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Barry Dalby [multiprev] the cartographer [EastWest Mapping] lives close enough that, 20+years ago, I helped barrow the concrete for his kitchen extension. That's what neighbours do. In 2013, he published a 1:25,000 scale rambler's map...
What an experience, let me start with that. My good friend, Em, passively convinced me to go back to watching Tagalog films again. Tagalog is my native language, and it’s challenging for me to listen to dialogues in Tagalog because I...
R. L. Stevenson's poem “Summer Sun” was first published in 1885, as part of his collection titled A Child’s Garden of Verses. In it, the poet personifies the Sun, presenting him as “the gardener of the World” — a kind presence that...
“To eat is a necessity, but to eat intelligently is an art.” –François de La Rochefoucauld Summer’s heat prompts Suzume and Ricotta to enjoy shaved ice together, and when a typhoon hits, Suzume meets another one of her neighbours, Anzu...
There’s something truly special about Swedish Cinnamon Buns — soft, beautifully spiced, and twisted into those iconic golden spirals that make your whole kitchen smell like comfort. Kanelbullar aren’t as sweet as traditional cinnamon...
The photography education industry runs on a specific kind of desperation. Browse Instagram or scroll through YouTube and you’ll find an unending parade of people promising to unlock your potential, offering preset packs, weekend...
Today, five posts. I'm one of millions who take a daily aspirin tablet, medically advised. Mine come in packets of 100 and at the start of the year that packet cost £1.99. I went to the pharmacy yesterday to buy some more but they...
"And yet I decide, every day, to set aside what I can do best and attempt what I do very clumsily—open myself to the frustrations and failures of loving, daring to believe that failing in love is better than succeeding in pride.” —...
Couple of hours on the Small River searching for a carp. Spotted a few but they weren't playing - but 5 splasher barbel made the hot wander worth while! Water was nice & cool and they went back well.
Earlier this week the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) published a report called Beer in the UK which highlights, among other things, that many ‘world lagers’ are actually brewed in Britain. This is old news. Really old news. Everyone who...
Poland never dubbed films with a cast of actors. One man read every line, flat and unbothered, over the quieted original. ElevenLabs exists partly because its founders grew up with that voice. So I rebuilt him with their own technology:...
One of the most valuable things that I was taught as a software developer, is to write “good” Git commit messages. Obviously “good” is very subjective, so let me dive into it a bit. I want to explain what I think a “good” message is, but...
Did any of you play The Sims or The Sims 2? I can’t speak to the latter iterations of the game, but I did spend a not insignificant amount of my childhood designing and building houses. That worked out well in my family, because my...
“How a street check in Lviv became a warning sign for Ukraine’s mobilization system” kyivindependent.com/how-a-str…
When last we visited Stephen Rangazas’s The Guerrilla Generation, we looked at a localized urban insurgency in Uruguay, one that failed to bring about a socialist revolution, but eventually, after a period of military rule, saw former...