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🎬 No Time to Die

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I might have had an overdose of Bond movies. In the end I just wanted this to be over. And I think Bond, too. And so it was definitely time to die, so him and I can finally have our peace again. Look-wise, this was very good (maybe a tad too much CGI), and also had some good scenes. Acting was good, too. But often enough the action was lacking some originality and it was too much everybody-shoots-at-Bond-with-machine-guns-while-he-has-just-a-pistol-and-wins kind of action for my liking. But, maybe I was indeed just over it. Too much eye-rolling sentimental drama again.

“I showed someone your watch today, Q. It blew his mind!” :)

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🎬 Spectre

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That was a well rounded and satisfying Bond. It looked great, the plot made sense, it features the usual cool Bond dialogue, it didn't take itself too seriously, and some spectacular action scenes. Can't ask for more. Good one!

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On Tour – Busy October and November

I might have been slower during the last couple of weeks in replying to your emails. Well, the reason is, that I am on the road with the Smashing Team, running SmashingConf, been away with the family and am going to run and attend and speak at more events in the upcoming mon...

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🎬 Skyfall

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I found this part of the series a weird one. The pictures are great and much more enjoyable than in Quantum. And I found action, the new characters and all the dialogue much more likeable and interesting again. Lots of great scenes in general. And Javier Bardem was brilliant. But I found the plot was really inconsistent. Towards the end, it's no longer about that mission, and more and more turns into a sentimental nostalgic drama. Complete with Home-Alone style finale. Also, Daniel Craig looked like Boris Becker.

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🎬 Quantum of Solace

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Solid continuation of the Craig-Bond series. But the action, story, dialogue was all not as good as in Casino Royale. But it has a similarly great opening credits song.

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🎬 Casino Royale

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Daniel Craig has luminous blue eyes and Sony product placements are all around. But apart from this, Casino Royale was spectacular and entertaining. The stunts and action were all top notch. The poker game was good. The characters were great. It has some very cool dialogue. And overall, the story was fantastic, too. Can recommend!

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devslove.it Podcast 1/3

I have been guest of the devslove.it podcast and it was a joyful experience and a fun conversation with Alex Bürner and Dominik Laube. This is part 1 of 3 titled “Wie Flash die beyond tellerrand ins Leben rief”.

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🎬 May December

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I really like the soundtrack, which consisted a lot of piano playing. Together with the story and filming, this really created a suspenseful atmosphere. Acting was great, too. But in the end, I was left disappointed, as it was all too ambiguous for my liking. I mean, the characters were all somehow fucked up, but it never got past scratching to surface on any of their stories or personalities.

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🎬 All the Colors of the Dark

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This didn't fully convince me: maybe it was the occasional drop in pace or a sudden strange dialogue or scene of acting. But overall, this was a very solid movie. Had a great story, really succeeded in portraying the protagonist's paranoia, and was atmospheric, too. And this from 1972. Tutto bene!

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Bing use-case! AKA One Weird Trick Time And Date Sites HateIn my prior postÂą I noted that I use 'b' as a Search Shortcut for #Bing. Here is why: * quickly view a Gregorian calendar month display, with readable days, days of the week, and weekends & holidays highlighted.E....

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You should setup Search Shortcuts in #Firefox, they have sped up my web browsing experience considerably.James (@jamesg.blog) wrote up a great summary of how to do so and his experience:* https://jamesg.blog/2024/10/13/search-engine-shortcuts-firefox/I use DuckDuckGo as my de...

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No I did not block you on the #fediverse / #Mastodon / #Misskey etc.If you were following me @tantek.com on your client/server/instance of choice but noticed you were no longer doing so, that was due to a recent software bug in my fediverse provider which accidentally caused ...

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⚠️ .io domain¹ likely being phased-out² — seven suggested stepsGood article in The Verge summarizing recent .io related events, see that for more context if this is news to you:* https://www.theverge.com/2024/10/8/24265441/uk-treaty-end-io-domain-chagos-islandsIt looks likely...

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This was Smashing Conference New York 2024

Here is my set of photos from this year’s Smashing Conference in New York. We run this show since 10 years already. Always great to come back. Next stop Antwerp, then Berlin’s beyond tellerrand Reply via Email

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I have put a lot of thought into deliberately shifting¹ metaphors², often in the context of the #indieweb³. One goal is to replace use of violent or divisive metaphors with actively constructive, cooperative, or joyful alternatives, like:* gardening/farming e.g. digital garde...

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🎬 Without Warning

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I wanted to watch this mainly because its poster is so cool. And the movie itself was ok, too, as far as I remember (it's been a few weeks since I watched this; and I also fell asleep briefly; it's been a long day). Nice 80s horror charm and some nice and juicy hand-made effects. It's all a bit ridiculous, though, of course. "ALIEN! C'MON! ALIEEENN!" *KABOOM* best ending! ;)

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Off to New York

I am off to New York to meet the SmashingConf team and run another edition after a break of a year.

Greetings from FRA and see you there!

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Happy October!For some reason this month has a plethora of daily blogging or other creativity prompts. Here’s a list of the ones I found so far:* #Blogtober (consider this post my first for this, retroactively day 1)* Inktober — https://inktober.com/* LOLtober - https://weblo...

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Last week I participated in #w3cTPAC 2024Âą in Anaheim, California. It was quite packed, and often started early, from 8am informal breakfast meetings at a nearby IHOP, to Working Group, Community Group, and other small group meetings every day (but Wednesday) til 18:00.Midwee...

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🎬 Kinds of Kindness

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I enjoyed this. It had me constantly wondering and wanting to know what happens next. I really liked the quirkiness of it all. But then in the end it left me kind of empty and wondering “why all this?” and “what for?”. All the stories had the same subjects it dealt with, but I couldn’t find any purpose (if there is any), and why it had to be three episodes. So I had the suspicion the movie is just weird for weirdness sake. But maybe that’s just Lanthimos’s thing and I shouldn’t complain. What never seems to disappoint, though, is how he films everything. It’s just fun to watch. Emma Stone was superb once again, but so were all the other actors.