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with words, wonder
17 Dec 11:09 • James' Coffee Blog

Coffee shop

I read The Frugal Gamer’s post “If you were going to open up a shop, what would you sell?” with great joy. Like The Frugal Gamer, I too am bundled up inside bracing the weather. I was hoping to go for a walk but the rain and wind has convinced me to stay inside and instead hu...

with words, wonder
17 Dec 10:51 • James' Coffee Blog

The nicest thing a stranger has done for me

Lou wrote a blog post asking the question “What is the nicest thing a stranger has ever done for you?” I read his blog post and then spent some time thinking about how I would answer. One moment comes to mind. When I was in my late teens, I had gone on a journey to the city ...

Jeremy Cherfas
16 Dec 12:22 • Jeremy Cherfas

Checked into Trattoria Valentino

Jeremy Cherfas
16 Dec 08:57 • Jeremy Cherfas

Weeknotes 25-50 – amble.blog

Daniel Pietzsch
15 Dec 22:05

🎬 The Texas Chain Saw Massacre

Believe it or not, I have not seen this previously. It's relentless. It's uncomfortable. It's horrifying. That was quite the trip, seeing it at the cinema.

Daniel Pietzsch
15 Dec 22:05

🎬 Bad Taste

Well, this was just the right desert after TCM that evening. Bad Taste was one of my earliest splatter/underground movies I've seen. It was great seeing this again after all these years. Splendid splattertainment!

Daniel Pietzsch
15 Dec 21:33

🎬 Berberian Sound Studio

…or The Italian Vegetable Massacre. Toby Jones - which I really didn't know before - is absolutely fantastic. He truly transports how one might feel in such a menacing environment. And the film leaves no doubt it criticises these types of people, and hence the production of ...

jeremycherfas.net
15 Dec 18:02

A Christmassy Bike Ride

Cracking ride yesterday with RuotaLibera, the Rome chapter of FIAB that I belong to. It was billed as a Christmassy ride around the parks of the south of Rome, and it was a blast. The guides had mapped out a great route that had a few exciting moments — roundabouts where you...

with words, wonder
15 Dec 17:06 • James' Coffee Blog

Brainstorming visual search for the web

When I am chatting about a website with friends, sometimes I forget the name of the website. I remember what the site is about, and often remember visual details about the site, too. A few months ago, I described a website that aggregated blogs and also mentioned it had a yel...

with words, wonder
15 Dec 16:36 • James' Coffee Blog

Walking

The sun sets early at this time of year. Now that I think about it, the shortest day of the year is coming soon, after which point, each following day will be longer. Anyway, I went for a walk before the sun set. If I don’t go out now, I’ll have to wait until tomorrow. That m...

Eat This Podcast
15 Dec 15:00

What if I told you that I know exactly how to ensure that the gift you give is exactly what the recipient wants?

https://eatthispodcast.com/give-again

#podcast #nutrition #poverty

Jeremy Cherfas
15 Dec 14:45 • Jeremy Cherfas

New episode: The easiest way to be ...

New episode: The easiest way to be absolutely certain that the gift you give is exactly what the recipient wants.

https://eatthispodcast.com/give-again

with words, wonder
15 Dec 14:34 • James' Coffee Blog

A Lady in Grey

I love thinking about the use of colour in painting. Impressionist paintings never cease to make me smile; their colour illuminates me as it does the places they depict (oh! how wonderful art can be!). I also love paintings that use grey and white, both sparingly and as part ...

with words, wonder
15 Dec 14:24 • James' Coffee Blog

IndieWeb Book Club: Understanding Comics

The IndieWeb Book Club choice for November 2025 was Scott McCloud’s Understanding Comics. I wanted to write a post about this book, but I have lately found myself spending a lot of time reading books rather than writing. My time recently has reminded me of how much I love rea...

with words, wonder
15 Dec 13:57 • James' Coffee Blog

Words and making coffee

Sometimes, I feel pressure to write about more serious topics on my website. Surely I have something I can say! While I do love writing the occasional technical blog post here, thoughts on the future of the web, or ideas on another topic, I sometimes feel a bit stuck when I f...

with words, wonder
15 Dec 13:24 • James' Coffee Blog

IndieWeb Book Club: Non-Designer’s Design Book

This month’s IndieWeb Book Club book, the Non-Designer’s Design Book by Robin Williams, felt like it was written for me. One of my goals this year was to learn more about design, so I was delighted to see this book on the list. Through the book, Williams introduces and detai...

with words, wonder
15 Dec 13:24 • James' Coffee Blog

Music this year

For the last two years, I have posted my Spotify Wrapped updates to my website. I think they serve as much as a reminder to me about what music I was listening to as being potentially interesting to you (I hope, maybe?). This year I moved to Apple Music part-way through the y...

with words, wonder
15 Dec 12:54 • James' Coffee Blog

Cleaning the Artemis database

If you are a user of Artemis, the calm web reader I maintain, you may have noticed that there has been more downtime than usual lately. This is largely because of a difficult database task on which I have been working. If you are not interested in the technical details but a...

@dead.garden - Jo 🪰
14 Dec 22:39

remember when movies were 1h 40min long.... you never know what you have until it's over. why are movies nowadays both 2 and a half hours long but also made for people who don't pay attention to the screen. what sort of hell is this

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14 Dec 02:30 • Marty McGuire

🗓️ The Level Up

The Level Up is an indie improv showcase. Join us as we watch amazing New York indie improv talents gain XP on the Magnet stage, unlock new achievements, and reach new milestones. Or do comedy.

Come support Michael as he dons his hosting-duties cap for three exciting indie teams!

I’ll be playing in with Michael and the rest of the Level Up!

Looking forward to it! And to seeing you there!! (Yes, you. Come on out!!!)

Saturday December 13th, 2025 @ 10:30pm
Magnet Theater
254 West 29th St (btwn 7th and 8th Ave.)
New York City, NY 10001
Tickets $10: https://magnettheater.com/show/tickets/60125

Magnet Theater

https://magnettheater.com/show/tickets/60125