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Oct. 15th, 2014
There's an article by The Times that I'd probably like to link to. But I can't read past the first two paragraphs, because of the way their paywall works.
And I can't say I blame them for having a paywall, because "Readers are the customers" feels like a better way of running a news service than "Advertisers are the customers".
But it means that when the discussion is happening online, as it tends to for a lot of people nowadays, they aren't part of it. And that feels like rather a shame to me.
(My solution, as I've mentioned before, is a subscription service that covers many, many sites, and divides up your cash based on how many pages you actually read on each site. But nobody seems to be interested in cooperating in this way.)
Interesting Links for 15-10-2014
Oct. 15th, 2014 12:00 pm- Chemical contained in broccoli extract could offer help for autism symptoms
- Eight signs your boyfriend is cheating
- South Korean ID system to be rebuilt from scratch (Completely unfit for purpose)
- Ireland to abolish 'Double Irish' tax structure
- E-cigarettes: the evidence on benefits and risks
- At the Vatican, a Shift in Tone Toward Gays and Divorce
- Scientists Might Have Accidentally Solved The Hardest Part Of Building Space Elevators
- Two astronauts are posting jaw-dropping Vines, timelapses and photos from space
- Labour and immigration: Whatever the truth
- Replacing Social Justice Warriors with Skeletons. For Great Hilarity
- What do cosplayers do for a living?
- Dutch Moms Don't Get Depressed
- Feminist cancels talk at Utah State University after guns allowed despite shooting threat
- Computer simulations that teach themselves to walk
- The G-Spot And 'Vaginal Orgasm' Are Myths, According To New Clinical Review
- New Manhattan Tower Is Now the Tallest, if Not the Fairest, of Them All (Nice view. Little expensive to live in.)
- Ukip could capture 30 seats in 2015 election, new data shows
- New Canadian restaurant staffed exclusively with deaf waiters
- Stockholm vs Edinburgh: FIGHT! (With gorgeous pictures. I must visit!)
- Claimed Evidence of superconductivity near the boiling point of water
- The possibility of the SNP joining a Westminster coalition offers several intriguing possibilities
- The ugly economics of football
- A history of Morris Dancing and race. Fascinating stuff.
- If you want your teens to use the web well, help them learn to cope with it themselves
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bart_calendar pointed me towards this announcement by DC of 10 movies, including a Wonder Woman movie.And on the one hand, "Yay! A bunch of movies that might be fun! Including a female-led one for once!"
But on the other hand, DC do not have a great habit of making movies that I fall in love with. Looking back over the list, the last one I came out of the movie bouncing was The Dark Knight, and that was largely for Heath Ledger's performance. Before that we're back to the three Batman movies of 89-95.
I liked a lot of Watchmen, while wishing it had been done somewhat differently. I liked bits of Man of Steel, which wishing it had been done very differently. I didn't bother with Jonah Hex or Green Lantern. Nothing here is giving me hope that they're going to give us a bunch of fun movies that are actively entertaining.
Whereas the only Marvel Cinematic Universe movie I haven't been very happy with was Iron Man 2, which fell a bit flat for me. Other than that, I've seen them all multiple times and been delighted to do so.
I shall try to restrain my cynicism - and hope that they can make some genuinely entertaining fun movies. I just shan't hold my breath.