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Things September 2018: Disney, Star Wars, Optimisation and Motivation

Disney Live Action With the live-action version of Beauty and the Beast surpassing expectations, and the trend of Disney live-action remakes continuing ever-onwards, I wondered how well these films were performing at the box office compared to the animated originals. I think the fairest comparison is the US box office (as global distribution can vary […]

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Things December 2015: Star Wars Special

As you may recall from Things 43, I’m a bit of a Star Wars fan. So in terms of Things I found interesting in December, there was really only one. If you hate Star Wars I’ve got one other Thing for you below, a bit more music, and then it’s wall-to-wall Space Opera. I’ll save […]

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Things 43: Indian Superman, Pub Quiz Physics, Star Wars Collection

(Originally sent March 2009) Video The joy of cultural differences – Indian Superman (sound essential for when they get to the musical number): (Note that their superman does not wear red pants on the outside – clearly they thought that would just be silly) Link A link to the non-text bit of another video, also […]

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Things November 2022: Spooky

This edition of things accidentally gained a spooky theme and almost came out in October! Almost. Learning from the best vs. the worst You can learn how to do something from a good example, or how not to do something from a bad one. Each method of learning has its advantages, and some things lend […]