The Boat Matters

Ugh, so streaming service Neat-Flicks just HAD to go and make their own version of Dark Boat, and set it in Japan instead of the original Australia. “We just thought that the story would be more profound and reflect the cultural norms better in the place where it was originally conceived.” Well, they were wrong, …

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Worse Job, Better Garden

The popular online game ‘Over-Botch’ is supposed to be for jobs, but honestly, I’m more interested in the home option. Which is weird, yeah, I have a job on there as an assistant mechanic, and it doesn’t pay all that way, sure. I don’t actually enjoy it that much. My boss is a jerk, and …

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Smart Car Potential

Can’t wait for the next twenty years to pass, because then everyone is going to have a smart car, and my hacking skills are going to come in extremely handy. Feels like I’m caught in an unfortunate fringe period of history right now: early enough to become a master hacker, but TOO early to rule …

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Solar to power space flight

You know, it’s come to my attention that a lot of sci-fi just don’t really understand the usage of energy. Take the Space Conflicts series, which has people jetting across the galaxy in a flash using space crafts. However, the most egregious sin of scientific abandonment has to be the Light-Swords, so named because they’re …

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Football Fan (Not)

Ah, sports… everyone’s favourite topic of conversation. Except mine, that is. It’s not that I actively dislike it; it’s just that I don’t really know much about it, and have very little inclination to prioritise changing that. Unfortunately, here in Melbourne it’s considered de rigueur to have a footy team, as my colleagues never let …

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