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The next addition to my 1/144 scale air force is this Fokker D-VII, which I've been putting off because I wasn't looking forward to painting the lozenge camouflage.As it turned out, it was easier than I'd expected, mainly because in this...
Not every formula movie can be counted a failure. Consider The Marching Band, an amiable French offering that tells the story of two men who learn they are brothers when it becomes necessary for one of them to locate the other for...
Another father-daughter Thorpe Park trip with the Aveys. Feels like ages since the last time we did this but it's less than 1.5 years.304 words · 8 images
Installation view of “Untitled” (Portrait of Austrian Airlines), 1993, the green painted text frieze along the wall, and other Felix Gonzalez-Torres work at Museo Reina Sofia, photo: Roberto Ruiz There’s a lot to consider in Dulce...
In January 2013 I posted a note on the BillBlog to say that I had decided that I’d no longer sit on men-only panels at conferences. Because I was working at the BBC I acknowledged that there might be occasions where I had to do so but...
Was busy most of the day helping with my mother-in-law's move. (Pretty much the same move across the street we did at the beginning of the year, so we are in practice.) I only was able to get out to take some photos pretty late. Saw...
Ethereum lending protocol Term Finance lost around $8.5 million when an attacker purchased the majority of the project's governance token — which was not widely held — and then voted themselves to be the controller of the project's...
“Former Pussy Riot member escapes Russia after 3 years of forced work for FSB” by Kate Tsurkan, The Kyiv Independent, Aug. 24, 2026. See also my response. #RussiaIsATerroristState
Just a quick post to note new enrollment data: specifically, there’s new research concerning international students attending American colleges and universities. It’s not good. The Department of State posted new numbers about student...
Wally doesn’t just save the day anymore. No, he makes sure nothing bad ever happens in the first place! It’s worked in Central City, so why not expand? That brings Wally to Metropolis, home of Superman! Does Superman (Jon, before...
Zehn Uhr morgens in Frankfurt – das klingt von Dortmund aus zunächst machbar. Wenn zu dieser Uhrzeit allerdings bereits ein Programm beginnt, wird die Anreise, vor allem dank der Deutschen Bahn, am selben Morgen schnell unnötig stressig....
A perfect example of breaking the “let me click” slash “the current action has the most momentum” principles we just talked about, in macOS Settings. When you try to add a new keyboard layout, the layouts you already have added are...
This is an interesting board, with a unique way of dealing with function keys for a 65% board, and both mechanical and Hall effect switching modesIt will also take both ordinary mechanical and Hall effect switches. It’s milled out a a...
I’ve been visiting relatives who watch youtube on the tv with no adblocker. Now, I haven’t really used youtube in the last six years or so, but I don’t remember it being… like this. Literally 50% of the ads are AI generated scams. And...
Good news: Blue Dragon is finally free from the Xbox 360 and it’s not a vibe coded recomp! The Mistwalker RPG is due out on Friday.