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Spanish quiz Here are clues to the names of 30 Spanish cities, towns and islands. The first column are all anagrams, the rest are cryptic. n.b. I've taken liberties with pronunciation and ignored accents. How many can you identify? 1)...
A paper that predicted the iPad (or it's spiritual opposite). https://filiph.net/text/alan-kay-personal-computer-for-children-of-all-ages.html
Part of the User Manual Series where I give some brief overviews of the media, experiences, thoughts that help make me...me. Released hourly on my 32nd birthday. D&D In A Castle D&D In A Castle is a VERY expensive event to attend. I went...
Some 52 years ago this month, a high speed formation off the coast of southern California. August 1974. We see the front runner, the Interdiction Craft Experimental (CPIC-X), in the center, flanked closely by the experimental hydrofoil...
Here is a little update of info on my personal hosting solution. The whole operation is composed of three various services and discrete providers: VPS hosting at OVH DNS service at OVH Backup bucket at Backblaze Changed DNS from...
The Republican Party of the future is not going to be the party of Milton Friedman. We're going to enjoy spitting on his grave, metaphorically speaking. -- J.D. Vance***The Committee to Unleash Prosperity -- which is what we need for...
The father of the four sons who were mentioned fighting each other's divided Frankish kingdoms yesterday was Clothar I (one of the four sons of Clovis I, the king who first united all the Frankish kingdoms), who also spent his adult life...
Our August bookclub selection is The Simp by Roshan Sethi. We will be in conversation with Roshan on August 26th at 8 pm EST/5 pm PST. Registration is open. For newcomers, there is a bookclub FAQ if you have questions about how it all...
Cats is so silly! In the olden days, after a wild animal was slaughtered, the tribe's shaman would wear the skin and re-enact the hunt. As he became one with the beast, the people slowly understood the ways of nature. Cats is a similarly...
What’s Going OnIt’s been a minute. I took a step away from my blog for a while because my brain latched itself to something else and I followed it for a bit. But I still like this blog and want to continue blogging, so here I am. Also...
I don't hate Christianity. For my first two years of college, I was a fairly devout Episcopalian. I've recently been growing more unsure whether I believe in the religion, but I haven't left it yet. Only time will tell whether I stay or...
One of the odd pleasures of wine occurs when an aroma seems familiar but cannot be clearly identified. You take a whiff and catch something. You think you know it. But then it shifts. The familiar tasting terms come to mind: dried...
Female indigo bunting in breeding condition, recovery band noted at Hays Woods, 25 August 2026 Last week at the Hays Woods banding station, Bird Lab captured a female indigo bunting who was banded almost a year ago, 9/6/2025, on the...
Mead doesn't have to be sweet. It often is, but it doesn't have to be. During fermentation, yeast consume the sugars and turn them into alcohol, so you can finish with a bone dry beverage. But, having made and drunk a number of meads,...
I have been accused of being overly negative about AI, particularly large language models, and I have my share of issues with the technology. I do believe that we are pouring trillions of dollars into a bubble based on business models...