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In Duly Noted, I warned of the allure of meta-work: the work we do to enable “real” work. Writing a paper is work; setting up and maintaining your writing environment is meta-work. Meta-work is important, but fiddling with tools is an...
Read this poem,https://www.kiplingsociety.co.uk/poem/poems_jubal.htmFrom the first lines, you can catch its entire vibe. There are men of song, and men of action. Talkers vs doers. There is Jubal who sings, sings, and sings about stuff,...
We released Matilda back to her flock today. I managed to remove the remaining threads on Tuesday and there were a lot. It was the most difficult case of string foot I’ve treated as I could see two tiny bits of thread sticking out of her...
A Friday Hodgepodge1. Fans of the Oscar Mayer Wienermobile will be delighted to know that they can track the current and future whereabouts of the fleet via WhereMyDogs@. 2. Alison Green has begun posting lists of past Ask a Manager...
The Sinkhole Boggarts face off against the Data Kings.Whilst I work out the logistics of getting my Confrontation gangs photographed all on the same table, here are some scenic pictures of the 'official' Games Workshop miniatures...
Reads about FreeBSD
Chapter One: The Glove is FoundLeft Hand Glove Detail, Voytikof, via Wikimedia Commons. CC BY-SA 4.0.It had been in the drawer for twenty years.She knew this because her mother had been dead for twenty years, and the glove had come with...
This last quarter saw the slow demise of our HomePods.
Tomorrow is John's and my wedding anniversary, so I've been thinking: Remember how the first few years you always celebrate at some fancy-schmancy restaurant? ("Lhappy Ammversary" is totally how I'm saying it from now on.) And you not...
Camera: Fujifilm XT-5 | TTArtisan 25mm lens. Shot from the hip without checking any settings. Because, the moment. Framing is totally off kilter, yet somehow it works. I tried to get a second shot, but he was onto me and hit me up with a...
So glad the Bossman was at the St. Louis Pen Show cuz he picked up the latest inky releases from Amarillo Stationery for me to review!Inspired by the gorgeous Bird of Paradise blooms, the Amarillo Paradise Vibes set of inks launched a...
I rarely touch Feedgrab these days. It does what I want and it just works™️. It's been running on a tiny VPS for a couple of years now, quietly grabbing over 6000 feeds every hour. I did push a new feature today though. I tried to...
🌪️ Peace and quiet is over, (for a long time) I’m afraid. The boys have returned from their week(s) off with the grandparents, and now it’s all sports and school again 🫠 I was actually getting used to peaceful mornings and evenings.
Code Is Cheap. Being Wrong Isn’t. There are four sentences I increasingly hear around software development: “The tests passed.” “Copilot suggested it.” “It looked fine in review.” “The agent handled the implementation.” None of them...