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Our most local brewery, lager specialists Lost & Grounded, has redesigned its packaging after a decade with the same look, and their choices tell us something interesting about how 2026 is different to 2016. First, it comes with a...
It's kind of incredible that these days, barely a day goes by that I don't think about AOL Instant Messenger (or AIM, as I'll call it throughout) at some point.That statement doesn't make sense on the face of it even to me, since I only...
I would say Monday always seems to bring bad news, but bad news seems to show up on any day that ends in “y” lately. But this is a Monday and this is bad news. Maestral, an open source client for Dropbox has ceased to be maintained as of...
I’m not the biggest fan of trivia games. Especially those that require players to know a specific answer, and a hundred times those that sporadically stuff me into a locker with an unexpected sports question. “Who soiled his pants while...
Sometimes cloning a repository doesn't require a complex dependency tree. Plain git is enough! It's possible to leverate the forgejo context for the information needed to clone. The gotcha is that forgejo.server_url contains the protocol...
Favorited Ikigai Collective by David Orban Yes, this type of exploration is important. Without a set purpose as goal, but certainly not without purpose as an experience and source of meaning. I don’t think I have the bandwidth at the...
POAP 7593072 at I passed through Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) in 2026.
After announcing my intentions to catch up on my reading through June of 2026, I managed to get a little bit of progress made, but overal my book consumption stayed relativly low. I had hoped to read 1,190 pages (36 per day) and listen...
I recently read Alan Alda's first memoir Never have your dog stuffed which was pretty good. Hence I began looking for more information about him on the web. I came across a YouTube video At 89, Alan Alda reveals the seven actors he HATED...
Ever wondered would happen if a legendary force of nature, stepped out of myth, only to find itself subject to a grilling by the local council planning sub-committee? Well, I have...
Like much of the world, I have spent the last 3.5 weeks awash in soccer (or in European parlance, football). The 2026 tournament has been the best one in memory, delivering high drama and elation and devastation to the largest field of...
So I was noodling around some ideas for a story. First day, super early. Not even sure what it could be. Everything up in the air, thrown at the wall to see what sticks phase. I had an idea then immediately thought, No, I can't do that,...
All over North America, developers are building condominiums with big rounded concrete pillars smack in the middle of the room. These columns block the view, block the flow and aren’t practically useful for anything – you can’t even...
If you need something to brighten up your classroom wall, then look no further. I took a little while to create these posters – and trying to tame AI to produce something faithful to them was an uphill struggle. However, here are the...
The Guardian reports that the British Medical Association (BMA) may be about to make a third of its 600 staff redundant because of financial difficulties....