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Taken On May 27, 2026 Camera Sony α7II Lens SIGMA 150-600 ƒ/5-6.3 DG DN OS Sport Focal Length 600.0mm Aperture ƒ/6.3 ISO 1000 Exposure Time 1/400s
On June 6, 1944, the Allied invasion of Normandy launched the brutal series of battles that brought Hitler’s ambitions in Western Europe to a halt. The movie Pressure deals with the 72 hours leading up to the momentous D-Day invasion....
"If you play these LPs while serving people huge amounts of good food and wine, guests cannot but let their hair down and disport themselves."
AI;DR – This blog post was mostly generated by Claude (via Claude Code) as was the scripts which are described here. If you don’t want to read “AI slop”, stop reading now. This morning, for the second time I forgot to start Webex when I...
I see that only once in the history of Not One-Off Britishisms have I addressed the expression “to move house,” which is the British equivalent of what Americans mean when they say, “to move.” It was back in 2011, the first year of the...
I remember a brief period shortly after Instagram introduced in-feed advertisements when I was getting mostly travel ads that consisted of well-composed scenic landscape, cityscapes and nature photos. Which was fine! Of course it didn't...
I love this line that you see increasingly on social media and in politics: “Jews get to decide what antisemitism is.” I won’t go through all the obvious problems with the claim. I’m more fascinated by idea that somehow it’s part of our...
Never saw this one coming. After being acquired by CBS in 2007, Last.fm is now back to being independent again. I've used Last.fm almost every day since 2006. Those early social features were genuinely ahead of their time. The shoutbox,...
Today is my 37th birthday! I really can’t complain. I’m surrounded by people I love, I enjoy the city I live in, I have a job I’m happy with, and hobbies that keep me entertained and engaged. All is good. I hope I’ll be able to write the...