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I got an email this week from my online Japanese school that I’ve been learning from for the last 4 or so years. I had taken a class from the head teacher years ago and at the end of it, she started up a more formal company. Recruiting...
Marauding cockatoos thwarted by bin lid invented by men's shed — I understand how annoying and frustrating dealing with this kind of problem is, but I can’t help but love how long it took to thwart the little avian engineers. 'WELCOME...
Hello all. It’s been a while since I’ve posted one of these. It’s been a while since I’ve posted much of anything. I’ve even stopped posting so much on Mastodon. What have I been doing instead? I don’t know. In short, surviving. I have...
Went swimming in the Ruhr river yesterday. My first time! The neighbors showed us a great spot with very slow current. I was a bit surprised my kids actually went into the water with me (they are a bit on the squeamish side when it comes...
RSPB Lochwinnoch flickr photo by NomadWarMachine shared under a Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) license
For much of the 20th and 21st century (to date), the opportunity to go back in time and undo the mistakes of one’s life has been a favourite topic of stage and screen. With such a concept, there tonally lies a myriad of possibilities –...
This month's Field Notes flows from Formula 1 commentary to a Studio Ghibli stage adaptation to an elaborate royal dolls' house. What connects them all is craft, care, and people who refuse to cut corners. | Read full post >>
Great games come with LAN co-op. Even greater games allow you to directly enter the game lobby's IP address. Saints Row: The Third doesn't and relies on UDP broadcasts, instead. And because WireGuard doesn't transmit UDP broadcasts, you...
A lot of sunshine today. Quite warm at times. Cleaned both the B cars. Had a lot to burn including big pig. Started to hoe gravel patch round house. Very dirty.
Farewell to my dear Aunt Jenni. It was so wonderful to be able to spend time with you and the family in Wanaka. Here’s to your bright eyes.
Populated places are probably among elements of human geography those you can most widely find represented in maps in general. I here want to discuss a bit the somewhat peculiar situation of their mapping in OpenStreetMap. Populated...
I shared some thoughts earlier about building Moments. In simple terms, it’s like Bear Blog, but focused on photos. I expected a handful of people to get it. More did than I thought. Some signed up. Some posted old photos. Some wrote...
Photo: © Stan B.None whatsoever, to state that we are dealing with an openly racist Presidential administration. The dog whistles and subtle code talk of yore are no longer needed and can no longer be disguised when confronted with the...
A few weeks ago I wrote about the shift from GPU-poor to token-poor. Since this post, and the ones I wrote about my recent obsession with AI independence, a lot of people have asked me for advice about how they should access...