Yahoo lays off the leaders of Engadget to focus on SEO “content.” It hasn’t been the same in a long time but I’ve checked Engadget several times per day for close to 20 years and this news that they’ve fired a bunch of people to focus on SEO is super depressing. Guess it might be finally time to replace the bookmark with something else.
Nimona available free on YouTube
Nimona was one of my favorite movies of 2023 and the kids loved it too, if you don’t have Netflix it is now available in full to watch free on YouTube:
Also, very interesting move from Netflix and presumably a trial run at doing this more often?
Some Xbox games are coming to PS5 and Switch
Considering this Xbox news being as non earth shattering as it was, it seems like they really (yet again) fumbled the messaging on this by letting rumors run wild and even stirring them a bit by announcing a “business update” for a week later.
4 Xbox exclusives coming to PS5 and Nintendo Switch
The short-term future of Xbox means that at least four Xbox exclusives are coming to PlayStation 5 and Nintendo Switch, Xbox leadership announced Thursday on the Official Xbox Podcast.
Dallas City Hall = Evil villain lair?
Somehow I never noticed that the OCP headquarters was a composite of Dallas City Hall until a rewatch today. Apparently a bunch of exterior shots all over Dallas.
Also, I forgot how good this was. Maybe it’s been longer than I thought since I’ve last seen it?
Cloud Cuckoo Land – ★★★★★
The storyline that takes place in the library made me take forever to read this. I’d get to those chapters and just not be able to continue because they made me so anxious.
STILL I gave this 5 stars now that I’ve finally finished it all this time later and it was interesting, heartwarming, sad, unpredictable, and I just generally was quite taken with the way the vastly different settings and time periods were woven together. Super glad my kid was able to finally bully me into finishing it.
Rating: 5 stars
- Crossposted on Goodreads
- Buy Cloud Cuckoo Land on Bookshop
Rebel Moon – Part One: A Child of Fire – ★½
Why does the main villain sometimes wear a white button up and a tie like he works at IBM or JCPenneys?
Just generally ugly to look at at all times. Uninteresting plot, no world building, not a single character with any personality.
Who thought they were doing a good job while making this?
Rating: 1.5 stars
? Crossposted on Letterboxd
? Watch Rebel Moon on Netflix
Artifact news app is shutting down
Artifact AI-based news app from Instagram cofounders is shutting down. I tried it for a few weeks while Reddit was imploding but it only got worse and worse as they added more features and started to do the sort of things free apps relying on algorithms and desperate for astronomical user growth seem to have to do.
E-ink toilets at CES
Finally I can shit using the same technology I use to read library books.
Netflix debuts 3 Body Problem series official trailer
I apparently need to re-read The Three-Body Problem because this trailer for the upcoming Netflix show looks great but I have ZERO recollection of reading any book like what was in the trailer.
Pale Waves at House of Blues coming to House of Blues
Pale Waves at House of Blues tickets acquired. Two tickets for me and my daughter. we’ll see what her opinion/reviews of a $70 general admission show are compared to the $$$$ Taylor Swift arena show her mom took her to.
Now I need to listen to some music from the headliner Pvris, who I’ve never heard of before yesterday. All bands with Vs replacing vowels are gvvd though right?