Things I Have Enjoyed & Learnt 012
Work is very busy at the moment, but I have still enjoyed and learnt some things.
Things I Have Enjoyed
Dishoom in Manchester. It's just as good as everyone says and it was cheap.
This guy's story about moving a house.
Common Proverbs as Video Game Tutorials
Distant grass will always have a greener hue. You can fine-tune the appearance of distant grass in Settings > Graphics.
If Youtube2Webpage works I'll be a very happy man.
"Together, we can not hit a bridge with a truck."
Doja Cat's Demons.
We are enemies, we are foes // Who are you and what are those?
Paul Schrader's Master Gardener. It's no First Reformed, but it's not The Canyons either. Joel Edgerton is a fantastic actor, and Sigourney Weaver doesn't have a lot to do, but does it very well.
This article about a new entry to the Munich brewing scene.
I didn't realise I've never seen maths typeset in anything other than the Latin alphabet, so it was nice to see some maths in Arabic. I'd love to see some Georgian or Armenian maths, or something in an abugida as used in Tamil or Kannada.
This post about The X-Files sent me down a rabbit hole or two and reminded me just how much I loved, and still love, the show.
The GOV.UK list of illegal business cartels they've recently taken action on.
How to Blow Up a Pipeline might be my film of the year. I think it's actually quite a brave movie to have made. I especially liked how the director eschewed the possessory credit in favour of "A Film By Daniel Goldhaber, Ariela Barer, Jordan Sjol and Daniel Garber" highlighting the work of (respectively) the co-star and co-writer Barer, the co-writer Sjol, and the co-editor Garber. Seemed very much in keeping with the collective ethos of the film.
Olivia Rodrigo's new album GUTS. Particularly all-american bitch and get him back!.
Spotify's new secret "Daylist" playlist. Search for "Daylist" and you'll see.
Things I Have Learnt
If two people have had a baby together they cannot donate an organ to each other.
There is a network of muon detectors underneath Tokyo Bay in a road tunnel which measures the height of the water above by looking at the changing absorption and scattering of cosmic muons.
The B-52 could rotate its landing gear assemblies for easier crab landings.
You can buy 23 billion litres of helium from the US government if you want.
More than 20% of the world's surface freshwater is in Lake Baikal in Siberia.
We're not sure why part of the coast of Deception Island is so straight.
Michael Crichton was three inches taller than Michael Jordan.
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