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Halfman-newsletter.063–2026–03 Hello friends, and apologies in advance.

Love chess, but just not cutting it with excitement?

You may be scratching your head and wondering what you should be doing, listening to, reading, experiencing and otherwise centring your life around.

Hello friends, and apologies in advance for whatever ensues forthwith.

I was trying to do some sort of thing that was not my real job job like everyone else in London at the time.

This is the Halfman blog/newsletter/mistake monthly Top 10 in an email all by itself.

Hello friends, and apologies in advance for whatever this thing is.

“End of the Tour” - There is a non-trivial chance that you may need to be a fan of David Foster Wallace to enjoy this, but the dialogue is so spot on, well because it comes from interviews with him.

It seemed reasonable enough as a way to own a North Atlantic island or a donut.

The holiday season has come and gone and here I sludge and slop through the slush of winter with this gift to you of random which will take a mere five minutes of your life.

It started innocently enough.

Architect James Wines on “nature’s revenge” - “I never thought about a building before,” is the greatest compliment I think an architect can get from a person and this guy’s work does this.

Halfman-Newsletter.060–2025Nov Halfman is a failed company and fake creative studio run by me, Jim, your host for this newsletter.

Web Archives extension - You know pay walls right?

If there is one thing I’m pretty sure would kill me, it would be to spend weeks having to survive with just my wits and a few elementary tools in the Alaskan wilderness as the Arctic winter sweeps in.