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After careful analysis, I have determined that today's slide scans DO qualify as Snoozles™. But just barely! This first one is from August, 1962; we see a salty sea dog up in the rigging of the Columbia. He's whistling the Old Spice...
Quick bits When seen from a moving train, planes seem to be simply hovering in place. Weird. Pro tip: You can just ask the Amazon AI to get a free trial. I’m on my third Amazon Prime trial already. I set up Tailscale, and now I can...
This auspicious 250th Independence Day, I find myself thinking of what Om wrote in iAMerican when he became a US citizen in 2013. On a globe, America is a landmass, a country. In an immigrant’s heart it is a belief that future is almost...
Source It may well be the worst plague the region has ever seen, with scientists recording up to 8,000 mice in each hectare (2.5 acres) of land. That’s 10 times the number needed to officially declare a mouse plague. Wow, Australia is...
Ok so the commentbox works pretty well. I saw 10-15!! comments before I went to bed (thanks Brennan, Chris, Steve, JP and all the other anonymous netizens - seriously I had no idea so many people were reading this thing). But, low and...
Those of you who stop by regularly may remember a previous dalliance with North American N a year or so ago ended in disappointment when I just couldn't get on with the Microtrains couplers and hands free operation I was used to in HO...
Too hot to hit the rivers, but a couple of quick trips to the commerical - the first with my Dad, the second with my mate Wayne. Loads of carp - shooting fish in a barrel! Nice to have constant action - but probably time to try and bag...
If you were designing a counter for the service of beer would you put a row of posts between the person serving and the customer? Would you also put large display cards on each of those posts, and a charity collection tin to one side,...
Got up just after nine. Nell went for Jane on the bus. Got back with her at 10.30 so had a nice day with her. Batchfords came in the morning.
AI (or rather LLM’s) use is becoming more & more common and one of the issues with it (amongst many) is that when you ask it to summarize/process/or whatever something you have to upload that content to servers that are outside your...
I spent much of June on holiday, my longest break in years, visiting Jake and Scarlett in Wales. The plan was to spend some time helping to renovate an old school into an arts centre. Doing physical tasks day after day took its toll, but...
So, am I fully recovered? No. I still have visible scars where the two incisions were made I still have visible marks where the chest tube was inserted Both of the above will continue to heal, but there is a chance some of the scarring...
Mt Takatsuma (高妻山, takatsuma-yama) is one of Japan's Hundred Famous Mountains located in Nagano’s Myoko-Togakushi Renzan National Park. This National Park is home to four hyakumeizans (Mt Amakazari, Mt Hiuchi and Mt Myoko) and this was...
Here we are, another Sunday, another Meals of the Week post. The one where I share with you all the main meals I have cooked and enjoyed over the past 7 days. If I eat out for one or two of them, I also always share a homemade...
Earlier this year, after mapping Wenzel's bakeries in North London, I wrote "I really should draw some Coughlans maps one day." Alas I'm too late, they ceased trading on Tuesday. Coughlans were a family bakery chain based mostly in south...