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I recently (26th-28th June 2026) went on a three day climbing trip to Hampi. It wasn't enough for climbing, but definitely enough for healing my soul through and through. This is my day to day log of a small set of things that happened....
A detailed history of how a destructive pest was neutralized through sicence and geography.
It's been a while since I updated you on our cruise happenings on #TheBoatTripNorth Yesterday we went on a coach trip titled "Life and Culture in Isfjordur" which was something of a mixed bag First we went into a small, old local...
The first time I opened up to a medical professional about some childhood trauma, it was like surgically excising a living thing from behind my breastbone. That experience — the galloping pulse, the ventricle-deep ache, the sensation...
It’s great that BACKROOMS all sprang from a badly colour-balanced photograph (above right) taken at a disused furniture showroom in Wisconsin. Wisconsin is the wellspring of all things weird in America, after all. I liked the film as...
Screenshot I thought it would be fun to look at old book reviews of the two books I just read and reviewed. I’ll start with The Fittest, which I liked, and then go to Ruler of the World, which I didn’t. Follow the links if you want to...
They say, “Matt, how are you so smart?” I tell them, “Hard work and skill.” I’m very skilled. I have all the best skills. No one has more skills than me. #LyingLikeTrump #YourTurn
Derek Thompson wrote one of the most interesting things I've read lately. One hundred years ago, on September 26, 1929, President Herbert Hoover gathered a group of social scientists at the White House. He asked them to begin research on...
Happy Fourth, if you're feeling it this year. If not, well, try not to overheat heading to the subway to get some air conditioning in the theaters! Minions & Monsters opened Wednesday and continues to play at Fresh Pond (including 3D),...
Believe it or not, one of the defining moments in my relationship with black metal came the first time I heard Nargaroth's Jahreszeiten, and specifically the repetitive riffing on the last track, "Winter". This was my introduction to...
Set up a stack of virtualization tools on a Void Linux host for creating and managing virtual machines (VMs). 1. Start Here 2. Directories 3. Permissions 4. Services 5. Create VM 6. Resize VM guest window 7. Video Acceleration 8. Virsh...
Looky at Rachel’s tall, lovely sunflowers
Today I am reviewing Henry Slesar’s The Thing at the Door, the title my Patreon supporters voted for a couple of months ago. [I shall be setting up another poll soon, so keep your eyes peeled for that.] One of the reasons Slesar’s story...
Time in the Empire is measured in Annums (revolutions of the Mother around the local star), Starsigns (There are 10 per Annum) and Orbits (revolutions of the moon Spatha around the unseen Mother). The starsign that a Mere hatches under...
Re: Your Metablogging is Lame as Hell #julyreply Are you an enthusiastic newcomer to blogging? Write about it! Do you have tips and tricks that other bloggers might like? Tell us about them! Did you learn something about blogging that...