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How's this for a location?! I mean, last week was nice with Scott in Mallorca, but Marrakech is, well, wow 😮 Anyway, about those data breaches... This week I'm talking about the futility of attempting to remove piss from a pool, yet here...
Women get a lot of crap about being basic in the fall, with the pumpkin spice lattes and sweaters and such. But, listen, I have a long beard and use beard oil and love brewpubs with craft beer and dabble in woodworking. It doesn’t get...
It was my visit with an Italian to Ferrari, a place I greatly liked, that led me to read Giorgio Bassani’s The Garden of the Finzi-Continis, which is a Penguin Modern Classic....
The seemingly legitimate news article, which several people sent to me and was shared on social media by many more, carried a stunning headline: “The Ghost Paper That Ate Alabama: How a Media Startup Killed 47 Weekly Newspapers and No...
June was an incredibly productive and good month for me.I taught my parents how to do some basic things on a laptop I gifted them. It’s their first laptop. It runs Android so they can easily adapt their familiar touchscreen interactions...
Raukar: Gotland, Sweden's Limestone Sea Stacks Along the rugged Baltic shoreline of Sweden's enchanting island of Gotland, hundreds of towering limestone sea stacks known locally as raukar rise from the coast like ancient stone...
Sally Field is probably one of the most well-known actresses of the last 60-odd years.
Autostrada.A destra, blu. Cielo. La linea dell'orizzonte si perde nel mare.Scogli, fili del telefono, cavi della ferrovia.Più avanti le luci di una città, palazzotti che toccherebbero le nuvole se solo queste ci fossero.Sulla sabbia...
I’m not built for this heat. As much time is spent wiping sweat off my forehead and thinking about money and Maggie Rogers as is spent roaming the small flat of navy and grey and black and wondering if now is a good time to turn on the...
Sometimes things come with provenance. A 19th century cupboard in original paint once owned by Howard Campbell, noted North Carolina Roustabout and folk art collector. I was able to purchase it in 1998, and asked Kimball Sterling, the...
Andy King writes: I have a question for you–and, if you think it worthwhile, for your readers. A few weeks ago, I was deposed by Harvard’s lawyers in the lawsuit between Francesca Gino and Harvard. Much of the questioning focused on my...
Warminster is a small historic market town in Wiltshire, with a population of 18,000. It was a quick visit on a diversion away from Trowbridges (see earlier posting), so I was only able to capture three clocks.The first is on the Post...
Babrius 85 (tr. Laura Gibbs): During the war of the dogs and the wolves, the dog-assembly chose an Achaean to be their commander. Although he was an expert in the art of war, the commander waited and delayed. With fierce threats, the...
The Maiora Everest is not just a fountain pen: it’s a BIG pen representing a feat of engineering and craftsmanship; it is the first BIG fountain pen in the world that adopts a fixed ‘Mega Piston’, designed to guarantee unprecedented ink...
Hey everyone, Hotwire Native v1.3 just dropped with a huge release notes entry.And that’s just for iOS! Here’s the stuff that matters, including the breaking changes you’ll need to accommodate in your app to upgrade today.iOSiOS saw the...