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1. Official Stick Reviews - I read somewhere to really connect to people, in this case you Dear Reader, I should be vulnerable. So here it is. I have a confession to make. I fucking love sticks. I like picking them up. I like snapping them. I like swooshing them
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1. John Mulaney Presents: Everybody’s in LA (Netflix) - Live call-ins, super random, random theme per episode like coyotes and earthquakes, yet an intense examination of place that I’ve never seen done. And it’s completely shambolic. Nothing works. As a show, it’s constantly falling apart. Throughout
A descent into booze, madness and visualisation all through the medium of pizza. There they lay, strewn about, dead to the world and to themselves. Uncared for, discarded, yet at one time not long before this picture was taken, delicious. This was no accident. Or was it? What follows is
In order to explain to you what Stokken-Blokken is, I’m going to tell you a little story why it’s even here. The origin story “Yeah do it. Totally do it.” “Yes. Amazing. You should do this. Seriously just do it.” “Love it. Why don't you go
Update! Bastion, the book building CMS that once housed The Gates of Vienna has been pulled from the iOS App Store. It’s been a long hard slog and the App Store is a non-stop battle I can’t fight anymore. Instead I’ve liberated the story and the format
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I read somewhere (excellent citing of sources I know) that in online illustration contests and sites, they’re now requiring videos by the artist while they’re working up a work from sketch to finish. This is what it’s come to as the AI reaps with its merciless scythe
1. Worst Band Ever Butchers Eric Clapton - There aren’t many cover versions that leave me properly without words. This comes damn close because words actually fail to describe this. Wait, maybe they do. The entire thing needs to be watched till the end and I’ll give you
Welcome to the Halfman newsletter. Just don’t ask. I don’t know. I’m Jim and I will be your host for the next, about eleven minutes of heavenly fulfilment that will envelope you as you read this here newsletter. You may subscribe here or unsubscribe there. A boatload
1. Dave Attell - One half of Bumping Mics crew, taking a cipher/dozens approach to standup, this guy is such an underrated and under appreciated force in comedy, standup and otherwise. 2. “By Force Alone” (Lavie Tidhar) - The best description I’ve heard of this book is “King
Jason Fried has a decent take on the new Apple personal party glasses, the Vision Pro, in terms of it being (so he reckons) about seeing things. It’s about the point of view (POV). You could see how a sculptor sculpts because you’re looking with him. From his
“The Apple narrative is now escape velocity chamfered mid-century dystopia.” I have no idea where this came from, and highly doubt I came up with this myself, but I suppose a smarter version of myself could have. In any case, I agree. I certainly don’t need another bit of
The smell of a thing is something one usually only thinks about when it’s not good these days. By one, I mean this one, the one pointing with this thumbs to himself in between typing. Meaning me. There are the off times that the smell of cinnamon in some
“So John, I thought you said that this thing is supposed to get rid of the ghosts. It’s been like three weeks.” “It’s just that the AI needs time to track all the issues which it logs and then…” “Then what? Then what John?” “Well, according to the
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This older article about Amish technology use by the Gandalf of Silicon Valley, Kevin Kelly reminded me of a couple of things. The first was I’ve seen their ‘hacks’ first hand. I grew up in the eastern suburbs of Cleveland, Ohio and about an hour’s drive north of
The smell of thing is something one usually only thinks about when they’re bad. By one, I mean this one, meaning me. There are the off times that the smell of cinnamon in some baked good housing sends me on some Proustian sojourn of memory and pastry lust. No