New #introduction I guess. Hey I’m Rob a big software nerd that likes making and using websites and apps. By day I’m a Software Engineer for a HCI research group in Newcastle (UK) and I freelance a bit too, if you’ve used the MozFest schedule I made that! I also quite like #photography and #hiking and enjoy playing the #piano to relax plus #films, #lego and #videogames.
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I found this cool #Fediverse software called #NeoDB via @dansup 's awesome FediDB website.
https://fedidb.com/software/neodb?version=latest®istration=open
It's a tracking / shelf platform for #TV / #drama, #movies / #films, #books, and #games
Automated import from #Goodreads work well. Just provide the required URL and voila. If it doesn't appear immediately, it is probably waiting for server workers or waiting for the server load to lower or Goodreads request limit, just be patient, only submit the same URL once! If in doubt, contact the admins instead of resubmitting.
Unfortunately, the software doesn't support import (automated, API, or manual) from Trakt, SIMKL, MyAnimeList, and other popular tracking/shelf services for TV/drama and movies/films. There is one, Douban or something, which I think is popular in the Chinese and Japanese speaking markets.
Anyway, what if the item you want to add doesn't exist in the database yet?
Worry not! There are three ways NeoDB software populates its database.
* Method 1: You can add the details yourself
* Method 2: Search the other NeoDB instances for existing similar items
* Method 3: Search for the item from TMDB, IMDB, IGDB, Steam, Goodreads, and other supported sites (no TVDB), and paste the URL to NeoDB's search box and it will import it to your instance
Method 2 is already sweet. That is the entire idea of the #SocialWeb. But Method 3 is even sweeter!
Methods 2 and 3 are the best because it's a win-win for everyone. Regular users can forget about manually re-entering new data. Seriously, who wants to manually duplicate data from one DB to another? I certainly don't! I contribute to #TMDB but I'm definitely not repeating the same effort in #TVDB.
Secondly, there's no need for instances to duplicate large databases just to ensure their site is useful for any user. Items are added as local users interact with the items. It keeps the db small instead of having thousands of items no one has interacted to yet (or probably not).
Check my accounts:
* Flagship server: @youronlyone
* Instance: @youronlyone@eggplant.place
~~Hmm… I haven't checked but I think music is not supported (yet?). NeoDB can use the largest #OpenDB for music: #Musicbrainz ~~
UPDATE: Music is supported, as well as, #podcasts .
🖖🏽🙇🏽
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Early reviews are saying that only about 10-15% of the original book made it into the film version of Wuthering Heights.
I’m not the sort of reader who expects films to be identical to the book as sometimes changes are necessary for better storytelling, but this still surprised me.
If you’re a fan of this story and have seen the film, what did you think?
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Cataclysmic #news
the #BFI #BritishFilmInstitute has officially preserved "Badger Badger Badger"
Old #memes now rank with rare and classic #films
You may now continue with your day
And apologies to those of you I just gave an #earworm
"Badger Badger Badger Badger Badger Badger Mushroom Mushroom! Badger Badger Badger Badger Badger Badger..."
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Hello Fediverse! 👋 I've just launched my own instance, running on a 10-year-old laptop right here in Europe.
This little machine is now my home for: Photography, Travel, Camping adventures, Food & Cooking, Self-hosting & Tech, Movies, Physical Media (DVDs, Blu-ray, CDs), and i own a Game Boy Color!
Excited to connect with fellow travelers, tech geeks, film lovers, and retro collectors. Say hi!
#SelfHosting #movies #films #Europe #travel #tech #PhysicalMedia #RetroGaming #introduction
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Truly believe Dream Warriors is one of the best horror films of the entire 80s, one of the creative high points of the slasher genre. RIP Chuck Russell
#horror #horrormovie #director #celebrity #movies #movie #films #cinema #cinemastodon
Subject: The Eighties Were Hades
For: People interested in where it went wrong
Short link: https://dansu.org/1980s-260910
This is a response to points made by @cstross but it isn’t intended to get into his thread. I started to comment there, but Nicolium indicated that the thread is Quiet Public. I think that that means the author would like to limit responses.
Mr. Stross commented that the 1980s were negative in some respects, including rights for women and minorities, medical care that was still primitive in some respects, and the fact that nuclear war could have happened [or this was the perception].
I’d like to comment on these points, starting with the nuclear war dread issue.
The fear of nuclear war dated back to the 1950s, but it did peak in the 1980s. There were a fair number of nuclear war dread films in that decade, weren’t there? I mean, films that focused on what nuclear war and the aftermath would be like.
1983: “Testament”. RT critics 90%. Fill it to the rim with grim. This film was released shortly before “The Day After” and complemented the latter film. “The Day After” was large scale and “Testament” was a harrowing zoom-in.
I met the author, Carol Amen, at a screening of “Testament”. She died a few years later. The film is a decent legacy. I’d like to leave something as worthwhile behind.
1983: “The Day After”. RT critics 86%. 100M people watched this one in the U.S. I think that I watched it with my grandparents, who had escaped from the U.S.S.R. 60 years before. The film had a major impact. Even Ronald Reagan’s views were affected.
1984: “Threads”. RT critics 100%. I haven’t seen this one or “When the Wind Blows”. I’ve put the two films off for decades, but it’s time to correct that.
1985: Re-release of “The War Game” (1965). RT critics 93%. No connection to “WarGames” (1983). I hadn’t heard of this one before. I see claims that it inspired “Threads”.
1986: “When the Wind Blows”. RT critics 88%.
1986: “Letters from a Dead Man”. RT audience 91%. Russian film on the subject. This one is on YT. I’ll D/L it from there and put it on my PeerTube instance.
1988: “Miracle Mile”. RT critics 91%. This film is as suspenseful as they come due to taking place in real time.
Regarding the problems with the 1980s:
The 1980s were no golden age. OTOH In the U.S., 1979 was a high-water mark of sorts, a year that could have heralded a new era. I think about the year pretty often.
The Vietnam War was over, Nixon was gone, and there was a feeling in the zeitgeist, despite the phobias and isms that Mr. Stross mentioned, that changes in society were here.
The 1980s, with all of the negatives, could have been the foundation of a real future.
Perhaps we still wouldn’t have had flying cars and lunar colonies. However, we could have had what mattered. I could have lived my life, even if the medical advances hadn’t happened, in a world filled with real people, meaning, and hope. The opposite of what we got starting in mid-1979.
In the U.S., Ronald Reagan, the Bushes, and Donald Trump with his plans to create an actual “V for Vendetta” State. Things crawling out from under the rocks that we never thought would be bold enough to be seen in the light of day.
I want a Mulligan on the last 45 years. This isn’t my future.
#1980s #films #history #society
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The Archive at New Ellijay TV posts public domain film and television, you can follow them at:
➡️ @archives
(Don't worry if it looks blank to you, that just means no one from your server follows it yet. Follow the account and its videos will gradually start showing up on your server too.)