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What better time to rearrange the garage storage than a sunny, breezy day? A few weeks back our warming summer gave way to spring temperatures so I opened the garage door and started rearranging. Sure, I am committed to the Summer...
Perhaps ironically given the subject matter, I found this 34-minute video by Razbuten a bit intense, but I would still recommend it to people who work on onboarding, settings, etc.: In the video, the author tries to answer the question:...
Went into town on a glasses-related expedition. Ironically, I couldn't see what I was looking for.266 words · 3 images
Years ago I wrote about Gilbreath’s conjecture. It’s a simple conjecture; you could explain it to anyone who understands what prime numbers are. See the linked post for a description of the problem. Gilbreath’s conjecture is simple, but...
The National War College is located inside the National Defense University, which is located just across the river from the Pentagon. Each day, to play the [1983 Proud Prophet war] game, the secretary of defense would pick up a red phone...
(LINK BELOW) https://mikemadigan.medium.com/coffee-spot-just-down-the-street-from-our-pad-493b6a60ba51/
Not knowing anything about Italian literature I am reviewing here with trepidation, since I suspect that Sapienza is not a figure of enormous international popularity like Elena Ferrante, but relatively obscure, known mainly to Americans...
Another translation comparison! This one, by David Isaacson, is of Chekhov’s Uncle Vanya, and it’s a good one — not, for the most part, focused on how the Russian is rendered, but on what makes Chekhov work in English. Some snippets: I...
Eight years ago, I wrote about my theory of restoring struggling teams, which came down to four steps: A team is falling behind if each week their backlog is longer than the week before. Solve by hiring more. A team is treading water if...
This is a typewriter typeface?? Yes! It's listed in a 1939 Varityper catalogue as “Diacritical”— but I think a better name for it is “Varityper Ornate.” Want to type with it? You can. It’s a new free download from the fonts section of...
Cassandra saw Troy burning before the first torch was even lit. She was ignored, silenced, and murdered, and the city burned anyway.
I watch you in lively conversations with everyone else I watch you looking everywhere else but here I watch you not even register I am talking one of these days I will watch you realise I no longer ask if you're even listening
Roku updated its design from being relatively minimalist and simple to a weird mess full of, "Helpful," AI slop features, tiny squares for the features/apps you actually want, and a lot more invasive advertisements. It's hideous, and I...
Tags: #moods · *duration:24hI lament the change of the recipe of Palmer’s Cocoa Butter Formula Lip Balm, formerly my favorite chapstick by a wide margin, which now a completely ordinary and utterly uninteresting moisturizer for the mouth...
Slept real bad last night, and despite that I managed to knock out some chores. But now I'm just tired and my stomach feels bleh and I don't have the energy to do stuff I wanna do. I also ended uo canceling a cube draft I was organizing...