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Recovering a Failing WD My Passport with GNU ddrescue I recently remembered that I have an old 1 TB WD My Passport Ultra external drive that stopped working. At first it looked bad: the drive would not mount and diskutil list would hang...
Python A-Z is a blog series about Python. Each day, I share insights, ideas and examples for different parts of Python development that match with the letter of the day. Blaugust is an annual blogging festival in August where the goal is...
The original Willey House in Crawford Notch, late 1800snext to the larger Willey HotelNH State Park photoIn 1793 the Willey Family of Bartlett, New Hampshire bought an isolated farmhouse and land in Crawford Notch. This was about ten...
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First 100 primes in Python (with CPU info for perf comparison): def print_cpuinfo(): for fn in ['/proc/cpuinfo', '/etc/os-release', '/proc/cmdline', '/proc/version', '/proc/net/route', '/proc/net/arp'] try: with open(fn, 'r') as f:...
Here's a couple of nice Frontierland pix taken on a gray day in the 1960s.It looks like the Mark Twain was moored over at Tom Sawyer Island for some reason - I can only guess why. If it was being fixed up, you'd think it would be in...
Incase anybody has any doubts, the future is made up of the daft things that are just about to happen. Amazon drones are dropping parcels here, there and everywhere. Some land on grassy knolls, some in garden ponds, on trampolines,...
A diary study followed 29 research and development engineers through their working days. The finding that stuck with me: urgency predicted task completion far better than importance did. Tasks that were both urgent and important got...
The view from our boothI don't have much of a blog this week because I've been busy preparing for Handworks. Handworks is the best hand tool show in the world. The show is held in Amana Colonies, Iowa, next Friday, Sept. 4th, and...
John Voorhees, reporting for MacStories: Today, Apple announced a new M6 chip that will debut in the Mac mini and an M5 Ultra that is coming to the Mac Studio. The company also announced an M5 Pro Mac mini and an M5 Max Mac Studio. Let’s...
Colm O'Regan grew up on a farm but went to school in Cork City where he had to endure slaggin' about wellies and silage from wannabee urban corner-boys. But he was quick on his feet and on the uptake, so didn't let his head get flushed...
Source Researchers studying a forest predator known for killing porcupines discovered that nearly half its summer diet was mushrooms. The fisher, an animal famous for dismantling porcupines face-first and pulling muskrats from beaver...
See yesterday’s reading Via RSS Grumpy Grumperson (A Learning a Day, 8/25/2026) Why I Was Wrong to Be Bearish on U.S. Stocks by Nick Maggiulli (August 25, 2026) — still pretty sure this is a bubble THE “HIGHWAY” AESTHETIC FOR HOME (FOR...
A recent tradition of the ICM is to have a non-technical popular article written for each of its medallists. (This is separate from the older tradition of having a laudatio for the winner, which is similar but aimed at a more advanced...
I want to make thingsHey look the sun is risingNo robots in sight