Thank you and goodbye

It’s been a long time coming, I suppose, as I’m sure you’ve noticed over the last couple of months, with posts dropping to an absolute minimum, mostly due to an extremely busy month. But there’s more, of course.

For the most part The Calculable has been all about curating (i.e. reblogging) other WordPress bloggers’ posts, accompanied by the odd self-written post, both of which dwindling to almost a complete halt lately. Partly due to a dry spell among my usual WordPress sources, or a conflict of thematic interest, more likely, coupled with new solutions emerging, such as Scoop.it – an ideal tool for online curators, such as myself.

So that’s what I’ve done; started a Scoop.it thingy called Affinities, replacing The Calculable from this day forward. The calculable.org domain will cease to exist (at least under my ownership) in November, if not sooner, but the blog will remain at calculable.wordpress.com.

Thank you so much for visiting. Please follow Affinities if you like. User contributions are most welcome.

The Calculable will be closed for comments, effective immediately.

So what about WordPress? Getting better by the day! I’ll remain a faithful user in a number of settings, not least when it comes to client websites. When it comes to curating, on the other hand…

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Guest review: The Girl Who Played With Fire by Stieg Larsson (via Little Interpretations)

This week, I’m letting my mum loose on Little Interpretations, as she reviews the second book in Larsson’s Millenium Trilogy… Wow! What a fantastic late-into-the-night page turner. The Girl who Played with Fire is the second book in Millennium trilogy. While I am not a crime / thriller fan, I was encouraged to read Steig Larsson’s series by my daughter Marie, and I have to say, this book is fantastic. I had very much misunderstood the concept o … Read More

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**Trailer Time** The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, 50/50 (via Chris and Pac Take on Hollywood)

If you were as captivated by the pairing of David Fincher’s direction and Trent Reznor’s score for The Social Network as we were, then you’re probably looking forward to the release of their next project together, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.  An adaptation of a novel by the same name, The Girl with the Dragon tattoo is the first in a trilogy of stories written by Swedish novelist Steig Larsson.  Though Fincher’s release will be the first Eng … Read More

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Rolling Stone Founder: ‘It’s a Mistake’ to Make Magazines Available Digitally (via Techland)

The future of magazine publishing may be digital, but that future is further away than you’d think, according to Rolling Stone founder Jann Wenner, who believes that the publishing industry’s push towards digital publishing is a “rush to throw away [the] magazine business [through] just sheer insanity and insecurity and fear.” Oh, and he also thinks that the music industry screwed itself when it came to its own digital transformation. He’s either … Read More

via Techland

‘Incendies’ (Movie Review) ***1/2 (via filmdrift)

Recently I reviewed the very good 2010 foreign language Oscar-winning film, “In a Better World.”  Today, I am writing about “Incendies,” one of the other nominees, representing Canada, in the same Oscar category. Side note: I have seen and reviewed four of the five 2010 foreign language Oscar nom … Read More

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Emblematic of its time and place: The Social Network and Scott Pilgrim (via )

Nathanael Smith explores generational balance, in this look back at one of the defining films of 2010. And Edgar Wright’s Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World.  Upon the release of David Fincher’s excellent The Social Network, critics went into hyperbole overdrive in praise of it’s razor sharp screenplay, courtesy of Aaron Sorkin, and a clutch of superb performances. Then the Blu-ray came out, and emblazoned across the cover were such comments as “An Amer … Read More

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Win Win (via TheFilmLounge)

Paul Giamatti brings his everyman out again, this time in a small town story of how one act of selfishness can lead to a whole lot of good for a whole lot of people.  Paul Giamatti plays the everyman better than almost any other actor working today. His performance in Win Win does nothing to dispel his ability in this kind of role. The film places him in the role of Mike Flaherty a small town lawyer struggling to keep his practice open and strugg … Read More

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