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DiskImageMounter.app silently fails to mount Linux ISOs in macOS and hdiutil attach linux.iso returns "attach failed - Resource temporarily unavailable". However, the built-in tar (bsdtar 3.5.3 in Tahoe) command can list contents: tar tf...
During 2020 and 2021, when I spent a LOT of time at home, I got really into making condiments. It's surprisingly easy to make condiments - for some reason, I had the idea that making sauces was harder than making "regular ass food", and...
While investigating an espionage case, Colin Lamb stumbles upon a murder involving a typist, a blind woman, and a room full of clocks. By getting to the bottom of the murder, Lamb thinks he might just catch an international criminal...
Deserialization attacks have grown in popularity over the past decade, with major flaws hitting tech giants and modern frameworks— even in 2025. Last July, a question came to mind: "What if we took insecure deserialization and brought it...
CAPTAIN CHRISTOPHER PIKE STAR TREK: THE ORIGINAL SERIES (EXO-6) Hey, it’s a Star Trek review, which means it’s time for me to talk about how I’m not *really* into Star Trek. But, honestly, I’m starting to realize I’m perhaps...
by Gwyn Conaway According to designers, it's time for the miniskirt to take a hike. These eleventh graders didn't get the memo. There are few things that bring me more joy than announcing the death of a trend, but this time, I’m...
I’m lucky to have a job where I get to visit a lot of different places. The most "exotic" times, even for me as a Swede, are when I get to do house inspections out in the archipelago. I had such a day yesterday. Going from house to house...
Scribed by Sandre the Giant Released: 14th May 1996 Finnish death metallers Amorphis had begun their considerable career a few years before this, with the incredible ‘The Karelian Isthmus’ and of course their iconic ‘Tales from the...
Market Street This is one of those photos where I wish I could have been close enough to eavesdrop. This discussion was so intense, so perplexing, and completely captivating. I so wanted to be part of it.
Since losing interest in a lot of the things I used to be into, I've not really been posting to social media. The circles I moved in and the people I followed were nearly all tech people, and micro.blog tends to be very nerdy and skewed...
More monochrome cosmic horror. Quiet Apocalypse is a short black-and-white film by “Insolitum”, a combination CGI with stock footage that nods to Cloverfield, Ishirō Honda’s monstrous menagerie, and the last few minutes of The Mist, if...
Look, white puffy clouds and glimpses of sunshine and blue skies … the Swiss Chalet house We had to take a walk to the pharmacy to go collect the mad potion for my colonoscopy next Friday, Jul 3. We walked passed what I call the Swiss...
If you like Guy Ritchie TV shows and movies, you are probably going to enjoy this. Gravy Train tells the story of a twenty pound note – or rather the people through whose hands it passes on one day in North London. There’s a diverse cast...
I've spent a fair amount of time on this blog documenting what Bitwarden has been quietly doing to erode the trust that made them the default recommendation after LastPass started falling apart. That's a story about opacity and greed —...
Anyone who has worked in publishing for any time has hear the words. Lots know that the First Sale Doctrine has something to do with copyright, but many hear just words. Part of the trouble may be that it seems to me to be misnamed —...