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Chris Wayan's Planetocopia is one of my favorite things on the internet. The author made up fictional planets with weird geology. And he tried to give them scientifically plausible climates and biospheres, along with beautifully weird...
Becoming a manager changed the way I experienced customers. I was no longer only the employee who pointed toward the Drama section or checked a tape back in. When a situation became confusing, ridiculous, or angry, I was increasingly the...
During an apartment renovation in a converted 1860s loft building, a view of one of the cast-iron columns that makes up the front facade, as seen from inside: As is typical of these buildings, there’s a column between every pair of...
William Shaw A poem composed of one sentence from every individual winner of the Hugo Award for Best Short Story, 1955-2025. * * * Let us not rely on the dubious assistance of Biblical characters.It is three thousand light-years to the...
This blog post is the result of a conversation in the blaugust discord about using GenAI to make it look as if it was not generated by AI. I took a post I had already written and asked ChatGPT to rewrite it in the style of Frankie Boyle....
Last night I had the most vivid dream. I had travelled to a large house with my son with the express purpose of him purchasing a Smart ForTwo car off the occupier. We looked around the car and it seemed okay, so my son went inside to pay...
My siblings and I are retired or close to it, but we still have conversations that start with "Do you remember when Mom made X?" Thus commences a discussion of Old El Paso taco kits, Chef Boyardee pizzas, waffle irons, liver, English...
Translated from Japanese into English by Margaret Mitsutani. I fell in love with Yoko Tawada's writing last year and I've been reading through all of her available works since then. This was another success for me. It's the first in a...
Playing Big Walk with friends, and figuring out (or not) stuff together. First entering the room unlocked by the Red Funnel key is one of those gaming memories that I'll treasure.
I updated my Galactic Compass app for iPhone with augmented reality mode. Background: Galactic Compass is a floating green arrow that always points the way to the middle of the Milky Way, 26,000 light years away. Here’s the announcement...
Last week saw Edinburgh’s last significant eclipse until 2093, with 90.6% of the sun obscured, but unlike 90.6% of the population I failed to make my way to a decent hill to watch it. Instead, minutes before it began, I slapped together...
One funny element of Napoleon’s career is how uneasy, quarrelsome, and divided the entire Buonaparte clan has turned, once Napoleon assumed the supreme power, first over France, and then over Europe.Napoleon’s brothers became kings, in...
Driftwood on a Galveston Island, Texas, beach is lit by the first light of day. The post Driftwood Dawn appeared first on 75CentralPhotography.
glue up timeI'm going to glue the sides first. Started by gluing the dowels in the legs. I did it this way so I minimize myself brain farting and stinking up the shop. hmm.......The depth for these dowels is a few frog hairs more than...
Finished Big Walk last night, and we enjoyed every moment. Even the frustrating ones 😝