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10:05 - Got rejected from a bakery/cafe I really wanted to work at. I'm sad. Was gonna go there today to study but I'll go somewhere else. Too fresh.
Ridgeline subscribers — Hi, I’m Craig Mod and this is Ridgeline, a newsletter about walking — mostly in Japan, but this time in NYC. Elsewhere: The Things Become Other Things fine art reprint is now in stock. And I’ve been using Claude...
2026 fantasy novella in the World of the Five Gods (formerly known as Chalion). A hedge-sorcerer is dying, and the Temple has a use for her demon, if the demon agrees. Meanwhile, a blinded cavalryman comes seeking healing…
A showery day. Some sun. Did all the mowing. A bit wet for it. Went with Bill Edwards to the Harp and the Oak. Very heavy rain at night.
Shot by Duncan Rawlinson. Duncan Radwlinson photographed this black-and-white aerial view of the 1000 Islands region in Ontario, Canada. Dark water winds between snow-covered shores and small wooded islands, their conifers heavy with...
Mutiny (2026) • View trailer3.5 stars (out of five); rated R, for considerable profanity and strong, bloody violenceAvailable via: Movie theatersBy Derrick Bang • Published in The Davis Enterprise, 8.23.26Jason Statham’s action thrillers...
If you were wondering why you haven't seen any new DLR trains recently, I think I might have found them. Last week we were driving from Vitoria towards Pamplona on the Autovía del Norte (or A-1), a key Spanish motorway. The scenery was...
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"Second Skin" is a 1997 science fiction novelette by Paul J. McAuley. It is about a man who visits Proteus as a secret spy of a trade delegation. Non-Spoiler Summary In A Nutshell: The story follows Ben Lo as he arrives on Proteus, one...
In this Music for the Next Generation series, I usually introduce artists that I'm a big fan of and/or who have made a strong impact on me. Lana Del Rey is not one of them. I'd be lying if I said I was a fan.Don't get me wrong; I don't...
All business is a gamble. That product idea you had might succeed, and it might not. That person you hired might work out, and they might not. That business loan might get repaid, and it might not. Even a small business like Codemanship...
So, in 2026, we have a new owner of the Commodore trademarks and a new Commodore 64! Well, actually, it is a bundling of a number of already available components into one system.But, whatever. It has the original Commodore logo splashed...
I’ve been on a bender lately of reading books about gender, specifically a lot on the experience of women in society, and it’s radicalising me in the best way possible. Many years ago, during my trip through Europe in the summertime, I...
I've been building diagnostic tools for identifying and correcting errors with the syncing and backup process of the JottaCloud backup solution. Claude triggered my inner nerd, when after questionened to review it's size of the CLAUDE.md...
In the last few weeks, I’ve been complaining that everyone is wrong about AI watermarking: it isn’t really anti-consumer and it doesn’t make the outputs any worse. The watermarking papers demonstrate1 that this is true, but I thought it...