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A Bigger Splash (1967) by David Hockney. • I was interviewed this week at Retrofuturista, the first interview I’ve done in a while, and more wide-ranging than they sometimes are. Subjects covered include illustration, design, weird...
I've found I've enjoyed games more when I play them outside of the release period, because then I decided to play it when I was in the mood for it, rather than just because everyone else is playing it. But also, that means nobody wants...
Today's links Shareholder supremacy and the precog CEO: A bright line test that's totally unfalsifiable. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: Msft v Linux geeks; James Joyce scholars v Joyce estate; iPod...
Elon is officially a trillionaire, as I predicted in April 2021 in the post “Convergence to the global hegemon.” Here is what I wrote: We’re seeing the convergence to the global hegemon , as an increasingly large percentage of economic...
Out the back door today. The question is what did it? I reported on a Cooper’s hawk last winter that was working on them but a while ago I saw a crow chasing one. I was surprised a crow was in active pursuit. The pigeon was out flying...
My thatha, in his late 20s saw a photograph of Thirumangai Azhwar once, in someone’s house, and could not get past it. So he went to Thirunagari — Thiruvali-Thirunagari, the Azhwar’s own town.
Pilot’s line of erasable “Frixion” pens has expanded since its initial release in 2006, to the point where it can almost b...
I replaced the standard, original, Google One subscription with Google AI Plus, which provides more AI features for $4.99 per month. I now have access to the Daily Brief produced by Gemini using Gmail, Calendar, and Text Messaging that I...
DC has posted several preview pages from next week’s issue of Absolute Flash, and you can see them at Adventures In Poor Taste. The preview features Grodd’s surprise encounter with some soldiers, and it does not go well. Meanwhile,...