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The contemplative life is not in fact about ideas at all, really. It is far more practical, even down-to-earth, than that. In a sense, the contemplative doesn’t care about constructing a metaphysical framework. What happens is merely...
Apple's June 8 WWDC keynote felt weird. Their flavour of Kool-AI really left a bad taste in my mouth.
June 2015 Yesterday I’d seen Puffin Island from a far on the Anglesey coast path. Today I was going for a closer look. Unfortunately public access to the island isn’t permitted as it’s a nature reserve. However it is still … Continue...
Interpol “This Mirror Weighs A Ton” Interpol is a band that works within very narrow aesthetic constraints, so the most exciting thing they can do 25 years into their career is move to the outer boundaries of their style. “This Mirror...
The small crack in the shelf in the fridge door has graduated to a big crack, and a shard even fell out. I looked up the spare part – it’s just a squared-off polystyrene bucket – and it costs £82! That’s one eighth of the cost of the...
I need a part of you On ownerless ground I need a point of support In my torn state of mind I need your hand You can save me from what I want to get back to all haunts That have been hunting me ~ Mela Koteluk, In the Meantime Tag(s):...
🏃♂️ Trying new routes always adds an adventurous element. And the continuous rain made it even more of a challenge.Luckily I could go slow during this recovery run.
We had a sudden downpour of rain last night. We were sitting watching it stotting off the patio when we noticed movement: two frogs hopping about among the weedy pavers, and a snail. Here you can see one of the frogs, the snail in the...
To Filmhouse to see 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY in 70mm. Which was wonderful, generally, although I think they were projecting the film too low in the gate because for the second time in my life I saw off the top of the front projector screen...
Big Brother, Survivor, Love Island, and Below Deck are providing cast members for NBC's Destination X, while a Netflix competition is moving to Hulu and adding celebrities.
Greetings from a sunny, steaming mid-Atlantic in June. I write this quickly, before a trip further south, where I’m keynoting the University of Central Florida’s Teaching and Learning with AI conference. I hope to share that speech on my...
Thinking of new content and promotion. I haven’t posted for the last few weeks, after scrapping the blog post for the last Norwich trip. Not liking how the blog post turned out. I am planning for independence from the care system...