Mathew Packer

  • Just spent a couple of hours taking stock of the subscriptions we have for streaming services, web services, and a bunch of apps, then roughly worked out the value / use we get out of them…and then promptly killed off 8 subs, saving $800+ a year. What the actual! 🤯

  • 🏋️‍♂️ First session of the year with the Exercise Physiologist went well, set new targets for the year with an eye on improving my golf game, particularly core strength and recovery aspects. Felt good and strong during the workout, off to a solid start!

  • ⛳️ With the [first match](https://tglgolf.com/match/2025/1) being played in the TGL this coming week, I’m interested to see how it’s received by the general sports fan, especially considering how _traditional_ a sport golf still is. We’ve not had a disruption in competitive golf, LIV was aimed at the PGA’s dominance, not golf itself.

  • ⚽️ Disappointing result for The Arsenal this morning.

  • 📺 Favourite TV shows from 2024

    There’s were plenty of good TV shows released last year, here’s a list of my favourites in no particular order;

    [Shōgun](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2788316/)

    > When a mysterious European ship is found marooned in a nearby Japanese fishing village, Lord Yoshii Toranaga discovers secrets that could tip the scales of power and devastate his enemies.

    [The Penguin](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt15435876/)

    > Following the events of The Batman (2022), Oz Cobb, a.k.a. the Penguin, makes a play to seize the reins of the crime world in Gotham.

    [Secret Level](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt33204697/)

    > Original stories set within the worlds of iconic video games are featured in this animated anthology series.

    [Black Doves](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt27995113/)

    > Helen embarks on a passionate affair with a man who has no idea what her secret identity is.

    [The Day of The Jackal](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt24053860/)

    > The Jackal is an elusive assassin who makes his living carrying out hits for the highest fee.

    [Slow Horses](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5875444/) – Season 2

    > Follows a team of British intelligence agents who serve as a dumping ground department of MI5 due to their career-ending mistakes.

    [Hysteria](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt21493708/)

    > Follows a struggling high school heavy metal band of outcasts who use the town’s sudden interest in the occult to start a reputation as a Satanic metal band, until a strange series of events triggers a witch hunt that leads back to them.

    Honourable mentions go to [Fake](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt29120226/), [Creature Commandos](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt26545355/), [The Agency](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt26656917/), [Twilight Of The Gods](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5875444/), [Landman](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14186672/) and [The Second Best Hospital in the Galaxy](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11828386/).

    For reference, here’s [a list of the TV shows released in 2024](https://www.imdb.com/search/title/?title_type=tv_series&release_date=2024-01-01,2024-12-31&sort=release_date,asc) on IMDB.

  • 🎥 Watching: [Mad Max: Fury Road](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1392190/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk)

    > In a post-apocalyptic wasteland, a woman rebels against a tyrannical ruler in search for her homeland with the aid of a group of female prisoners, a psychotic worshipper and a drifter named Max.

    💀

  • Have been fairly busy today, just ticking off chores around the house and yard, trying to keep the momentum going.

  • ⚽️ And the first win for the calendar year in the Premier League goes to the Arsenal! 💪

  • > Use Apple Shortcuts to publish a copied blockquote, with or without commentary, to Micro.blog

    Testing out the share sheet after deleting and re-installing micro.blog iOS

  • 🎥 Watched: [Longlegs (2024)](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt23468450/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk)

    > FBI Agent Lee Harker is a gifted new recruit assigned to the unsolved case of an elusive serial killer. As the case takes complex turns, unearthing evidence of the occult, Harker discovers a personal connection to the merciless killer and must race against time to stop him before he claims the lives of another innocent family.

    Kinda meh, despite Nicholas Cage being quite creepy as the killer. 2/5