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Introduce the lock before the key. Include a few locks in various dungeons with secrets behind them, for which there is no key in that dungeon. Hookshot: a hand-held spring loaded chain with a claw at the end. Extends up to 60' and...
I had a lot of reasons for visiting the model tramway event at Crich this year. First, I'm layout shopping for work. I've always felt that model tramways are under-represented, and if I'm going to find something that will work on the...
We've seen these a few times now, in recent years, from at least three makers, here's another trio, from two additional brands! Courtesy of Peter Evans, these would seem to confirm a quiet trend in younger kids toys, but really a re-hash...
[1966]Classic supremely melodic moody and broody garage from one and done group The Wonders outa Omaha Nebraska. Soaring harmonies in slightly disorientating arrangement.
One finished, the other incipient. [ in progress... ]
Miscellaneous bits of news and fun stuff from around the Internet......The Warner Archive Collection has announced Blu-ray releases for September and October. The biggest news for me was a complete series release of my favorite TV show,...
As any sanctioned psyker can tell you, time in the warp can move in unexpected ways, so you shouldn't be surprised that we are looking at the July 1925 issue of Weird Tales after we looked at the August 1925 ish in our last episode....
It’s Sunday, and it’s time for another “picdump!” Here are the memes, pictures, and cartoons floating around the internet that I found interesting or relevant this week. Share and enjoy! Here’s the “I never thought leopards would eat my...
Despite being a notorious AI skeptic, when Qwen3.8-27B came out, I spent several afternoons trying to get it to run on a 16gb Nvidia card with halfway decent results.Eventually I did, and this is how.Note: This is the sequel to the...
This week’s AI linkdump is a whole lot of videos (and okay, maybe a few links, too). Enjoy! Loop engineering Graph engineering DeepSeek Harness The downside CNBC: Anthropic IPO filing will show AI backlash as a risk factor, sources say...
Hey. It’s been a while. Life update, to say the least: I’m starting grad school soon. This means a lot of reading and writing beforehand (although not much here). In an effort to rewire my brain, I’ve been limiting social media use and...
Chroma (via Caddy) highlighting ESPHome YAML. After learning that Chroma is how Caddy renders Markdown into HTML, I started thinking it’d be neat to use Chroma to do viewing with styling/syntax highlighting of any supported files that I...
I was doing some chores and tidying around the house today when I had a funny thought. Forgive a brief detour while I provide some context. When I was in school long ago, I took a data structures course where I learned about tree...
Nau maiYesterday we played the Pioneer Courthouse Square in Portland’s downtown. We were back for another show in Portland’s mini downtown outdoor amphitheatre, the Pioneer Courthouse Square. The bus rolled into the square at 10am and we...
Iconic Clock, Grand Central Station – New York, New York After a long day of exploring New York City, my wife returned to our hotel room. After dinner, I felt re-energized and headed back out to photograph the city at night. I grabbed...