Poe vs. King rap battle
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View ArticleHow to be creative
Couple of interesting videos I thought I’d share. The first is a recent video that refers to some fascinating research that looked at musical creativity with fMRI scans. The second video is from the...
View ArticleMusic that entertained me in 2014
In the lead up to the end of 2014 and my announcement of The Awesomes of the year, I thought I’d cover things other than books that entertained me this year. To start with I thought I’d list some of...
View ArticleBook vs Movie: Fight Club – What’s the Difference?
Another great instalment from the Cinefix team. A point I’d make about the final chapter of the novel is that I thought the implication was that the narrator was so drugged up in the mental hospital...
View ArticleBook vs Movie: Watchmen – What’s the difference
Another great breakdown of the differences between the book and the movie from Cinefix. This time it is Alan Moore’s Watchmen. If I’m honest I’d have to say I prefer the movie over the book in this...
View ArticleBook vs Movie: 2001 A Space Odyssey – What’s the difference
The Cinefix team are back once again with their series on movies based on books. This instalment is in two parts and is slightly different. 2001: A Space Odyssey wasn’t so much a movie based upon a...
View ArticleBook vs Movie: X-Men Days of Future Past – What’s the difference
The latest instalment of Cinefix’s What’s the Difference is out. This time they tackle the ridiculously named X-Men: Days of Future Past. So this is one book in the book vs movie series that I haven’t...
View ArticleTerrible Writing Advice – Evil Empires
This Youtube channel has lots of great material for budding writers. World building is often done without much thought. J.P. Beaubien runs through how to create the antagonist Evil Empire. Read more...
View ArticleHow Is Technology Changing TV Narrative?
There is a joke that started a month or two ago about how HBO subscriptions were going to cease once Game of Thrones concluded. The implication is that despite a long history of high-quality TV shows –...
View ArticleScience fields mapped with infographics
Do you have trouble visualising where the various fields of science and maths sit? Would you like to visualise all the fields in relation to one another? It’s just me? Again? It’s a lonely life being a...
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