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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
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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
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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
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“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
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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
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“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 is the Halfman newsletter. Every damn month this thing. Free. Free. Free. Don’t expect much consistency, well thought through conclusions nor anything that will help your existential crisis or golf game. Expect instead half-baked wonder, random and hastily slapped together thought on design and technology. You can subscribe
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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
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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
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1. Pubs - I’ve been in cafes, bars, meyhanes even, and drinking establishments of all sorts of sizes in at least a dozen different countries, but somehow nothing quite can compare to a pub in Britain and Ireland. Is it the wood panelling? Is it the darkness and and
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Now just where have we found ourselves? This is a newsletter. It is about nothing in particular and often about everything. There are vague themes which shift and sway. You can read some past bangers here, with everything from beavers to Mexican folk-pop to generative graphic design. You may subscribe
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I live in a country, a pretty small country in fact, that has a really bad flag. I mean this not in terms of what it means or stands for and all that, but in terms of design. I’m talking about the flag of Slovenia, which not unlike the
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This is the first and hopefully last time I will start something with a tweet. But, it is amazing, and I use that word very carefully. Believe it or not. “I loved Van Halen so much growing up, and to be honest, I haven’t listened much as an adult.
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I flirted with the notion for a long time. I really did. I mean, who wouldn’t want to be an academic right? You make up your own schedule, you travel a lot and perhaps most importantly, your job is just thinking of stuff. Well that, no pun intended, is
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A while ago a friend told me about how they got dumped on WhatsApp and how that was insulting that the other person couldn’t even call. Bear in mind I don’t recall any mention of doing it to their face. While this is true, I think it’s
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1. A pub, any pub, in Southwark London with James Palmer after an impromptu architectural tour starting at St Pauls and ending in council estates. Best day ever. Hugs. 2. The Truth Behind ‘Birds Aren’t Real’ 3. The Mixtures “Stompin’ at the Rainbow” - Hard hitting, foot tapping, early