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A couple of months ago I improved some of our dialogs and this time I worked on some more. Did you know that you can just paste the clipboard’s content into the Dolphin file manager or on the desktop to create a new file from it? Just...
A glance at the Wikipedia entry for Edmond Rostand’s 1897 play Cyrano de Bergerac shows that it has been astonishingly successful with dozens of stage, film, television, and opera performances. I saw last night the roistering Royal...
This week on the People and Blogs series we have an interview with Andy Baio, whose blog can be found at waxy.org. Tired of RSS? Read this in your browser or sign up for the newsletter. People and Blogs is supported by the "One a Month"...
by BobDaHacker Wow! This is a mistake I’d probably have done on my first semester in college. Not when working for FIFA. Though I do wonder if real humans wrote that code before the fix. My guess is no. I gotta say this person has a lot...
From The Russo-Ukraine War: The Return of History, by Serhii Plokhy (W. W. Norton, 2023), Kindle pp. 15-16: On the eve of his all-out invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, Vladimir Putin would claim that it was the Bolsheviks, Vladimir...
A choppy night. The wind swung to the north and strengthened. SPARTINA was exposed to wind and chop coming down about the mile-long fetch of Cape Lookout Bight. A bumpy night, got some sleep somehow.Sleep in, wake to a cool north wind....
dry fittedFeeling a little better today, still sore and painful with movement, but I could manage it. Chopping the pins took me almost an hour. A concession on my part to minimize antagonizing the pain center. It laid flat on the bench...
Today’s question is, “What do you do to improve your sleep?” and frankly, I find the question offensive. But if you must know, my current sleep strategy consists of being a night owl until about 3:00 AM, getting a light dusting of...
Also Available on PatreonOn the June 2026 Monthly Update I talk about what’s been going on with the site and podcast, but also some other things going on in my life and some random thoughts I have. They include:AtmosfearMcFeastMr....
I would never have guessed that so many people online not only don’t know what a Socratic question is, but are so insecure about their ignorance they call such questions “stupid”. But last week a parade of clowns on Bluesky declared that...
by Iris Meredith Really good article about literal and metaphorical midwinters and (tech) work.
You’ll probably have heard that PlayStation announced a cease on physical disc production from January 2028. Naturally, there have been plenty of memes but people are generally pissed off by the news. There are petitions, a growth in...
Three special events took place on the Fourth of July in my and my husband's combined family tree:Samuel Schwartz (1883-1954), my maternal great uncle, was born on July 4th in what was Ungvar, Hungary (now Uzhhorod, Ukraine). He came to...
For all the hype and controversy around AI, I keep coming back to a simple thought: AI is still software. A machine. Not as deterministic as I’d like it to be, but still a machine. So I try to think about it in very unromantic terms and...
Life Yes, it was hot. I caught up with old Fridayers in Soho Square on Tuesday for a pleasant if prematurely curtailed evening. Everyone seemed to be in fairly fine fettle, general workplace malaise notwithstanding. We went to see Empire...