EON James Bond Movies Ranked

Posted 2:30 PM by Gerald So

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Yesterday on Bluesky I ranked of EON's twenty-five James Bond movies:

25. No Time to Die
24. Spectre
23. Quantum of Solace
22. The World is Not Enough
21. The Man with the Golden Gun
20. Diamonds are Forever
19. Die Another Day
18. A View to a Kill
17. Octopussy
16. You Only Live Twice
15. Tomorrow Never Dies
14. Live and Let Die
13. Moonraker
12. Dr. No
11. On Her Majesty's Secret Service
10. The Living Daylights
9. Skyfall
8. Licence to Kill
7. From Russia, with Love
6. The Spy Who Loved Me
5. GoldenEye
4. Casino Royale
3. For Your Eyes Only
2. Thunderball
1. Goldfinger

You can tell right away I didn't like the continuity of Craig's run, but I do appreciate all the Bond actors. Of the four who made more than two movies, you find some at the bottom of the ranks, some in the middle, and some at the top. I welcome debate in the Comments.

Election

Posted 2:30 AM by Gerald So

Electronic voting in New York reminds me of Scantron tests. I know I can take all the time I need, but I don't feel I can. I feel the familiar pressure to finish about the same time as anyone else. The candidates I vote for seldom win. I vote anyway and remind myself the best thing to do is usually very difficult, and because of that, unpopular.

Think of Donald Trump claiming he'd resolve decades-long conflicts in days, then failing. Think of all the times politicians have skirted or rewritten the rules because they thought following them too difficult. On a large scale, people don't want to do hard things, but I as a person and you as a person can vote for what's difficult because in the end it remains necessary.

New Perspective

Posted 4:00 AM by Gerald So

Back in April, dissatisfied with cartoon effect photo filters, I began adapting line drawing techniques to Inkscape to create front-facing avatars. This week I challenged myself to make an avatar in 3/4 portrait view. I primarily used the variation of the Loomis method Darlene Nguyen shows in her Rapid Fire Art YouTube tutorial.

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