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I am a big fan of the, "Santos Sisters," and their tales. Created by Greg and Fake, this creative duo crafts a weird hodgepodge of superheroics, slice-of-life moments, and generally zaniness to bring us a stellar series. I adored the...
Why did I go to Japan? Well, in addition to the “fun” aspect of the trip, I had business reasons, and they arrived over the weekend! In addition to a massive restock of Yamamoto Paper and the arrival of the first part of our...
I never had a nose bleed in my life – until I arrived in Brasília. I remember feeling so shocked feeling the blood dripping from my nose and seeing it on a tissue. I’d seen a fair number of people coping with this – mostly in school. But...
I like AI-generated ASCII diagrams. Because nobody would ask AI to generate ASCII diagrams, and so, it’s congruous. I like incongruity [1]. Aside from the incongruity of using a gazillion-parameter neural network to make 1970’s style...
A deep dive into modular monoliths, from module APIs and database ownership to cross-module communication, architecture tests, incremental migration, and the signals that justify microservices. Read more
I don’t often post anything about matters pertaining to the Irish Federation of University Teachers (IFUT), of which I am a member, but there is something very important going on so I thought I would make an exception. In what follows, I...
I'm doing research for an unannounced project and decided to pick up Ace of Aces, a really fascinating game. In tone and presentation it is a dry 80s style wargame, about WWI biplane dogfighting. However the entire game is two books, one...
I hate Amazon. Let me start off there. I avoid buying from there as much as possible, but getting to zero items purchased is tough. Case in point was when I needed some new USB-C to USB-C cables. For whatever reason, the cables I wanted...
The current moment of my life feels like one in which I'm waiting for things. Ranni had her spay appointment, so I'm waiting for her to recover and be back to her normal self. Our cabin vacation is in about a month, so I'm waiting...
Moving along slowly in the Phoebe Bridgers' universe of sounds and songs on a rainy day: Mostly done within a speeding vehicle of some sort. It's an immersive experience. Headphones might help, but as you all know, that's an illegal...
A couple years ago, GM made waves by saying that soon, all their new cars would be completely free of Apple's CarPlay and Android Auto support, instead opting for the "Android Automotive OS" in their cars. Admittedly, I'm a huge fan of...
I’ve long wanted to watch the British miniseries, Edward the King (1975) (aka Edward the Seventh). When I
Ahh… Classical guitars. The tricky ones.Classical and flamenco (nylon-string) guitars are the scary ones when you’re starting out with stringing (and they’re still a pain when you’ve been doing it for years).While it’s generally not...
Great Eastern Railway 1899 4 Wheel Brake Third 853 (BRONZE)Following a deep clean and major exam, this vehicle is now back in traffic giving us six members of operating vehicles for the vintage train for the very first time. However due...
4-star hike • 1½ mile out-and-back • Easy | Gain 180 feet • Groton, MA | Northeast Region . Views of Bancroft's Castle tower through the trees. Rising above the trees on Gibbet Hill in Groton, Massachusetts, a stone tower looks like the...