Correspondence on dancing and music in movies Last time I spoke about temp tracks, and the use of an end-of-film dance sequence as a nuanced way to wrap up a narrative. Tarim points out that Edgar Wright’s Baby Driver (2017) is an excellent contrast to a temp track, in that it has many sequences precisely […]
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LEGO is doing okay This nice visualisation of LEGO group annual revenue shows that after a lull in the late 2010’s, there has been incredible growth since 2020 – presumably somewhat assisted by pandemic lockdowns? As someone who enjoys LEGO but is running out of storage space, I’ve been trying out BrickBorrow for the last […]
Aspirational Naming Philosophy is a battle against bewitchment of our intelligence by language Wittgenstein Language is a strange thing. There are words with multiple meanings, in some cases even words with opposite meanings to themselves: contronyms, such as sanction, oversight, dust. Despite this we are generally pretty good at figuring out the meaning of even […]
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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 […]