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Hey there. Quick update: 4 people have already preordered Street-Smart Coding Manifesto. A small win I’m celebrating. If you want to grow beyond syntax, this book is for you. As usual, here are 4 links I thought were worth sharing this...
I recently purchased an envelope from an online auction site that featured a couple of Newfoundland stamps and a cancellation from the Bonavista railway post office.
Or: Wait, shouldn’t those two English words be spelled with SH? Despite its reputation and the infamous evidence to the contrary, I’m committed to demonstrating how regular English spelling actually is. Yet words like sugar and sure, I...
From a 1915 book titled Engineering Office Systems and Methods, some thoughts on how to design a steel-frame building: My thoughts on the thoughts: No one today would attempt to write a single book that covered every possible topic for a...
Looking for a fun way to kill some time before you wrap it up ahead of the weekend? This might help.This YouTube video dives into the history of Hotmail, from how Sabeer Bhatia and Jack Smith came up with the idea for free webmail, to...
Robert Welbourn Under Review:Under Review: St. Ulphia’s Dead. Scott Lambridis. Regal House Publishing, 2026. I saw a post recently on Bluesky that read (excuse the perhaps poor paraphrasing): there are two types of horror story: the door...
The “Old” Wandering Lensman himself. …or some sort of caricature of him. I’m doing pretty well for 74 years of age! In fact, I’m feeling great! I feel more like 54. I’ve been blessed in so many ways and am still passionate about...
Black-and-white group posing with a Tamla-Motown UK Tour banner listing The Supremes, Smokey Robinson, Martha and the Vandellas.
I wanted to make a purely subjective, partial list of the English bookshops I frequent and enjoy. But, after some consideration, I decided that the full list will be too long, too messy, and too difficult to structure.So, for this time,...
Jaroslav Pelikan, as quoted in Tools for Engagement: Tradition is the living faith of the dead, traditionalism is the dead faith of the living. And, I suppose I should add, it is traditionalism that gives tradition such a bad name.
As part of the Urban Sketchers symposium in Toulouse and general summer travel I know that a lot of sketchers will be visiting Paris this summer. Paris is full of wonderful art supply shops but I wanted to highlight three in particular...
An A350 pilot's interactive guide to the radio tech — VOR, DME, NDB, ILS, TCAS — that still guide every flight and take over when GPS is jammed.
Summer in ParisWe took a quick trip on the Eurostar to Paris on Monday and just hung out a bit. The most interesting thing we did was a visit to the Bourse De Commerce which had Fujiko Nakaya's Cloud installation in the main exhibition...
A cinnamon roll and iced tea at The Bean. Keith does a double take when he sees me on the porch, he quickly looks to the sea wall to see SPARTINA tied up there. "You're back!" I enjoy talking with Keith and the locals, wondering about...
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