My segment on The Morning Edition with Yael Lavie.
Every Monday we end the show with geek news from around the world.
On this show we talk about Terry Pratchett (Sir Terence David John “Terry” Pratchett) and the 30th anniversary of Discworld. We Talk about Goldieblox and their fantastic ad, and we talk about DOCTOR WHO and the 50th anniversary celebration.
After talking about the preparation for weeks, Yael was bracing herself for this one, and we took out time to strike her with the story.
This was the best geek segment to date.
The Day of The Doctor, initial thoughts
50 years in the making, and all I know about The Doctor is everything that happned from the relaunch.
I watched a few old stories, I read enough about the Doctor’s main enemies, history of the Time Lords etc, but I can’t say I know eveything there is to know and I’m a bit sad. I’m a bit sad not because I didn’t enjoy this evening’s episdoe, I’m sad because it was a beautifuly crafted story that had so many Easter eggs, references and inner jokes, that I now find myself thinking about watching all the shows, and reading EVERYTHING so I can return to The Day of The Doctor and enjoy all of it.
So, having written all of that I will say now that I loved the story. This was Moffat at his best - creating a wonderful new mythology based on an already rich mythology, tying all sorts of little details together, crossing streams, untangling old plot-lines and reassembling all of them into something new and fresh.
At the end of the day, nothing changed, and everything changed. The Doctor we knew from 2005, the dark history, the time war, all of it is now seen in new light. The burden of the things that was done is there, the old plot-lines make sense because only one Doctor knows the truth and it is the Doctor that should know it - the oldest of them all.
I loved the episode because John Hurt did a fantastic job as a Doctor, putting even the lovely David in his place. I loved it because I’m missed David and I loved it because the next Doctor, the one we will meet soon enough has a new goal, a new story to tell and it will dictate not only the coming season (or few), but perhaps the next decades.
There is so much to write, but I will let others, those who know more about the show, to write those other posts. As for myself I will just say thank you, to all those visionaries, writers, producers, actresses and actors who made this, The Day of The Doctor event something that I could experience.
Here’s for 50 more.
How to show movies purchased on iTunes
If you purchased movies and shows on iTunes, but did not downloaded them, and suddenly found that they vanished from iTunes library, do not worry, Basically Apple now allows you to download anything you purchased (in the past it wasn’t so).
There are two ways to get the content you payed for:
- Go to the store, and click the “Purchased” option
- Go to your Library -> Movies (to TV)…
But wait, the second options shows nothing. Where are the purchases? Well, just go to:
- Preferences
- Store
- Tick the “Show iTunes in the cloud purchases”
- That’s it.
Enjoy.
The first Badge
This is the first badge we gave to our students in the Game Design Program at the Midrasha. It was designed by Stav Goldstein.
I don't recommend using badges all the time, but for this purpose it worked fine. Students of game design, at least most of them, are suckers for badges.
Talking about Steve Jobs on TV
The day-after Steve Jobs passed away was a hectic day.
TV show, after TV show called and asked me to come and talk about Apple, about Jobs and about the future. Now, two years after we know Apple is doing well. Steve's heritage is holding up rightly.
