Bumper edition due to last weeks miss.
- These photos will change how the world sees the Syrian refugee crisis – One photo that will live long in the memory for the wrong reasons and a right wing press that forgot the last few years of pressing for increased border controls. Shamed us all.
- Jeremy Corbyn’s politics are fantasy – just like Alice in Wonderland – The warmonger just can’t shut his mouth
- 3 Miles To Hope
- What’s In My Bag? – What refugees bring when they run for their lives
- Driven to Kill – Horrific story of why drivers in China make sure they kill pedestrians they’ve hit rather than injure them.
- Fluid Coupling – The sad state of enterprise information technology
- In 1975, this Kodak employee invented the digital camera. His bosses made him hide it. – Own goal.
- How to cash in on the cult of Apple – Buy Shares!
- Apple Beats 1 DJ Julie Adenuga: ‘I used to work at the Apple Store’
- Justin Bieber, Diplo and Skrillex Make a Hit – Not only a great song but a great video from the New York Times.
- Go, and Be – Stunning video of the Scottish Highlands. I’ve yet to visit so much of what I call home.
- Xerox scanners/photocopiers randomly alter numbers in scanned documents
- ‘Gadget allergy’ disability recognised in French court
- James MacTaggart Memorial Lecture: Armando Iannucci – Some great thoughts on the future of the BBC
- Podcasting embraces a new era of cool (thanks, Serial)
- Droid Dreams: How Neal Scanlan And The Star Wars: The Force Awakens Team Brought Bb-8 To Life
- Star Wars BB 8 from Sphero – Yours (and mine!!!) for £130.
- One of the World’s Only Globe-Making Studios Celebrates the Ancient Art of Handcrafted Globes – These are gorgeous but the prices are eye-watering.
- Inside Banksy’s Dismaland, for Those of You Who Can’t Make It
- What Are the Worst Airports in the World? – No surprise to see Bristol in a couple of the worst of lists.
- Philips AmbiLux TV – I had one of the original Ambilight TV and I got caught up in the hype. It didn’t add to the experience but this new version looks very promising. I’d love to play a game through it – wonder if it would lag behind the action?
- Forza Motorsport 6 – TV Commercial – A fantastic advert for Forza 6 charting the progression of motorsport video games through the ages. Up there as one of the best video game adverts. The Forza 6 demo though is underwhelming. Graphically it can’t be faulted (still prefer the year old Driveclub) but it felt tired with so many forced menu’s, voiceovers, cut scenes but worse was the hard sell. Buy me options littered throughout the demo but worse was the ultimate edition – pay more money and get the game early. Mod’s also look to be another step down the line of offering micro transactions on an already full price game. Think I’ll be giving Forza a miss this year.