If you think "a dumb cartoon about a horse?", no. This is maybe the best dramedy about depression, success, and failure ever made, live-action or animated (the other contender is Neon Genesis Evangelion, which is about the crushing weight of parental expectations told with giant mecha and alien angels at the end of the world). … Continue reading "What I'm Watching: BoJack Horseman"Read More »

One of the few things I liked in the latest Nintendo Direct was "NES controller for Switch! Though there are good 3rd-party ones, but sweet." Turns out this is a complete bullshit product: ArsTechnica says they only work with online, emulated NES. There's the Dick Nintendo I know and barely tolerate because they hate their … Continue reading "Nintendon't Fake NES Controllers"Read More »

I don't generally recommend doing iOS updates on release day, but the betas have been out for a while (and nagging people aggressively!), so I'm less nervous. Do a backup and let 'er rip! … Hours later … let 'er rip … download … ugh … And then I come back to a white screen, … Continue reading "iOS 12 Update Fiasco"Read More »

Most bizarre thing ever: Cells at Work. Your body as a city with every cell as a person. Paramilitary white blood cells and hapless red blood cells delivering oxygen, protecting their world (you) from horrible tentacled monsters (germs). I've been watching some dull horror movies (The Strangers, among others) which I haven't blogged, and this … Continue reading "What I'm Watching: Cells At Work"Read More »

Up on Netflix, my 2nd favorite modern (well, you know, post-Spaghetti) western; Tombstone is 1st, obvs, guess Lonesome Dove is 3rd largely for the late, greatly missed Bob Urich. So. This is more a character/actor study than a film with a plot as such. Clint as Bill Munny does not really pass as the broke-down … Continue reading "What I'm Watching: Unforgiven"Read More »