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Mini-Reviews 2023

This post is to provide some notes from books I read (and a couple of movies that I watched) that aren't going to feature in dedicated posts. See here and here for similar posts from prior years. In 2023, I had set a goal to read five books

Mini-Reviews 2022

Last year is well in the rearview mirror by now, but I wanted to compile some of my notes from books I read (and a movie) in 2022 while they're still somewhat in my mind. I did a similar post last year and thought it worked pretty well.

Mini-Reviews 2021

Last year [https://danbscott.ghost.io/2021-year-in-review/] was a busy year on the personal front (due to a growing family) so I didn't have as much time to write reviews of things I read compared to previous years. Still, I wanted to have some highlights and notes to

Greenland Paddle

In this post, I wanted to share a project I did this year: building a kayak paddle. The paddle I built is more-or-less in the Greenland style. I adapted the instructions/dimensions from here [https://www.kayarchy.com/html/01equipment/021greenlandpaddles.htm]. Here is a summary of the steps I

Recently Watched: 3 Foreign-Language Films

This post is just a few quick reviews of some movies I've watched recently. Incendies is a French-Canadian movie from 2010 [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1255953/?ref_=nm_knf_t3]. It was nominated for an Oscar for best foreign-language film. It is directed by Denis Villeneuve [https:

Images of the Anthropocene

When I went to the AGO back in the fall [https://danbscott.ghost.io/aga-and-ago/] I mentioned that there was an upcoming exhibit I wanted to see called "Anthropocene". I didn't make it back to the gallery while it was on, so I watched the accompanying

Documentary Notes

Over the holidays I watched some documentaries on Netflix. I thought I'd share some of the things I found interesting for my first post of 2018. To start with, here are a couple of great clips from some BBC nature documentaries: Human Planet showed a traditional narwhal hunt

Assorted Links (Fall 2017)

Last week I was in a conference in Chicago [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_-cUdmdWgU]. I plan to write about it later this month, but for this week I just wanted to share some miscellaneous links (mostly related to things I've written about previously) that I&

Orbiting Kerbin

A coworker recently recommended the game Kerbal Space Program (KSP) to me. I've been enjoying it. I don’t spend a lot of time gaming, but from time to time I like to get into one. I especially like open-ended games (where you choose what to do instead

A story that wouldn't have been possible a decade ago

This post is about a very unique movie trailer. A new movie called Lion [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3741834/] comes out today. It stars Dev Patel, Rooney Mara, Nicole Kidman. I heard about it from my girlfriend and it looks like it might be really good. Here is the

A New Wild

This post is a review of Earth: A New Wild, a nature documentary series. Earth: A New Wild is a five-episode series produced by PBS [http://www.pbs.org/earth-a-new-wild/home/] and National Geographic [http://nationalgeographic.org/education/earth-new-wild/]. I have it on BluRay disc. The National Geographic website includes

A Golden Age for Canadian Sci-Fi

I've noticed that some shows I've been watching on Space [http://www.space.ca/] have been filmed/produced in Canada, which seemed like an interesting topic for a short post (which is in order after the lengthy one from last week [https://danbscott.ghost.io/50-shades-of-monks/

Watch The Expanse

I've previously written [https://danbscott.ghost.io/the-expanse-and-the-human/] about a book series I like. Now it's been made into a TV show. The Expanse [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3230854/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_4] is a new show based on the books by James S.

The Operative from Serenity

I'm busy this week, so I decided to share a .gif I made and some quotes I like from the movie Serenity [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0379786/?ref_=nv_sr_1]—it's hard to believe that it came out 10 years ago. Here is the

Orphan Black is almost back!

This post is about what is, in my opinion, the best show currently being filmed in Canada: Orphan Black [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2234222/?ref_=nv_sr_1]. Beware of minor spoilers below, but for the most part I've tried to keep this as an overview. The