Hunter S. Thompson - "The Great Shark Hunt"

Collection of essays. Some better than others. Good read.

Robert Jackson Bennett - "Mr Shivers"

Dustbowl years. A bunch of hobo's chase Mr Shivers, who has taken (killed) somebody dear of each of them. Nice. Not as Carnivalesque as I hoped, but a good good read.

Gone Girl (2015)

Great film about revenge-staged-murder-in-marriage story, with a quick pace from the very beginning and a good narration throughout. Quite enjoyed this.

Ben Affleck does a great story, and the oh-I-pretend-to-get-killed-so-my-husband-goes-to-prison girl (and it is suggested she might actually off herself at some point, making her crazy mind's actions even more poignant) is awesome.

The Fisher King (1991?)

Still an amazing film. Great performances by Jeff Bridges and Robin Williams.

Agiman - "Quantum" ("Toolroom Knights (Unmixed Version)")

Strong electronic bleep beat music. Good for coding.

Hrsta - "Hechicero Del Bosque"

Great soundscape with voices.

Mad Max - Fury Road (2015)

Critics loved it, as did the audience. As did I.

It took me a while to get into it. I missed the estranged madness from the original Mad Max. Yes, it was all crazy and Immortal and his War Boys or whatever he was called, was crazy and weird, and Max being "Bloodbag"... but that was all normal weird scifi madness. Only later did it develop into a more gripping film, with Max' craziness subtly creeping through the cracks of the surface.

WW II from a data set point of view

http://www.fallen.io/ww2/

Amazing how a neutrally told story of numbers can affect you. Chilling and beautiful.

Drs P en Willem Duys

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4W-0Fs08Aw

nog beter, een VRT ? belgische uitzending:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YbawHUR8f80

"de vorm is een deel van de inhoud"

"als je de taal verarmt, dan verarm je het denkvermogen van de mensen, en daarmee verarm je het hele leven"

Steven Pinker on language

The man is a wonderful genius.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pn87EqoBb14

but still, he curses the split infinitive!?! Ok, not curses, but damnit Jim, I'm a wordpress article, not a linguistic professor!

night driving soundtrack

When I'm in a Kazinsky mood, this might be a good one:

http://8tracks.com/aarthii/late-night-drive
hm, maybe not. Soon deteriorates into rapping ugliness.

U.N.K.L.E. and The Heritage Orchestra Presents "Variation Of A Theme" Live At The Union Chapel"

• "Cut Me Loose - Redux" - haunting, slow strings.

Bess Winter - "Helena, Montana"

From the Alaska Quarterly, an amazing story about a baby mailed. "It's a parcel" Its diapers need changing. "But isn't that tampering?"

Wow, fucking wow.

The Coral Sea - "Lake and Ocean" (Volcano And Heart)

reminds me of another song whose name I do not know.

Tom Waits - "How's It Gonna End" (Real Gone)

True Tom Waits style. Awesome. Low, grungy.

Anna Calvi - "The Heart Of You" (OST Insurgent)

Hints of Siouxie Sioux's voice in this magnificent song.

fun tech blog posts

http://www.jasq.org/just-another-scala-quant/

Ty Segall & Mikal Cronin - "Reverse Shark Attack" (Reverse Shark Attack)

10 minute long surf awesomeness.

Firewater - "Strange Life"

Good uptempo guitar song.

Jaakko Eino Kalevi - "Ikuinen Purkautumaton" (2015)

Jännite - soft voice over, slow 80s synths, later speeding up. Quite nice, though I cannot say the rest of the album did do a lot for me.