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  1. My 2018

    Some things I watched and read and heard and did in 2018.

  2. Mysterious algorithms

    From ‘Money Stuff’, on how algorithms in the markets go a bit wonky, not because they’re mysterious, but because humans don’t give them enough information.

  3. Stay vs Remain

    On the etymological differences between the wordings of the Brexit options.

  4. ‘Justified’ season three

    We are still enjoying it. Lots of fun.

  5. ‘The Sinner’

    Season one. Lots of flashbacks and squinting.

  6. ‘Roma’

    By Alfonso Cuarón.

  7. ‘The Heart is a Lonely Hunter’

    I enjoyed Carson McCullers’ novel.

  8. Some movies

    Widows, Disobedience and Sorry to Bother You.

  9. The Mace Wielder’s Regenerations

    It’s nice to see a new regeneration of the Mace Wielder.

  10. Thomas’s hotels

    On the BBC’s A Hotel for the Super Rich & Famous, the second season of Thomas Kochs’ Fancy Hotels.

  11. Marzipan mince pie recipe

    At Christmas I often make some mince pies and I always use the same recipe because it seems to work. It has a lemony pastry and bonus marzipan.

  12. The People’s Front of Consumer Financial Protection

    Moving two words in an agency name potentially costing industry $300 million.

  13. Knowing one thing in depth…

    A quote by Mike Johnston.

  14. Search forms

    What are the best, most accessible ways to make website search forms? I tried to find out. Here are some examples.

  15. Your letter transitions

    On how odd post boxes, bank branches and public libraries will seem.

  16. IDLES

    No weeknotes because I had a cold. But I listened to IDLES and they’re good.

  17. w/e 25 November 2018

    An LRB letter, Portlandia season one, and Red Dead Redemption 2.

  18. w/e 18 November 2018

    Fightmilk, Bad Moves and The Beths; Wagtail and Django; and ‘Wildlife’.

  19. w/e 11 November 2018

    Art Brut; ‘Treme’; ‘The Bisexual’; and ‘Red Dead Redemption 2’.

  20. w/e 4 November 2018

    Anthony Beevor’s ‘The Second World War’ and ‘Red Dead Redemption 2’.

  21. Lots of charts

    I’ve added a couple of pages of bar charts to the site.

  22. w/e 28 October 2018

    Anni Albers at Tate Modern; ‘No Offence’; ‘Vanity Fair’; ‘Cold War’; and Ask MetaFilter highlights.

  23. w/e 21 October 2018

    Money Stuff and weeknotes.

  24. w/e 14 October 2018

    ‘Can You Feel It’ and some re-discovered house music; ‘A Star is Born’, ‘Phonogram: The Singles Club’; an acting class; ‘Killing Eve’; and Mark Kozelek at Union Chapel.

  25. w/e 7 October 2018

    The internet; ‘Wired’ is 25; Phoebe Bridgers and Mark Kozelek; ‘Beast’ by Paul Kingsnorth; Salon Collective’s showcase; and Docker.