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“This is the way the season ends, not with a bang but a whimper”, with apologies to T.S. Eliot {{1}}.A few weeks ago I felt I was struggling to keep up, now I'm looking for things to do.Well … almost 😉.Beekeeping is a seasonal activity....
NIGHT CREEPER G.I. JOE: SPY TROOPS (HASBRO) Hey there faithful readers, and welcome to the end of the week. Oh, yes, it’s ending. Fantastic. Since it’s Friday, let’s celebrate it the only way I know how, with a Flashback Friday Figure...
I had a recurring “elevator pitch” at Lancefest earlier this summer. After explaining that I’m a science journalist now, I’d end with “so if you run into a story, let me know!” One person had a question that left me stumped: “What counts...
Robel Fessehatzion Shelton Johnson has spent more than three decades helping visitors understand that Yosemite belongs to everyone. As someone whose work also explores belonging and identity, what did photographing him mean to you...
Effective immediately I’ve chosen to walk away from my co-hosting duties on NPC: Next Portable Console. It’s been an absolute pleasure working on the show, and I’ve deeply loved discussing our shared passion for gaming hardware every...
The beach was a short walk from where I was staying so it was easy to get to and explore. It’s a day-use-only park so no camping, but it’s a good spot to spend a hot day as it’s not at all busy, just keep an eye out for the tide. I’m...
Santa Ana Public Library via Calisphere One of America’s leading Shakespearian actresses in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century was born in Poland and spoke English with a pronounced Polish accent. Helena Modjeska (1840-1909)...
I have 6 OpenBSD machines that I use for self hosting various services: nuc - My main homeserver, hosts general stuff that I use at home. bluebox - My home router, what connects me to the internet. www - A VPS that hosts this website....
If you took philosophy in college or knew someone who did, you probably remember having conversations along the lines of “what if, you know, everything I observe is just an evil god tricking me?” This is the Cartesian demon1 that has...
Dealing with job rejection. Brain dump. WednesdayI had an interview for a job I really wanted. I would be working at a bakery/café, which I felt would be a great first step in gaining experience in this industry. The application was in...
In my mandatory annual fire safety training class the other day, they had us run through the same simulation exercise they always do. There was a big box with LEDs that simulate a fire, a fake fire extinguisher with which we "put out"...
Recorded at The Elias J. Halling Recital Hall Minnesota way back when on October 20th, 2012.Where we find ourselves trapped inside a seething throng of the Proletariat (aww Bless 'em).Confused stares abound, this sounds like the kind of...
When the Swedish dance band Arvingarna got together, the founder told one of his friends to play the drums. When he explained that he didn’t know how to play the drums, his friend replied: “How do you know that?” It’s a funny story, but...
Thunderbird is an extremely configurable email client. There are also different levels of configurability: some settings are global to the entire application, some are per account, some are per mail folder, etc. These distinctions are...
Your humble author in 2009, with his last even vaguely cool car, a 2000 Volkswagen GTI. I sold the GTI and left the United States that same summer. I wouldn’t own another car for ten years. Looking back from the vantage point of today,...