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Sometimes I stumble upon a game and fall in love with the idea of it so hard I have to drop everything to play it. Escalator Action is the latest game to stir such a strong reaction in me, the pun title—a play on Taito’s arcade classic...
I've started reading Vladimir Nabokov's Lolita. The book is, to quote The Guardian, 'an endlessly controversial high-wire act' about how a twelve-year-old girl is lusted after by Humbert Humbert, an adult man. People agree that the book...
Karen Blixen had a farm in Aafrika; we have a farrm in the Irish Midlands. Insofar as we are farming, we are organic. We are not Certified Organic because we haven't found the energy to, or seen the benefits of, filling in the 12 page...
When a character has a weird obsession, it's not just background colour, it affects the way they live their lives.
I am fairly sweaty as standard, and it stresses me out. One of my favourite things about hot weather is caring less about how sweaty I am.156 words · 1 image
A colleague and I went for a run before starting work yesterday at 8am. We have a group at work who are usually keen for a jaunt around the local park together for a few kilometres, but after seeing what the temps were going to be like...
Reading Time: 39 minutes Yes, it has been warm. Welcome to the rest of your lives, fcukos – to paraphrase the excellent song, “we were the generation which decided we needed everything now, all the time, and refused to compromise on our...
“Be curious. Read widely. Try new things. What people call intelligence just boils down to curiosity.”– Aaron Swartz
I’ve had a good week — I signed a book contract — but there was one part of one conversation that was miserable and I keep thinking about it. A writer nearing the end of her university course asked me about joining the Writers’ Guild and...
Head over here to read David Holmgren's review of my book "The Garden: Visionary Growers and Farmers of the Counterculture."
An investigation into a crime prediction system used by Bristol police suggests in some cases it really didn’t work at all. CC-licensed photo by Matt Gibson on Flickr. You can sign up to receive each day’s Start Up post by email. You’ll...
The standard advice for lens selection follows a simple formula: match the focal length to the genre. Portraits need 85mm or longer. Landscapes want 20mm or shorter. Street photography lives at 50mm. This reasoning isn’t entirely wrong,...
A creamy, comforting Macaroni & Cheese Ham Casserole made with tender pasta, rich cheddar sauce, and savoury bites of leftover ham. Easy to make, family‑friendly, and perfect for busy weeknights or using up holiday ham.It’s...
Apple just raised prices across most of its line, and the damage is concentrated exactly where you’d expect: the memory- and storage-heavy MacBook Pro and Mac Studio configurations. This is the RAMpocalypse reaching Cupertino, and it has...