# goldeneye (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 2 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover goldeneye. Page: Feed: --- ## [Mission Impossible Prague Locations](https://live.deanebarker.net/dead-drop/posts/0c26a4/) _2026-08-30 · Deane Barker_ I’ve always loved the opening scene of the original Mission Impossible . It was set in Prague, and it was the perfect mix of action and intrigue. As luck would have it, I found myself in Prague a couple years ago, and I spent an entire day tracking down all the shooting locations I could find. (I thought this was novel and original, but it turns out a lot of people have done it.) I put my pics,… ## [Red Storm Rising](https://live.deanebarker.net/dead-drop/posts/168b8c/) _2026-08-30 · Deane Barker_ I picked up Red Storm Rising yesterday, and quickly got completely engrossed in it. I have read it, but I was in high school, close to 40 years ago. It was published in 1986. The first section of the book (I’m 150 pages in) is an absolute masterclass of intelligence gathering. Bob Toland and others in the U.S. intelligence community put together a series of clues that indicate the Soviets are… ## [Gene Hackman’s Dual Identity](https://live.deanebarker.net/dead-drop/posts/909d89/) _2026-08-29 · Deane Barker_ There’s a fan theory that says Gene Hackman was playing the same character in two espionage thrillers , released 24 years apart. Hackman starred as Harry Caul in The Conversation in 1974. Then he played Edward “Brill” Lyle in Enemy of the State in 1998. A theory has been floated that these two characters are the same person. From the Wikipedia page for The Conversation : Hackman's character Edward… ## [Ryan Reynolds on Michael Bay](https://live.deanebarker.net/dead-drop/posts/15539b/) _2026-08-28 · Deane Barker_ This is a funny, 24-second video published by Ryan Reynolds where he’s reflecting on what’s great about filming with Michael Bay . It’s funny because the opening car chase scene from 6 Underground is filming in the background, and Reynolds just nails the timing (it could be an homage to The Greatest Shot in Television History ). ## [Valvel ja valvsad, Alert and Watchful](https://blog.moment.ee/2026/08/valvel-ja-valvsad-alert-and-watchful.html) _2026-08-27 · Remo Savisaar · pildiblog by Remo Savisaar_ Üks pildihetk kevadiselt Vereta Jahilt. ## [Magnum P.I., S3E1](https://live.deanebarker.net/dead-drop/posts/2c9a02/) _2026-08-27 · Deane Barker_ Magnum P.I. was always spy-adjacent. Magnum was an intelligence officer (…or a Navy SEAL?…or both?), and multiple episodes had a espionage angle to them, usually related to Magnum’s somewhat-murky service during the Vietnam War. He even gets called back to Naval Intelligence a couple of times. Here’s a 22-second video of one of the most infamous moments in the series . In Nam, Magnum and T.C. were… ## [Ooteaeg, Waiting Time](https://blog.moment.ee/2026/08/ooteaeg-waiting-time.html) _2026-08-26 · Remo Savisaar · pildiblog by Remo Savisaar_ Vanarebase jahiloleku ajal püsivad noored vagusi pesauru läheduses. While the adult fox is out hunting, the young remain quiet near the den. ## [The 39 Steps](https://live.deanebarker.net/dead-drop/posts/93602e/) _2026-08-26 · Deane Barker_ I watched The 39 Steps , which is a Hitchcock movie from 1935. It’s considered one of the classic spy thrillers. A man in London runs into a woman who claims to be a spy who has uncovered an intelligence network in Scotland. She’s on the run from assassins. Before long, the man is accused of her murder, and he has to flee into Scotland to find whatever she uncovered and prove his innocence. It’s… ## [Osav ja peiduline kiskja, A Skilled and Elusive Predator](https://blog.moment.ee/2026/08/osav-ja-peiduline-kiskja-a-skilled-and-elusive-predator.html) _2026-08-25 · Remo Savisaar · pildiblog by Remo Savisaar_ ## [Scarecrow and Mrs. King, S1E1](https://live.deanebarker.net/dead-drop/posts/8dd435/) _2026-08-25 · Deane Barker_ For absolutely no particular reason, I watched the first episode of Scarecrow and Mrs. King the other night. (I almost said “re-watched” because I can’t imagine I haven’t seen this before, but it’s been 43 years since it aired, so who can remember…) The show was a moderate success in the 80s, running for four seasons between 1983 and 1987. It was Bruce Boxleitner’s first notable thing after Tron ,… ## [Ship everywhere from one CLI (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/Mnp6bHalAvFo) _2026-08-25 · **Sponsored**_ One codebase, hosted runners, encrypted credentials, and automated submissions across stores ## [Ema armastus, A Mother’s Love](https://blog.moment.ee/2026/08/ema-armastus-a-mothers-love.html) _2026-08-24 · Remo Savisaar · pildiblog by Remo Savisaar_ Alutaguse metskond, Estonia. Habekaku ema oma võsukesega. Tähelepanelik vaataja võib märgata ema nokas ka maiuspala pojakesele. A Great Grey Owl mother with her young. An attentive viewer may also notice a vole in the mother’s beak, brought for her youngster. ## [Cryptome](https://live.deanebarker.net/dead-drop/posts/1329bc/) _2026-08-24 · Deane Barker_ Cryptome was always an odd thing. It was (is?) an online archive and document repository which published things that it hinted should not have been published. I remember Cryptome from back in the 1990s, when I was first getting on the web. It published all sorts of random combintations of government documents, often rolled up into zip file downloads. All the while, it gave off a very spy-ish vibe.… ## [Syriana Plot Diagram](https://live.deanebarker.net/dead-drop/posts/5d7df6/) _2026-08-23 · Deane Barker_ Syriana from 2005 is my favorite kind of movie: it has lots of plot threads that overlap and come together in different ways. I learned that this style has name: hyperlink cinema . Unfortunately, a side effect of this style is that the film was wildly complex and hard to understand. While I was watching it for the first time, I was only barely understanding the overall plot mechanics and why… ## [Ronin Car Chase](https://live.deanebarker.net/dead-drop/posts/7ef5ab/) _2026-08-22 · Deane Barker_ Chases are all over the place in spy movies, but the second car chase in Ronin is one of the best on film. It’s a BMW and a Peugeot through the streets of Paris. It’s very realistic (except maybe for a weird amount of sparks). There’s no musical soundtrack for most of it, just more than seven full minutes screaming engines and scraping metal . Robert DeNiro looks like he’s on the verge of a stroke… ## [Honda Del Sol Commercial](https://live.deanebarker.net/dead-drop/posts/faee6f/) _2026-08-21 · Deane Barker_ Here’s a commercial for the Honda Del Sol from 1995. It’s very Bondian, from the music to the casting to the theme. So much so, that MGM sued Honda and made them pull it off the air. The lawsuit accuses Honda of copyright infringement and falsely implying that the car is endorsed by MGM and Danjaq. ## [Suvemelu, Summer Buzz](https://blog.moment.ee/2026/08/suvemelu-summer-buzz.html) _2026-08-20 · Remo Savisaar · pildiblog by Remo Savisaar_ Sisemaa meri – Peipsi järv, Kauksi. Paljude üks lemmikpaikadest – nii ka minu. Kas oled seal käinud? An inland sea – Lake Peipus, Kauksi. One of many people’s favourite places – mine too. Have you been there? Ilusat vabariigi taasiseseisvumispäeva! Today is Estonia’s Day of Restoration of Independence. ## [Fortune Hunter](https://live.deanebarker.net/dead-drop/posts/2bc3b9/) _2026-08-20 · Deane Barker_ Back in the mid-90s, there was a very short-lived primetime show called Fortune Hunter . I can’t find a full episode (only five of them actually aired), but here’s a short promo video . Carlton Dial was a literal fortune hunter — he did jobs for money. I vaguely remember that he was searching for treasure or other valuable items. (There weren’t even enough episodes to totally flesh out the… ## [Metsaroheluses, In the Green of the Forest](https://blog.moment.ee/2026/08/metsaroheluses-in-the-green-of-the-forest.html) _2026-08-19 · Remo Savisaar · pildiblog by Remo Savisaar_ ## [Bond’s Use of the Word “Penny”](https://live.deanebarker.net/dead-drop/posts/189127/) _2026-08-19 · Deane Barker_ In a prior post, I mentioned the scene from Casino Royale where Vesper Lynd says, “I’m the money” and Bond responds, “…every penny of it.” I suddenly started wondering why Bond would say the word “penny,” given that it’s a name for a unit of American currency. Shouldn’t he of said… “pence” or “quid” or something? Well, it turns out I’m pathetically uncultured and American-centric. AI set me… ## [Tiigi-roolind, Reed warbler, Acrocephalus scirpaceus](https://blog.moment.ee/2026/08/tiigi-roolind-reed-warbler-acrocephalus-scirpaceus.html) _2026-08-18 · Remo Savisaar · pildiblog by Remo Savisaar_ ## [Save with community-voted codes (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/fs2mV3TnmAbF) _2026-08-18 · **Sponsored**_ Search thousands of community-verified coupon codes — 100% free, no account needed. ## [Spy Briefing PowerPoint Syndrome](https://live.deanebarker.net/dead-drop/posts/e1cf59/) _2026-08-18 · Deane Barker_ A few days ago, I posted about M’s speech to Bond in GoldenEye . Go watch that again: at a certain point, she quickly presses some buttons to reveal a TV and a ….PowerPoint (?) about General Orumov. This is what I call “ spy briefing room PowerPoint syndrome .” No matter what happens, someone always has these presentations ready to go. It’s is a trope in spy movies that has always fascinated me.… ## [\_data](https://live.deanebarker.net/library/given/_data/) _2026-08-18 · Deane Barker_ I had been talking with a friend about this book, so I sent them a copy. I’m hoping he’ll read it with me when I go back through it. I have a friend who lives in the Hamptons who has been very hospitable to me on a couple occasions. I decided that anyone who lives on Long Island needs to have a copy of The Power Broker in their house. After he received it, he sent me a lovely picture of it on… ## [Merel kallab, Rain Pouring at Sea](https://blog.moment.ee/2026/08/merel-kallab-rain-pouring-at-sea.html) _2026-08-17 · Remo Savisaar · pildiblog by Remo Savisaar_ Põhja-Ristna neem, Kõpu poolsaar, Hiiumaa island, Estonia. ## [6 Underground](https://live.deanebarker.net/dead-drop/c83b73/) _2026-08-17 · Deane Barker_ 6 Underground is a guilty pleasure. It combines Michael Bay with Ryan Reynolds — maybe the two most un-subtle people in Hollywood. The movie is unapologetically ridiculous, but I always thought it did a great job with exposition. There’s a lot of backstory to get through, and it nicely weaves that through a set of flashbacks. The plot isn’t terrible, but it’s essentially just a framework to hang… ## [6 Underground](https://live.deanebarker.net/dead-drop/posts/c83b73/) _2026-08-17 · Deane Barker_ 6 Underground is a guilty pleasure. It combines Michael Bay with Ryan Reynolds — maybe the two most un-subtle people in Hollywood. The movie is unapologetically ridiculous, but I always thought it did a great job with exposition. There’s a lot of backstory to get through, and it nicely weaves that through a set of flashbacks. The plot isn’t terrible, but it’s essentially just a framework to hang… ## [Timothy Dalton on Charlie’s Angels](https://live.deanebarker.net/dead-drop/ef937f/) _2026-08-16 · Deane Barker_ Back in 1979, Timothy Dalton guest-starred on Charlie’s Angels as cat burglar Damien Roth, described as “a man with James Bondian tastes, means, and charm.” Someone has helpfully compiled all of his scenes in this YouTube video . ## [Daniel Craig Screen Test](https://live.deanebarker.net/dead-drop/992de6/) _2026-08-15 · Deane Barker_ Here’s a short video about Daniel Craig’s screen test for Bond (it says 2006, but Casino Royale was released in 2006, so it had to be earlier than that). There’s a voiceover from Barbara Broccoli and Michael Wilson about how much they wanted Craig for the role. Then, towards the end, you see and hear the scene they’re doing — it’s the “I’m the money” scene between Vesper and Bond (”…every penny of… ## [\_stats](https://live.deanebarker.net/library/reading/_stats/) _2026-08-15 · Deane Barker_ ## [Sõtkapere, Goldeneye family](https://blog.moment.ee/2026/08/sotkapere-goldeneye-family.html) _2026-08-14 · Remo Savisaar · pildiblog by Remo Savisaar_ ## [M’s Speech to Bond](https://live.deanebarker.net/dead-drop/8641f1/) _2026-08-14 · Deane Barker_ M’s speech to Bond in GoldenEye has to go down as one of the great monologues in the Bond movies. Pierce Brosnan was the new Bond, and we had a female M in Judi Dench, which people weren’t so sure about, but this one scene likely laid every concern to rest. I especially love it when Bond says “point taken,” thinking that would defuse the situation, but M just goes right on to tell him how she’d be… ## [Marketplace for AI-Powered Professionals (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/iqGWLkQNBBkc) _2026-08-14 · **Sponsored**_ Find professionals who use ChatGPT, Copilot, and Claude to deliver work faster. ## [Annotated Link: Ordinary Abundance](https://ordinaryabundance.com) _2026-08-14 · Deane Barker_ An interactive website explains all the things we take from granted that prior generations would have been amazed by. ## [Vallatud naaskelnokad, Playful Avocets](https://blog.moment.ee/2026/08/vallatud-naaskelnokad-playful-avocets.html) _2026-08-13 · Remo Savisaar · pildiblog by Remo Savisaar_ ## [Espionage Degrees](https://live.deanebarker.net/dead-drop/ee701a/) _2026-08-13 · Deane Barker_ Did you know you can get an advanced degree in actual intelligence ? Here are some options: Master's in Global Security Studies at Johns Hopkins Master of Arts in Counterintelligence Studies at the Institute of World Politics Master of Arts in Intelligence Studies at American Military University Master’s in National Security and Intelligence at Northeastern University Master's in Applied… ## [Espionage Degrees](https://live.deanebarker.net/dead-drop/posts/ee701a/) _2026-08-13 · Deane Barker_ Did you know you can get an advanced degree in actual intelligence ? Here are some options: Master's in Global Security Studies at Johns Hopkins Master of Arts in Counterintelligence Studies at the Institute of World Politics Master of Arts in Intelligence Studies at American Military University Master’s in National Security and Intelligence at Northeastern University Master's in Applied… ## [Kisub tormiseks, Storm Brewing](https://blog.moment.ee/2026/08/kisub-tormiseks-storm-brewing.html) _2026-08-12 · Remo Savisaar · pildiblog by Remo Savisaar_ Tahkuna poolsaar, Hiiumaa island, Estonia. ## [Staged Conductor Assassination](https://live.deanebarker.net/dead-drop/e94a8a/) _2026-08-12 · Deane Barker_ Just before starting in on the James Bond theme, the Danish Symphony Orchestra had their conductor “assassinated” live on stage . That visual, followed immediately by the opening bars of the Bond theme is just legendary. ## [Noor uljaspea, Young daredevil](https://blog.moment.ee/2026/08/noor-uljaspea-young-daredevil.html) _2026-08-11 · Remo Savisaar · pildiblog by Remo Savisaar_ Tahkuna poolsaar, Hiiumaa island, Estonia. ## [Trump’s Flight Out of Turkey](https://live.deanebarker.net/dead-drop/dfb2d1/) _2026-08-11 · Deane Barker_ This NY Times article about how Trump was spirited out of Turkey reads like a real-life spy novel in places: President Trump hid in an airport catering container and was taken to a military jet for a secret flight out of country after the NATO summit last month. Reminds me a bit of Georgi Koskov leaving Czechoslovakia in the oil pipeline in The Living Daylights (…which was one of the few plot… ## [Taevane vaatemäng, A Spectacle in the Sky](https://blog.moment.ee/2026/08/taevane-vaatemang-a-spectacle-in-the-sky.html) _2026-08-10 · Remo Savisaar · pildiblog by Remo Savisaar_ Hiiumaa island, Estonia. Dramaatiline taevane vaatemäng, mis viis ühel hetkel voolu kogu Hiiumaalt. Kajakas pildil ei ole mõistagi juhuslik, vaid üks ja oluline osa pildist. A dramatic spectacle in the sky that at one point left the entire island of Hiiumaa without electricity. The seagull in the picture is, of course, not there by chance, \[ \] ## [Chris Parnell Rap](https://live.deanebarker.net/dead-drop/71452a/) _2026-08-10 · Deane Barker_ I was reminded of this great rap by Chris Parnell back in 2003 when Jennifer Garner was hosting SNL at the height of her Alias fame. It tells a globe-hopping story about how they're spies and lovers, doing missions for the CIA. The joke at the end is worth waiting for. ## [The Moneypenny Diaries](https://live.deanebarker.net/dead-drop/9230fd/) _2026-08-09 · Deane Barker_ I was previously unaware of The Moneypenny Diaries which is a short book series that tells James Bond adventures from the perspective of Miss Moneypenny (did anyone know her first name is apparently “Jane”?). It doesn't seem like the series got too far, but there some short stories published in British magazine. One of them is entitled For Your Eyes Only, James which sounds vaguely like Bond and… ## [NY Times Crossword Clue](https://live.deanebarker.net/dead-drop/76b140/) _2026-08-09 · Deane Barker_ A clue in today's New York Times Crossword was “Bond between Lazenby and Dalton.” The answer was “MOORE”. ## [Cheese Plate: August 8, 2026](https://live.deanebarker.net/cheese-plates/my-friend-mark-is-telling-me-that-they-have-a/) _2026-08-08 · Deane Barker_ My friend Mark is telling me that they have a “cheese service” that delivers to their house. (Also, that little mouse cheese knife has made a couple of appearances here before.) ## [007 Barber](https://live.deanebarker.net/dead-drop/eb93c7/) _2026-08-08 · Deane Barker_ Seen in downtown Montreal. ## [Briefcase Gun](https://live.deanebarker.net/dead-drop/80309c/) _2026-08-08 · Deane Barker_ Found this short Reddit video of a “ briefcase gun ” from the 1970s. ## [Book Review: Can't Hurt Me: Master Your Mind and Defy the Odds](https://live.deanebarker.net/library/titles/cant-hurt-me/) _2026-08-08 · Deane Barker_ TLDR: “As a memoir, interesting; as self-help, probably not helpful” This is a biography/memoir of a guy named David Goggins. He had a tough life, abused by his father then growing up as the only black kid in small town Indiana. He didn’t do well in school, was very heavy, had a dead-end job, and a marriage that was on the rocks. Then he decided to become a Navy SEAL. That sounds kind of… ## [Roohabekad, Bearded Tits](https://blog.moment.ee/2026/08/roohabekad-bearded-tits.html) _2026-08-07 · Remo Savisaar · pildiblog by Remo Savisaar_ Hiiumaa island, Estonia. ## [Book Review: The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York](https://live.deanebarker.net/library/titles/power-broker/) _2026-08-07 · Deane Barker_ TLDR: “A masterpiece” I’ve wanted to read this for a long time – it’s one of those “goal reads” that I haven’t dared attempt for fear of failing. The book famously took seven years to write, and it won the Pulitzer Prize in 1974. Curiously, I’ve actually read a book partially about the writing of this book (Robert Caro’s Working: Researching,… ## [Seafire](https://live.deanebarker.net/dead-drop/b23ca9/) _2026-08-07 · Deane Barker_ I read the James Bond novel Seafire while on a business trip. This is from 1994, which is late in the John Gardner era — he only wrote one more original Bond novel after this one. It was…okay. I've never loved Gardner's work. Here’s my review . ## [Ujuvad saared, Floating Islands](https://blog.moment.ee/2026/08/ujuvad-saared-floating-islands.html) _2026-08-06 · Remo Savisaar · pildiblog by Remo Savisaar_ Hiiumaa laidude maastikukaitseala, Hiiumaa Islets Landscape Conservation Area, Estonia.