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Aristophanes, Wasps 488-489 (tr. Jeffrey Henderson): How you see tyranny and conspirators everywhere, as soon as anyone voices a criticism large or small! ὡς ἅπανθ᾽ ὑμῖν τυραννίς ἐστι καὶ ξυνωμόται, ἤν τε μεῖζον ἤν τ᾽ ἔλαττον πρᾶγμά τις...
The Crownless Company go down to level 2 and meet some of the off-kilter locals, make friends with them, and explore a good chunk of the quadrant. Party Members Tina the Titanic - Level 6 Fighter Telperion Desh - Level 6 Magician Vaco...
Part one of The Workflow. The chat-to-file copy-paste loop breaks in The post The Copy-Paste Problem (and How to Actually Get Started) appeared first on Justin's IT Blog.
Lately I'm getting more done, but also dealing with more distraction — a pit I can't seem to climb out of. I wonder where all this productivity and distraction will lead me long-term. Nebulous Productivity How productive do you have to...
Now that the dust is settling a bit after Apple unsurprisingly announced price increases across its hardware lineup, I have to say that I’m quite bemused to see the pocket book hit being called the AI Tax. I wasn’t clever enough to use...
The previous post looked at writing the harmonic numbers as reduced fractions and estimating the number of digits in the numerator and denominator based on asymptotics. This is a follow up post with plots. We’ll choose our base b to be...
For those new to CabbieBlog or readers who are slightly forgetful, on Saturdays I’m republishing posts, many going back over a decade. Some will still be very relevant while others have become dated over time. Just think of this post as...
Taking a week off from work to go and visit a bit of Ontario with the family and just reset the tempo of my body a little. We’re off to Niagara for the first time. It’s been a mentally exhausting 6 months. We have a pretty busy summer...
As a follow-up to a previous post about writing, I’ve been meaning to write the takeaways from Larry McEnerney’s lecture on writing. How often are our words never read? How much energy do we waste to convey our ideas and plans to no...
This is the written-up version of the talk I gave at Vue MAD 2026 in Madrid: Clean Code Is Sexy Again. Making Your Vue Project AI-Ready. If you would rather watch it, here is the original recording on YouTube. Otherwise, read on. TLDR My...
Serviceberries are one of the finest wild berries I know of, and one of the most underappreciated. It exists in a duality: the fruit isn't widely eaten today, but it is the most culturally significant fruit I've discussed on this site,...
A lovely growing index of colors, each with its own provenance, chemistry, and often grim history. Beautifully made, and exactly the kind of rabbit hole I enjoy falling into. Read more
Goal: We need a long weekend where volunteers can camp down here and get on with the next stage of boat work – to make the sea voyage test possible. STAGE 01 – Core Repairs & Systems 1. Back Deck Structure Structure is ready. Use an...
A fascinating evening sky.