Brett Hutley's Blog

I am subscribed to a lot of sub-reddits. Like, a lot! This morning I was browsing my feed, and discovered a mystery that has just been uncovered in Red Dead Redemption 2. Apparently, user FL4VA-01 noticed a spiderweb with a feather in it, that only appears between 3am and 4am, in a telegraph pole outside St Denis. There is a Google Site that a Reddit user has put together with a timeline of the clues and discoveries

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Helen and I started watching two shows on Netflix last night. The first is one that I've been looking forward to for awhile - Netflix's adaptation of Richard K Morgan's book Altered Carbon. The second is Riverdale - a reimagining of the old Archie comics, but set in the present day around a tale of mystery and murder!

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(Warning - this post contains spoilers)

Both Helen and I read "Artemis" by Andy Weir recently. I enjoyed it, although Helen felt disappointed by what she considered a major flaw in the plot. The book is set 70 years in the future. Yet, the technology feels like present day tech. There were hardly any robots on the Moon colony. The primary interface for the computers seemed to still be typing. The main protagonist drives around and delivers mail. Her father is a welder.

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A nice little transhumanist sci-fi short film with a Blade Runner feel:

TRUE SKIN from H1 on Vimeo.