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This week was mainly occupied by the first phase of my farewell to NDL|GDS tour – spending three days (ish) in Whitechapel. Honestly it was really nice. I bumped into a bunch of lovely people, had some really interesting conversations,...
Aided by a grant from the City of Charlottetown Heritage Incentive Program, we’re on a multi-year program of replacing the windows here at 100 Prince Street. Two years ago it was the bottom four facing the street; this week it was the...
[Everything is so exhaustingly stupid.] Speaking of terrible things that have stuck in my mind1, I’ve been hung up on something I read a few weeks ago. Following Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy’s moronic reference to “DEI bike...
Link: TEENAGE SEX AND DEATH AT CAMP MIASMA | Official Trailer | In Theaters August 7 My favorite pieces of art make me understand and appreciate things I’ve never cared about before. Horror is not my film genre of choice, but I saw Jane...
Searching on the web has become a daunting task, one I can't seem to do as well as I used to. As someone who has had access to the internet since around 1999 (later than some of my peers), I have seen the internet change dramatically....
In a recent episode of EconTalk, with guest author Stewart Brand, Stewart had a throwaway line I loved. The exchange went like this: Russ Roberts: Yeah, I said when I was running, I was paying attention. I think the better word might be...
From July 30 to Aug. 2, 2026, PulpFest 2026 was held near Pittsburgh, again at the DoubleTree in Mars, Pa. This was my fourth time attending. I again made a point of arriving Wednesday night to be able to experience the con from Thursday...
A timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 273 miles / 439 km, about five hours of driving, from Azouzetta Lake Lodge & Campground in Mackenzie to Stampede Campground in Williams Lake, British Columbia, Canada,...
I’ll keep the prologue brief today. The Japanese version of Police Quest II was redrawn to give characters neon hair and big eyes. I wouldn’t call the look anime, but it’s obvious that the changes were made to sort of try to make it look...
For regular bear blog readers here this may be useful. If you see a dash and PO at the end of a title of a post you’ll know it’s a poetical rather than prose. It might contain a bit of prose but for those who don’t go on poetics you’ll...
Reflecting Light from KINLEY—our neighbour here in the C1A 4R4 for a time—was released today:Reflecting Light is a five-song release built on strong pop instincts, lyrics that turn small moments into whole stories, and production that...
They were a blogger for a while, when they first got set on fire by the implied permission of the scene ~2013. The rapid and constant feedback made a certain kind of person a certain kind of way and they could definitely feel the...
Same here, I’d totally be the audience for Star Trucker. I got the game too. Alas I can not play it. They totally botched HOTAS and head tracking support. This feature was added like a year later and is still not working properly. As in...
Neil and his companion, Nellie, are new to the neighbourhood, and their story is one of a young couple in a highly competitive real estate market. This may be a familiar tale to many. I first noticed them this spring, when they seemed...
Milo woke before the streetlights dimmed. He had learned to gauge the hour by the color of the sky through the warehouse window, a skill that required no subscription, no login, no biometric verification. The glass was filthy and cracked...