The astounding confluence of waiting for more Rob Ford news and realizing I have a lot of browser tabs open with nobody nearby to see has made me realize that this thing, right here, that you’re reading, is called a “blog” which used to stand for “weblog” (much like we all used to stand for something,) and I can put those links right here for you to see.
Shazam!
It’s decorative gourd season, motherfuckers! (I said a swear. The kids can’t read. Also, that’s an indication of what you’re getting into.) Also, I love how this happens – I wonder to myself, self, did someone make a video of this? Because that would be funny. And someone did, and it was.
A new Veronica Mars teaser trailer. I need to watch a few episodes. Not the whole thing, but I forget a few of the characters. Looks like the perfect model of the future though, Kickstarter funded and as true to the vision as they can make it (one hopes.) Now the trick will be the new onboarding process where previously unknown artists build their audience and get to make Big Things. Obviously this one is more than just the team behind it, there’s an emotional pull towards existing characters (the ones I remember, anyway.)
X-Men Days of Future Past trailer. Looks like some nice turns from the original storyline to merge it with First Class and the other parts. I’m a little bummed that Sony owns the rights to these characters (and the FF and Spider-Man) but looking at the footage I’m kind of OK with it – this one’s darker (in mood and actual lighting) than the brand that Marvel’s building up in their efforts, and I kind of like knowing what to expect going in – Iron Man/Avengers/etc: bright primary colours. X-Men: black. Spider-Man: what a mess.
Neil Gaiman: Why our future depends on libraries, reading, and daydreaming. This one sat in an open tab for a little too long. I mean, I get the point pretty quickly, but there’s the message and then how it’s delivered, and it’s worth the time to actually read it (it’s from a lecture he gave.) I have an old Tom Swift book that I picked up at a flea market a few years back and I’m looking forward to when the boys are old enough for me to read it with them. Really curious how that’ll hold up – it was obviously dated when I was a kid, but we didn’t have the Internet, SpaceX, smart phones, and so on, so my perspective was likely different (I recall wanting very badly to build a real rocket in the back yard.)
Warren Ellis: Captured Ghosts. I’d head this was out but never saw the actual news. I want to see it, but it’s an hour and 18 minutes, and I have so many videos of that length or smaller half-started already…
And in app news, I picked up Tweetbot 3 and Fantasical 2, both at a special launch price of $2.99. This is where iOS is starting to get good, and it’s clear that there’s less room than ever for apps that only meet basic expectations. Not sure if that’ll discourage new developers from picking up app development, or if that might be a good thing in the longer run.
I have no more links, but no Ford news yet, so hey look at me using my planned downtime to actually catch up on stuff!