Where?

I wanted to write up the last few months that I've effectively in hiding but they can really be summarised as "moving house is really bloody hard", and that's probably as much as I need to communicate on that front.

Other than that is's really the normal collection of links and videos that I've captured from my online diet.

General wow factor things

A Skydiver Appears to Fall from the Sun

Music

Not quite sure where this came from but it's an oddly hypnotic watch.

This track has stuck with me and pops into my head at odd moments.

U2 + gospel choir makes track make more sense.

Aha's Take on Me, but it's Norwegian metal. Yep.

Just fun

If you haven't treated yourself to Blue Eye Samurai on Netflix I'd recommend you do so before season 2.

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More distraction aggregation - Feb 2025

It's been a while and I need to refresh some things starting with some more regular posts on here to replace some of the doomscrolling from elsewhere. Audiobooks I listen to a fair few audiobooks but often it's the same ones again and again to try and get me to sleep when I have about of insomnia. However I take on new ones which I listen to whilst doing chores and gardening so that I've heard them properly. There have been some new accessions into the collection which I can recommend. Both are noir detective type genre fiction but take a very different approach. Nick Harkaway's work is something I almost always enjoy and he has some real strength in depth (ake on Gnomon if you want a real challenge). His book Titanium Noir is a lot of fun with some really great ideas in it. It's more sci-fi than straight detective fiction. I've also been enjoying the Fetch Phillips stories by Aussie actor and author Luke Arnold (you might have seen him as Long John SIlver in ...

Recent distraction aggregation

Thinking about Notebooks in B6 size. Hmmm, B6, you say? I don't have many of them, and there are lots of accessories I can obsess over? Perfect. This is all you need. Do not obsess over....oh. Don't do this... ...it will shit on you. Music A German Electro Pop Metal band? It seems unlikely, and yet... Stuck in my head The Prodigy make themselves sound like Daleks intent on destroying Middlesex General The Chemical Brothers and Beck, it was obviously going to be an earworm.

Distraction aggregation

A rockslide in Greenland and the subsequent Tsunami set the Earth ringing for 9 days. I have been re-listening to The Silt Verses to drive some inspiration to do more writing. This is still a great bit of writing and audio production.

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