# couch 5k (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 3 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover couch 5k. Page: Feed: --- ## [Phones should do less](https://www.1thingaweek.com/460/phones-should-do-less) _2026-08-21 · Charanjit Chana · 1 Thing A Week_ Every holiday we take, I take my DSLR and use it sparingly. It goes nearly everywhere with us, but comes out as a compliment to our phones. My DSLR is over a decade old, a Canon 700D that I usually pair with a prime lens. Either my 50mm f/1.8 or 24mm f/2.8 lens. Sometimes with a telephoto lens. I never use the 18-55mm kit lens. The photos always have more character than those taken on my phone. So… ## [Seizing the Means of Listening](https://douglasireland.com/seizing-the-means-of-listening/) _2026-08-20 · Douglas Ireland · Douglas Ireland_ A few weeks ago I cancelled Tidal. This is everything I built instead, on a server that answers to nobody but me. ## [Holiday round ups on social media](https://www.1thingaweek.com/459/holiday-round-ups-social-media) _2026-08-16 · Charanjit Chana · 1 Thing A Week_ I don't post often on Instagram, but I've made a habit of posting a gallery of photos from our holidays . I'm trying to get a specific hashtag going but Instagram are making their platform worse by the day so it's hard to bring them together in a meaningful way. If I find one, I'll update with a direct link. We just got back from Barcelona , it wasn't exactly relaxing but it was a great time away… ## [In the Automatic Promotion Zone](https://douglasireland.com/in-the-automatic-promotion-zone/) _2026-08-15 · Douglas Ireland · Douglas Ireland_ Two nil, Kavanagh twice, and a league table I intend to look at every single day this week. ## [Here We Go Again](https://douglasireland.com/here-we-go-again/) _2026-08-15 · Douglas Ireland · Douglas Ireland_ Oldham open the EFL season live on the telly, and for now everything is still possible. ## [Bellahouston 10K plan](https://douglasireland.com/bellahouston-10k-plan/) _2026-08-15 · Douglas Ireland · Douglas Ireland_ Couch to 5K is finished, two months after I started it, and the Bellahouston 10K is a week on Saturday. Which leaves one taper week, one long run that matters, and a plan for running further than I ever have. Nine minutes running, one minute walking, repeated until the finish. Here is the whole thing written down. ## [A Race I’m Not Ready For](https://douglasireland.com/a-race-im-not-ready-for/) _2026-08-07 · Douglas Ireland · Douglas Ireland_ Stephanie talked me into signing up for the Bellahouston Park 10K, on the 22nd of August, right as I finish Couch to 5K. Her reasoning: I won't run it well, but that's exactly why it's useful. A number now, however rough, is something to measure everything else against by the time I stand on the Paisley 10K start line next summer. ## [Naomi Alderman's Couch to 5k for reading](https://mattharwood.com/2026/08/05/naomi-aldermans-couch-to-k.html) _2026-08-05 · Matt Harwood_ Naomi Alderman spent a fantastic hour on the You and Yours programme yesterday, talking about her new idea (and trial of) a “Couch to 5k esque” plan to help get back in to reading, in the age of distraction. I highly recommend taking a look at Naomi’s great introductory post : First of all, this program, as I’m conceiving it today, is essentially intended for people who have… ## [Seizing the Means of Computation](https://douglasireland.com/seizing-the-means-of-computation/) _2026-08-04 · Douglas Ireland · Douglas Ireland_ I have spent three years arguing that automation taking work away from us is a reason to want it rather than a reason to fear it. I still think that. But almost every objection worth answering comes from the left, and working through them one at a time has landed me somewhere more specific than enthusiasm: the technology is not the question, ownership and permission are. Including the part where I… ## [Revolutionary Workout](https://mattharwood.com/2026/08/04/revolutionary-workout.html) _2026-08-04 · Matt Harwood_ ## [Ask the crowd: AI or not (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/eZKtxpQn90gu) _2026-08-04 · **Sponsored**_ Get a transparent verdict from verified humans via web, RSS, or API. ## [Beyond Couch to 5K](https://www.1thingaweek.com/458/beyond-couch-to-5k) _2026-08-03 · Charanjit Chana · 1 Thing A Week_ I found Couch to 5K an unbelievably good way to start pushing myself when it comes to exercise. I've used an exercise bike and often gone for long walks, but they're all very comfortable in comparison to running. The program is really good and I'm now a massive advocate of the whole thing. I did try continuing with the graduation programs but found that the app would crash meaning I lost audio… ## [(untitled)](https://mattharwood.com/2026/08/02/lead-by-thought.html) _2026-08-02 · Matt Harwood_ Lead by thought ## [A Bonus 5K at Linwood](https://douglasireland.com/a-bonus-5k-at-linwood/) _2026-08-01 · Douglas Ireland · Douglas Ireland_ I wasn't there to race anyone. I was just curious whether the training was actually going anywhere. Turns out it is. ## [Small Mercies](https://douglasireland.com/small-mercies/) _2026-07-31 · Douglas Ireland · Douglas Ireland_ A throwaway line in Pulp Fiction about finding your food waiting for you when you get back from the bathroom. On why noticing small good things is a skill rather than a mood, and why it is not the same thing as being told to count your blessings. ## [What's your earliest internet memory?](https://mattharwood.com/2026/07/31/whats-your-earliest-internet-memory.html) _2026-07-31 · Matt Harwood_ I came across an article from the Library of Congress where they asked attendees at a conference what their earliest memory of the internet is. I love this! I can’t be entirely sure it’s the earliest , but very, very early on I remember a friend helping me create a Hotmail account, and being utterly terrified for a few months that a huge bill was coming for my Mum. I had no concept of… ## [Please Use AI](https://www.1thingaweek.com/notable/d2e) _2026-07-30 · Charanjit Chana · 1 Thing A Week_ Please Use AI on shawnsmucker.substack.com Well worth a read, it made me stop to think for a minute how this looked in my own life. Shameless plug for Waylist , but part of the reason it exists was to be able to share my own experiences in other countries with others. The Gallery in Waylist started as curated list of locations that I've visited and the locations I sought out to visit while there.… ## [Green reps deserve legal backing](https://douglasireland.com/green-reps-deserve-legal-backing/) _2026-07-30 · Douglas Ireland · Douglas Ireland_ Health and safety reps have had legal standing since 1977. Equality reps get theirs this October. Green reps have nothing, and a net zero target with no plan behind it is just a press release. ## [Kare Burosu at Wagamama, Silverburn](https://douglasireland.com/kare-burosu-at-wagamama-silverburn/) _2026-07-29 · Douglas Ireland · Douglas Ireland_ A bowl of plant based udon at Wagamama in Silverburn, a note on why an RSS feed beats an algorithm, and how Stephanie's chillies ended up in my broth. ## [One more notes app](https://mattharwood.com/2026/07/29/one-more-notes-app.html) _2026-07-29 · Matt Harwood_ Finding a process that works for you should come before finding tools. Start with what you need. Tools come with their way of working. Understand the way it works, and what works for you , before thinking you’ve found the tool that will change your life. At least, that’s what I try and remember 😁 ## [Excerpts From a Life](https://douglasireland.com/excerpts-from-a-life/) _2026-07-28 · Douglas Ireland · Douglas Ireland_ I spent a few evenings adding excerpts to years-old posts and accidentally read my own life back in fast-forward. On running threads, hospital wards, a screaming modem, and why the archive, not the audience, is the best reason to keep a blog. ## [Stream Torrents & IPTV Instantly (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/3boA8qAc332J) _2026-07-28 · **Sponsored**_ Search magnet links and stream movies, music, books, and live TV in-browser ## [Waylist and Tixato will be going on sale](https://www.1thingaweek.com/457/waylist-tixato-going-on-sale-2026) _2026-07-27 · Charanjit Chana · 1 Thing A Week_ Waylist has been priced at $1.99 since launch but will be going on sale on the 28th–31st July as part of Indie App Sales . Tixato also joins the sale by going free for the duration of the Indie App Sales promotion. You'll be able to get Waylist for 99¢ (50% off) during that time and it will return to it's normal price afterwards. Tixato has just become a paid game, but will be on sale and be free… ## [Less Internet for Matt: Week One](https://mattharwood.com/2026/07/25/less-internet-for-matt-week.html) _2026-07-25 · Matt Harwood_ Week one of focusing on not being sucked-in to the internet as much has gone well. I’ve thought about writers and video authors that I respect, and either do - or want to - read everything they write. A short list that it takes a lot to get an entry on to. I have then added these, and only these, to Reeder which gives me a single, gorgeous space to keep up to date with the ideas and topics that… ## [Understanding large values: It's our ethical duty](https://www.1thingaweek.com/notable/d2d) _2026-07-24 · Charanjit Chana · 1 Thing A Week_ Understanding large values: It's our ethical duty on not-ship.com ## [Five moments in snapping history](https://www.1thingaweek.com/notable/d2c) _2026-07-21 · Charanjit Chana · 1 Thing A Week_ Five moments in snapping history on unsung.aresluna.org I had no idea finder could snap to file and folder name lengths! ## [This Is Not The Computer For You](https://www.1thingaweek.com/notable/d2b) _2026-07-20 · Charanjit Chana · 1 Thing A Week_ This Is Not The Computer For You on samhenri.gold A great look at the MacBook Neo and what it might inspire in those that use one. If I hadn't started with Swift Playgrounds on my iPad mini then there's a good chance I wouldn't have launched 1 app , let alone 3. Use what you have, try your best, be inspired and push whatever you have to it's limits. You'll be surprised with what you can achieve… ## [Spain win the 2026 World Cup](https://www.1thingaweek.com/456/spain-win-2026-world-cup) _2026-07-20 · Charanjit Chana · 1 Thing A Week_ What I don't understand about the World Cup final yesterday is the Argentina have, probably, the best player to play the game and their entire approach in the last two games at least has been to bully the opposition. Against England, they were awful. Against Spain they were even worse. There was sweet justice in Enzo Fernandes being sent off and the Spain goal arriving of the back of a tiny lapse… ## [Courting App Store feedback](https://www.1thingaweek.com/455/courting-app-store-feedback) _2026-07-18 · Charanjit Chana · 1 Thing A Week_ If you've tried any of my apps that are currently in the App Store, it would be great to get some feedback. You can always send me a message on Bluesky or leave a review with some comments which I'll be able to see and reply too. If you haven't tried any yet, then please do give them a go and let me know your thoughts. Waylist is a paid app, so if you'd like to get it for free I do have a very… ## [(untitled)](https://mattharwood.com/2026/07/14/music-produces-the-goods-again.html) _2026-07-14 · Matt Harwood_ 6 Music produces the goods, again. Found this gem of a Mancunian album, with the track “Hitchhikers Guide to The Fallacy” being the one they played this morning 🎵 labrecords.bandcamp.com/album/poe… ## [(untitled)](https://mattharwood.com/2026/07/13/enjoying-the-look-of-dave.html) _2026-07-13 · Matt Harwood_ Enjoying the look of Dave Winer’s new project rss.chat , a social network solely built around RSS and OPML. As simple as it needs to be. Dave talked about it for a few minutes on a podcast . I keep having thoughts around just how many things can be reduced to a “fancy outliner”… ## [(untitled)](https://mattharwood.com/2026/07/13/currently-reading-the-year-of.html) _2026-07-13 · Matt Harwood_ Currently reading: The Year of Less by Cait Flanders 📚 ## [From any door to your door (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/RpccMpbGdJD8) _2026-07-13 · **Sponsored**_ Book rides, errands, deliveries, groceries and home help in one app ## [I'm just as hooked as the rest of them](https://mattharwood.com/2026/07/11/im-just-as-hooked-as.html) _2026-07-11 · Matt Harwood_ I’ve taken a smug pride in not being algorithmically captured, my senses rendered useless scrolling TikTok, or Facebook. Scroll with no headphones on in a public place and I will be instantly enraged. But I think it’s time to finally admit the slight, or indeed large, projection going on here. I might not flick through influencers, but I refresh Hacker News and email habitually (in the literal… ## [Introducing Tixato, a twist on tic-tac-toe](https://www.1thingaweek.com/454/introducing-tixato-twist-tic-tac-toe) _2026-07-08 · Charanjit Chana · 1 Thing A Week_ About a year ago I came up with an idea for a game, it was a simple strategy game where you needed to take control of a board. I prototyped it and had it ready in a matter of hours. But the game play was became repetitive and predictably you would just fall into the pattern of either avoiding your appointment or you'd both counteract each other continuously. Playing noughts and crosses… ## [Custom workouts in Apple Fitness](https://www.1thingaweek.com/453/custom-workouts-apple-fitness) _2026-07-04 · Charanjit Chana · 1 Thing A Week_ It took me a while to figure out that you could actually do it on your phone, because it wasn't obvious I managed to create one on my watch. Creating custom workouts might actually be a super power. I'll share more soon, but having graduated the Couch to 5K program, I've found that the graduation programs crash half way through leaving me coachless. The Apple Fitness workouts aren't perfect, but… ## [From overpowered to appropriately resources](https://www.1thingaweek.com/452/overpowered-appropriately-resourced) _2026-06-26 · Charanjit Chana · 1 Thing A Week_ It doesn't feel like it's been two years, but that's almost how long ago it was when I bought my MacBook Pro . I ... went up a level with RAM. With Apple Intelligence, which may tax the RAM day-to-day, I thought it was best to get the most I could now as it can't be upgraded. I made the right decision and with macOS Golden Gate around the corner, Siri AI is going to be RAM hungry I'm sure. Even… ## [AI Economics for Dummies](https://www.1thingaweek.com/notable/d2a) _2026-06-25 · Charanjit Chana · 1 Thing A Week_ AI Economics for Dummies on mcsweeneys.net ## [Top kits at the 2026 FIFA World Cup](https://www.1thingaweek.com/451/top-kits-2026-fifa-world-cup) _2026-06-20 · Charanjit Chana · 1 Thing A Week_ Now that every team has played their first game at the World Cup, time to announce my favourites. You can also look back at the 2022 and 2018 editions. Overall, I'd say Adidas win with their kits and all my favourites are by the German supplier. Curaçao They may have been hammered by Germany in their first ever World Cup game, but their away kit is a thing of beauty. Adidas claim it's yellow but… ## [I Could've Rickrolled the Entire FIFA World Cup.](https://www.1thingaweek.com/notable/d29) _2026-06-19 · Charanjit Chana · 1 Thing A Week_ I Could've Rickrolled the Entire FIFA World Cup. on bobdahacker.com Amazing story via kottke.org . ## [(untitled)](https://mattharwood.com/2026/06/13/picked-up-cory-doctorows-new.html) _2026-06-13 · Matt Harwood_ Picked up Cory Doctorow’s new book on AI today. Cory’s books are always insta-reads for me. ## [macOS Golden Gate Icon Comparison](https://www.1thingaweek.com/notable/d28) _2026-06-12 · Charanjit Chana · 1 Thing A Week_ macOS Golden Gate Icon Comparison on basicappleguy.com Comprehensive for sure. Tahoe's icons look so washed out compared to the crispness of Golden Gate. Fantastic update across the board and I've already updated the icons for Waylist to take advantage of the new settings available in the Icon Composer beta. ## [What Now? World Cup, the pregame episode](https://www.1thingaweek.com/notable/d27) _2026-06-10 · Charanjit Chana · 1 Thing A Week_ What Now? World Cup, the pregame episode by Trevor Noah on podcasts.apple.com ## [WWDC 26](https://www.1thingaweek.com/450/wwdc-26) _2026-06-10 · Charanjit Chana · 1 Thing A Week_ Platform improvements look like they will give older devices in particular, a new lease of life. Improving speed launch times by 30% is no small feat for a device as old as the iPhone 11 (almost 7 years old). In fact there were over 200 improvements announced. App Icons / Liquid Glass Jump to 09:21 in the keynote. In general, Liquid Glass looks more refined. Just trying the iOS 27 build in Xcode… ## [(untitled)](https://mattharwood.com/2026/06/09/does-anyone-know-if-the.html) _2026-06-09 · Matt Harwood_ Does anyone know if the new Siri will work on iPhones that don’t have Apple Intelligence? (I.e my trusty iPhone 14) ## [(untitled)](https://mattharwood.com/2026/06/09/codesod-driven-development-julien-joined.html) _2026-06-09 · Matt Harwood_ CodeSOD: Driven Development : Julien joined a team which bragged about their use of DDD. Everything they did followed DDD best practices, they said. The fact that they piled up all sorts of related buzzwords when talking about it should have been a red flag. ## [(untitled)](https://mattharwood.com/2026/06/07/from-the-fts-comments-section.html) _2026-06-07 · Matt Harwood_ From the FT’s comments section : Someone once pointed out to me that the Whoop, Aura Ring, Apple Watch etc are the modern day equivalent of the Tamagotchi except that nowadays, we’re the annoying stupid thing we’re trying to keep alive. ## [FIFA World Cup 2026](https://www.1thingaweek.com/449/fifa-world-cup-2026) _2026-06-07 · Charanjit Chana · 1 Thing A Week_ The World Cup is now days away, I had been collating images of the various kits to be worn at the World Cup to continue my tradition of posting my favourites. (See the 2018 and 2022 editions.) After the tournament kicks off, I will post my favourite kits of 2026, but until then I wanted to pick out some teams I'll be rooting for. There are 48 to pick from and it would be rude to follow just one… ## [(untitled)](https://mattharwood.com/2026/06/06/hidden-vegan-gem-cooked-breakfast.html) _2026-06-06 · Matt Harwood_ Hidden vegan gem: cooked breakfast in Wetherspoons, £3.09 👀 ## [(untitled)](https://mattharwood.com/2026/06/05/watched-monsieur-spade-se-episode.html) _2026-06-05 · Matt Harwood_ Watched: Monsieur Spade S1E2, Episode 2 🍿 This is turning in to a great show. Noir-esque atmosphere and pace, calming and intriguing. Recommended (Channel 4 app) ## [(untitled)](https://mattharwood.com/2026/05/31/help-any-idea-why-this.html) _2026-05-31 · Matt Harwood_ . @help Any idea why this might be happing in Inkwell (web) please? It happens with all the feeds mentioned here: www.macsparky.com/rss-2/ ## [Mutation Testing with Stryker](https://mattharwood.com/2026/05/29/mutation-testing-with-stryker.html) _2026-05-29 · Matt Harwood_ For me, testing has two main purposes: To prove what I’ve just added works To make sure it still works when someone changes something in the future Okay, there’s definitely more benefits to testing than this - but these, for me, are fundamental. Mutation testing helps with the second one. If changes are made to the codebase, tests should fail. If they don’t, you likely have missing tests. I use… ## [(untitled)](https://mattharwood.com/2026/05/28/finished-reading-meltdown-by-duncan.html) _2026-05-28 · Matt Harwood_ Finished reading: Meltdown by Duncan Mavin 📚 A pretty exciting read - the story of Credit Suisse’s demise. Quite an obvious basket case in hindsight!