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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9yq9roylH-s

I have to admit, this sounds like what I half expected the film to be like... io9 - Ready Player One is an orgy of nostalgia in all the wrong ways

Well they were going to base that movie on a real historical character. Then as they started shooting they realised the character who fought the English was a slave-holding rapist, and decided "eh, maybe we shouldn't use this guy as a hero, lets just fictionalise him..."

"Oh yeah, internet retail is just killing these big box stores. That's what happened. (Also, just FYI, an equity firm riddled the company with insurmountable debt in a totally reckless business flipping scheme.) The end."

Turned up for the Computing Forum that was today, which was meant to be a group of hte senior lecturers having a discussion with a bunch of students about what works on the Computing degrees, what doesn't work, what engages them, what goes wrong, etc.... Of course, for various reasons, I was the sole student there. So I got to spend an hour with the lecturers walking me through each of the units I do and talking about the good points and bad points of the course.

"For tis the stabbiest time of the year...."

The early reviews for Tomb Raider aren't exactly saying great things... Looks like the general trend of game-to-movie adaptions is going strong.

Elon Musk launches media company Thud! So Musk has hired former Onion execs to run his new media company...

And of course, if you write it the American way.. doesn't that mean he died on 3.14...

Watched the pilot episode of Deception. I mean sure, it's yet another crime procedural type of show, but it had a curious premise. A little jumped on the "Now You See Me" vibe. A guy who grew up with a magician for a father, a father who concealed he had twin sons so he could travel the world doing a "disapearing boy" trick, went into showbiz and become a world famous magician himself (still with no-one knowing he was actually twins). Only for a mysterious illusionist set up his brother to be revealed and take the fall for a murder he didn't commit. A year on, and the brother not under arrest insinuates himself with the FBI as a specialist consultant as part of the process in tracking down who framed his brother. And it has Vinnie Jones as the technical support guy for the Magician. So it was worth a watch just for those sidekick appearances.

Happy birthday, Tek. Enjoy as you can.

Coolthulu.