Tune in LIVE at 8pm tonight on ShmuFM for the Playlist Obscura Review of 2022! Nearly 2 hours the best music played this year, culminating in the BVPO Song Of The Year!
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My #veloviewer stats for 2022 are in. Less distance than the year before even though my hours were up because I did more #walking and #swimming and less #cycling on my #ebike Second blog post in a week too - I could make a habit of this. https://nocto.com/2023/01/02/2022-in-veloviewer/

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My #veloviewer stats for 2022 are in. Less distance than the year before even though my hours were up because I did more #walking and #swimming and less #cycling on my #ebike Second blog post in a week too - I could make a habit of this. https://nocto.com/2023/01/02/2022-in-veloviewer/

#ReviewOfTheYear

My favourite graphic novel/comic of the year: https://myfanwytristram.com/2022/12/22/book-of-the-year/ #comics #annelifurmark #graphicnovels #reviewoftheyear #2022inreview

Here are the podcasts that I enjoyed the most in 2022. With links to their landing pages or to Apple Podcasts. Post 2 of 2. Another six are in post 1.

Countdown With Keith Olbermann
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/countdown-with-keith-olbermann/id1633301179

Write Now With Scrivener
https://podcast.scrivenerapp.com

Origin Story
https://www.podmasters.co.uk/origin-story

Accidental Tech Podcast
https://atp.fm

The Rework Podcast
https://37signals.com/podcast/

Under The Radar - Relay FM
https://www.relay.fm/radar

#ReviewOfTheYear #Podcasts

Here are the podcasts that I enjoyed the most in 2022. With links to their landing pages or to Apple Podcasts. Post 1 of 2. Another six are in post 2.

No Such Thing as a Fish
https://www.nosuchthingasafish.com

Station Eleven Podcast
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/station-eleven-the-podcast/id1599190589

Stephen Fry’s All In The Mind
https://www.audible.co.uk/pd/Stephen-Frys-Inside-Your-Mind-Podcast/B09QXFZ5YQ

Jay Rayner Out to Lunch
https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/out-to-lunch-with-jay-rayner/id1455111316

The Curious Cases of Rutherford and Fry
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07dx75g

Sean Carroll’s Mindscape
https://www.preposterousuniverse.com/podcast/

#ReviewOfTheYear #Podcasts

Here are my favourite TV streaming series from 2022, with links to their respective landing pages. Post 2 of 2. Another five are in post 1.

Nine Perfect Strangers - Amazon Prime
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Nine-Perfect-Strangers-Season-1/dp/B09C2MBJQ2

Hollywood - Netflix
https://www.netflix.com/title/81088617

Only Murders in The Building - Disney+
https://www.disneyplus.com/en-gb/series/only-murders-in-the-building/2EfP45PYWY5s

Acapulco - AppleTV+
https://tv.apple.com/gb/show/acapulco/umc.cmc.8xrkg9zywke7g6a9ahmvpr3l

A Storm for Christmas - Netflix
https://www.netflix.com/title/81477804

#ReviewOfTheYear #TV #Streaming

Here are my favourite TV streaming series from 2022, with links to their respective landing pages. Post 1 of 2. Another five are in post 2.

Severance - AppleTV+
https://tv.apple.com/gb/show/severance/umc.cmc.1srk2goyh2q2zdxcx605w8vtx

The Marvelous Mrs Maisel - Amazon Prime
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Marvelous-Mrs-Maisel-Season/dp/B08926CSN2

Pachinko - AppleTV+
https://tv.apple.com/gb/show/pachinko/umc.cmc.17vf6g68dy89kk1l1nnb6min4

The After Party - AppleTV+
https://tv.apple.com/gb/show/the-afterparty/umc.cmc.5wg8cnigwrkfzbdruaufzb6b0

Station Eleven - Lionsgate+ or VOD
https://www.lionsgateplus.com/gb/en/series/station-eleven/63572
https://tv.apple.com/gb/show/station-eleven/umc.cmc.69bqw3qz8ficf6qb7vix3evaz

#ReviewOfTheYear #TV #Streaming

Here is my exercise data for 2022 as recorded by Apple Watch. 

Total steps: 2,774,537
Total distance in Km: 2,485
Total distance in miles: 1,544

Charts and tables with the data are attached. I only really started forcing myself to exercise more in April. So with the extra time in 2023, I might be able to hit 3,000 Km.

BTW the data for compiling these stats was exported from Apple Health in CSV format using HealthExport. A fantastic app - https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/health-export-csv/id1477944755.

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‘Best SFF of 2022’: the Excellent Unincludeds by @arrroberts

https://sibilantfricative.blogspot.com/2022/12/best-sff-of-2022-excellent-unincludeds.html

#Books #SciFi #ReviewOfTheYear

My favourite books from the 36 I read this year are at https://canicula.com/wp/favourite-books-read-in-2022/

Featuring books from @arrroberts @iandunt @johngreen
Emily St. John Mandel
Rob Wilkins
Paul Sen
Laurie Winkless
Nick Lane
Natasha Pulley
Philipp Dettmer

#Books #Reading #ReviewOfTheYear

Here are my favourite 10 songs released in 2022. In no particular order.

All My Friends - Stereo Jane.
Check Your Feelings - A.b. Violet.
Not Another Rockstar - Maisie Peters.
Drama - My Life As A Moth.
The Rip - Porridge Radio.
Lonely Choir - Vôx Vé.
Caterpillar - Julie Odell.
Honest (feat. Slayyyter) - Peking Duk.
Isabella - June Again.
Proof (feat. Stella Donnelly) - Methyl Ethel

There is a Music playlist with the tracks at:
https://music.apple.com/gb/playlist/favourite-tracks-from-2022/pl.u-mJp3BTz4ga

#Music #ReviewOfTheYear

I watched 68 new (or recent) film releases during 2022.

My favourites are listed below. Any film I rated 9 or 10 ⭐️ makes my end-of-year favourites list. They are not listed in order of preference but rather in the order I saw them.

CODA
The Worst Person In The World
Everything Everywhere All At Once
The Novice
Top Gun: Maverick
The Valet
An Cailín Ciún (The Quiet Girl)
See How They Run
Don't Worry Darling
She Said

Read more at - https://canicula.com/wp/favourite-films-seen-in-2022/.

#Film #ReviewOfTheYear #Movies

Another couple of shots from earlier this year.
A very confused Long Tailed Tit, defending its territory from its own reflection on the Sam Thompson Bridge in Victoria Park and a rare close encounter with a Common Sandpiper at WWT Castle Espie Wetland Centre.

#nature #naturephotography #wildlife #photography #longtailedtit #commonsandpiper #ReviewOfTheYear #bestof2022 #birdphotography #wwt #castleespie #victoriapark #EastBelfast #belfast

Looking back on the year with some happy thoughts about a comic that actually did well! (for some values of “well”…)

https://myfanwytristram.com/2022/12/29/2022-in-review-the-protest-book/

#comics #2022 #reviewoftheyear

I got rather annoyed with tools to create best nine of the year #Instagram collages so just analysed my own data, made my own collage and put together a very image heavy blog post. In 2022 my friends and family mostly liked 🚤 #narrowboats,🚲 #ebikes, a bit of 🧶 #knitting and a quick trip to 🇦🇹 #Innsbruck. At least I liked those things anyway! And Instagram is not really one of the things I like any more.

https://nocto.com/2022/12/29/2022-in-instagram/

#ReviewOfTheYear

Another selection of images from March and April of 2022.
Siskin on larch and a springtail on frogspawn, both taken at WWT Castle Espie Wetland Centre.

#nature #naturephotography #wildlife #photography #bird #birds #siskin #larch #seeds #cones #amphibian #frogspawn #invertebrate #springtail #macro #reviewoftheyear #ReviewOf2022 #bestof2022 #wwt #CastleEspie #NorthernIreland

Apparently it’s that time of year again so here goes; My most “interesting” shots of 2022, starting with January & February.
A rare sighting of a Siberian Chiffchaff and a flotilla of Canada Geese, both taken at WWT Castle Espie Wetland Centre.

#ReviewOfTheYear ##ReviewOf2022 #bestof #bestof2022 #photography #nature #naturephotography #wildlife #wwt #castleespie #northernireland

Though I’m hoping to get another couple of plays in before the end of the year nothing is going to affect my top 5 played games as tracked by @BGStatsApp #bgstats I’ve played 70 different games this year, 37 of them only once. These five are the games we pull out week after week at my board game group and it feels like we’ve played them more than this. Nothing else got to the table more than 4 times this year. #BoardGames #ReviewOfTheYear

Though I’m hoping to get another couple of plays in before the end of the year nothing is going to affect my top 5 played games as tracked by @BGStatsApp #bgstats I’ve played 70 different games this year, 37 of them only once. These five are the games we pull out week after week at my board game group and it feels like we’ve played them more than this. Nothing else got to the table more than 4 times this year. #BoardGames #ReviewOfTheYear