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Now here’s something fascinating I had not heard of before Nicole Express recently wrote about it. Because of a law in Japan it was (maybe still is?) illegal to sell an arcade cabinet without a game in it. When the market for replacement...
This supplement can’t quite focus itself: As a sourcebook it tries to cover too much. As an adventure it doesn’t cover enough. Originally Published March 14th, 2002 Slavers was published in 2000 as part of the effort by Wizards of the...
Telling myself this a lot right now about my composing “career”, such as it is/not. Some days, it’s nearly impossible not to despair of ever having my music find an audience. Say I finish the symphony: simple math still says it’ll likely...
Have you ever sown vegetable seeds and then watered them only to see the seeds float up with the water? Here is a simple way that I avoid that. Rather than watering from the top, I water from the bottom and let the soil/compost/planting...
I just wrote a long post inspired by a recent post from economist Paul Krugman. Krugman’s post was good, but I’m annoyed that his graph (reproduced above) lists the states alphabetically. Don’t do that! It’s called the Alabama first...
The earth is heating up and AI isn't helping. It drives major increases in electricity use, water use and CO2 emissions. Yet, industry and governments alike seem keen to leverage the latest tech. Can we make greener choices? Yesterday, I...
This post’s goal is to show in action, in real life, the application of the guidelines in the posts listed below. I know it looks harsh and you may think I’m sacrificing too much, but in my experience, this thinning pays off in the...
Most Fridays, I share a handful of pieces that caught my eye at the intersection of technology, media, and society.Did I miss something important? Send me an email to let me know. Did someone forward this to you? Subscribe for...
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I’ve been unemployed for eight months now, and haven’t written as much as I thought I would. Middle-aged angst is one reason, but another is the realization that most of the projects I was thinking of doing are solving yesterday’s...
I’m a huge fan of Brenda Blethyn’s, having watched countless hours of her as DCI
Humid and cool, with last night’s rain still dripping from the trees. A lilac limb dead since last summer is greening up with bindweed. The new Carolina wren tries a dozen different variations on his teakettle theme, but so far no female...
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My Ayn Thor arrived smack bang in the middle of May, right as I was pretty deep into my run through the Nintendo Wii. It’s been a ripper handheld so far and with two OLED screens on board, it felt like the right time to finally close out...
Editor's Note: I will blog sporadically or not at all until Tuesday, July 7 due to OCON and the upcoming holiday. I will probably continue to post daily on X, however.***Shortly after my son got me to work out a new gumbo recipe (which...