Chris Bevan Archive

Recent articles

Making The Royal Tenenbaums ▶︎

Excerpt from the new book “The Wes Anderson Collection” by Matt Zoller Seitz.

Trying Bullet Journal ▶︎

“Bullet journal is for those who feel there are few platforms as powerful as the blank paper page. It’s an analog system for the digital age that will help you organize the present, record the past, and plan for the future.”

Yep. I’m testing this one out. (Read more)

The most highbrow jokes in the world ▶︎

My fave:

A Roman walks into a bar, holds up two fingers, and says: “Five beers, please.”

Rose, four months

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Make It Count by Casey Neistat ▶︎

Just do it?

Ferrari 512 BBi is a piece of art ▶︎

The garage is the lounge, the lounge is the garage.

Homeward bound

Rose Elizabeth, born 6th Feb 2013.

Heading home from the hospital with Mum & Dad.

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WD-40 won '95 Le Mans for McLaren ▶︎

How McLaren’s first tilt at Le Mans in ‘95 was saved by some judicious use of WD-40.

1972 BMW 2002tii

A project. Very original – just needs some TLC.

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Recent reads

Some books I’ve recently read, in no particular order:

Discardia: More Life, Less Stuff by Dinah Sanders (iBook)
ReWork by Jason Fried & David Heinemeier Hansson (iBook)
Steve Jobs: The Exclusive Biography by Walter Isaacson (iBook)
The 4-Hour Work Week by Timothy Ferris (iBook)

There’s a common ‘productivity’ and ‘less is more’ theme through all of these. Seems to be working out for me, feeling much better on low information diet, making sure I get as much fresh air as possible and culling a tonne of stuff at home.

Really getting a kick out of reading on my Kindle and more recently on that bigger iPhone screen, looking forward to seeing what Apple ends up releasing tomorrow morning.

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