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"The Last Question" is a 1956 science fiction short story by Isaac Asimov. It is about a super computer that is asked a question about the end of the universe - and the very, very long time it takes to come up with an answer. Non-Spoiler...
Moana (2026) • View trailer3.5 stars (out of five); rated PG, for action peril, scary images and rude humorAvailable via: Movie theatersBy Derrick Bang • Published in The Davis Enterprise, 7.12.26The window between Disney’s animated...
Dublin's Hope brewery is celebrating ten years in production this year. They've come a long way from the contract brewer I first met at the RDS beer festival in 2015, growing into one of the established mainstays of Irish brewing, via...
I found a solo RPG that's like dark mecha anime themed. You're supposed to record log entries and I think I might end up doing one a day and posting them to Loops. Like audio only, a bit of an effect to add a kind of radio tinniness or...
at the fancy iga a man is handing out samples of a miscellaneous substance. his bright orange shirt says nature's sherbert and the name on his badge says herbert. the labels inform me there are three types of substance: jim latte, jon...
A leading agronomist and conservation expert has proposed a major overhaul of England’s approach to agricultural environmental management. He argues that biodiversity recovery and productive farming can be achieved together. The proposal...
My house disappears under water at around 2 metres of sea level rise. So, hopefully- barring an exceptional storm surge or tsunami - I should be safe for the rest of my lifetime (a global average sea level rise of roughly 0.3-1.0 metres...
Xiu Xiu - Eraserhead Xiu Xiu This is a log of my experience of listening to Xiu Xiu's new album, Eraserhead Xiu Xiu, for the first time, song by song in chronological order as they're played from the album. Viento Scrapy plastic/metallic...
It's been a month now of writing (almost) every day and with it has come some interesting, if rather subtle, changes. Almost a month ago I had come across Herman's post on Active Recall and that kind of kicked off a secondary reason to...
I'm tired and up too late, but this clip made me laugh so hard my body couldn't decide if I should laugh or cry.
Pictured above, Golden Comics Digest #45 from 1975, which I’m pretty sure I had back then. Mark Evanier wrote an interesting article about the Gold Key Digests of the ’60s and ’70s. I don’t encounter these too often in the wild,...
As you read this I will be meandering my way along the A5 heading towards the border, England, Shrewsbury, Kidderminster and south to Bath. Lucky for you, I wrote this yesterday (!) and it has been a busy week, not least because of...
Before we get to the vintage Disneyland pix, let's wish GDB friend Andrew a very Happy Birthday! Sue B. is so good at keeping on top of these things (unlike me), and she sent along a photo from a vintage birthday party. Maybe from the...
Amongst the various unfinished reading projects I have going on, one is an informal read-through of the novels of Anita Brookner in publication order. I’ve absolutely loved her first three books, but approaching the fourth one I became a...