Dave Olsen

@olsenprime.bsky.social

Writer. Geek. Potential national treasure/embarrassment. Part of the Nerd OD team (@nerdod).

Spider-Man: Brand New Day was fantastic! Everyone in it was great, but Sadie Sink was especially fantastic. Also, if anyone has a line on Spider-Man inspired Enpire State University merch, let me know.

A good charity shop could absolutely ruin me. Today I almost bought a 13- year-old Jawbone Up just because it was £3. The thing charged using the 3.5mm headphone jack. Why would I want that?!

Went to see E.T. In the cinema with the family today. First time seeing it in MANY years so there was a bunch of stuff I’d simply forgotten about. Proper heartwarming experience (and John Williams score puts in so much work).

Given the state of the billionaire class in tech right now, I imagine it won’t be long before one of them floats the plot of Huxley’s ‘Brave New World’ as a cost-saving measure. They’ll rebrand it ‘Grow Your Own Workforce’ and raise $100 billion in investment.

With Artemis permeating the social consciousness, it feels like the right time for a confession… Whenever I see/hear content from NASA missions I get tearfully emotional. The themes of discovery ‘for all mankind’ genuinely break my heart for what we could accomplish if we actually worked together.

Watching Sinners last night for the first time since seeing it in the cinema was an education. That film is simply incredible. From the moment it starts it sets a mood and never lets up. Extraordinary.

The Artemis II mission reminds me of these 1960s photos of NASA astronauts training in Iceland because they felt the terrain would be similar to what they'd encounter on the moon. The outfits are so great, even some 60 years later.

Photo of three men standing on top of rocky terrain. One is wearing a blue zip-up jacket with a blue chambray shirt and tan chinos. One is wearing a green-black checkered jacket with red chamois shirt, white pants, and cowboy hat. The other is wearing a blue parka with with blue jeans. Two photos. In the first, three men are wearing bomber jackets with blue or white jeans. In the second image, one man is wearing an off white (possibly chamois?) shirt with blue jeans. Another is wearing a blue denim trucker with blue jeans. A third is wearing a blue quilted parka. Two photos of groups of men. They are wearing Nordic sweaters, olive bomber jackets, flight suits, black-green checkered jackets, cowboy hats, beanies, and jeans. Two photos. In one, there's a man wearing a brown tweed with a checked shirt. In the other photo, men are wearing bomber jackets and high-waisted cotton pants.