Best Front Page Of 2015?

Not that I track such things, but this has to be up there.

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Childhood’s End: Part One

Clarke’s novel was published in 1953.

This adaptation is done in 2015 and is set with a start of 2016.

MAJOR SPOILERS PAST HERE.

Spy Hard, Spy WRONG

They’re dragooning all cellphone traffic, all Internet traffic, all landline and satellite voice traffic …

… and still the rights-violating sons of bitches couldn’t prevent this from happening!

Heads should roll at the French intelligence agencies, all European intelligence agencies they share with, and in America, the NSA, DIA, and CIA should be hauled before Congress to answer for this bullshit.

I’ve been away and incommunicado this weekend. Learned of the attack Saturday morning from a corporate lobby’s TV that had this line crawl across the bottom: “Obama calls Paris violence ‘an attack on humanity'” — and I had no idea what the hell had happened.

I learned a little later via CNN at the ferry terminal and was appalled.

Nook Glowlight Plus: Samsung Inside

Next-day update: Ignore this post. I’m an idiot who didn’t do proper research!

Nano-Fondle: New Nook Glowlight Plus

Two updates after the break.

Lei Jun Given “Asian Game Changers” Award

Asia Society Honors Manny Pacquiao, Other ‘Asia Game Changers’ at United Nations

UN honors Asian ‘Game Changers’

Lei Jun: For changing the game of communication in China

Lei Jun is Asias Game Changer of the Year

Congratulations.

But less of this.

Still Underwater

Notebook still unresponsive.

No new posts possible.

And seriously, Doctor Who, To Be Continued?!

With all this buildup to The Doctor “dying,” it’d better mean this is Capaldi’s final season.

Previously here:

Totally Lost Day

Samsung Galaxy Tab S2 8.0: Bluelight Filter Test

Amazingly, screensnaps display the difference!

Before:

A Lost Day

Due to IRL stuff, offline today.

Except for this quick Asus ZenPad S 8.0 “Basic” test with a quick screensnap after the break of the paper-like — to my eyes — display settings.

Samsung Galaxy Tab S2 8.0 Fails Extreme PDF Torture Test: Part Two

And there we are:

The Processed World PDF from the Internet Archive that defeats all tablets. Will it defeat the Samsung Galaxy Tab S2 8.0 as well? Of course! Didn’t you read the title of this post?