Weekly Digest

Life
It’s December. Christmas is coming…can finally have a mince pie. If only this Brexit nonsense wasn’t still an issue.

Media
Rewatched Dunkirk in 4k. Stunning. Visuals are strong but it’s the audio – so impacting.

Red Dead Online – mmm. Not convinced by this so far. Feels a bit sluggish to play. Still ploughing through single player and loving it.

Links

• The Mystery Font That Took Over New York – The New York Times
  How did Choc, a quirky calligraphic typeface drawn by a French graphic designer in the 1950s, end up on storefronts everywhere?
  Love a font story.
• Charles Kennedy Memorial Lecture – on friendship, mental health, addiction (and what he would have made of the Brexit fiasco) | Alastair Campbell
  Really enjoyed this from Campbell. He’s a polarising figure but I’ve got a lot of time for what he says.
• Champs-Élysées Apple Store in Paris by Foster + Partners
  Champs-Élysées Apple Store designed Foster + Partners opens in an apartment in Paris with a kaleidoscope solar roof topping a central courtyard.
  This is a gallery, not a store. Apple going a step to far with this now.
• The godfather of fake news – BBC News
  Meet one of the world’s most prolific writers of disinformation
  The fact this idiot makes so much money from this…surely it’s something the tech companies can address?
• Sega Dreamcast at 20: the futuristic games console that came too soon | Games | The Guardian
  The Dreamcast deserved so much better than it got. Wonderful console that showed what future gen consoles would become.
• Apple Music Lands on Amazon Echo, as Apple Branches Out | WIRED
  Two bitter tech rivals get along for a change, making your streaming life a lot less complicated.
  Didn’t see this one coming.
• Life is too short
  Great post and something we should all remember.
• NASA’s InSight lands on Mars to explore planet’s uncharted interior – CNN
  Seeing the first pictures was amazing.
• Why It’s Easier to Make Decisions for Someone Else
  Lot of truth in this for me and something I need to think more about going forward.
• Bowel movement: the push to change the way you poo | News | The Guardian
  The long read: Are you sitting comfortably? Many people are not – and they insist that the way we’ve been going to the toilet is all wrong
  Shit post.
• Movie Stunt Coordinator Breaks Down ‘Atomic Blonde’ Fight Scene | WIRED – YouTube
  Great breakdown of this scene. How many days shooting for a minute of screen time?