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Ilya Birman on his blog talks about interfaces that unnecessarily slow people down, in a series of two posts. In the first one, titled “Let me click,” Birman shows a few places that force the user to go through a roundabout series of...
Words: Chris ArnsbyBruno Brookes: “Good evening and welcome to Top of the Pops. On the show tonight, Jason Donovan, Martika, Zoe, and also this fellow who’s locked himself away in a studio for the last couple of years making a terrific...
I listen to a lot of true crime. Most of the time while I’m driving. Occasionally, Youtube will toss some content of a similar nature into my “suggestions” (if you can call them that), and suddenly it’ll have me watching police...
I missed the midway point of the month where I'd originally intended to do a blaugust check-in post. Honestly, where has the month gone?? I can't believe we're in the home stretch, the final week. I really did have high hopes of posting...
When I used to visit India in my younger days, I became used to the trials and tribulations of travelling by road. Amenities and facilities were few and far in between along the highways. But on this trip, while on the highway out of...
I feel like we should normalise tagging things #RSVP, #WannaChat, #LetsTalk or similar for those times when you really just want to get a conversation going.
Flexjet’s first Gulfstream G500 in all her beauty When Flexjet recently reached out asking if I would like to tour their first Gulfstream G500 (N200FX), how could I refuse? I tried to act cool, but of course I was giddy to have the...
One of the many pro-Pluto websites that sprang up in the immediate aftermath of the disastrous IAU planet definition vote back in 2006 featured the image of a counter depicting Pluto’s time taken away since the vote. That counter updated...
May I never be accused of wringing every last drop out of my tympan.
Datassette presents a series of mixes intended for listening while programming to focus the brain and inspire the mind (also compatible with other activities).
I appreciate that The Trustees of Reservations exists, and I appreciate the work they do to safeguard nature and historic sites throughout Massachusetts. But I’m just so tired of how badly run their membership program is, of how poorly...
It's time for another update on the DC Finest books that include stories with Hawkman and Hawkgirl/Hawkwoman! If you haven't been collecting these books, you are really missing out! They are beautifully put together, easy to read, and...
The 2026 Cinecon Classic Film Festival will take place at the Landmark Nuart Theatre in Los Angeles from September 3rd through 7th, 2026.This year's 62nd festival will be a bit longer than last year's, opening on a Thursday evening,...
Just a quickie, these are probably one of the last packaging changes/variations from Starlux, and were produced in 1994, for the commemoration of D-Day, and the 50th anniversary of the worlds largest ever, pretty much everything! Largest...
Two notable things happened this weekend:I received beautiful an email from a reader of the blog telling me that they’d spent a week reading through the archives here, and providing a lovely summary of my zeitgest. It warmed my heard....