PinnedNick RReading for understandingA random selection of articles (mainly from the New Yorker, Atlantic, LRB and NYRB) that I have read and found of interest, or plan to…Apr 16Apr 16
PinnedNick RWorld affairs discussion groupNew Caledonia — September 15, 1830 @ Milne’s Bar (downstairs), 35 Hanover Street, EH2 2PJOct 24, 2023Oct 24, 2023
Nick RConnecting to eduroam on OpenBSD 7.4This procedure was successfully used to connect to eduroam at Edinburgh University using OpenBSD 7.4. 99% of the work was done at…Feb 20Feb 20
Nick RFilm review: The Holdovers, dir Alexander Payne.The Holdovers and The Zone of Interest are two exceptional films that, on the surface, have little if anything in common. One film depicts…Feb 9Feb 9
Nick RFilm review: Poor Things, dir Yorgos Lanthimos. 9/10Poor Things is a technically dazzling film — visually opulent and beautifully shot. It seduces the viewer with its use of colour and…Jan 21Jan 21
Nick RFilm review: Ferrari, dir Michael Mann. 7/10 and Godzilla Minus One, dir Takashi Yamazaki. 9/10There was never any question of Ferrari lacking style. As if Enzo and his eponymous marque didn’t already ooze élan, Michael Mann is not a…Jan 12Jan 12
Nick RFilm review: Les Trois Mousquetaires: Milady, dir Martin Bourboulon.I have fond childhood memories of watching Dogtanian and the Three Muskehounds, which recounted the story of Alexandre Dumas’s D’Artagnan…Dec 22, 2023Dec 22, 2023
Nick RFilm review: Napoleon, dir Ridley Scott. 5/10There is a scene in Napoleon, no more than ten seconds long, that made me think of two things. The scene in question, a masked ball at…Nov 28, 2023Nov 28, 2023
Nick RWhy I don’t use WhatsApp (and don’t think you should either)I’ll bet you use WhatsApp. I don’t — I’ll tell you why, and am going to challenge you to stop. Founded in 2009 and sold five years later…Nov 24, 2023Nov 24, 2023
Nick RFilm review: Anatomie d’une Chute, dir Justine Triet. 7/10Anatomy of a Fall is utterly captivating in parts; I however found it mildly frustrating due to one major plot point that I had trouble…Nov 21, 2023Nov 21, 2023