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As you may be aware if you're a regular reader of my blog, I love learning, studying, and academia. And I've been thinking recently of how to take the opportunity to better intersect this with my knowledge of web development and...
My 2015 London trip, part 5. Read part 4 here. ARCHIVE(D): JANUARY 21, 2015 MorningBreakfast and my walk to the office. LunchI believe this was lunch at The Sydney Arms. I look like a different person. (I was a different person.) I love...
Sorry this one is a little later. I completely lost track of the days. However, it’s now time to dive in to this week’s metal releases. Hails! Torturous Inception - death - USAMorgued - death - USAAngoixa - death - SpainAtomic Aggressor...
I have been writing consistently here for a year now. You can go back a year and find one essay published every single day without fail. I have broken a lot of the writing advice that gets thrown around on social media, except for one...
I will be showing at WOCA again this weekend. Saturday. A selection of works made from found objects at the beach. I’ll post photos in the future. But come on down to WOCA and I’ll be there. I hope it’ll be fun. We may get food from The...
The moon disappeared for a while last night.
I watched a few videos this morning, looking for ideas of what I could use AI to do. In one video, someone had an agent monitor tech news sites every 30 minutes to notify him of a variety of developments. No doubt that’s less effort than...
Large traditional “sawing man” folk art whirligig with traces of white paint remaining. Long 30 inches, figure is nearly a foot tall. Considerable wear from friction on the saw. Found in Michigan circa 1940 - 1950. Collection Jim...
As a little addendum to yesterday's mention of Nick Cave, I feel remiss that I offered no examples of said songs that stopped me in my tracks. Cinnamon Horses.
Giacomo Leopardi (1798-1837), "On the Monument to Dante Being Erected in Florence," lines 7-17 (tr. Jonathan Galassi): O Italy, let it be in your heart to honor the ancients; for this land has no such men today, and no one to honor. Turn...
There isn't a single correct way of living one's life. What my experience tells me is to never let other people defines what is success, and what we need to achieve. We have to, each of us, decide what we want to achieve, what we can let...
[Proper regulation is key.] Watch just about any traffic light in the Boston area until the signal changes, and you’ll almost certainly see one or even multiple cars blatantly running a red. It’s endemic, and it’s awful, yet nothing is...
Do enjoy some reading pleasure before the weekend commences. Does Computer Science Need Computers?, by Ben Brubaker, Quanta Magazine In Hilbert Space, All Things Are Quantumly Possible, by Charlie Wood, Quanta Magazine The Restaurant Is...
Last week, the library informed me that my hold on an ice cream maker attachment for my mixer was ready for pick-up from their Library of Things. I have literally no recollection of placing a hold on an ice cream maker. But when life...
We have a brand-new child-financial situation to deal with: what to do, financially, about an adult child who is working full-time and living at home. I will start by telling you what we did about children’s income when the children were...