Scott Manson's book 'End-to-End' recounts his 18,295 kilometres, 35-day train journey from Portugal to Vietnam in 2019. He describes people met, landscapes, food, challenges, and how Covid later made the route impossible.
Number Station 44. At the end of the dial, the numbers never lie.
Douglas Murray wrote On Democracies and Death Cults. He looks at the fight between Israel and Hamas. Murray calls it a clash between a free country and a group that loves death.
Monthly update 428 • December 2025 • 2025-12-01 - 2025-12-31
Today it snowed again, and it stayed on the ground. This does not happen often in the Netherlands any more. I love snow. I always have, and I always will.
3 goals this year, lose weight, start dating, start a business
Reflection on the year 2025, checking progress of the goals, and some numbers.
Swift Concurrency can feel like a lot of concepts: async/await, Task, actors, MainActor, Sendable, isolation domains. But there's really just one idea at the center of it all: isolation is inherited by default.
The Holy Bible is the word of God given to men over many centuries. Christians turn to it for guidance in life, comfort in pain, strength in trials, and hope for eternity. It shows God's plan from the beginning to the end.
The Book of Revelation is the last book of the Bible, written by the apostle John around 95 AD while exiled on Patmos. God gave him visions of the future, judgement on evil, and the final victory of Jesus Christ.
Merry Christmas to all. Let us recall what this day truly means. Christmas marks the birth of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.
Dax's 2024 release, direct and personal writing over steady beats. I found it some years after it appeared and was glad I did.
A /top4 page is a personal webpage where you can share your definitive ranked list of your top 3 favourites and an honourable mention.
H.G. Wells’s The Time Machine tells of an inventor who builds a device to travel through time. He goes far into the future, to the year 802701 AD, where he finds humans split into two kinds: the gentle Eloi who live above ground and the brutal Morlocks who dwell below.
The Letter of Jude is a short, urgent warning from Jude, brother of James and Jesus, written around 65–80 AD. He fights false teachers who crept into the church, twisted grace into licence for sin, and denied Christ’s authority.
The Third Letter of John is a very short personal note from the apostle John, written around 85–95 AD, to his friend Gaius. John praises Gaius for his faithfulness and hospitality to travelling teachers.
The Second Letter of John is a short note from the apostle John, written around 85–95 AD, to a chosen lady and her children, likely a church and its members.
The First Letter of John was written by the apostle John around 85–95 AD to churches he knew well. He fights false teachers who denied Jesus came in the flesh and lived without concern for sin.
C.S. Lewis’s The Screwtape Letters takes the form of letters from a senior demon, Screwtape, to his nephew Wormwood, a junior tempter.
The Second Letter of Peter was written by the apostle Peter near the end of his life, around 65–68 AD. He warns against false teachers who deny Christ’s return and live in sin.
The First Letter of Peter was written by the apostle Peter around 60–64 AD to Christians scattered across Asia Minor who faced suffering for their faith.
Comer, a pastor who faced burnout himself, looks at Jesus’ calm way of living as the answer. He explains how hurry kills joy, harms relationships, and blocks spiritual growth in a world full of phones and busy plans.
The Letter of James, written by Jesus’ brother James around 45–50 AD, is full of practical wisdom for Christians. It deals with trials, temptation, favouritism, controlling the tongue, and fights among believers.
The Letter to the Hebrews, written around 60–70 AD, speaks to Jewish Christians tempted to turn back to old ways. The unknown writer shows Jesus is better than angels, Moses, priests, and sacrifices.
Gillian Flynn’s Gone Girl follows Nick Dunne, who reports his wife Amy missing on their fifth wedding anniversary. As police investigate, clues point to Nick as a suspect, while Amy’s diary reveals a troubled marriage.