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People say that the best thing about travel is how it teaches you about yourself. After one month on the road in southern Italy, I can confidently say that I have truly learned a lot, and that lot is this: … Continue reading →
The most successful ideology of the 20th century is still right for the 21st.
I had a rather rare moth in the moth trap last night. An Eastern Bordered Straw, Heliothis nubigera. This species is known only as a rare immigrant species that first turned up in the UK in 1958, according to the UK Moths site. Just...
How does the Phase Pod work as a wearable device in the world of Star Trek: Section 31? Continue reading →
I aim to improve my Chinese reading through regular practice. This video represents a point on that journey. Text: Friend’s Tea - Chapter 3 (山，在身后了) Source: Du Chinese Level: Elementary
We’re back baby! After a bit of a hiatus I’m very pleased to say that I have a fresh E1HOAS hot out of the oven for you. Better late than never, here’s the shots that have made me 👀 this time. I will attempt to keep it on track this...
Hard to be a god; comics for Kirby.
Please Note: Before I get started, I wanted to let everyone know that there is a very good chance that I will have nothing here on Monday. We learned a couple of days ago that we will have out of town guests coming to visit us on Sunday...
"Four Seasons" by Vivaldi What is the oldest song you like? - Four Seasons by Vivaldi I don't know much about classical music, but I know what I like. The opening movements of Vivaldi's Four Seasons instantly transports me back to the...
At least once a week, I discover a new 'vibe-coded' interactive map that features geo-located Wikipedia articles. Most never get a mention on Maps Mania because they offer nothing different than what can already be seen on GeoCards,...
This post concerns Semisimple.jl, a Julia package for computations with semisimple Lie algebras. There is documentation. Over on the HomogeneousTools blog I wrote a post titled Verifying Kostant’s conjecture using Semisimple.jl, which...
A winding, rural old alignment of the Lincoln Highway and State Road 2 in Porter County, IN.
TL;DR: My meter dropped offline for ~13 days. Home Assistant's long-term stats came back wrong — a -4,500 kWh bar, a phantom 862 kWh solar spike. The dashboard is a view. The truth is in the statistics table. You fix it with one SELECT...
Looks like this year, lithium-iron phosphate power stations are becoming even more popular, with a number of great deals for end-of-financial year. These devices, originally more intended for camping and outdoor event usage, have...