Coupling is mostly known from quantum theory, where it means that a change in states of one of the coupled systems will instantaneously produce in…
CIPC #467: The adventures of Tintin S2 E6, Tintin in Tibet
Tintin is perhaps Belgium’s most successful export product,1 so it’s not surprising that I feature him on my blog when he plays chess. And yet,…
CIPC #466: Wu-Tang Clan, Da mystery of chessboxin’
Opposites attract. It is for that reason, I guess, that kung fu movies became so very popular among black Americans. It is also for that…
CIPC #465: Monster high S2 E3, Fear-a-mid power
Children are famously stupid and easily influenced. It is therefore paramount for toy manufacturers to get efficient commercial in front of their eyes. However, advertisement…
CIPC #464: Wolf Hall S1 E3, Anna Regina
Wolf Hall is a romanticised biography of Thomas Cromwell. As such, it is necessarily set at the English court in renaissance times. And that, in…
CIPC #463: Funeral in Berlin
West Berlin was bizarre. An enclave, right in the capital city, governed by, if not the official enemy of the state, then at least their…
CIPC #462: Nero Wolfe E9, Sfida al cioccolato
Sometimes it feels like, every other week, I spotlight a gloriously famous detective I hadn’t heard of before this blog. The newest addition to the…
CIPC #461: Zathura: A space adventure
Ars longa vita brevis, they say, but I think that’s an overestimation. Sure, people are still listening to Bach, reading Dante, and admiring Euclid’s Elements,…
CIPC #460: Star Trek: Strange new worlds S2 E3, Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow
Can you believe that I’ve been running this blog for so many years without ever covering Star Trek? I should bloody well hope so, because…
CIPC #459: Sleep awake
Blumhouse is a name that’s perhaps familiar to you as a production company specialised in horror movies like Paranormal activity, Insidious, and The purge. But…