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Language is full of mostly invisible threads tying words together. Take the French word coup. Literally translated, it means a strike or a blow. While we often hear the base word thrown around in English, it actually serves as the...
John Gruber: A telephoto is only good for photography, in that sense. The ultra-wide lens is a tool with additional utility beyond capturing photos you want to keep in any artistic or emotional sense. You can always grit your teeth and...
Saint Julian Press is proud to release Die Taverne des Erwachens, The Tavern of Awakening, by Alfred K. LaMotte, poems for meditation selected and translated by Otto Raich (https://raich-trauner.com/). The Tavern of Awakening invokes...
After 4 weeks, I finally finished my first ever book for 2026. While my relationship with the book started pre-pandemic, I’m happy the 7-year wait is over, and I finally to read its totality. The book has opened my eyes to so many things...
As often, what begins as a simple question or small need spins out a series of digging, experimenting, and ultimately spending more time remixing a featured image (by hand) and writing a blog post that 4 people may read. Ahhh, 2026....
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The pinnacle of Pokémon design, story, and gameplay. A honest RPG with the grind to prove it with ties and lore so perfectly seeded over the years. A masterful remake and an unforgettable experience. WarningSpoilers below! Stats Started...
Good morning, afternoon, or whenever it is that you read this. This is the third and final part of my recollection from New Mexico in 2020. You can read the previous installment here. Alternatively, if you are new to the series, you can...
The first direct Pokémon sequel and it came out after the 3DS was in the world (can't ignore that DS install base). Game Freak really explored the narrative potential and space beyond the usual and I think it works well enough. The world...
This is my recipe for steak. Enjoy. Time # A few days of prep where the steak sits in the fridge. Then a few hours where it sits on the counter. Then like 5-10 minutes of actual cooking. Ingredients # A very thick extremely marbled...
The previous post looked at how many digits are in the reduced fraction for the nth harmonic number. I was curious about how long the cycle of digits in a harmonic number might be. I wrote about the period length for the digits of...
Content warnings: some discussion of AI, LLMs and AI psychosis Animism is a word that describes the belief that everything is "animate," or that it has a soul or spiritual essence. "Animism" (en.wikipedia.org) In broad strokes, this is...
Truths and ideals are put to the test in one of the Pokémon franchise's most philosophical entries. The DS style was cemented and Game Freak really tried to expand and evolve the formula. You'd be hard pressed to find more robust...
This go around I went for quality over quantity with demos and played only a few. Unfortunately, NextFest has really brought some of the worst trends on Steam to bear, and hunting down compelling demos has gotten very difficult. GenAI...