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Sometimes what starts out as a cute idea for a cake can go very, VERY wrong.That's where I come in.Ready?I *think* this is a groom's cake. Let that visual sink in for a moment.(Get it? "Sink in?") Because it only gets worse from THIS...
Sent to us as part of Kimberly’s Laban Pens - A Quick Comparison, the Laban Taroko is an excellent offering from this Taiwanese maker. I have one Taroko in their Pinnacle material, with a Fine Steel nib, to give away this week, so read...
More experienced (aka older) readers might recall the Knowledge Management movement of the 1990s and 2000s. In short, better tagging and organizing of data would make finding and applying knowledge easier and be a competitive advantage....
My Australian Census is complete. A lot easier doing it online compared to when we used to fill in paper forms like animals.
Release Information Artist Talk Less, Say More Title England Without Rain Date February 26, 2012 Download Bandcamp Introduction In my 2013 review of England Without Rain I concluded by saying: Possibly the biggest compliment I can pay it...
Giant foxtail a.k.a. Japanese bristlegrass, Joncaire Street, 6 August 2026 (photo by Kate St. John) 11 August 2026 On a walk last week on Joncaire Street near Schenley Park I was struck by the size and diversity of the weeds by the...
did it even make sense to compose an anti-technology manifesto on an internet-connected device? Would I be able to resist the pull of email, news, and “research” in a time of unbearable stress? No, I needed to write my book the old way....
What you most want is what you most can't have. And what you most can't have is what you already had... and lost. You might be wondering how I know that you're awesome! Because I know you read this via RSS.
Privilege comes and privilege goes. I've had stretches in my life where I lived frugally out of necessity, not because I had a hidden virtue. Later in life, with debts paid off, we managed to save some dough for retirement. Well,...
It is a brave children's show which starts with the song "I'm a smooth muthafukker"… This is sort of a live-action XKCD cartoon. A frenetic troupe of performers are decked with hand-drawn portraits and then… well, it is somewhere between...
“You can’t just turn on creativity like a faucet. You have to be in the right mood. What mood is that? Last-minute panic.” — Bill Watterson
Manuel in a recent blogpost: I also don’t consider myself a writer. Which is funny because when I get asked to describe what I do the most succinct definition I often use is “writer of code and words” since that is what I spend my time...
If you’ve only ever seen an orc who’s green, you must have nice stuff. Perhaps you live in a big castle or swing a fancy sword or even merely have the rippling muscles or towering intellect the orcs always wished for themselves. It is...
Well, it's been going begging since they first appeared around 2015, and as they are now widespread in convenience store/corner shops and a lot of petrol/service stations/garages, I'm sure more puerile title puns will be forthcoming!...
Finally setup an OTA antenna in my attic. Channels is a key part of that setup, and it’s seriously great. It’s serves as the UI and DVR for watching/recording live TV and does it all so well. Commercial skipping, 30 second fast forward,...