review

We just finished the final season (so far) of the show the Good Place. As far as a comedy show goes this had an unexpected deepness in it. There were some huge twists along the seasons. This is one of those shows again where it's hard to say almost anything about it without spoiling too much.

In addition to those plot twists another thing about the show was the philosophical deepness the show managed to pull of without losing it's comedic value. That's a really though combination to make properly, but it definitely worked here. The show just works on so many level.

Rarely the first few pages have made such an impression than  The first fifteen lives of Harry August by Catherine Webb (written under the pseudonym Claire North). It usually takes several chapters to get into the book but reading this book had me sold after just a few pages.

Aldous Huxley's iconic work has gotten a new live adaptation in HBO's series bearing the same name. While the series carries the same premise and some plot elements it's not the same thing.

While the book might have been a presentation of it's time and the fears of the future back almost a hundred years ago those same threating pictures are more relevant than ever today. We are living in a world where algorithms are feeding us with the next thing to watch, overwhelming us with the pleasures of neverending stream of entertainment.

All good things have the beginning and the end (and sometimes the beginning is the end). The final season of the Dark came out yesterday and we already watched the whole season. It was so captivating you just had to keep going. Given all the mysteries introduced in the previous two seasons one would have assumed the final season would be spend just explaining all those loose ends.

I just finished reading Neal Stephensons book Cryptonomicon. It waited a long time on my reading list and I had high expectations for it. 

There is a lot going on in the book right from the start. It's a bit hard to get grasp of all the different timelines and characters, but after a while it all becomes familiar enough to follow through. It even gives high hopes for where this story is heading.

Just received the latest addition to my modest boardgame collection today. A Kickstarter campaign by Awaken Realms delivered it's first wave of shipments, the game Tainted Grail: Fall of Avalon.

Upon opening the package I was already impressed. A lot of material with a nice added bonus for the backers. Everything seems to be of good quality, and the game itself appears to be interesting as well.

I think I have finally managed to write everything there is to say about the phone so far. After this short period of time using it I'm really happy and satisfied with it.

There was couple of things missing that I would have wanted from my perfect phone. But as none of the currently available phones offer everything I think this one is more than good enough compromise.

OnePlus ship their phones with OxygenOS as an operating system. It's their version of stock Android.

Unlike many other mobile phone vendors, who add or replace many parts of the Android system, OxygenOS tries to stay as close as possible to the stock version.

While I was still happy with the performance of my old phone I'm sure if I had to use it again after this time with the new one it would feel sluggish.

This thing is blazing fast! Good thing the screen has that nice 90Hz refresh rate so it van keep up with what's going on. Everything is fast and smooth.

Before diving into the internals and software of the phone I need to talk a bit about the battery and charging of the phone.

First of all, unlike almost every other flagship device today, this one doesn't have wireless charging capability. That was one of the "nice to have" features on my original wantlist, but not required so it's ok.