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Here’s a conundrum for you - why aren’t Hollywood movies better? Today, I’m going to go through the market forces which have led to the current state of mainstream cinema and show you the data behind it.The core mysteryLet’s start with...
much rejoicing in MudvilleThe Declaration frame has cooked and it is laying flat on the tablesaw. No rocking from any corner tapping.new homeThis is where the hardware dresser will live for the time being. The empty hole to the right of...
Way back in 2012 I had a week-long residency at the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, in New York. It's interesting reading the post I wrote for the Cooper Hewitt Lab blog again and thinking about which of the challenges I faced...
A carousel peeks over the railing of the Galveston Island Historic Pleasure Pier, Galveston, Texas. The post The Carousel on the Pier appeared first on 75CentralPhotography.
Being in control of your coding LLM is crucial, but control has a price. A Plants vs Zombies experiment, the control–autonomy spectrum, and Reverse Engineer Driven Development (REDD).
Recently I went on a trip to North Wales, Eyri to be exact (the Welsh name for Snowdonia - Snowdon, the mountain the area is named after and the tallest mountain in Wales, is Yr Wyddfa in Welsh). We didn't hike up Yr Wyddfa - it's the...
The idea for Unoffice Hours came from Matt Webb, who created it as a twist on the traditional office hours format. The premise is simple: you open up a slot in your calendar and let anyone book a call. No agenda, no pitching. They just...
Another Luigi Maggi. A couple in old age makeup reminisce about how they first met, and it proves to be a dramatic wartime yarn in flashback. This one tries to get by with as few intertitles and as much acting as possible. We stare,...
My supervisor…[saw a chatbot] as a digital priest whose primary purpose was to confirm that he was right and everyone else was mistaken. The Last Shall Be First (#1523) SCOTUS legalizes sexual assault of minor-age female athletes: The...
Back in 2022, I concluded my run of reviews of the lamentably short-lived, surprisingly classically-styled Inspector Floris Jansen series written by the Dutch editor, translator and chess player Peter Verstegen – who published his...
I have spent time during Music Week sitting with my dad as the Adult Choir rehearses. I may start bringing my laptop and getting some writing or grading done, the way I did the first year we came to Music Week as adults, back in 2022.But...
Junited is a blogging festival created by Robert Birming a couple of years back So here’s my suggestion for June: let’s show a little extra appreciation for this lovely digital space of ours. Junited is a love letter, from one blogger to...
July weather is unpredictable, from sweltering heatwaves to torrential rain. I take my chances where I can and step outside to enjoy my garden. At the moment my geraniums are glorious – shaded from the worst of the heat by the forsythia...
Pretty much spent the whole day sleeping. Glad I bookended with extra days off.100 words · 1 image