[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.’

[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.’

[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.’

[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.

[focus] The Ultimate White Noise Player … A website that helps you generate white / brown/ pink / more noise which can help with mental focus apparently.

[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?’

[moon] Earthrise … A video about the famous photograph of Earth taken from lunar orbit by astronaut William Anders on December 24, 1968.

[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.’

[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]

[2025] FUCK, I Mean Holy Goddamn FUCK, What the fucking, FUCK … Happy 2025! This image might come in useful for the New Year. :)