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When I first began reporting on the aggressive AI-driven email scams that have been plaguing the Inboxes of authors everywhere for well over a year now, they were limited to marketing scams offering supposedly expert “visibility” for...
I’d prefer that you not remember that I predicted in early August that the heat of this summer was going to soon decline. But I admit that I did, and I could not have been more wrong. Now at the tail end of August, I can look back to...
Hello everyone! So, 32bit.cafe are right now doing a Back to School event, where they ask participants to make an educational/informative page on their site to teach about something “everyone knows.” The thing I am here to teach is...
Boorman and the Devil is ostensibly about the blighted and bloated production of Exorcist II: The Heretic, which was released in 1977 to a litany of horrible reviews. But as it weaves its utterly fantastic web we come to appreciate the...
Dear Constant Reader, It’s been a hell of a week. My intention today was to have a tip inspired by Dixie Evans, The Marilyn Monroe of Burlesque, because today would have been her 100th birthday. However, Dixie is going to have to share...
This week three tragedies made their way down the narrow valley of my consciousness. They remind me that 'tragic' and 'magic' are bedfellows. the first is, of course, the globally witnessed flash floods on the Tibet/Nepal border....
The endless attempts made by the perpetually hungry Wile E Coyote to catch a speedy Road Runner entertained generations in classic cartoons with each of the former’s schemes foiled one way or another proving perhaps that he wasn’t as...
From an ingenious humor piece by Ian Frazier that ran in the New Yorker magazine twenty-six years ago, a dedicated team of filmmakers and animators have rendered an ingenious and impressive feature, blending live-action and animation à...
Coding agents and (Git) worktrees seem like a match made in heaven. However, there's a lot more to it than meets the eye. Over the last 12 months, I have learnt way too much about Git worktrees, and I think now is a good time to lay it...
This is my set recap for the Marvel Super Heroes MTG set! It has only been around six weeks since I last wrote one of these! This pace of set releases continues to be exhausting. SOS Limited Summary / Notes MSH was not a well-balanced...
From the collection of James Zurek Such vibrant colors in this photo, and such a clear delineation between generations. The daughter looks quite stylish in her plaid shirtdress. I love the creative use of the plaids—some skillful pattern...
This live interview was first broadcast in April 2012 on my former radio show, Prof Talk, on CiTR 101.9 FM at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada. Dr. Julio Montaner is a University Killam Professor of Medicine at...
Been dabbling in running the last few weeks but my shoes were too narrow and really hurting my feet.81 words · 1 image
Some people might know already, but last month I finally caved in and bought a gooseneck kettle to upgrade my coffee brewing setup (which consisted of a normal electric kettle used by pouring very carefully): it's this CHiATO flowPLAY....
We have a game in my family where we work out how we can blame things on Margaret Thatcher. If the problem predates Margaret Thatcher, then enclosure. Otherwise, the Normans. Here's a fun article, A Short History of Enclosure in Britain...