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133 - On the Subject of Watching People Play Games 🎮👀

April 6, 2022

Hey there, ! Niche content once again - I was going to write this in defence of one of the things I do (watch games on YouTube - it’s like 98% of the content...

132 - Pasta Tier List 🍝🍝

March 30, 2022

Hey there, ! By the time this comes out I should be down in Hobart having a bit of a R&R with family - hope you get some time to do so in the next weeks or...

131 - Memory Lane (literally) 💭🛣️

March 23, 2022

Hey there, ! Big ideas, quick reflections. 1. We've all been watching the Ukraine crisis and hating everything about it (I hope). It's a really shitty...

130 - Fig. 1 🎨

March 16, 2022

or, How I Bought My First Piece Of Art. Figure 1. - These are cancer cells. The stars. Or the universe. That part of you lying awake at night knowing. That...

129 - What's Vince been up to?

March 9, 2022

Hey there, ! How've you been? How are you holding up? Doing well? As I said before - trying a few more personal 'things I've done recently' posts, to mix it...

128 - Brainstorming VIII 🎮🧠

March 2, 2022

Hey there, ! Did you know that ‘128’ in Cantonese is a synonym for ‘keep getting more fortune’? Hope you’re out there gettin’ that BREAD. Previous posts:...

127 - Amazon v Google: Streaming Sticks 📺📋

February 23, 2022

Alternate title: You Won't Believe What Google Did To TV Remotes I recently bought both the Amazon Fire Stick 4K and the Chromecast with Google TV to see...

126 - Influential Book #4 - Wild Magic 😈✨

February 16, 2022

Hey there, ! Another instalment of Vince’s Influential Books - if you want to read any of the previous ones, see below: Influential Book #1: Ender’s Shadow...

125 - Shock Planning ⚡🗺️

February 9, 2022

Hey there, ! Welcome, if you're new! The Chinese Zodiac piece, every year, is my favourite post to write, and it has the highest engagement because it's just...

124 - It's the Year of the Tiger! 🐯🧧

February 2, 2022

Hey there, ! 恭喜發財! Happy Lunar New Year! Once again, a new Lunar Year, a new translation of your Zodiac sign! I'm really enjoying going back and knowing how...

123 - Guardian Angel 👼

January 26, 2022

Hey there, ! Still no sight of the Zodiac book :( May have to give it a miss this year, or I’ll find an alternative source! Anyway, a sillier post today -...

122 - The Tier List Tier List 📋☑️

January 19, 2022

Hey there, ! When traveling through the content mines alone, toiling away with my word pick and carting away the detritus of useless thoughts, I found an...

121 - The Start of 2022 🌱🎉

January 12, 2022

Hey there, - we back. How y'all feeling? 2021 was a stinker, so the break was sorely needed for me. How 'bout you? It's good to rest, recover, reinvigorate...

120 - A Break from another Weird Year 📅

December 22, 2021

Hey there, ! Phew! We all made it! Congrats! What a year it's been. I'm tired, you're tired; let's keep this short and sweet before I go on break for a few...

119 - The Sounds of Genres 🎶📊

December 15, 2021

Hey there, ! My Spotify Wrapped this year is pretty wack. Insights: Didn't think that I would be hype and bold but I put it down to the copious amounts of...

118 - Brainstorming VII

December 8, 2021

Hey there, ! Previous posts: here (initial idea post), here (businesses I want to see that don’t exist yet), here (absurd products bought in pairs) here...

117 - Don't Take Advice 💬❌

December 1, 2021

Hey there, ! 1. I consume self-help and motivational advice type reddit threads, books, articles, podcasts and videos voraciously, hoovering up everything I...

116 - Codenames Math 🔢🎲

November 24, 2021

Hey there, ! How many possible different Codenames games are there? MATH TIME - so skip straight through if you ain’t keen! 1. The Set-Up Codenames is a...

115 - Gaming as a Trend 🎮📈

November 17, 2021

Hey there, gamer ! Last week I wrote about the Metaverse and said I’d write about the rising trend of Gaming as a Trend - so here we go! If you’re not a...

114 - I'm So Meta Even This Acronym ⬅️

November 10, 2021

Hey there, Subscriber.Metadata.First_Name: ! “Did you hear the news? Facebook is dead, long live Meta.“ This isn’t a real quote I just made it up Which I...

113 - Weird things on the web #2 🦗: Cicada 3301

November 4, 2021

Hey there, ! Apologies that this was late - have had internet issues + public holiday so haven’t had the best time to get this out :) However, I love this...

112 - The Status Ladder 👑💯

October 27, 2021

Hey there, ! Long, windy road of a post for you this week - lucky I have a backlog because I’m swamped at the moment :D A thought that has been sloshing...

111 - Going up (and down)! ↕️🏢↕️

October 20, 2021

Hey there, ! It’s nearly the end of lockdown down here in Melbourne - woohoo! There’s no greater feeling than being able to get outta the house again and...

110 - The Cost of Opinion 🗣️💰

October 13, 2021

Hey there, ! I honestly don't know where my brain went with this one. It's borderline self-help article trash, but I wanted to write it to get my thoughts in...

109 - Playing with forms ✍️

October 6, 2021

Hey there, ! Something different - playing with forms! I'm shit at poetry - good luck to me. If you hate poetry, feel free to go here to read other short...

108 - Brainstorming VI 🌏

September 29, 2021

Hey there, ! Previous posts: here (initial idea post), here (businesses I want to see that don’t exist yet), here (absurd products bought in pairs) here...

107 - Albums 💿🎵

September 22, 2021

Hey there, ! More music chatter! I wrote about a few memories about music previously, but this time around, I wanted to do something more specific - memories...

106 - Getting shit done 💪😅

September 15, 2021

Hey there, ! How do you get shit done? Here's the story of how I tried lots of things, kept what was useful, and am currently in a place where I think I have...

105 - What's going on in Vince's world? 🙆🏻‍♂️

September 8, 2021

Hey there, ! I’m all about that low effort easy posting for a bit - so let’s go through some easier stuff - what’s happening in my world? What’s been goin’...

104 - VFC, 2021 Update 🍗

September 1, 2021

Hey there, ! It’s been about 100 posts since my last Vincent’s Fried Chicken list was posted - see VFC nearly 2 years ago. Thought it might be a good idea...

103 - Influential Book #3 - The Science of Discworld 2: The Globe 🐢🌎

August 25, 2021

Hey there, ! Here’s where we do some meta shit and talk about a story about stories. I’m hitting the Terry Pratchett content vein nearly everywhere I go but...

102 - Just me? 🤔

August 18, 2021

Hey there, ! Welcome again - Melbourne's in an extended lockdown once again, and I hope wherever you are, you're staying safe, warm and healthy. Anyway, a...

101 - Vince, the Learner 📚

August 11, 2021

Hey there, ! A collection of thoughts on learning and education in the life of Vince. "Lu-Tze sighed. ‘Y’know, most of what you get taught is lies. It has to...

100 - A Retrospective 💯

August 4, 2021

Hey there, ! ONE. HUNDRED. POSTS. Has time flown or is it just lockdown? The big 100! I think this is one of the only projects I’ve started and continued for...

99 - I am the very model of a modern model-UN-country 🌏

July 28, 2021

Hey there, ! 99th post - so close to the big 100! Please help me fill this out if you can :) > Click here! < Here’s a story of when I realised the power of...

98 - Brainstorming V 💭

July 21, 2021

Hey there, ! We are so very close to the big 100, and yet here I am running out of my backlog during yet another lockdown :D It’s time once again for another...

97 - The Lord of Mars 👑🚀

July 14, 2021

Hey there, ! Finally had my birthday party after many trials and tribulations - what a time: A happy boy with his happy cake :D 📷: Dave Nguyen Anyway...a...

96 - Vince's Gambit ♟️

July 7, 2021

Hey there, ! This is the only ‘games’ related post this year (I checked!)! And it’s only about one game :D (kind of…) 1. I played my first game of chess just...

95 - nudge nudge wink wink 👀😉

June 30, 2021

Hey there, ! By date, this is the 2nd year anniversary of my newsletter. Thank you for being here and letting me monopolise one of the precious inbox slots...

94 - KING POKEMON 👑👾

June 23, 2021

Hey there, ! Gather round, children, and hear the story of King Pokemon, the man who you could have been if you cared enough about Pokemon in the 90’s when...

93 - Cookbooks for Noobs 👨‍🍳👩‍🍳

June 16, 2021

Hey there, ! This one's for the n00b cooks like me, or if you're someone who likes cookbooks (?). If not, jump afterwards - there are some fun links to read...

92 - Influential Book #2: Hogfather 🎅

June 9, 2021

Hey there, ! Influential Book #1: Ender’s Shadow 1. Where does belief come from? I never remember who told me my first ‘nice stories’ about Santa, or the...

91 - Soylent Lasagne 🧃

June 2, 2021

Hey there, ! It’s a weird time, deserving of a weird post. Melbourne is in lockdown once more, and I’ve joined the ISO BIRTHDAY CLUB - a fun day of work...

90 - Predictions ☑️

May 26, 2021

Hey there, ! It's just about to be my birthday (yay me) so I thought it would be fun to make some predictions about where the world / I am gonna be in a...

89 - The Wisdom of the East 🐲

May 19, 2021

Hey there, ! History is a series of lessons passed down over the years, often attained through blood, sweat and tears. These lessons shape a people's culture...

88 - Brainstorming IV 🌙

May 12, 2021

Hey there, ! It’s time for some new brainstorming! Previous posts: here (initial idea post), here (businesses I want to see that don’t exist yet), here...

87 - Weird things on the web 🕸️ #1: NFTs

May 5, 2021

Hey there, ! Heard of NFTs? They’re all the rage at the moment, coming off the back of the crypto-currency hype. It’s become a wonderful examination (at...

86 - SBS OnDemand is really good 🎬

April 28, 2021

Hey there, ! Welcome to a series of short reviews on movies I've watched in the last month or two :D Didn't realise the Oscars were just announced so this is...

84 - They're not just cartoons, they're *stories* 💢

April 21, 2021

Hey there, ! Another one of those meditative reflections on my nerdy interests - skip if you ain’t interested and go to the recommendations section for some...

84 - Vince, the Corrupt Bureaucrat?💰

April 14, 2021

Hey there, ! Another story from the archives (of my brain, not the newsletter). This comes fresh off the back of the Statue of Limitations running out on my...