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In July 2026 the sports-leaning internet publication DEADSPIN published a how-to explaining the various ways one could use prediction markets to bet on music charts. “Events that you can trade on include Spotify and Billboard Hot #1...
On a number of occasions, and there have been plenty, while giving tours at my local museum, I’ve noticed that sometimes a couple may show a lovely display of affection while I’m speaking to them about the art they’re looking at. As a...
Harrowing. The autobiographical story of a 19yo private who signs up on the first day of WWI and follows his journey as a german stormtrooper through pretty much every famous battle on the western front. The Somme, Ypres, Paschendale,...
The funny thing about Demon City is... well, there are many. I firmly believe that it's the best horror RPG ever made. Anyhow, a funny thing about Demon City is how rememberable it is. I haven't played Demon City in years. When I thought...
As the years have gone by, I’ve taken fewer and fewer pictures of the Catonsville parade, but I do still pick up the phone to shoot interesting things. This year, the weather was so hot (“feels like 112˚”) there were probably 1/3 of the...
My favorite genre to read and write is urban fantasy. Many people have differing definitions of what that is, meaning sometimes Harry Potter ends up on urban fantasy lists, despite it being children's fantasy. But to me, urban fantasy is...
I get it. Fireworks are part of the 4th of July. As a kid I liked to watch them and shoot them off. I lived in a very wet climate. And starting a wildfire was possible but not very probable. In fact, the biggest danger was accidentally...
"Which one of you will hurt me?" In 1970s America, a budding actress (Anna Kendrick) gets told by her agent to go on a dating show to help further her career. One of the male contestants (Daniel Zovatto) is a serial killer who murders...
In our 98th episode, we list the things we’ve been building with our robots and figure out who we’re really yelling at when it all goes wrong. Mentioned, referenced, or obsessed over: Planetfall, the Infocom game that gave Floyd his name...
July 4th 2005. While a country was celebrating independence, I was celebrating a different kind of milestone: my first day in the corporate world at Tata Elxsi.I walked into the office carrying a backpack full of computer science theory,...
Over at the Autopian, founder and chief editor David Tracy had been periodically updating the site with progress on his latest crazy idea: building a new WW2 Jeep from parts sourced strictly through eBay. He’d gone dark for the last...
Dedicated Photography Time™ with Florian.
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