Inspired by Jason Burk, this page is devoted to a range of my favourite things. Each category is listed in no particular order because I find it difficult to choose an actual favourite.
Movies
- The Matrix
- Blade Runner
- 2001: A Space Odyssey
- What’s Up, Doc?
- The Truman Show
- The Empire Strikes Back
- Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
- Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
- Never Look Away (DE: Werk ohne Autor)
- Dumb and Dumber
- Monty Python’s The Meaning of Life
- Ace Ventura 2: When Nature Calls
- Inception
- Inglourious Basterds
- Bridget Jones’s Diary
- Toy Story
- Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
- Interstellar
- Terminator 2: Judgment Day
- The Naked Gun 2 ½
- Flying High! (US: Airplane!)
Television Shows
- Seinfeld
- Battlestar Galactica (2003, reimagined)
- Arrested Development
- The Office (UK)
- Extras
- After Life
- Breaking Bad
- The Simpsons
- Kath & Kim
- Review with Myles Barlow
- The Handmaid’s Tale
- Fawlty Towers
- 30 Rock
- Stargate SG-1
Books
- Nineteen Eighty-Four — George Orwell
- Molvanîa — Tom Gleisner, Santo Cilauro and Rob Sitch
- The God Delusion — Richard Dawkins
- God Is Not Great — Christopher Hitchens
- Status Anxiety — Alain de Botton
- Frankenstein — Mary Shelley
- The Handmaid’s Tale — Margaret Atwood
- Iconic: A Photographic Tribute to Apple Innovation — Jonathan Zufi
- Steve Jobs — Walter Isaacson
- A Clockwork Orange — Anthony Burgess
Albums
- A Rush of Blood to the Head, X&Y and Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends — Coldplay
- Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust and Valtari — Sigur Rós
- Sam’s Town — The Killers
- Two Shoes and So Many Nights — The Cat Empire
- Into the Rain — Felix Riebl
- Eternal Nightcap — The Whitlams
- Hungry Ghosts — OK Go
- Mad Season — Matchbox Twenty
- Odyssey Number Five — Powderfinger
- Greatest Hits I and II — Queen
- There Is Nothing Left to Lose and Skin and Bones — Foo Fighters
- Diorama — Silverchair
- The Blue Notebooks — Max Richter
- Origin of Symmetry and Black Holes and Revelations — Muse
- The Very Best of Electric Light Orchestra — Electric Light Orchestra
- Gipsy Kings (Greatest Hits) — Gipsy Kings
Podcasts
- The Talk Show with John Gruber
- Accidental Tech Podcast
- Upgrade (Relay FM)
- Connected (Relay FM)
- Reconcilable Differences (Relay FM)
- Exponent
- Revisionist History
- The Philosopher’s Zone (ABC RN)
Nostalgic Apple Products
- iPod (2001)
- Pod mini (2004)
- iPod Hi-Fi (2006)
- Macintosh SE (1987)
- Power Macintosh 6500 (1997)
- iBook (1999)
- iMac (Summer 2001)
- iMac G4 (2002)
Third-party Apps
Games
- You Don’t Know Jack (Classic Mac OS)
- MDK (Classic Mac OS)
- Tux Racer (Mac OS X)
- Halo: Combat Evolved (Xbox)
- Enter the Matrix (Xbox)
- Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow (Xbox)
- Forza Motorsport 3 (Xbox 360)
- Tiny Wings (iOS)
- Gesundheit (iOS)
Board Games
- Scrabble
- Balderdash
- Trouble
- Which?
Basic Food Items
- Mango
- Watermelon
- Tomato
- Lychee
- Pistachio
- Peanut
- Cashew
- Corn chip
Coffee
- Strong flat white (standard)
- Iced latte (hot summer day)
- Piccolo (something smaller)
- (All of the orders above were suggested by the wise @NTKF.)
Other Drinks
- Ginger ale / ginger beer
- Chinotto
- Sparkling water
Travel Destinations
- Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
- Berlin, Germany
- Melbourne, Australia
- Cradle Mountain-Lake St. Clair National Park, Australia
