Interesting Links This Week - 2025 W26

Gray

27 Jun 2025 • 3 min read

Let's see if I can get into the habit of making this a regular thing, shall we?

Here are a few things that have caught my attention this week.

How anyone could type out some of those paragraphs and not have a "holy shit, this is horrific" moment, is beyond me. And then, that one lone comment at the bottom about not being a criminal, so track away.

I'm a pretty light sleeper, and get through numerous silicone earplugs. Which isn't great. I actually discovered this company because of something on a motorbike channel, and noticed they did sleep specific ones.

They may seem expensive, but when you have to buy decent quality earplugs throughout the year, it adds up to that total pretty quickly. I'm going to investigate my options here.

An Apple Shortcut that comes up with ideas based on certain categories. Could be fun to try.

I've always fancied having a rowing machine, but my home gym is certainly starting to get a little cramped. Being able to take my bike off the trainer and then use it as a rowing machine is a fantastic idea. I'll be keeping an eye on this.

A lovely summary of a morning walk from Kev. Being in Wales also, some of mine can be very similar. Even down to the distance.

This was a fantastically entertaining video, with some parts hitting pretty hard. There are some people in my life that still don't get what effect things have on me. "Everything is a threat" is a pretty good summary.

I've been a member on the Neowin forums since 2006. Likely even before that because I remember them changing over their forum software. I don't visit as often as I used to, but I do miss that forum style interaction.

Anyway, I've been watching this thread with interest. It's astonishing how shitty these scrapers are.

Some of these are great. And you will never find me disappearing down a random aisle to avoid an unwanted social interaction because I spotted you from the other side of the shop. Honest …