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Cepceros Podcast is a podcast in Spanish that started in 2018 and that follows a simple but effective formula: the host has a chat with a different guest every week in which they discuss two Amstrad CPC games proposed by the guest. There...
On 28 June 1838 Queen Victoria was crowned at Westminster Abbey. The long ceremony was enlivened by the aged Lord Rollo living up to his name when he stumbled and rolled down some steps; further mirth ensued when the Archbishop of...
6 English farm labourers who were sentenced in March 1834 to 7 years’ transportation to an Australian penal colony for organising trade-union activities in Tolpuddle Dorset. Leaders George & James Loveless created a Friendly Society of...
Big tech social media, Mastodon, blogs. They all have inherited from the libertarian culture of the internet. And I'm tired of it.
I saw the lightning bugs for the first time this season. I saw them the other night and then last night too.I love this, I view the lighting bugs as a sign that summer is about to begin. I also view them as a kind memory from my youth,...
This week we covers 2FA accessibility failures and why AI replicates but can't innovate. Also don't miss: what your browser tracks without asking, a beautiful Artemis II photo timeline and pixel cat companions for your dock.
I would like to supply a TLDR; for this document, but it's too long for there to be a simple summary. The closest would be the conclusion of the article, but there is a lot of information along the way that would be lost if you jump to...
May 7 - June 28 It's been 3 weeks since my last blog...been super busy... Exercising Not running as much as I wanted for these weeks, I mainly blame the weather (it's my first winter in the southern hemisphere). The sun sets before I get...
What I love most about Kendra Vaculin’s Smoky Chicken and Avocado Kale Salad is that there’s no need to make a separate dressing! Ribbons of kale get massaged with avocado, lime juice, salt, and olive oil, which tenderizes the greens...
––– Roosevelt’s tent, as supplied by Benjamin Edgington: advert in Travel & Exploration magazine The bear-hunting activities of the US president ‘Teddy’ Roosevelt were the subject of a post a while back. This advert from a 1909 copy of...
There are a couple of posts in today's On This Day in the marmot that I liked. (Those are links to the original posts in the archives, because On This Day changes every day. The latter (later?) one puzzles me because I refer to a link...
It’s a Sunday, so it’s time for a little Sunday Morning Reading. As usual, I’m sharing a collection of links and once again they somehow touch one upon another. Funny how that happens. Some point to big issues. Some about the comings and...
I was wrongI had more than enough pine to get all the drawer parts. Four drawers all the same size and one drawer about 1/4" smaller. Also got lucky that depth and width of the drawers were less then 12".extrasThese are for any oops. I...
Tears Before Bedtime I Can’t Stand the Silence The new single from Tears Before Bedtime makes its intentions clear from the moment you hear its haunted, dark vocals and the thumping drum track that punctuates them… This is a track that...
My green heron friend had something to say! I imagine this is his story.It’s not easy being (a) green (heron)…And why do they call me “green” anyway? Do you see green?…having to spend each day climbing through the rocks and leaveswhen I...