Week 3, 2022
Week 3, 17th - 23rd Jan 2022
Links and videos from the week
Links
- Shenanigans on Microsoft Feedback Hub (thomask.sdf.org) - Microsoft forum adminstrators suppressing any talk of improving Windows 11. Win11 seems to be dumbed down slightly too much - some things like the disjointed Control Panel & Settings menus really need to be simplified into one menu system as it makes no sense, but removing seemingly simple features like taskmenu grouping appears to be pointless
- A guide to building Classic Town cars (brickset.com) - fair bit of nostalgia in these instructions for building classic-style Lego cars
- How and why the Relational Model works for databases (blog.the-pans.com) - a look at relational databases and how they are just as relevant today as when they were first introduced
- My First Three Months with a Nokia Dumb Phone as a Daily Driver (artmatsak.com) - using a non-smart phone as a primary device
- The last design you'll ever make (interactionmagic.com) - the right to repair movement and sustainable design
- Roblox Return to Service 10/28-10/31 2021 (blog.roblox.com) - analysis of the Roblox outage which took the game offline for nearly 4 days
Videos
Sexy Beast (2000) - IMDb
Sexy Beast: Directed by Jonathan Glazer. With Ray Winstone, Ben Kingsley, Ian McShane, Amanda Redman. Brutal gangster Don Logan recruits “retired” safecracker Gal for one last job, but it goes badly for both of them.
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Filth (2013) - IMDb
Filth: Directed by Jon S. Baird. With James McAvoy, Jamie Bell, Eddie Marsan, Imogen Poots. A corrupt, junkie cop with bipolar disorder attempts to manipulate his way through a promotion in order to win back his wife and daughter while also fighting his own inner demons.
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Milo and the Magpies on Steam
Milo and the Magpies is a point-and-click, hidden object game following the story of a little cat named Milo who is trying to find his way home after getting turned around by an unfortunate encounter with some pesky magpies.
