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More showers again and cold with it. Did all the mowing but very wet. Socky and Len Withers got wed today. Went to the Legion with Bill Ed and the Oak.
Questioning the JS frontend paradigm#Links with the ⚠ sign are, in my opinion, the most important ones. If you lack time, focus on those.2018#The Thirty Million Line ProblemCasey Muratori explains why software has become...
Peter Cullen was one of the nicest people I have ever met. He made such an impact on so many lives by putting a soul into a children’s toy. He was also really down to nerd out about microphones and recording gear, as you might imagine....
2026 fantasy, first in a possible series. Maggie Haley went to sleep one night and woke up naked in a ditch in her favourite fantasy series. She has nothing but a painful and specialised superpower, a fanatical knowledge of the books,...
The set up is a NixOS server with two user accounts, ~zach and ~agents. The ~agents account has a series of pi-msg agents. pi-msg is my XMPP wrapper the Pi coding harness that eschews the TUI and forces all comms to be over XMPP. Each...
Duncan Rawlinson photographed this aerial view over the Thousand Islands region of Ontario, Canada. A lone boat traces a clean wake across calm water, its path rippling outward in parallel lines that draw the eye through the frame. Small...
The Christophers (2025) • View trailerFour stars (out of five); rated R, for profanityAvailable via: HuluBy Derrick Bang • Published in The Davis Enterprise, 8.30.26Once upon a time, this thoughtful character study would have arrived...
"Last Contact" is a 2007 science fiction short story by Stephen Baxter. It is about a field of dark energy that is devouring the entire universe. Non-Spoiler Summary In A Nutshell: "Last Contact" follows two women, Maureen and Caitlin,...
It has been a week away from the bench, as you might have gathered from various references in posts this week…I have been down visiting my Mum in Penarth with my son. We usually travel by train but for a few reasons we drove this time -...
On the last Friday of each month I curate some of the observations and insights that were shared on social media. I call these Friday’s Finds. “In ages past they stole the commons so you had to work for them to live. Then you had to work...
The Spoils of Poynton by Henry James published 1896/7 Fleda Vetch. How would you picture this character? In a Patricia Wentworth book she would be one of those minxy girls with dark hair, flashing eyes, bright red nails and a talent for...
Uniform Open pack: 1 random sticker (uniform) per pack out of 20 possible, priced 1 unit of currency. Unlimited availability of packs. Size of pack: N Non-uniform What if we lose the “unlimited availability”? As a kid I lived through...
The top use cases for AI in 2026 are:Therapy and companionshipTroubleshootingFun and nonsenseFan fiction and storytellingTechnical use of softwareAutonomous agentic operationsRelationship adviceWork buddyAstrology and tarot...
Nature can take hold in precarious places. Chapel Rock on Lake Superior has a single tree perched atop its column. By rights the tree should not be there: the small surface area of land on the top of the rock is insufficient to sustain a...
A Filipino perya game is more than a simple pastime. It is part of the atmosphere of fiestas, fairs, and community celebrations, where colorful booths and quick games can draw curious players from across the crowd. Traditional perya...