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How badges and achievements can make learning fun
Once upon a time, before blogging was popular and Twitter even existed, I used to learn PHP. I had my books, I had my LAMP setup, and I had an expert at code sitting not too far away. There are various mentions of it on this site, until at one point, I gave it up [...]
Sherlock: Series 2, Episode 3 – The Reichenbach Fall
I finished up my last Sherlock review with a note on the writers trying to force emotions on us, which I don’t necessarily appreciate. However, I thought they handled the logistics of this final episode very well. We all knew what was supposed to happen, so starting the episode with a grieving Watson addressed that [...]
Avoiding spoilers – who is to blame?
Last weekend, I wrote up my reaction to the second episode of the latest series of Sherlock (got another post coming on the final episode just finding the time/gathering my thoughts), and prompted this reaction. Thank you for the wonderful SPOILER. GOOD JOB. Ever heard of a spoiler warning? Thankfully, I have a pretty prominent [...]
Film Watch
Film Watch – 205. Star Trek
Fast Facts Title: Star Trek Director: J. J. Abrams Year: 2009 Run time: 2hrs 7 Background Info We meant to watch this when it first became available on iTunes, eons ago, but we missed the opportunity and the rental option disappeared. My dad saw it on TV, and recommended it to me, which reminded me [...]
Film Watch – 204. Mission: Impossible
Fast Facts Title: Mission: Impossible Director: Brian De Palma Year: 1996 Run time: 1hr 50 Background Info I can’t quite understand how it is that I’ve not seen Mission Impossible before. I know all the stuff – this mission will self destruct, and the theme tune and stuff, but I actually had no idea what [...]
Film Watch – 203. Toy Story 3
Fast Facts Title: Toy Story 3 Director: Lee Unkrich Year: 2010 Run time: 1hr 43 Background Info Mr C was ready to watch Toy Story 3 as soon as it was available but unfortunately, I couldn’t remember anything about the first two. Hence we had to wait until we’d watched both the original movie and [...]
Film Watch – 202. Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Fast Facts Title: Mr. & Mrs. Smith Director: Doug Liman Year: 2005 Run time: 2hrs Background Info We’ve seen this one before and liked it. I had no burning desire to see it again, but as I was browsing through some of the newly available in HD films in iTunes, it jumped out at me. [...]
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