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London Bloggers [Comic Blogs][Other Blogs] | 13 January 2025
[sonic] Go listen to this Ska Version of Sonic The Hedgehog’s Green Hill Zone Theme …
10 January 2025
[doom] DOOM: The Gallery Experience … Take some time to browse an art gallery whilst drinking wine and eating hors d’oeuvres within DOOM!
9 January 2025
[web] A great selection of RSS Tricks … ‘Get the feed for the top posts of the month for a subreddit:
https://www.reddit.com//r/simpsonsshitposting/top/.rss?t=month (Replace simpsonsshitposting with a subreddit you want to monitor) This gives you the top posts from the month, so it’s not a firehose of stuff flooding your reader–just about a post a day.’8 January 2025
[internet] Remembering Cyberia, the World’s First Ever Cyber Cafe … The story of the first cyber-cafe which opened in London. ‘Linking up with like-minded pioneers David Rowe and husband and wife Keith and Gené Teare, Eva found a spot on the corner of Whitfield Street and launched Cyberia there in 1994. With Hackers-style aesthetics and futuristic furniture, it was based around a U-shaped layout that meant visitors could see each other’s screens. “I wanted women to feel safe, because a lot of the stuff on the net was dodgy,” she explains. Many of Eva’s mates chipped in to help out––architects, interior designers, graphic artists, publishers, and ravers among them.’
7 January 2025
[web] Essential tools to make the modern web more bearable … A great list of useful tools to make browsing the web less anoying. ‘The most user-friendly way to block ads on desktop is to use an ad-blocking extension in your browser. The main thing to be aware of is that some ad-blockers use monetization strategies that “soften” their ambitions (search “acceptable ads”). I would recommend uBlock Origin Lite (I assume you are using Chrome). Two additional things about ad-blocking to note: Blocking ads is generally easier on desktop than on mobile, and (at the time of writing) ad-blocking extensions are more effective on Firefox desktop than on Chrome desktop.’
6 January 2025
[books] In Search of the Golden Brain … A deep dive into the hunt for Spitting Image’s Golden Brain. The brain is a long-forgotten prize for solving a Masquerade-style spoof found in a Spitting Image tie-in book released in 1985. ‘And just one question flicked across my mind, when I first read all the above in the 90s: is this real? Had they actually buried a golden brain, or is all just a big joke? After all, the very nature of the Spitting Image book was that it was full of silly parodies. Sat next to a stupid advert for products like “The Sinclair We-haven’t-thought-of-it-yet”, or trying to get you to bank with “Natlays Midloyd”, the idea that this might be a real competition just didn’t seem particularly likely.’
5 January 2025
[london] Today I learned… that there is a submarine in Camberwell. Take a look inside. ‘Deep below the ground, boilers provide heat for local council estates, with the ‘submarine’ acting as ventilation.’
2 January 2025
[blogs] Diamond Geezer’s 2024 Blog Index … A neat roundup of posts of Diamond Geezer’s travels last year. Focused on London, wider travels around the UK and the minutae of DG’s life.
1 January 2025
[til] 52 things I learned in 2024 … Fifty-two TIL from Tom Whitwell. ‘The London Underground has a distinct form of mosquito, Culex pipiens f. Molestus, genetically different from above-ground mosquitos, and present since at least the 1940s.’
31 December 2024
[2025] FUCK, I Mean Holy Goddamn FUCK, What the fucking, FUCK … Happy 2025! This image might come in useful for the New Year. :)
30 December 2024
[2024] 77 Facts That Blew Our Minds in 2024 – The Atlantic … ‘Sigmund Freud said he put his patients on the couch because he could not deal “with being stared at by other people for eight hours a day.”’ [Archive link]
27 December 2024
[comics] The Story Behind The Hunt – Again … J.M. DeMatteis tells the origin of “Kraven’s Last Hunt”, considered one of the best Spider-man stories. ‘It was a long road from the first glimmer of inspiration, somewhere around 1984 or ‘85, to the final, published work. If it had been up to me—and thank goodness it wasn’t—the original idea would have seen print as, of all things, a Wonder Man mini-series (Simon Williams—defeated in battle by his brother, the Grim Reaper—awakens in a coffin, claws his way out and discovers that he’s been buried alive for months). But the Story knew better. It knew that it needed time to brew in my unconscious and find the proper form. Tom DeFalco—then Marvel’s Executive Editor—agreed. When I pitched him my Wonder Man idea, he promptly rejected it. But there was something in that “return from the grave” concept that wouldn’t let go.’
24 December 2024
[moon] Earthrise … A video about the famous photograph of Earth taken from lunar orbit by astronaut William Anders on December 24, 1968.
23 December 2024
[tv] Alan Partridge to The X-Files: it’s the greatest Christmas TV specials of all time! … ‘Peep Show: Seasonal Beatings (Channel 4) – Sunny Delight and cava cocktails all round as codependent flatmates Mark and Jeremy share a family Christmas from hell. Yuletide delights include Dobby denial, shouty charades, Super Hans gatecrashing as “Father Spliffmas” and Mark putting his dad’s dinner through a paper shredder. Remind us: is cauliflower traditional?’
17 December 2024
[focus] The Ultimate White Noise Player … A website that helps you generate white / brown/ pink / more noise which can help with mental focus apparently.
16 December 2024
[music] I don’t know who needs this today but here is a cover of Tears for Fears’ “Everybody Wants to Rule the World” in Classical Latin.
6 December 2024
[food] Turkey Eggs – Why Don’t We Eat Them? … ‘If you haven’t seen a turkey lately, may the above photo be a reminder of how enormous they are (and vaguely threatening […]). Housing such a thing isn’t cheap as they need extra room and food to grow. It’s just not financially viable compared to other domesticated birds in the egg market.’
3 December 2024
[moore] Unearthing’s Shooters Hill Walk … Instructions to follow the Shooter’s Hill Walk as described by Alan Moore in Unearthing. ‘Continuing south on Shrewsbury Lane, look right/west down Occupation Lane for a good view of central London. There are quite a few fairly similar views throughout Shooters Hill – including, as the Unearthing notes, from Steve Moore’s second story back window. For this walk, the Occupation Lane view was about the best version.’
1 December 2024
[lifehacks] Sort out your life! 100 tiny tricks to help with everything from digital overwhelm to lumpy sugar and unpaid bills … ‘Carry ‘vex money’ – Always carry enough cash to get you out of danger or trouble if other methods fail – a taxi fare at least.’
27 November 2024
[vaccines] The Impact of Vaccines … Astonishing infographic showing the effectiveness of vaccines against common diseases across time.
25 November 2024
[books] ‘We live in a climate of fear’: graphic novelist’s Elon Musk book can’t find UK or US publisher … Darryl Cunningham struggles to find a publisher for his latest book about Elon Musk. ‘He charts the rise of Musk to the “billionaire class” through his various business dealings including acquiring Tesla, SpaceX and Twitter, which he renamed X. Cunningham said: “Knowing what I know about the man, my conclusion is that it’s incredible that such a mediocre figure can amass such wealth, but it was ever thus.”’
21 November 2024
[web] Today I learned that Europeans spend 575 million hours clicking cookie banners every year … ‘On average, a user visits about 100 websites per month, totaling 1,200 websites per year. With about 85% of these websites displaying a cookie banner, a user will encounter about 1,020 cookie banners every year. Assuming it takes an average of 5 seconds per interaction with a cookie banner, this amounts to 5,100 seconds per year per user, or roughly 1.42 hours per year.’
18 November 2024
[covid] What’s in your Covid Emergency Kit? Some useful tips in this list. ‘Antihistamines: per NIH, “a number of Covid-19 patients improved significantly when on antihistamines due to their antiviral and anti-inflammatory properties. Moreover, antihistamines have shown to be effective in the management of long term symptoms post-Covid-19 infection.”’
15 November 2024
[london] Why is London’s phone signal so bad? … Excellent reporting by London Centric on one of the great frustrations about living in London. ‘Astonishingly, tests carried out by London Centric found that in several high-profile areas of the capital the best place to find a fast 5G mobile data connection is now hundreds of feet under the capital in deep tube tunnels. This is thanks to new equipment – known as “leaky feeders” – installed in recent years under a contract with Transport for London. In a damning indictment of the capital’s outdoor mobile infrastructure, if you want to tether your laptop to your phone and work remotely you might be better off tapping into the tube network and doing your work while riding around at 40km/hr underneath London.’
14 November 2024
[ambient] A Soft Murmur … Ambient background noise generator to relax with.
12 November 2024
[ronson] 10 Chaotic Questions for Jon Ronson … ‘Q: What is the most dangerous thing you have ever done? A: I think I was in genuine danger going to Aryan Nations. I was walking past all these signs that said “No Jews”, “Jews turn back now”, and I was like, “Oh, they’ll be fine with me!”’
11 November 2024
[comics] Tegan O’Neill reviews Nemesis the Warlock – The Definitive Edition Vol. 1 … ‘Kevin O’Neill was a distinctive and idiosyncratic presence on the page. His understanding of texture was acute like a nightmare: he was good at drawing flesh and metal both, and he could make both human meat and gleaming machinery seem positively putrid with illness. Nemesis is a tightly drawn strip, and the pictures are unerringly nauseating: vast towers of bone and tendon reaching into the sky, indistinguishable from the metallic armor of the Terminators, refulgent in their carapaces. It’s a universe of vast grotesquerie, from the torture pits in the deeps of the Termight empire to the alien lanes haunted by mature Blitzspears. The British mode of production meant that a single six-page Nemesis strip would have all that magic compressed into a series of half- and third-page splash panels, with heaps of didactic narration to carry the reader along the way. Both Mills and O’Neill get to have their say in the finished product here.’
7 November 2024
[horror] If Horror Movies Reflected Your Actual Fears … from McSweeney’s Internet Tendency. ‘The Wicker Man – You’re staying in an isolated village. Its only pub is hosting a karaoke night.’
29 October 2024
[london] The inside story of the Transport for London cyberattack … Great report on the impact of a recent cyberattack on TFL. ‘People turning 60 have been unable to apply for Oyster cards giving them free travel. Individuals from all age groups have been unable to apply for legitimate refunds after being charged the maximum fare because they were unable to tap out at the end of a journey. Hundreds of thousands of sixth formers and new university students have been unable to apply for their 16+ Zip Oyster card, with the official TfL guidance being that they should make a note of each full-fare journey then reclaim the difference later in an as-yet-unclear manner.’
28 October 2024
[weird] The Assassin’s Teapot … A nice cup of tea or a murder? You decide. [via]
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