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Star Wars droids in Raiders of the Lost Ark
BywardI don’t know how the hell this slipped by me unnoticed but the droids from Star Wars appear in Raiders of the Lost Ark. In my defence, I saw the movie three times when it came out in the cinema but I was really young. Then there were a couple of decades where I had…
MacBook Air M1 for writers. Is it really that awesome?
BywardI have watched so many tech reviewers recently that I reached critical mass and bought a MacBook Air M1. But is it any good? At least, is it as good as the reviewers say? Will you notice any difference if you have an old MacBook Air? Quick recap Ok, a brief bit of history is…
Baan Krood in Thailand is downright delightful
BywardA brief sojourn in Baan Krood, Thailand. As I mentioned last week, I have been travelling a lot recently but only locally. I live in Thailand, so local travel is what a lot of people travel around the planet to see (I don’t mean to gloat, we also have the coronavirus and pollution at the…
Trying to be disinterested about Brexit
BywardAhhh Brexit! As I get older and previously made the decision to no longer care about stuff as much, I have been trying to stay in a glorious state of ambivalence about what is happening in my homeland of the UK. I am flying back tomorrow. I have been trying to read less political shite…
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Shunt at London Bridge.
BywardLast night I went to a bar/club/theatre/art/performance/thing called Shunt with my wife and some creative friends. It’s a very difficult place to categorize except to say that it’s fucking brilliant. Shunt are a ‘performance collective’ which sounds a bit arty or indeed wanky but it is truly a superb idea and I’m mildly annoyed that…
