Fri Jul 17
The just-set sun illuminates the clouds above King Harbor. キング・ハーバー 沈んだばかりの太陽が、キング・ハーバー上空の雲を照らしている。
مع السلامة (ma’a salama) melting pot. さよなら (sayonara), salad bowl. America is an omnibus of purple prose bound in balding eagle skin.We’re talking primo leather from a batty bird who steals hot dogs from kids at ballparks. True story. ((Not a BORN FREEagle mugging on a ride-or-die Clutch album. (Book of Bad...
I'm sure most people reading this will be familiar with the concept of "bean soup theory". In case anyone isn't, here's how Wikipedia describes it: A specific phenomenon described as a 'What about me' effect. An individual watches a video that doesn't pertain to them, but finds a way to make it about them anyway....
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J’ai la confiance de faire des erreurs en public, pas seulement sur le sujet de pratiquer mon français mais sur tout ce que je fais. Je ne suis pas parfait. L’acceptante de ce fait simple me libère de la pression. Ce n’est pas facile de dire «je ne sais pas», «je fais des fautes», ou, simplement, de répondre...
Desde hace rato uso el Pastebin de omg.lol para guardar snippets de código, configuraciones y comandos que reciclo seguido. Es rapidísimo de usar y ya lo tenía integrado en mi flujo. Lo único que me faltaba era lo mismo que ya hice con mi página /now: que ese contenido también viviera en mi propio sitio, no solo en...
Weekly notes? Weekly reflections? Weekly notes usurp my mental space. An inability to articulate blog-posts have me ponder a way to break from hesitating behavior. My drafts grow, my confidence diminishes. Mental space overtaken by life itself. As I am unable to sit with the thoughts I wrote. Most would think of...
Today’s new short fic zine release, The Currie Mountain Repository, is the first entry in a series called “The Tales of the Voyageur”. The series is an environmental science fiction adventure, focusing on locations throughout the province of New Brunswick in a future which hopefully never comes to pass - one in...
July 2026. Sandbeds. Keighley. Two hours into Day 6 of the Cask Camino; time for a posh pub break on the very edge of Riddlesden, technically in Sandbeds though I can’t see that on the canal walk map. In fact, ChatGPT told me it was the best pub in Keighley, and you’ll know that ChatGPT is infallible. I’d been to...
The best thing that happened this week I haven't had the best week since I fell sick with the flu which prevented me from getting any kind of quality sleep in for the past six days in a row now. It's been a struggle to get anything done at all. What we did do though is we finally went to a place to look at new doors...
Don’t worry, it was fully optional. I assisted to a webinar about “the potential of AI” in the workplace, and you can already guess what sort of conference I had to go through yesterday. I shared a livestream of my thoughts on my Polymaths’ profile in case you want to see my reactons to what was said there, it’s...
A few weeks ago we went to Shreveport for a work meeting. We stayed at one of the casinos because my husband likes to play blackjack and it's super cheap to play there. I typically like to play slot machines but this time around they were pretty lame. I think half of them were the "buffalo" game and the other half...
Caught an opening at a new gallery in College Hill.Currently Listening: BTS “Normal”Reply via email
Dear reader,415,000. That’s the number of sites that are using the Not By AI badge. When you add other ways to communicate this, the number is much higher. But not everyone agrees that this needs to be disclosed.Since people can detect AI-generated writing, the “No AI” disclaimers are unnecessary. This is the claim...
Pumpkins bring about poetic peace in my mind.Pumpkins talk to me.Pumpkins, pumpkins, pumpkins. Pumpkins, polka dots, infinity nets—all of Kusama’s trademarks can be found in Pumpkin (1991) above. They are the result of her working through the vivid hallucinations she has been suffering from since childhood. Turning...
Thank you so much, kind stranger, for being my first secret patron on Liberapay! I am speechless and so grateful for your generosity and support. If I had to guess what it is for, I’d put it down to the new Homebrew Website Club event I’m initiating in early August 2026 for the Asia/Pacific/Oceania time zone. I will...
Diesen Post habe ich deutlich schneller geschrieben als die vorher, es geht aber auch deutlich mehr um mich. Wie immer ist er mit Vorsicht zu genießen. [18/1000] Ich frage mich in den letzten Tagen kurz bevor ich schreibe immer, ob ich heute noch 1000 Wörter in mir habe. Als wäre Wörter etwas, das man in sich hat …...
A couple of days ago, Casey Liss took a break from arguing about temperature scales to tweak me about the recent passage of the Sunshine Protection Act by the House. The Act would make Daylight Saving Time permanent, something Casey knows I disapprove of. A similar bill passed the Senate a few years ago, and Donald...
Just as there are transitional times in the life of the world — dark periods of disorientation between two world systems, periods in which humanity loses the ability to comprehend itself and collapses into chaos in order to rebuild itself around a new organizing principle — there are such times in every human life,...
When Eugene of Bhagwan Incense first reached out offering samples I was hesitant to accept them; my experiences with Indian style incense at that point had been less than stellar. After Irene of rauchfahne.de sent me some very nice Indian sticks, however, my mind was opened, and I found myself keen to see what...
One thing I like about 11ty is that common tasks for development oriented blogs are easily handled and syntax highlighting is no exception. I installed the Syntax Highlighting Plugin just like the documentation asked me to. Then, I had to modify my code blocks in my blog post Markdown files to indicate what language...
I'm working out my own, custom, RSS bot thing that I should be able to auto-post from here and ideally instagram and other corporate social media. :wq
July 17, 2026 I haven't been blogging much lately. Nothing's interesting enough to write about. Every day I open my MacBook and stare at a blank screen, wondering what I'm going to do with myself. I know some part of every day goes to being on the computer — that's just how I roll. I just don't have anything to do...
A la vez que recuerdo comidas que he preparado muy bien, también recuerdo incontables veces de cuando algo se quemó, estas veces quedan aun más marcadas porque las experiencias negativas (según leí quien sabe dónde) se quedan más presentes en nuestro cerebro. Con el fuego presente, siempre hay factores que afecten...
On 25th July I’m teaming up with Discover Jesmond 1888 and Heritage History Her for an event in St. George’s Church, Jesmond. Jesmond? Want to make your mark in history? Come to St George’s Church Hall on Saturday 25th July to make a community heritage zine with me and Discover Jesmond 1888. Share your story of...
There was a time when a two or three year-old, refurbished flagship smartphone was a good purchase. But times are changing.
I just finished my second book by Emily St. John Mandel, Sea of Tranquility, and I must admit I’m fascinated by the author’s ability to create thrilling stories that are essentially slow-paced. This is the second book in my recent memory (Station Eleven being the other one) where seemingly easy passages provoked...
Formulating an AI policy for my free software projects Introduction Lately I felt some pressure to formulate my stance on AI contributions in free open source software (FOSS) projects, as over time it is probably inevitable that I will be confronted with more AI-based pull requests in projects I (co-)maintain. The...
I used to be a colorguard director. I used to be a very good colorguard director. I've taken kids to Indy and Dayton (iykyk). I've won awards. I've trained champions. Normally, I'd be busy as heck for the next couple weeks, preparing for band camp at the start of August. But I'm not. Because for the first time in...
On May 3, 2026, I spent the afternoon walking around the Brooklyn neighborhood of Red Hook with a friend. That walk led to my May 25, 2026 report on seeing a large warehouse fire in Belleville, New Jersey, from across the river. I took the photo of smoke rising from the Garden State that I used in my reportage at...
I'm not pretentious when it comes to coffee. I like it slightly weak and bitter with a ton of milk or cream in it, and that's it. Go to any cafe in America and this is the kind of coffee you find: drip coffee, bitter but weak, with a splash of milk (some people even push it further with pumps of sweeteners, but...
Billed as Neo Dolly Parton melodic noise stark punk and post-punk soundscapes by my old mate John Robb1, Molly Vulpyne and her band rattle through a number of sleazy punky numbers that are pretty good but I probably need to sit with them a bit longer. "UR A FAD X" has shades of early Soundgarden mixed with "The...
You go down empty-handed or the telling is a lie. That was the first thing Weha put in me, before the breath work, before the shelves, before she ever let me past the first drop. A teller carries nothing up. Not one shell, not one fish, not the smallest bright thing you fall in love with at nine fathoms and want to...
El sitio estaba hasta el momento funcionando en un 99% sobre Jekyll pero me faltaba migrar uno uno de los apartados más importantes: el formulario en donde recibo los blogs, el cual hasta ahora dependía de WordPress. Para hacerlo utilice el servicio de web3forms. Así que ahora tenemos un nuevo formulario de envío y...
Roshan: Wikipen [[The Inscrutable Success Heuristic]] refers to a situation where someone makes apparently stupid decisions which always pay off. If this happens often enough and the ideas seem particularly unlikely to work then it's useful to consider whether one is as smart as the person who seemingly keeps...
a half-assed review"> Twenty years have passed since the Prime Evils were defeated and banished from the world of Sanctuary. Now, you must return to where it all began – the town of Tristram – and investigate rumors of a fallen star, for this is the first sign of evil’s rebirth, and an omen that the End Times have...
I am generally not someone who cares much for easter eggs (unless they come with interesting stories), but John Gruber’s one-liner made me pause for an unexpected reason: Joanna Stern explains why this emoji is correct today: 📅. (This one too: 📆) I thought the two different calendars was some trickery, but the...
This is a list I wrote years ago when I was feeling decidedly unplayful, and needed something to help me focus on the good things in my life. It's remained one of my favourite tools in my arsenal to my focus on a life led by joy. It was written to invoke my inner child, and boy does she show up when I read this....
I’ve signed up. On Sunday 9 May 2027, I’ll be taking on the shortest route: 40 miles (65 km) with 2,823 ft (860 m) of climbing. I’ve ridden it before, although the 2021 edition ran in the opposite direction after the original event was postponed because of COVID. The later date coincided with the potato harvest, so...
The best excuse I’ve heard lately wasn’t really an excuse so much as an explanation that absolutely nobody asked for. As it turns out, all roads eventually lead to a pineapple. Which is not a sentence I expected to write today. To be fair, I also wasn’t expecting to spend last Saturday at Costco. I try to avoid...
2026-07-17Hello!I walked a long time without finding interesting photos. Even when the scenery isn't too familiar, the usual shots feel too typical and not worth my time writing an article on this website.In cases of limited inspiration, I turn to the Wikimedia Commons gallery map. I don't know its actual name.I...
Tumbleweed es una distribución de GNU/Linux «Rolling Release» o de actualización contínua. Aquí puedes estar al tanto de las últimas novedades. openSUSE Tumbleweed es la versión «rolling release» o de actualización continua de la distribución de GNU/Linux openSUSE. Hagamos un repaso a las novedades que han llegado...
Note: This has been cross-posted to my company's blog, in case you think there is some use in sharing with someone in a format that looks more authoritative. Link here. I strongly believe there are entire companies right now under heavy AI psychosis and it’s impossible to have rational conversations with them about...
Project Aces (from the Ace Combat series) has one of the best videogame OSTs ever. I am1 finally pleased2 to find their whole collection available on Spotify as of 2026. Previously, only a handful of them were available. No more fiddling random playlists on YouTube Music! See also: radio. I’m not the only one. ↩︎ I...
Pues verás, uno de los problemas más fastidiosos que he tenido son los numerosos líos relacionados con la falta de memoria RAM. Por supuesto, esto es gracias a que tengo contratado el paquete mínimo; aun así, dado mi escasísimo tráfico, no debería tener estos problemas. Por eso, zram viene en un contexto donde swap...