James Ball
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Links: April 2019
rumz.org v3
If Rumsey Taylor is not on your radar, this is an excellent opportunity to rectify that error.
Hindsight 2070: We asked 15 experts, "What do we do now that will be considered unthinkable in 50 years?" Here’s what they told us.
Most of these are more aspirations than likely outcomes, and one is included in a rather transparent attempt at ideological diversity (see if you can guess which one!), but an interesting collection… See more →
Links: November 2018
Hello, dear reader!
November is gone, but its links remain.
I published a couple of nerdy blog posts in November: one about how I’m using my Letterboxd data to address my cinematic blindspots, and one about a common convention of editorial design that’s currently incompatible with CSS Grid.
Lots of interesting stuff in the links this month; for what it’s worth, my favorites are Earworm’s series of videos about jazz.
As usual, you can get many… See more →
Links: October 2016
Barbara Crampton on Stuart Gordon, Chopping Mall, and the new wave of indie horror
For fans of 1980s B-horror, here’s a good AV Club interview with the delightful Barbara Crampton.
Anti-Christ in a custom van: The churchy cheap thrills of A Thief In The Night
It may seem impossible to not think of the end of the world in poetic terms, but never underestimate the premillennialists.
Why Punching Down Will Never Be Funny
Watters and… See more →