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I think I ‘Git’ itPhoto by Chris Linnett on UnsplashThis article is for those who are starting to learn Git, aspire to learn Git, or have used Git but don’t use it actively. I used to be in the ‘used Git but don’t use it actively’ group.Learning Git can seem daunting. Hopefully this list of the Git commands I’ve learned in the past 6 months will make this seem like an easier task. You can think of these as a sort of bare minimum list of Git commands that you can learn to feel confident that you know enough to contribute…

Having finally published her first novel, Alex Aster was feeling disheartened. The book had tanked during the pandemic and she had been dropped by her literary agent. Then, on 13 March 2021, she decided to take to TikTok, asking her followers if they would: “read a book about a cursed island that only appears once every 100 years to host a game that gives the six rulers of the realm a chance to break their curses.” One of the rulers must die, the short video revealed, “even as love complicates everything” for the heroine,…

I wear the scars of the immigrant experience, marked on my forehead forever. I was two when we arrived in England from Kenya, our family rented a single bedroom in London. When our landlord’s son pushed me face-first into a metal bed frame, I cried and cried; mum was devastated but couldn’t say anything. I still remember the indignity and injustice.I ran away from home aged 10, for all of 45 minutes. I packed a box with knickers and baked beans, barely making it down the road before returning. I loved Enid Blyton books…

Your performance in 2001 war thriller Enigma – adapted from the Robert Harris thriller with Kate Winslet and Tom Hollander – is one of my favourites. But would you make a better backroom boy or globetrotting spy? catwhowalksbyitselfI like to think a better globetrotting spy because I have a sense of adventure, curiosity, don’t mind risk-taking and I love travel. I did have to prepare for quite a few months beforehand to get my head around all the mathematics. So I went to visit this professor at Cambridge, and spent time…

I’ve lived happily in the Apple ecosystem for well over a decade, but as a technology enthusiast, I’m always curious about what’s happening in the larger mobile world. Hence, I’m always keeping an eye on what Samsung, Google, and other Android handset makers are up to. Every so often, something comes along that piques my interest enough that I entertain thoughts of switching platforms and seeing how the other side lives.  Such was the case with this week’s Galaxy Unpacked event. With the Galaxy Z Fold 4 and Z Flip 4,…

Four years ago, Matt Bellamy appeared to be abdicating his throne as the world’s most dystopian rock star. In interviews to promote Muse’s neon-bright album Simulation Theory, the singer praised the joys of turning off the news and escaping into VR gaming. Now, though, comes a crisis-minded ninth album called Will of the People, which climaxes with the bluntly titled We Are Fucking Fucked. What happened?Bellamy laughs loudly. The short answer is that the news came to him. He had already scheduled a low-key 2020 because…

There's much to love about macOS 13 Ventura, and perhaps nothing is better than Continuity Camera. The new feature allows you to replace your Mac's internal camera with your much more powerful iPhone camera. The result is a much better video chat experience in apps and services like FaceTime, Google Meet, and more. I've been using Continuity Camera with the macOS 13 Ventura public beta for a few weeks, and it has already changed how I feel about video chatting on Mac — for the better. Over the years, much discussion has…

Five years ago, in this paper, I coined a term to describe what I saw as a new trend in horror movies: “post-horror”. Bad idea. To me, the term had a nice ring to it – a bit like “postmodern”. And in the same way postmodern architecture played with established language and traditions without necessarily sticking to the rules, I suggested a number of recent horror movies were doing the same: movies such as It Comes at Night, A Ghost Story and The Witch. The “horror community” wasted no time in telling me how wrong I was.…

One truth about me as a runner is that I need my jams. No jams, no run. I have meticulously curated playlists where the bass drops are strategically timed to gas me up when I lose steam. Aside from my sneakers, my earbuds are the most important piece of running tech I own. And yet, my decade-long search for the perfect pair only just ended a few weeks ago. Behold, the beautiful, purplicious Beats Fit Pro. To understand why I’m gaga for these buds, you need to know about the headphones that didn’t make the cut. (Don’t…

Pros Quality doubleshot PBT build feels more expensive than it costs Cap thickness and finish provide a well-saturated but soft glow $30 for any doubleshot PBT cap set, let alone this one, is impressively cheap Cons Space bar stuck occasionally on one model (Glorious's own GMMK Pro) Legends require bright backlighting to really be visible in bright conditions Smoothness of the PBT used here feels more like ABS in some ways, which may bother someI'll be honest; I'm often guilty of being one of those mechanical…