A quick review of the Taito Super Pocket and some of the games available.

They’re further revising the rule changes they announced a couple months ago with a new set of updates, effective as of April 15th. The rule interpretation document includes a number of changes, but most notably, all front and rear hydration now must fit within a certain space on the bike. For front hydration: When...

To avoid the crowd I took this from the far end of the beach in Queenstown On the flight from Queenstown yesterday I found myself observing the passenger diagonally in the seat ahead of me . Specifically I had a perfect view of their large phone screen in the gap between the seats. I was too dopey to read and had...

Memories are an interesting beast. I have certain core memories that are embedded deep in my mind. The years I attended SXSW from 2007-2012 encompass some of those. In 2011, I shared a house with longtime partner-in-crime Scott Robbin, Jeff Skinner, and Sam Felder. We were off South Congress up at the top of the...

I love movies. But my tastes are somewhat eclectic, in that I tend to like movies that others consider bad. Or, put another way, I enjoy movies that aren’t the popular selection. So, I thought it would be fun to talk about my all-time favorites. These aren’t in any particular order. 16 Blocks (2006) Bruce Willis is...

Wang, X., Li, M., Hou, J., Zhang, J., Yang, L., Liu, X., & Lei, Y. (2025). Ultrastructural changes of corneal stromal lenticule after laser shaping. Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine, 29(5),...

Mary Roach is…simply the most readable science writer for the lay reader I’ve ever encountered. She’s hilarious, both sneakily and blatantly smart, used to work with Roman Mars, and does us...

This is my monthly link dump, a regular monthly series containing a mix of links to interesting blog posts I’ve read from the past month covering arts & culture, myth, folklore, landscape punk, hauntology, anarchism, utopianism, the gothic, neo-fabulism, and the Weird - all discovered through my RSS feed reader...

A look at website traffic to Vale.Rocks and a general analysis of the analytics. Particularly looking at popular referrers and the variance from general web analytics.

This is it: My first movie night with the Cologne Film Club! This time they hosted it together with the Heimkino project at Cinenova rather than in cozy Studio Argento at Traumathek. I am looking forward to a screening there with lively discussions in a more intimate setting. Co-host Alex Griffith—video editor from...

Building a web scrapper… You know what’s fascinating about building a web scraping solution? It’s not just about extracting data - its about abusing local resources on your laptop to crawl information and make you mcp client of choice do your bidding. When I first started this project, I wanted to find something...

I used to have a bottle cap collection a long time ago. I used to fill it with great enthusiasm. After drinking soda, if it came in a glass bottle, I took the cap home and put it in my collection. It wasn't too big; it only had about 20 or so caps, and there weren't many interesting caps either. There were less...

Recentemente instalei o Audiobookshelf na minha VPS. Ele é um aplicativo que gerencia e faz streaming de audiobooks e podcasts que você tem baixados, mas eu uso somente para audiobooks, podcasts prefiro usar o AntennaPod, já que só ouço podcasts no celular. Percebi que durante o meu dia a dia, tinha vários momentos...

Special Edition — Renewal TL;DR:I learned to renew my passion for my interests and hobbies. This blog post has approximately 360 words and may take 2 minutes to read. This post was submitted as part of the Indieweb Carnival for April 2025, hosted by Jamie Thingelstad, under the theme "Renewal." When I got my first...

Jak w kilku krokach Odnaleźć ZespółTrochę inna opowieść o przywództwie zespołowymAuthor: Piotr Jankowski I really enjoyed this book, despite it’s not widely known or even available to buy, but I’ve been working with it’s author, Piotr. I was participating few sessions/trainings with Piotr and reading this book was...

Every now and then, people ask if there’s a way they can support what I’m doing—whether it’s the work I share online, the projects I’m building, or just life in general. I’ve always appreciated the thought, but I never really had a clear answer. Lately, a few of those conversations have come up again, so I decided...