Every Wednesday I share five things I've liked and think you might like too. Here are this week’s Five Things…

1. Alex Honnold has moved on from mountains to climbing skyscrapers. How he maintains his cool whilst climbing so high without ropes is really incredible. Preparation is everything!

2. I love the idea of self-driving cars. A world where I don't need to own a car or drive myself is a world I'd love to live in! Sadly it sounds like I won't be living in that world any time soon. Solving all the problems to make self-driving cars a reality is really difficult. The latest episode of the Crazy/Genius podcast explores those problems.

3. Talking of cars... How Barcelona is taking city streets back from cars

4. Are you getting enough sleep?

5. Ah, so it is possible to have two songs sound similar and it not result in a lawsuit! — Why Prince Asked for Journey's Blessing Before Releasing 'Purple Rain'

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ps. From next week Five Things will be published on Tuesdays and not Wednesdays! So keep your eyes peeled next Tuesday! 👀

Every Wednesday I share five things I've liked and think you might like too. Here are this week’s Five Things…

1. The story behind the cover of the Strokes' album Is This It.

2. I've often wondered how photo colourisation artists approach colourising old black and white photos. Well, now I know... Lots and lots of research!

3. A potentially handy list of mnemonics. 1 and 6 stand out as being particularly useful... For me at least!

4. Derek Siver's on the work needed to make a change.

5. 🎶 NPR Music's Tiny Desk Concert series featuring the legendary cellist Yo-Yo Ma.

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Every Wednesday I share five things I've liked and think you might like too. Here are this week’s Five Things…

1. I have a new hobby... Watching art restoration videos on Youtube! Don't knock it before you've watched a few of them. These videos of Julian Baumgartner are a good place to start. The care and skill he puts into his work is incredible. I could watch him work for hours!

2. I finished reading Hans Rosling's book Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About The World. I'll be adding my recommendation that you read it to that of Bill Gates and Barack Obama. It's a really great book that'll change how you see the world.

3. Last night I watched Living On One Dollar, a documentary on life below the poverty line in rural Guatemala. I found it moving and humbling. The world is getting better (as Hans Rosling demonstrates in Factfulness) but there is a long way to go. It's crazy that we live in a world where there are people living in mansions whilst others are living in shacks, struggling to survive. The documentary is currently on Netflix (but might not be for much longer).

4. We all have those things that we want to do but never get around to or start and quickly lose steam — be it running, learning a language, going to the gym... Things that are difficult and take sustained effort. Daniel Gross' advice is to fall in love with that thing you what to do. It's worth a read.

5. Ólafur Arnalds has a new album!

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Every Wednesday I share five things I've liked and think you might like too. Here are this week’s Five Things…

1. The shady world of... Rosé?

2. I'm rather enjoying The Verge's Home of the Future series on Youtube. Episode 1 explores the construction and design of modern prefabricated modular homes and episode 2 looks at renewable energy in the home. The solar panels actually look cool, unlike many of those ugly things we see on top of houses at the moment!

3. How what3words are translating addresses into words — "London-based startup what3words has given every location on Earth a three-word English address; now, it’s working to support as many languages as possible so that users worldwide can find any destination in their native tongue."

4. Who'd have thought snapping spaghetti would be so difficult?

5. Everyone wants our attention and unsurprisingly it might be affecting our focus — Finding It Hard to Focus? Maybe It’s Not Your Fault

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Every Wednesday I share five things I've liked and think you might like too. Here are this week’s Five Things…

1. Well that's just cheating! — AI robot arm scans Where's Wally books to find elusive character in seconds

2. Legendary jazz pianist Thelonius Monk's advice for playing with... Thelonius Monk.

3. A handy little website by designer and educator Mitch Goldstein on the purpose of critique and how to critique effectively.

4. Yet another fascinating episode of the After On podcast. This time with David Reich on ancient DNA.

5. An interesting video on how English might sound if it was phonetically consistent.

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