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A note on my 7/14/26 posting “Raunch dressing”, on a Facebook pitch for Creed Fragrance that came by me on 7/12: Aventus by Creed. Bright fruits and smoky woods, crafted into an unmistakable signature Which led to some notes on smoky...
Murphy’s Law strikes: Just before I’m about to leave for the weekly Tuesday happy hour for beer with the neighbors, the synth I ordered arrives. And a day early, too (this is beginning to sound like one of those “My steak is too juicy...
Dictionary.com shortlisted agentic for its 2025 word of the year. Not surprising, given that everybody is selling agents these days. Salesforce says you can hire them the way you hire employees. Microsoft imagines companies that are...
2035. The political struggle for control of the Moscow Metro, where ten thousand survivors from the 2013 nuclear war that ended the old world live with their descendants, has stabilised with an uneasy peace. For Artyom, the hero of the...
David Hollingshead’s Humanists Have Done Nothing Wrong is basically a standard-issue defense of the humanities against the crazed attack of the modern-day right wing, but it starts from an interesting angle that I thought was worth...
I'm trying to get back in my blogging habits, and a good way to do that is to continue doing Top Ten Tuesday posts. I had almost forgotten about them until I saw someone else's post on my RSS feed. This week, the The Atsy Reader Girl's...
Some ideas about developing a relaibel seria communication protocol for messages of at most 16 bytes.
I'm travelling light at the moment. Have a laptop, phone, couple of books, running and swimming gear and a few days of clothes. I'm staying at family and friends homes. Very generous of them. Comfortable living too. Not just a couch....
Got home safe, car feels good. Am sad that they said by next oil change it'll need new breaks, and thats about 1k. Obviously thats like, 3-4 months away, but still, feels bad. Gonna try and look at it as a goal though, try and get back...
Humans have been fascinated by robots for as long as the idea of a machine with a heart has existed. Hugo award-winning author James Patrick Kelly is no exception, evidenced by his newest collection of short stories all about robots and...
We got some rain last night, about 3mm or so, with more on the way over the next few days. So I’m finding myself thinking about rainwater collection. I’ve already got a plan to install an array of butts behind the shed this autumn which...
About the moment. From my 8/17 posting “Cool nights”, on my greatly increased prednisone dosage: it seems to me that my already unusually keen senses of smell and taste have heightened; all my food is fabulous, especially if jazzed up to...
A song came on shuffle today, as I was coming home from a lovely day at the lake with a beloved friend, so I was in a pretty good mood. All Right part2. I'd say my mood inspired the thought that followed, but I tend to obsess over these...
Earlier today Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro signed an executive order requiring data center projects to be regulated with “strict guardrails to hold data center developers accountable to the public interest” in areas of energy...