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Movies Are Like, So YesterdayThere was a show called Suits that ran from 2011 to 2019, “was” and “ran” operative words because old episodes still run, rather streams, to a gigantic worldwide audience, it said recently to be the most watched series, most watched anything, on devices including TV, laptops, smartphones, and Dick Tracy wristwatches. Success of Suits is beside point however, of characters quoting movies which meant much to …

This series listens to the political, gendered, queer(ed), racial engagements and class entanglements involved in proclaiming out loud: La-TIN-x. ChI-ca-NA. La-TI-ne. ChI-ca-n-@. Xi-can-x. Funded by an Andrew W. Mellon Foundation as part of the Crossing Latinidades Humanities Research Initiative, the Latinx Sound Cultures Studies Working Group critically considers the role of sound and listening in our formation as political subjects. Through both a comparative and cross-regional lens, we invite Latinx …

I may have forgotten to share my quarter 2 wrap up and stats (it’s still sitting in my draft folder!) but I’ve remembered about Q3! These last few months have been a bit of a mixed bag when it comes to reading. I have found some new favourites but I’ve also experienced multiple reading slumps.… Continue reading Quarter 3 Reading Stats

In September I was in Portland, Oregon for WordCamp (as I mentioned). Here are a few snaps taken with iPhone 12 Pro Max and Halide’s Process Zero. Film snaps to come when I develop my next batch of color rolls.

Yesterday in the African bush was great, I saw giraffes, zebras, warthogs, leopard turtles, elephants. Today wasn’t great: I witnessed a rhino shot with a tranquilizer from a helicopter, then it was held down, had its horns cut off, and then shaved down. I have some photos and videos from the event but I’m not going to share them, because I think it’s really tragic. While this was happening I …

For weeks I agonized over what, if anything, this post should say. How does one commemorate a tragedy that isn’t over for millions of innocents on either side? How do I add to what friend-of-the-blog Boaz Barak and countless others have already written? Do I review the grisly details of Black Shabbat, tell the stories of those murdered or still held hostage? Do I rage about the shocking intelligence and …

Retailers can learn lots about delivering great personal service from the hospitality industry – here’s a personal tale… When walking down Charlotte Street with my daughter heading for a dinner booking a bright shirt came into view and then a smiling face that I immediately recognised as David Moore sat outside his restaurant Pied à Terre on a sunny Saturday evening. The phenomenon of restaurants having a proprietor who is …

We here at WWR have long been fans of what Schofield Watches have been making. We’ve written about a number of their pieces, and even went hands-on with a set of their straps (seen here), as well as their Telemark (review). Earlier this year we wrote about their latest (and most-affordable) model, and now we’re back with a hands-on review of the Schofield Light GMT. What the Schofield Light GMT …

What a waste! The only folie (or delusion) in Joker: Folie à Deux is believing that I want to spend quality time with Arthur Fleck, the pathetic figure first played by Joaquin Phoenix in 2019. This time, he meets his match in a groupie (Lady Gaga) who joins him in performing a roster of tunes that might comprise an album called Songs for the Criminally Insane. I don’t need to …

Some restaurants just make it look so easy, don't they? The menu at Camille is so enticing, with unusual eye-catching ingredients prepared in exciting and distinctive ways, that it's almost enough to spoil any other dining experience by default, and it makes you wonder if they can do it, why can't everyone else? I thought I might as well lead with this spoiler (yes, Camille is every bit as good …

Travel by Change – Denver, CO – Fujifilm X-T50 – Superia Negative Film Dial RecipeI get asked fairly regularly which Film Simulation Recipes are the most popular. For me, this is a fascinating topic, but it’s definitely hard to know definitively. While I get a glimpse on social media, my best gauge is the Fuji X Weekly website statistics; specifically, which Recipe articles are viewed the most. I don’t collect …

Over the weekend, Remy Sharp asked… Are we at all worried, or even wary, of web component name collisions? The concern here is that if you have a custom element named <toggle-tabs>, and then important another Web Component that also uses that same custom element name, you’ve now introduced a collision. In the ES import-based JavaScript world, having two functions with the same name isn’t that big of a deal …

Of course they do, and of course they don’t. This originally published 2016-10-07 by Springer-Nature at their “Science of Learning ” research community. By re-publishing here I assert my rights as author and release the text under a Creative Commons (CC-BY 4.0) license. Putting a student at the centre of their own learning seems like fundamental pedagogy. The Constructivist approach to education emphasises the need for knowledge to reassembled in …

Riddle of a Lady Anthony Gilbert published 1956 This was recommended to me after my recent post on Secretaries in Books appeared, and indeed we do have here a Queen of the Typewriter in ‘a long unfashionable coat and a hat with a wreath of flowers round it.’. Miss Bainbridge works for Henry Greatorex, in a small town family solicitors’ firm. Henry is a man of charm, very attractive to …