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The problem with AI is not just the times it gets things wrong, it’s the times it gets them crass and banal. Although, since AI simply dredges its realities and priorities from the whole online world, I guess it’s no more crass or banal...
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tl;dr; The pls package on PyPI is an abandoned Python version (last released as v6.0.0 in 2023). The actively-developed pls was rewritten in Rust and now lives at pls-rs/pls. If you installed it with uv tool install pls or pipx install...
So I finally, finally finished cleaning up the book manuscript. It still needs its cover (coming along nicely; I like what I’ve seen so far and hope you will, too), administrivia like ISBNs, and some final front and back matter before...
Andy shares a 2026 Open Day photo round up. Yesterday the Society staged its Open Day, putting on half a dozen games. Here are a few photos in, roughly, historical order Barons War (13th Century) Andy’s sergeants charge Stephen’s...
Flaming June by Frederic Leighton (1895, Oil on Canvas, 120 ×120cm, Museo de Arte de Ponce, Puerto Rico) Since this June has seen a heatwave across Europe and even here in Ireland, I was reminded of the expression “Flaming June” which I...
As someone who has spent a lot of time with photobooks — presenting them online, teaching how to make them, writing about them in a critical fashion, making them myself, over the years the most common question has been: what makes a good...
The other day, I saw a brilliant idea come across my Instagram feed. I only wish that I knew who posted it so I could give them credit. Instead of putting your telephone number or address on a luggage tag, the idea is to use a QR code...
I missed the open house at EKSN today because I wasn't feeling well, but I took an enjoyable bike ride to the airport instead. It was delightfully quiet and calm there, and a single airplane was parked on the apron.
My father turned 70 last week. We gathered in Norwich to mark it, and somewhere between the cake and the catching up my mind wandered back to a 5-day walk we took together almost ten years ago. In 2016 I walked the Kumano Kodō Kohechi...
Sunday, June 28, 2026 - 11:00 The Lesbian Historic Motif Project As we come to the close of the analysis chapters of Orr's dissertation, we finally focus in on the course of Lister's courtship of Barlow and the landmarks in its...
My days—and perhaps even my hours—are numbered. Remember this: in sorrow, seek happiness.— Father Zosima, The Brothers KaramazovMy Kindle is dying.Not dramatically. There will be no smoke, no sparks, no mournful electronic chime. It...
— Listen, I wonder, whose silence are you? O, o, o, o. — Let’s begin with a poem by Thomas Merton:In SilenceBe still.Listen to the stones of the wall.Be silent, they tryto speak yourname.Listento the living walls.Who are you?Whoare you?...
Here at MPorcius Fiction Log we are reading stories from my paperback copy (signed by the author!) of Alone Against Tomorrow by Harlan Ellison. Three stories today from the "man of passion," as Cecil Smith of Los Angeles Times likes to...
When Thimbleweed Park was announced, it made no attempts to hide its intention to hitchhike on the nostalgic feelings adventure gamers have for a pixelated crosshair and the SCUMM verbs. As soon as you start playing Lucy Dreaming, that...