Friday, October 28, 2022

Senses working overtime #390

1 Why we enjoy a good scare (well, not all of us - Jacky Purdy hates getting scared)





Giles Martin talking about Revolver




3 How brands get those crazy names





4A Why Liz Truss only lasted six weeks and 

4B Here's what to know about Rishi Sunak




5 The best sci-fi movies to watch on Netflix




Overtime: Bob Dylan on life

Boy, I hurried… I hurried for a long time. I’m sorry I did. All the time you’re hurrying, you’re not really as aware as you should be. You’re trying to make things happen instead of just letting it happen. You follow me?
 

Friday, October 21, 2022

Senses working overtime #389

1 What happens when AI creates visuals for iconic song lyrics like Mr Blue Sky





2 Coffee vs Tea - the healthiest option is...

Photo by Clay Banks on Unsplash


3 Chess gets hipper, even a little rock and roll




4 Brown noise explained




5  Paul Newman's memoir - how it came out years after he passed away.





Overtime: Knowledge

Wisława Szymborska, poet and recipient of the 1996 Nobel Prize in Literature:

"Any knowledge that doesn't lead to new questions quickly dies out: it fails to maintain the temperature required for sustaining life."

Source: The Poet and the World via James Clear