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Motion Blur Taxis with Steam – New York, New York Here is a quintessential scene on the streets of Manhattan. You see the blur of fast-moving taxis, with what looks like smoke venting from underground. Things can be deceiving, however. I...
NASA’s Perseverance rover, which has been exploring the Jezero crater on Mars since 2021 has just logged 26 miles of total travel, the equivalent of a marathon. This crater was chosen as the destination for the rover, with its advanced...
It's not the only time of year that I visit them but I especially like them in summer because they tend to be heavily shaded and become a nice reprieve in the summer sun. I found myself in a few the last several days. It's been hot and...
When it comes to cleansing oils, my go-to has been from Japanese brands. I’ve tried a few from different Korean brands but I just keep coming back to Japanese cleansing oils. And one of those is the one from Hada Labo, which I’ve been...
Humans have always wanted to cheat death. But while ancient kings searched for magical plants and survivors of the Great Flood, today’s “longevity maxxers” are turning to biology, strict protocols, and billion-dollar technology to push...
Hi bloggers happy monday. Work keeps dropping hints that something Good is going to happen to me eventually. I got assigned as the lead PM to a very big project that's supposed to wrap up its main phase in April (past my contract) and be...
Keith Miller got two parking fines from a camera in Miramar, and the only way out was to prove his own innocence. Miller, a former Wētā VFX supervisor, shopped at the New World in Miramar in December and went back in January. Smart...
When the Portuguese charted the island of Taiwan, they named it Ilha Formosa, “beautiful island.” That’s the background behind the board game Formosa Formosa, which — and I’m not sure designer Kirk Beiser is aware of this — translates to...
ALTHalf-cans don’t announce themselves. They tuck against walls, occupy corners, and mostly get ignored by anyone not specifically looking for them. That’s part of what makes spotting one feel like a sighting in the wild.This example is...
Flipping Through more of the Past This is the second part in a series where I look through my old CD binder and write about what I find: Part 1 Emergency & I by The Dismemberment Plan (indie ~1999) I am almost certain that I picked this...
Another Sunday is here! Welcome friends. We spent five days camping in a one-bar-of-LTE-but-still-won’t-work area last weekend, so this is the first installment of the Sunday Edition in a few weeks. The days off were a good recharge, but...
On January 13, 1948, above the chilly waters of the Golden Gate Bay, a double-breasted blue serge coat was found next to […]
An installment of my hexmap for Middle-earth project. Follow the "Middle-earth Hexmap" tag for all entries in this series.The Angle is a wedge of land between the rivers of Hoarwell and Loudwater, south of the Great East Road.The...
From ‘Zero-deforestation commitments in Indonesia’s palm oil sector achieve high compliance but no additionality’, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, July 13, 2026: … we evaluate the compliance and additionality of...
Yesterday I suggested that progressives should reconsider the wisdom of increasing the weight and impact of decisions made in the current political environment. Although supported by only a small minority of progressives, efforts to call...