through teenage and young adult life with various colourful characters such as the Moth and the Darter. There could have been a bit more about the father, his death was explained away in two sentences when not given any attention. Also, why the infatuation with the mother, and less so the father? Because the mother stayed behind a bit longer? We are foolish as teenagers. We say wrong things, do not know how to be modest, or less shy. We judge easily. But the only hope given us, although only in retrospect, is that we change. We learn, we evolve. What I am now was formed by whatever happened to me then, not by what I havw achieved, but by how I got there. But who did I hurt to get here? Who guided me to something better? Or accepted the few small things I was competent at? Who taught me to laugh as I lied? And who was it made me hesitate about what I had come to believe about the Moth? Who made me move from just an interest in "characters" to what they would do to others? But above all, most of all, how much damage did I do?

Charlie Jane Anders - "All the birds in the sky"

Deadman Wonderland

Enjoyable anime about a prison and guys fighting with "sin", their blood.

Deap Vally - "Gonna Make My Own Money"

Raw, bit like Janis Joplin. Rock and screaming.

Once upon a time ... in Hollywood

Enjoyable enough Quentin Tarantino film.

Ariana

Scandinavian film about a ship set out to Mars that gets thrown off its course without being able to return, following its inhabitants over the years. Enjoyable.

Adrian Tchaikovsky - "Children of Time"

Amazing book about a broken earth whose civilization set out on large ships like Gilgamesh, trying to see the universe with human life.

Gilgamesh clashes with a planet that was terraformed, but a nanovirus aimed at speeding up monkey evolution, did this to porta labila, jumping spider. The world of spiders and the world of a desintegrating space ship are beuatifully told and intermeshed.

Jojo Rabbit

Wonderful funny film about a young boy growing up at the end of WW2, blind fanatical nazi, with an imaginary Hitler next to him, who discovers his mum has been hiding a Jewish girl in their attic.

Fun, silly, weird.

Same director as "Hunt for the wilderpeople".