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according to the very vague analytics, someone was going through a significant chunk of my blog over the weekend, or just before it. given that i hadn't written anything new around that point, i can only assume it was someone i know. but...
I’m really enjoying getting back into ice skating, but I can only get to the rink once a week (at least over the summer -- I'm aiming for twice weekly once Schools re-open) and I have the itch to do more skating than that. Where I live...
Two days ago, a child privacy trial that BBC says may be the biggest threat yet to Instagram and Facebook started in the US.As usual: If you like what you find here, thanks in advance for your subscription (possibly but not necessarily...
I’m working on a project that generates multiple .tar.gz archives, and I need to combine them into one final file. I thought I could just cat the bytes together, but that doesn’t work. This seemingly simple task exposed my flawed...
There isn’t a lot to do out here. Sometimes we sit on opposite sides of the couch watching TV. Sometimes we sit close. I like to put my head on your shoulder. But watching television gets stale, so sometimes we face each other, our knees...
Say what you like. Beer is pretty good but, be honest, toast is the best. See that there? My yellow tomatoes on cream cheese mixed with my green onions, chives and basil. Pennies worth of seeds, just months of waiting. And watering. And...
During the month of August I will be participating in Blaugust, a month long blogging challenge. Today’s TDC says: Don’t baobab trees look like they’re just the tip of something much bigger? Maybe it is some creature or alien sleeping...
In the Book Notes series, authors create and discuss a music playlist that relates in some way to their recently published book. Previous contributors include Jesmyn Ward, Lauren Groff, Bret Easton Ellis, Celeste Ng, T.C. Boyle, Dana...
Yes, it is in fact real, I’m holding it in my hands, and after what feels like years of Flipper teasing everyone with this ominous device in various online posts, I can finally confirm that it is real. The BUSY Bar is a 250 gram desk...
Tracy Chevalier is best known for her book about Vermeer, Girl with the Pearl Earring, but her skill - whether writing about a 17th century Dutch servant or a Quaker newly arrived in pre-Civil War America - is her ability to transport...
It is, of course, shot beautifully and it moves with incredible pace for such a long, miserable movie. But it always feels kind of uncomfortably caught between the spy thriller and the serious period drama. Full of odd little digressions...
Next up in this occasional series of film-photography tools built by developers in our community: Filmaris, made by Rémi. As with the last one, I asked him to describe it in his own words and send screenshots, and what’s below is my...
Well, look who’s back: Yes, it’s Pressing Concerns! After a couple of weeks off for personal reasons, Rosy Overdrive has returned and is ready to run down some of this week’s notable releases: we’re looking at new albums from Lambchop...
HTML has been gobbling up swathes of what used to be JavaScript’s remit. This page lists a bunch of dynamic functionality that we can now achieve with just HTML. adactio.com/links/22726
After days of planning, I finally visited a friend’s cafe this week. It was cloudy, with a 55% chance of rain. When it rains, the city stops. Transit slows, some stores close, and everybody is late. Yes, even when there are umbrellas....