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Your Discogs wantlist is now first-class in discogs-mcp. Browse the records you want but don't own, add one the moment you spot it, and clear it off the list once you've finally tracked it down — all from your LLM client, without a trip...
Steam and Itch.io are doing their regular summer sales! Plenty of other folks have done Steam sale posts online so I thought I would do one for Itch.io since I like that they take a smaller cut from sales, have a lot that isn’t on Steam,...
A lot of suffering stems from not knowing what we want. The only way to know what we want is to enquire. All enquiry requires awareness. Of your thoughts. Your feelings. Your urges. Your instincts. That feeling in your stomach when you...
For years I made regular visits to the National Geographic Society’s headquarters on M Street in downtown Washington—for lectures, exhibits, and the photo lab where I had prints and slides made. When the campus closed in 2022 for a...
Apologies for being a few days late, there was so much information for this release it took me a while to sort it into a semi coherent mess… hopefully I’ll tidy it up sometime, but for now here it is! TitleLengthMr....
In January 1848, Francesco Bagnasco, a radical Scilian who believed in the "universal regeneration" of society in the face of inequality, unemployment and hunger, spoke:The time of useless prayers has passed. The protests, the pleas, the...
Open Tab: Kevin Kelly The radical optimist on starting Wired, stories from the early internet, originating 1,000 True Fans, and why the only way to steer technology is to use it https://on.substack.com/p/open-tab-kevin-kelly Some people...
Boiling. Hate it obviously — I’m not ridiculous. Most of this week has been submerged in the woozy fever dream of being uncomfortably hot all the time. Can’t think clearly, can’t sleep properly, can’t do anything of substance, just...
Since I talked about the Eglinton Crosstown, I figure I should also say something about the Finch West light rail, which I rode during the same weekend.This line has already received some negative feedback, especially in urbanist...
Gonzo and Weird Fiction seem to be synonymous with the classic TSR era D&D games (pre-AD&D 2e) and some OSR games. From my perspective, Gonzo encapsulates the bizarre, off-the-wall strangeness, and sometimes silly. While Weird Fiction...
You can literally hire me (Taylor) via API: curl -X POST https://looop.ai/api/doodle \ -H "Authorization: Bearer looop_YOUR_KEY" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{ "gig_id": 5, "input": { "prompt": "write a poem about horses"...
Some time ago I vented about A.I. in a post named Assistive Incompetence. All my posts are written from a humanist and disinterested perspective. I have no control whatsoever about what people do with what I write, good or bad. I have...
The Strokes remain on top for a second week with “Going Shopping”, while sombr moves into second place with “Homewrecker”. Three songs enter the top 10: “Good2B” by Goose, “Until The Sun Explodes” by Sublime and “In My Room” by Julia...
Read the full post at - Boiling Springs Lake at Lassen Volcanic National Park Boiling Springs Lake in Lassen Volcanic National Park is exactly what the name says. It’s absolutely fascinating to see. It’s accessed via a short hike up the...
Well, here we are at my 1000th posting on this blog since March 2014. Scary. I thought I would devote this one to a bit of family history. In July 2016 I wrote a series of five blog posts about a cedar chest full of personal items...