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If you don’t have a headsail furler, a downhaul line is one of the easiest and least expensive control lines that you can add to your sailboat. It adds major convenience and safety for around $30. The line can be used …
The fundamental nature of macOS enabled these new use cases without Apple needing to do anything at all. Not everyone is interested in this kind of cutting-edge software, and that is fine. But if you are someone who is interested in what...
Indulge me for a moment in a personal reminiscence. It was the summer of 1971, the year before we moved to the World's Worst Town™, and we were on vacation at a lake resort in Alexandria, Minnesota. We were often in the area during the...
Anthropic and OpenAI have legacy software media in the blender because they are playing a new game. They are legitimately racing to build God. The products they release are one-off fundraising vehicles to buoy the next training run....
had fun with books over the past few days. dusted off my Kobo (have been favouring the Kindle) and borrowed books off Libby from my local library. Morning Glory Milking Farm by C.M. Nascosta - considered to be smut but wholesome and not...
There’s a sequence at the end of Court of Gold — Netflix’s documentary on Team USA’s path to the basketball gold medal at the Paris Olympics — that I’ve watched three times now. France had cut a fifteen-point lead down to four. Victor...
Well, here we are, bang in the middle of summer. This week I wrote Improvised Encounters in Daggerheart. Besides that, the top posts were Playing the Social Game, Running Red Dragon’s Tale, Dolmenwood Resources for You, More Fear Moves...
Galactic Mutant Animals What Works Well? What Works…Less Well? Opportunities What’s Adaptable? Six Years Hence: Manuel, the Magnificent Mechanical Man Coming Attractions This week, our Free Culture Book Club reads the second quarter of...
For some of us the hardest thing in the world is to be a good friend to ourselves. Many of us harbour misgivings as to our worth; it is difficult in the world as it is today to find a direction that does not lead to unflattering...
import { Image } from "astro:assets"; import november from "@images/posts/lifenotes-48/november.png"; ✨ Highlights I went to Berlin for a weekend with my friend Mark. It was really fun to just mooch around, have nice food and hang out...
From Lama Zopa Rinpoche - "How to Practice Dharma"
I’m not sure what Costco’s online-only landing page is trying to tell me…but I’m here for it:
Perennial sow thistle in fog, Albion Falls, Hamilton, Ontario, 5 July 2026 (photo by Kate St. John) 11 July 2026 Last weekend in Hamilton, Ontario we wanted to see Albion Falls cascade over the Niagara Escarpment but it was foggy. Albion...
There are people who go to spas, there are people who meditate on mountain tops, and then there are anglers. Personally, I find that two hours sat next to a river that most people would mistake for a drainage ditch does far more for my...