Film: Rogue One Directed By Gareth Edwards

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3748528/

Film: Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them Directed By David Yates

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3183660/

Cisco give up on public cloud

Looks like Cisco are abandoning the idea of a public cloud offering.   I am not surprised they started late, lacked conviction and never looked like they were going to step up to the big players in this market:

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/12/13/cisco_to_kill_its_intercloud_public_cloud_on_march_31st_2017/

Book read: The Silent Deep by Peter Hennessy and James Jinks

Film: Arrival directed by Denis Villeneuve

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2543164/

Just about worth all the hype.  A thought provoking film about an encounter with aliens visiting earth and a linguist trying to communicate with them.  All this is interwoven with sub plots concerning time and personal relationships.

Royal Navy retire Harpoon

Interesting article on the retirement of Harpoon from the Navy.

http://arstechnica.co.uk/cars/2016/11/royal-navy-retiring-anti-ship-missiles/

And covered by The Register:

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/11/16/royal_navy_harpoon_missile_2018_withdrawal_no_replacement/

Book read: The Battle of the Atlantic by Jonathan Dimbleby

An excellent book that put the battle of the Atlantic in historical perspective with the rest of the war.