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Halfman-newsletter.063–2026–03 Hello friends, and apologies in advance. You can subscribe here and unsubscribe there . Please join me on another fun-filled instalment of the Halfman newsletter. I’ll be your host Jim: disgruntled designer, closet hesher and otherwise nice guy who likes pints,
Love chess, but just not cutting it with excitement? The pace and plodding strategy too slow for your extreme sports lifestyle? Not enough risk and chance? When you’re done bungee jumping or slamming that Red Bull and would love to play but it’s just not happening,
You may be scratching your head and wondering what you should be doing, listening to, reading, experiencing and otherwise centring your life around. Because of my undying love for you Dear Reader, I’ve done the hard work for you. “Shook Ones” requires no explanation, especially if
Hello friends, and apologies in advance for whatever ensues forthwith. You can subscribe here for free, and unsubscribe there which will cost you millions and potentially your life. I’m Jim, designer of sorts, closet hesher, inadvertent writer and this is my missive of compassion, vulnerability and whatever else
I was trying to do some sort of thing that was not my real job job like everyone else in London at the time. Today it would be called a hustle, a calling, a passion, a life’s whatever. A thing you do when you don’t want
This is the Halfman blog/newsletter/mistake monthly Top 10 in an email all by itself. This is where I rate all manner of things that have been reconnoitred, chanced upon, ascertained, judged willy-nilly and blundered into over the past month that you should know about at all costs.
Hello friends, and apologies in advance for whatever this thing is. You can subscribe here for free, and unsubscribe there which will hasten global warming by 20 years. I’m Jim, designer of sorts, closet hesher, inadvertent writer and this is my missive to you. You may be asking
“ 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. In any case, nothing happens. They drive around,
It seemed reasonable enough as a way to own a North Atlantic island or a donut. Whoever reaches it first. And you know, the medieval boat races being what they are and swords being all over the place. But you just can’t let those bastards win can you?
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. So grab that coffee, that cake your coworker just offered you and bask in that
It started innocently enough. It usually does. I get an email from Turkish Airlines every couple of years. I have miles, a pitiful amount of miles compared to most, but goddamnit, they are my miles and I will not lose them come hell or high water. I then go on
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. Deconstructing big box stores is easily the most punk rock
Halfman-Newsletter.060–2025Nov Halfman is a failed company and fake creative studio run by me, Jim, your host for this newsletter. I don’t know what this is. But I make it every damn month for you Dear Reader, because you rule and you need this. Forward
Web Archives extension - You know pay walls right? That last desperate grab to try to get people to pay for internets about two decades too late? Remember? Many you can get around by copying the URL and pasting it to archive.is or Internet Archive or wherever which gives you
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. However, when I watch “ Alone ” or any