Watches

Playlist of watched movies, television shows, online videos, and other visual-based events

📺 "The Great British Baking Show" The Final | Netflix

Watched "The Great British Baking Show" The Final from Netflix
Directed by Andy Devonshire. With Mel Giedroyc, Sue Perkins, Mary Berry, Paul Hollywood. Three bakers compete in the season 6 finale - baking filled sweet buns, mille-feuille (technical challenge), and a show-stopper "classic British cake or bake" (single flavor - multiple levels - i.e. a battenberg cake)

📺 "The Great British Baking Show" Chocolate | Netflix

Watched "The Great British Baking Show" Chocolate from Netflix
Directed by Andy Devonshire. With Mel Giedroyc, Sue Perkins, Mary Berry, Paul Hollywood. Follow the semi-finalists as they come to grips with chocolate, a temperamental ingredient. The Signature task is chocolate tart, followed by chocolate soufflé in the Technical challenge. For the Showstopper, the bakers create chocolate centerpieces.

📺 "The Great British Baking Show" Patisserie | Netflix

Watched "The Great British Baking Show" Patisserie from Netflix
Directed by Andy Devonshire. With Mel Giedroyc, Sue Perkins, Mary Berry, Paul Hollywood. The bakers work their way through childhood favourites, french fancies and more.

📺 "The Great British Baking Show" Victorian | Netflix

Watched "The Great British Baking Show" Victorian from Netflix
Directed by Andy Devonshire. With Mel Giedroyc, Sue Perkins, Mary Berry, Paul Hollywood. Watch a full episode devoted to the Victorian age, which gave birth to modern baking. The Signature test is game pie, a stalwart of the era. The Technical recipe, fruitcake, dates to the late 1800s. And much-loved charlotte russe is the Showstopper.

📺 A Gift to Remember | Hallmark Channel

Watched A Gift to Remember from Hallmark Channel
Directed by Kevin Fair. With Ali Liebert, Peter Porte, Tina Lifford, Kristin York. Based on the book by Melissa Hill, Darcy finds romance with a handsome stranger with amnesia.
It’s exactly what you’d expect. There aren’t enough people named Darcy in these movies…

📺 Switched for Christmas | Hallmark Channel

Watched Switched for Christmas from Hallmark Channel
Directed by Lee Friedlander. With Candace Cameron Bure, Eion Bailey, Mark Deklin, Natasha Bure. "Just because they are identical does not mean these twins even like each other. Estranged twin sisters get together for an obligatory pre-Christmas lunch, a year after their mother's death. Both women are unhappy and frustrated with their own lives. Though not close, each is envious of the other's life. What's a twin to do but take advantage of this? And who would be the wiser? They do what any ...
The best in cheeseball entertainment. How could you not watch this? Though I am a bit surprised they’re starting a week before Halloween!!

📺 "The Great British Baking Show" Alternative Ingredients | Netflix

Watched "The Great British Baking Show" Alternative Ingredients from Netflix
Directed by Andy Devonshire. With Mel Giedroyc, Sue Perkins, Mary Berry, Paul Hollywood. Cake without sugar. Bread without gluten. Ice cream without dairy.

📺 "The Great British Baking Show" Desserts | Netflix

Watched "The Great British Baking Show" Desserts from Netflix
Directed by Andy Devonshire. With Mel Giedroyc, Sue Perkins, Mary Berry, Paul Hollywood. For the nine bakers left, it's time to tackle the sweet ending to every meal - desserts.

📺 PBS NewsHour full episode – October 22, 2018 | PBS

Watched PBS NewsHour full episode - October 22, 2018 from PBS

Monday on the NewsHour, Saudi Arabia shifts its story on the death of Jamal Khashoggi, Russia warns of countermeasures if President Trump pulls out of a Cold War-era nuclear arms treaty, and as midterm elections approach, we take a closer look at the battleground of California where Democrats hope to flip a district that’s been conservative for decades.

📺 Online Verification Skills — Video 4: Look for Trusted Work | NewsWise | YouTube

Watched Online Verification Skills — Video 4: Look for Trusted Work by Mike CaulfieldMike Caulfield from NewsWise | YouTube
“It’s the internet! You can go out and find a better story and invest your time in that.” –Mike Caulfield

📺 Online Verification Skills — Video 2: Investigate the Source | NewsWise | YouTube

Watched Online Verification Skills — Video 2: Investigate the Source by Mike CaulfieldMike Caulfield from NewsWise | YouTube

NewsWise is a news literacy program to provide school-aged Canadians an understanding of the role of journalism in a healthy democracy and the tools to find and filter information online.

For those who like browser bookmarklets and shortcuts, I’ve dug up some code that will take a URL and automatically remove the additional path (as demonstrated manually in the video) to leave you with the base URL. It can be found here on my site: https://boffosocko.com/2017/03/27/to-amp-or-not-to-amp-that-is-the-question/. Perhaps it will help people verify sites even quicker?