The Raspberry Pi 500+ fixes the original's biggest flaws with 256GB NVMe storage, 16GB RAM, and mechanical keyboard switches. Is it a real desktop now?| bret.dk
★★★ “Whip it good.” There can’t be many Westerns of the fifties where the Yankees are the bad guys. Yet here we are. In mid-19th century California, to be precise, just after it became part of the US. The new owners enthusiastically threw the existing, Mexican inhabitants off their lands,… Continue reading| Girls With Guns
Literary rating: ★★ Kick-butt quotient: ☆ This is the second in the tetralogy of novellas originally marketed as the Sheriff Bride series, from the small press Lovely Christian Romance, and each written by a different author. It follows the fortunes of the four firearms-capable Hardin sisters; the first book explains… Continue reading| Girls With Guns
★★★ “Girls just wanna have fun.” This was… unexpected. The original M3GAN was a straightforward and, truth be told, somewhat underwhelming horror movie. A clip went, as I believe the kids say, “viral”, of the psychotic robot heroine enjoying a dance break, and the film proved a breakout hit as… Continue reading| Girls With Guns
★½ “Die Hard at… a wedding?” Director West certainly knows his way around an action film. He is probably best known for Con Air, but I’m also a fan of his Chinese disaster porn flick, Skyfire, about a volcano-themed holiday resort (guess how that works out?). So, despite the critical… Continue reading| Girls With Guns
★★½ “In space, no-one can hear you roll your eyes.” The major impact of watching this was largely to remind me of what incredible films Alien and Aliens are. It’s clear director Berdejo and writer Julien Deladrière think so too (the company who made this is called Nostromo Pictures: enough… Continue reading| Girls With Guns
★★½ “Who’s home-invading who?” I suspect the main problem here is a story which takes too long to get going. By the time things do kick off, my interest was already on… if not quite life support, it was likely seeing a doctor regularly. While things do then perk up… Continue reading| Girls With Guns
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This week shut your eyes and do you dream of electric sheep or the trilogy of terror? Get smart like Ultraman and grab the Cheesy Buffalo Dip. The post From the Couch Hole: Shut Your Eyes and Think of Somewhere appeared first on Cinema Sentries.| Cinema Sentries
It's so good, it's a surprise that it wasn't in the Criterion Collection sooner. The post Drugstore Cowboy Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: It’s Hard Being a Dope Fiend appeared first on Cinema Sentries.| Cinema Sentries
Annabelle Comes Home, directed by Gary Dauberman, and starring Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga, brings the terror directly into the Warren household. The post Annabelle Comes Home Movie Review: All Dolled Up appeared first on Cinema Sentries.| Cinema Sentries
Classic low-budget horror/noir done right.| Cinema Sentries
Every once in a while I'm reminded of SyFy's notoriously bad TV adaptation of Earthsea, and think, maybe I should watch it just once, like the Star Wars Holiday Special. This is not a review. This is why I still haven't seen it.| Hyperborea: New Posts
★★★★☆ - Nice park with a view of the ocean and Catalina Island, open grassy areas, playground, basketball and tennis courts, lots of parking and clean, new restrooms. Near the Forrestal Reserve trailheads making it a good post-hike restroom stop or picnic spot.| Hyperborea: New Posts
★★★☆☆ - A simple GUI wrapper around Linux's built-in virtualization support. It makes simple things easy, but to adjust advanced settings you either need to edit config files manually or use another GUI.| Hyperborea: New Posts
Another Bluesky/Mastodon/RSS Combo app like OpenVibe, a bit less polished but considerably more useful. Handles multiple accounts per type, plus custom feeds.| Kelson Reviews Stuff
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In a semi-concerted effort to play and finish games I own rather than buying new ones, several games on this list will be those I’ve played before but haven't touched in many years.| Throne of Salt
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This article contains spoilers of season three of The Summer I Turned Pretty. Art is subjective. What’s considered “high art” is subjective. But as a film major, I feel confident…| Fourteen East
This was the central question that experts debated at a special CAN-SG webinar earlier this week (16th Sept) and their answer was a resounding ‘no’. They agreed that the government’s plan to r…| Clinical Advisory Network on Sex and Gender
Our expert tasters choose the top collagen powders on the market – check out the best bovine, marine and vegan collagen supplements| Good Food
Trouble dropping off? There are a host of tablets and tinctures out there that promise a better night, but which are worth trying? Our expert’s judgement is in| Good Food
Read our round-up of the best Advent calendars, including gin, coffee and beer, plus the best chocolate Advent calendars for traditionalists| Good Food
We've tested and reviewed a variety of omega-3 supplements to help you find the best options for supporting heart, brain and overall health| Good Food
Become an expert mixologist in your own home with our favourite cocktail books, plus books on wine, beer and more.| Good Food
Also known as vitamin B7, biotin is commonly taken for its perceived beauty benefits. Discover more, and find our expert nutritionist’s best-rated supplements| Good Food
We looked at a sample of the leading zinc supplements – from sprays to gummies, capsules to tablets – to find which product might suit you best| Good Food
If you're not sure how to make the most of your slow cooker, we've picked the best slow cooker books packed with recipes to get you started| Good Food
Waylon Jennings was the real deal if there ever was one, and that's why unheard tracks come so anticipated. The 10 tracks from 'Songbird' are from the '70s and early '80s era. The post Album Review – Waylon Jennings – “Songbird” first appeared on Saving Country Music.| Saving Country Music – Saving Country Music
Whiskey Myers didn't get the memo that the world has moved on from the days of uninhibited rock and roll, especially when it's dipped in batter and fried up Southern style. The post Album Review – Whiskey Myers – “Whomp Whack Thunder” first appeared on Saving Country Music.| Saving Country Music – Saving Country Music
In certain parts of eastern Kentucky where songwriting is highly revered, the name of Nicholas Jamerson isn't just thought of as an equal to titans like Sturgill Simpson and Tyler Childers. It's held in an even higher regard. The post Album Review – Nicholas Jamerson’s “The Narrow Way” first appeared on Saving Country Music.| Saving Country Music – Saving Country Music
This was a pretty good reading week, as in I was able to knock off two books from my TBR. I can’t say that I am completely happy with the books but I am glad that I have read them... Continue Reading →| Pages & Procrastination
I guess it’s time for another update. I have enjoyed most of what I have read, but I did have one DNF. A Betrayal of Storms by Ben Alderson Source: Libby via Library Wychwood, the realm of th…| Pages & Procrastination
One of the first things people ask when trying to create high-quality images and videos online is, “Where can I do it for free?” Well, there are hundreds of options in today’s AI world. I used to review these tools whenever i found a new one. This time VivaGo AI is in luck. But wait—before ... Read more| AI-Q
Are you excited about the possibilities of AI-powered video creation? You should be, especially with Luma Labs Dream Machine AI . This new tool has gained attention in the industry for offering free high-quality video creation to users. Yes, you read that right – Dream Machine is free for everyone to test out the features. Dream ... Read more| AI-Q
When I first heard about Vidu studio AI, I was curious. Vidu studio is supposed to make video creation a lot easier.| AI-Q
The episode opens with a creative way to explain the main concept of the series, with Ranma and Genma watching a “documentary” on the television with the Tendos. At the end, one of the characters (I believe Nabiki) asks, “What is this?” I thought this was a great way to quickly reintroduce the series for […]| Lesley's Anime and Manga Corner
Moan: Junji Ito Story Collection is a horror manga anthology by Junji Ito that contains six stories. Moan: Junji Ito Story Collection Written by: Junji Ito Publisher: Asahi Shimbun Publications Inc. English Publisher: VIZ Media Release Date: October 7, 2025 It’s been a while since I last read a Junji Ito story collection, but when […]| Lesley's Anime and Manga Corner
Sakamoto Days is based on a manga series by Yuto Suzuki. The anime was produced by TMS Entertainment and directed by Masaki Watanabe. The series was broken into two cours: the first cour aired from January 11-March 22, 2025 and the second cour aired from July 15-September 23, 2025. As of this writing, Netflix holds […]| Lesley's Anime and Manga Corner
Detective Conan: Jolly Roger in the Deep Azure is the 11th film released for the franchise. Detective Conan: Jolly Roger in the Deep Azure Directed by: Yasuichiro Yamamoto Written by: Hiroshi Kashi…| Lesley's Anime and Manga Corner
It's taken two years and the Tasmanian government has already ruled out forced amalgamations, but an extensive local government review identifies 12 councils suitable to merge.| www.abc.net.au
Looking for an honest Simba Hybrid review? This is based on my adult son’s experience of switching to the Simba Hybrid ... and then sleeping on it for| LittleStuff
Solace comes from strange places. In the wake of the Oct. 7 attack on Israel by Hamas, I found mine in a once-famous novelist who sold millions of books in the 1960s but is largely forgotten today, a hyper-Zionist whose romantic views of Israel bear little resemblance to the grim realities of today: Leon Uris.| ARC: Religion, Politics, Et Cetera
Dashboards That Deliver: How to Design, Develop, and Deploy Dashboards That Work, the upcoming book by Andy Cotgreave, Amanda Makulec, Jeffrey Shaffer, and Steve Wexler,.. The post Review: Dashboards That Deliver appeared first on Nightingale.| | Nightingale | Nightingale
Lady Susan by Jane Austen (1794),(in Northanger Abbey, Lady Susan, The Watsons and Sanditon).Oxford World’s Classics, 2008 (1871). Will you walk into my parlour?” said the Spider to the…| Calmgrove
A review of Puzzmo, the puzzle website, and recent changes to their paywall.| An Archaeopteryx
I read S.S. Van Dine's first book, The Benson Murder Case, on Hammett's anti-recommendation and I regretted it. Discussion of pretentious gentlemen detectives follows.| An Archaeopteryx
In the aftermath of death and grief, sometimes ok is enough. The post Are We Good? Movie Review: A Natural Extension of Who Marc Maron Is and How He Works appeared first on Cinema Sentries.| Cinema Sentries
Meticulous crafted, aesthetically gorgeous, this spiritual follow-up to Nightmare Before Christmas suffers from a woefully underdeveloped script and mediocre songs.| Cinema Sentries
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The Cherry Orchard Written by Anton Chekhov Adapted/translated by John Christopher Jones Directed by Ryan Czerwonko Presented by Adult Film ...| www.thinkingtheaternyc.com
Melissa Scott I really enjoyed this one! I think it counts as cyberpunk, but the digital world stuff was a really neat take on evolutionary programming. I’m actually over here wondering how much this was an inspiration for Code Lyoko, the visuals I was imagining felt very similar. The setting is basically that, at some point, software engineers went “screw it, we’ll just evolve software to do what we want instead of trying to write it ourselves.”1 Skip forward a mystery amount of time...| Grey Patterson
Exciting or This Is A Great Adventure| The Corner of Laura
Hello Everyone! Today I am sharing my review of Every Time I Go on Vacation, Someone Dies by Catherine Mack. This is the first book in The Vacation Mysteries series. For more reviews of relatively recent mystery releases you can check out my reviews of Murder by Cheesecake by Rachel Ekstrom Courage or The Antique […] The post Review – Every Time I Go on Vacation, Someone Dies by Catherine Mack first appeared on Books Are 42.| Books Are 42
Hello Everyone! Today I’m sharing my review of A Pocket Full of Rye by Agatha Christie! A Pocket Full of Rye is the sixth full length novel featuring Miss Marple. For more Miss Marple you can check out my review of Miss Marple: The Complete Short Stories by Agatha Christie. Title: A Pocket Full of […] The post Review – A Pocket Full of Rye by Agatha Christie first appeared on Books Are 42.| Books Are 42
The new book contains 26 senses-shattering sci-fi yarns drawn by Wood for EC in the early 1950s.| Cinema Sentries
If you are just starting out in the aquarium hobby or looking for a new fish tank that’s on the smaller side, then take a look at the large range of 3-gallon fish tanks that are available on the market these days. These tanks can come in all different shapes and styles, but they are […] The post 3 Gallon Fish Tank for Betta appeared first on Fish Care.| Fish Care
AqAdvisor is a tool that is used to calculate your aquarium stocking level. In other words, it helps to determine a healthy fish population size based on the size of your tank, and your filtration system’s capacity. This article will be providing you with a helpful guide on how to use this calculator effectively. We […] The post AqAdvisor – User Guide (How to Use It) appeared first on Fish Care.| Fish Care
You’d be forgiven for thinking Titan Isles was some sort of prequel to the Windlands series. While it does have a lot in common with Psytec’s combat-flavored adventure platformer Windlands 2 (2018), Titan Isles is an entirely new game that marks a clear departure from the series’ focus on exploration by amping up combat and stripping down levels to […] The post ‘Titan Isles’ Review – A Good Bullet Hell Shooter Missing The Magic of ‘Windlands’ appeared first on Road to VR.| Road to VR
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The question of origins is a tricky one, metaphysically speaking. In his book Why Does the World Exist?, New Yorker writer Jim Holt helps clarify the issue as he digs into the nitty-gritty details about the fundamental mystery surrounding the creation of the universe. The first problem: If there were a creator (for example, God),…| The Adroit Journal
by ArtGainz Teen superhero drama Gen V, a spinoff of The Boys, has returned for its second season. The show follows a group of students enrolled in a fictional academy dedicated to training the next generation of superheroes, all of whom gained their powers through a drug called Compound V administered in childhood. Without delving...| Postcards from the Age of Reason
In a new book, Cameron Awkward-Rich takes inspiration from pioneering, gender-complicated, Black Episcopal priest Pauli Murray The post Ahead of Their Time first appeared on ARC: Religion, Politics, Et Cetera.| ARC: Religion, Politics, Et Cetera
Five parents discuss Ilana Kurshan’s memoir about reading to her children The post Between the Covers first appeared on ARC: Religion, Politics, Et Cetera.| ARC: Religion, Politics, Et Cetera
Andy Weir’s Project Hail Mary is about a man who wakes up to find himself on life support while being cared for by a not-very-bright AI. He has retrograde amnesia—he does not know where he is or how he got there. He does not even remember his name. What he does remember is a lotContinue reading "Close Encounters of the Nerd Kind: a Review of Andy Weir’s Project Hail Mary"| A Naga of the Nusantara
I read this 600-page book twice in one year because I didn’t know what to make of it the first time I did. It was both impressively thought-provoking and infuriating at the same time. On my first ride around the block, I definitely didn’t like it as much as I did the two previous booksContinue reading "A Great Cosmic Sociological Thought Experiment: a Review of Liu Cixin’s Death’s End"| A Naga of the Nusantara
I was born on the 14th of July and growing up, my grandmother told me that if I was born on the 14th day of the 7th month (七月十四) according to the Chinese calendar, my birthday would coincide with the Ghost Festival when the gates of hell are open and ghosts would be free toContinue reading "Spirited Away in 19th Century Malacca: a Review of Choo Yangsze’s The Ghost Bride"| A Naga of the Nusantara
When publishers or authors reach out to me to ask if I am interested in reviewing an advanced reader copy of any book, I rarely assent—not because I have anything against that but because I already have a mountain of backlogged books I have been studiously neglecting. I make exceptions sometimes though, and this isContinue reading "A Malaysian-Chinese Immigrant Speculative Fiction Story: a Review of Elizabeth Wong’s We Could Not See the Stars"| A Naga of the Nusantara
We used to have a rescue, a Siberian husky, whom we named Lucy. And it was quite apparent to all who met him that Lucy is a boy and because we live in a deeply gendered society, people naturally wondered why we named him that—and I, naturally a troll, enjoyed everyone’s bafflement so much thatContinue reading "The Controversial Politics of Fantastical Wish Fulfillment: a Review of T. J. Klune’s The House in the Cerulean Sea"| A Naga of the Nusantara
I have read little vampire fiction aside from Ms Kostova’s The Historian, the first Twilight book, and one of George R. R. Martin’s earlier published work, Fevre Dream, but vampires aren’t alien to me since they often pop up in other fantasy works as villains or side characters. Full disclosure: the Dracula I am mostContinue reading "The Grandaddy of Vampire Stories: a Review of Bram Stoker’s Dracula"| A Naga of the Nusantara
Last year, I read Mr Tregillis’ alternate history fantasy series The Alchemy Wars which was fun romp through a world where Dutch horologists discovered the secret to building clockwork automatons which made them the dominant power in the world while the French (with their metallurgical arts) fight a losing war against them. Before Mr TregillisContinue reading "British Warlocks Vs. Nazi Psychic Super Soldiers: a Review of Ian Tregillis’ Milkweed Tryptich"| A Naga of the Nusantara
The pitch for the regular person on the street is that this is “a Pacific Rim meets The Handmaid’s Tale reimagining of the rise of the only female emperor in Chinese history”. And even though that spoke to me, what spoke to me louder was the alternate pitch the author put out: it is moreContinue reading "Empress in the FRANXX: a Review of Xiran Jay Zhao’s Iron Widow"| A Naga of the Nusantara
Last year, John Boyne made the news for making the mistake of including ingredients from The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild video game such as Octorok eyeball, hightail lizard, red lizalfo tail, and Hylian shrooms into his serious literary historical fiction novel, The Traveller at the Gates of Wisdom. It appeared that heContinue reading "A Fable of Auschwitz: a Review of John Boyne’s The Boy in the Striped Pajamas"| A Naga of the Nusantara
I have never read a self-published book before and when I asked for recommendations, this one title floated above the rest. The Sword of Kaigen is a fantasy standalone book set in M. L. Wang’…| A Naga of the Nusantara
The Nun, directed by Corin Hardy, and starring Damian Bichir and Taissa Farmiga, is a strong, scary start to a new sub-franchise of the Conjuring Universe.| Cinema Sentries
From raver-scene trash to hauntaholic bliss, these are artists I enjoy so much that they make me question my own taste.| Chasing Sundays
What happens to politics when the voice of the people blurs together with the voices of self-appointed god-emperors like Elon Musk? We are about to find out. More at Democracy Journal.| Henry Farrell
Well, after two funny collections about women and their relationships, Roxane Gay’s Difficult Women brought me back to reality with a thud. There are 21 stories in Difficult Women, and most h…| booksaremyfavouriteandbest
The cast gives it their all in what is a fun B-movie with a strong fromage factor.| Cinema Sentries
Even though Julia London’s Everything Is Probably Fine is a misery-fest, I enjoyed it. Why? Because of the protagonist’s voice, the narrator’s interpretation, and lovable secondar…| Miss Bates Reads Romance
My honest review of Titiru Eco Lodge, Rendova Island. A peaceful eco stay with cultural experiences in the Solomon Islands’ Western Province.| We Seek Travel
My firsthand review of Fatboys Resort near Gizo, Solomon Islands. What to expect, how to get there, diving, activities, rooms, pros, & drawbacks.| We Seek Travel
It recently occurred to me that I have been using and collecting Field Notes notebooks for more than a decade now. My first notebook dates from June 2015, which means I’ve been using these notebooks longer than our youngest daughter has been alive. In that time, I’ve collected a few hundred notebooks, thanks in part to the […]| Jamie Todd Rubin
The audio series is approaching the midway point.| TrekMovie.com
IDW's new flagship comic series featuring James T. Kirk in the 31st century debuts today.| TrekMovie.com
The third of nine episodes of the scripted podcast arrived today.| TrekMovie.com
It’s time we start getting our book recommendations from the real world — not TikTok. Remove yourself from an echo chamber of trends and instead, directly engage with your community. Talk to clerks at bookstores, ask your friends what they are reading, go to your local library and scour the shelves, observe the books strangers... The post Four (Underrated) Books You Should Add To Your Fall Reading List appeared first on The Observer.| The Observer
A few weeks back, I covered Australian writer Miranda Darling’s Thunderhead, a Mrs-Dalloway-inspired novel recounting a day in the life of a woman trapped in an abusive marriage, and as promised at the time, I’m back today for a look at Darling’s latest release. We catch up with the ever-fascinating Winona a few years on, […]| Tony's Reading List
With all the books I have on my shelves, and the need to write reviews a couple of times a week, it can be difficult to fit in longer books at times, and there’s one particular hefty novel that’s been waiting patiently for months now for me to find some time to devote to it. […]| Tony's Reading List
While my focus on Taiwanese literature has never quite reached the heights of my obsession with Japanese and Korean books, I’m always keen to take a look at new works in English, so when Columbia University Press sent me a copy of today’s choice, I was more than happy to give it a go. This […]| Tony's Reading List
My last look at a book from small publisher Honford Star, specialists in fiction from East Asia, saw us spending time in the samurai era, but while we’re staying in Japan for today’s po…| Tony's Reading List
Historical entities have been sighted in the old village of Lambeth. Are they ghosts? Visions? Or intruders through a crack in time? Join your guides and explore the backwaters and byways that slowly spread over the mysterious marshes of Lambeth. Most walking tours have a guide drag you around the well-known tourist hot-spots while they read out a bit from Wikipedia. Minimum Labyrinth’s tour i…| Terence Eden’s Blog
I’ve tried Hey email service for 10 days in its 14 day evaluation period and have finally decided that it’s not for me.| SSG's
WARNING: This article might contain spoilers from Season 8 Episode 3 of Game of Thrones.| SSG's
Adoro ler Bernard Cornwell. Romances que brincam com essa mistura de um pé na realidade, um pé na ficção realmente me pegam de jeito. Até mesmo as bobinhas como a saga do Robert Langdon. Acontece que o Cornwell faz isso de uma maneira muito assertiva. Quando li O Arqueiro pela primeira vez fiquei bastante impactado, principalmente pela sua habilidade de narrar batalhas campais, algo que não tinha visto nenhum autor anteriormente fazer com tanta maestria.| Notas de uma mente inquieta
Anos atrás eu já tinha tentado finalizar esta obra e desistido no meio do caminho. Eu achei a história incrível e a estética deslumbrante, realmente al...| Notas de uma mente inquieta
If there was a tuner engine hall of fame, it would be a massive oversight not to place the Honda K-Series on its own big pedestal. The post Honda K-Series: The Best Four-Cylinder Engine Ever to Exist? appeared first on Honda-Tech.| Honda-Tech
Paizo is continuing its steady stream of releases this year,| POCGamer
The day I saw Gans, the wind was biting and the rain was indecisive, so to hide for a while in the sanctuary under the station was a relief. There, the Radio Six crowd were hanging around, grabbing drinks and waiting to go through the black curtains. They, too, must have heard the talk surrounding […] The post Good for the Soul: Gans Gig Review first appeared on The Badger.| The Badger