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Michael Dyrynda shows how PHP 8.4 property hooks can replace simple computed getter methods with virtual properties. He makes the case for using them when you want a clean, property-based API for derived values. Read more
I added a new feature to this website: Now Playing. (It is still missing a proper RSS feed, coming soon!) Since I am a lazy fuck, I will probably not fill back in all the games I played this year. But going forward, you can track my...
1 June 2026 Yesterday was pretty boring at 11:00am Fledge Watch because the young peregrines slept most of the time (photo below). Five hours later they perked up and at 5pm “Blue” disappeared from camera view. Here’s where he went and a...
The corvette convoy escort ships from World War II have gained a remarkable amount of fame for a small ship that was designed to fill a military gap. As the submarine war against Allied shipping escalated in the first years of the war,...
And if there is no way out, then there is no way out.And, so?What do we do now?We have to either make due with what we have or we have to learn to adapt and to adjust. I saw something this morning on social media, which I found brilliant...
What would I do instead?
Q: I was discussing well-being this morning and wondered about its antonym. AI says “the opposite of wellbeing is often considered to be illbeing, which refers to a state of poor health or unhappiness.” Do you have any thoughts about...
Paul McCartney is everywhere, it seems. He played 2 big shows in LA in March. He was at the recent closing of The Late Show with Steven Colbert. Not only was he a big part of the 50th anniversary celebration of SNL, but he closed out the...
Time to do better
Global societal collapse was inevitable unless population growth, industrial activity, and resource consumption were all radically curbed.
The longest-running parlor game for music fans might be arguing about which era of Van Halen is the best. A close second: what song defines your generation? The answers are almost always a tell: Boomers might point to The Beatles, The...
The Yellowknife-based 1st Canadian Ranger Patrol Group (1 CRPG/GPRC) has wrapped up its stirring snowmobile-borne High Arctic sovereignty patrol. Op Nanook-Nunalivut, supported by RCAF No. 440 Squadron and the Joint Task Force North,...