Another song turning 20 this year... Is this now retro?

OK, not really an OS, but an RPG in the style of an old GUI OS... pretty interesting!

Seems like Ed Sheeran is everywhere in the charts - even in France, so here is #4 on the French charts this week. Be Mine by Ofenbach Verdict: I actually liked the music quite a lot. I wasn't expecting to (given the slightly odd music video with the potentially psychotic serial killer ;-) ), but it was quite up-beat in terms of a tune which makes it a pleasure to listen to (even as background

Who knew you could mind-meld with a whale...  (original archive here)

Networked Learning: An Educational Paradigm for the Age of Digital Networks by Christopher Jones My rating: 3 of 5 stars Not quite the book I thought it would be. I was expecting to read more about Networked Learning itself, but instead I think I read around networked learning: in what environment networked learning exists, and how to think about it. For example reading about learning

The Breach came back as an event queue in Star Trek Online last week.  This comic sums up exactly how I felt about it. Although to be honest, it's much shorter, and the rewards seem better as compared to the original Breach queue, and I need to get enough Lukari marks to finish off that reputation...   (original here)

Somehow I got on the White House's mailing list (must have been some petition I signed at some point), and now I get spam like this.  I guess the White House is seriously pushing their new reality show "Presidential", but it faces steep prime-time competition from ABC, NBC, CBS, CW, and El Rey. I think Sharnado probably does better than this new reality show ;-)

Guess what turns 20 this year! (hint: this song)

One of the film related kickstarters that I had supported a while back released their film.  I actually like it a lot, and it could easily fit into the Humans universe! Have a look, share far and wide :) And, if you like it, and are a Trek fan, have a look at Tommy's prior work (Star Trek Horizon)

This week I was looking at the general billboard charts.  Didn't recognize this #1, so I took it for virtual spin... Shape of you by Ed Sheeran Verdict: It's alright. I think this emoticon sums it up ¯\_(ツ)_/¯