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# Stuff #68 - Penpals, Lines and Sweardles
- URL: https://www.mattrutherford.co.uk/stuff-68/
- Published: 2022-01-16T15:00:16.000Z
- Updated: 2022-03-07T08:48:52.000Z
- Author: Matt
- Tags: Newsletter

Welcome to a new week. I’ve made a couple of changes to the content below including a new ‘bit of stuff’ called ‘TWIL’ - this week I learned, where I’ll include an interesting fact for the week.

Onwards with the Stuff that MattR’s this week…

1. **Monday Motivation** : [One hundred ways to slightly improve your life](https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2022/jan/01/marginal-gains-100-ways-to-improve-your-life-without-really-trying?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk), without too much trouble. #13 will serve you well at work today, and try to do #94 at least three times this week. You’ll thank me for it.
2. **Add to your toolbox** : One of the best books I’ve read in recent years, Atomic Habits. [However, if you don’t have time to read the whole book - hack your life with this excellent summary.](https://www.chrisbehan.ca/posts/atomic-habits?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk)
3. **Family, friends, colleagues or teams :** There is always a difficult conversation to be had, [here’s the guide you need to tackle the elephant in the room.](https://blog.ed.ted.com/2020/02/03/3-steps-to-having-difficult-conversations/?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk)
4. **It looks like we’ll be remote working for a while :** Here are [10 questions to find out if you are getting the most out of WFH. ](https://marissagoldberg.medium.com/10-questions-to-find-out-if-youre-taking-full-advantage-of-the-benefits-of-remote-work-e1c4ba5e4149?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk)(The answer is probably no!)
5. **TWIL** : [No one has ever measured the speed of light](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTn6Ewhb27k&ref=mattrutherford.co.uk)
6. **Get a penpal :** [Slowly (app) is a super clever way of meeting new people on the internet](https://slowly.app/en/?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk) \- even delaying the arrival of a message as if it were sent by post.
7. **More tech for good** : Google Arts and Culture have knocked out of the park with [this incredible guide to Electronic Music.](https://artsandculture.google.com/project/music-makers-and-machines?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk) It features all the clubs, DJ’s and bands that have made such a vibrant global culture, [there is even an archive of 6000+ club flyers.](https://artsandculture.google.com/search/asset?project=club-flyers&ref=mattrutherford.co.uk)
8. **Lives by lines :** every so often I remember [this lovely piece of art](https://www.instagram.com/p/CKeZJYwlPhD/?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk) which shows how lives can be intertwined in the form of graphics. [The whole Insta account is worth following as well.](https://www.instagram.com/drawingolive/?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk)
9. **More words :** A lot of people seem to have picked up on [Wordle](https://www.powerlanguage.co.uk/wordle/?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk) (which I mentioned [last week](https://mattrutherford.co.uk/campaigns/view-campaign/p7tSh5kFovu4wQrzJ1Sw2mw5aPs%5FQXOLlF5RxNYfY9aUA2BlVYW0AZi08ra6SlR7GPi1xip174AOZ7LE0y7SLo%5FOk4K9QWfV?ss%5Fsource=sscampaigns&ss%5Fcampaign%5Fid=61dafd3c859eb82bf0f218d5&ss%5Femail%5Fid=61dbc7deb09f7d3f9ad02fe9&ss%5Fcampaign%5Fname=Stuff+%2368+-+Penpals%2C+Lines+and+Sweardles&ss%5Fcampaign%5Fsent%5Fdate=2022-01-10T05%3A45%3A27Z&ref=mattrutherford.co.uk)) - [here’s a really sweary version which won’t be quite as viral](https://sweardle.glitch.me/?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk), but it is quite funny.
10. **Finally** : [Paint him Blue.](http://blue.eastsidelag.com/?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk) I apologise in advance for the earworm.

**My aural gift for you** this week a lovely collection of albums from [Erland Cooper](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gawain%5FErland%5FCooper?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk) who is a composer from Orkney and makes music with an ambient, electronic and sometimes classical sound. I absolutely love his albums, and the ambient ones have been compiled into this single playlist.