Tag: nostalgia

by M. Bijman October 11, 2018

Want some Whuffie for that? Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom – The reprint edition

Cory Doctorow writes about the future as if it were today, as if it were about him and his buddies,Continue Reading

by M. Bijman December 13, 2017

Tom Hanks’s debut work of fiction, a collection of short stories, came out on October 17, 2017. It has beenContinue Reading

by M. Bijman March 1, 2014

TWO “DEAR LIFE” TITLES The other day, I was rereading one of my favourite short story compilations, My Uncle Silas,Continue Reading

Observations on AME Roundup 2019 – Tech solutions looking for problems February 15, 2019
AME Roundup 2019 in Vancouver, BC, finished on 31 January 2019, and here is my final post about some of the events. (Previous post: 4. Innovation Hub, Additions to the Geoscience Toolbox, Jan 30, 2019) 5. Innovation Hub, The latest technologies, Jan 31, 2019 Seven tech companies presented their solutions to improving the appearance and accessibility […]

Babylon Berlin (2018) April 24, 2019
“Zu asche, zu staub. Zu asche. Doch noch nicht jetzt.” “Let’s not be shy to say it,” says Christian Buss, Der Spiegel’s cultural critic, about TV show Babylon Berlin. “[Germans] are big again — as the world champions of angst.”If the spending behind Babylon Berlin is any indication, German angst is indeed big again. Created by Tom Tykwer (Run Lola Run), Henk […]
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018) April 15, 2019
“Look, I'm a comic book, I'm a cereal, did a Christmas album. I have an excellent theme song.” — Peter Parker When Kristine Belson, president of Sony Pictures Animation, confirmed the title for Spider-Man: Homecoming at CinemaCon in 2016, she briefly talked about the as-yet-unnamed animated Spider-Man film. She declared that it would “break new gro […]