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A Natural Stone Arch Beside the Sea, Carlo Ferrario, pencil on paper, 6 x 12 in. ( 21 x31 cm). In the collection of the Morgan Library and Museum. The link is to the Morgan Library page from which you can zoom or download the image. I...
My first le Carré, and his writing is as good as his reputation. I rarely read thrillers but decided to see what all his fuss was about. I’ve seen the film of Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy and was in too summery a mood for a grim depressing...
Scribed by Sandre the Giant Released: 19th June 2006 When the ball finally dropped with me and black metal, I devoured every classic band’s discography as quickly as I could find them, but when new stuff appeared, I was as voracious too....
Vacation, Kafka, and Simulation philosophy | Published 2026-08 I don’t want to do it. I don’t want to return to the 9-to-5 suburban life.
— One of the most useful things I’ve read lately comes once again from the book Faith, Hope and Carnage, a conversation between Nick Cave and Seán O’Hagan. Cave speaks about the loss of his son, as a condition that infuses everything. He...
After returning from our holiday in North Devon, I must admit I'm on a bit of a downer. There is something particularly cruel about coming home after a holiday where the weather has been glorious, the scenery has been stunning and life...
In the early days of Writer Beware–back in the pre-digital era–scammers waited for writers to come to them. Sure, they advertised (Writer’s Digest used to have a Classified section that was full of scam ads; one notorious scam agency...
I have spent the last couple of months building a proof of concept for a new company. As a solo founder, I've been moving fast by leaning hard on AI. My army of agents both build features for me and act as another pair of eyes as the...
When we last left off, I was doing some quest in a Troll cave and Tamed a Bear. As I progressed further my questing sent me to the mighty city of Ironfroge
{ a river in 13 paradigmatic axioms} Been dwelling on this: consciously, for the past couple of weeks or so now; and subconsciously, for the majority of my adult life. I suppose it began when I found writing or, more properly, writing...
While I have time I’m preparing the next release of na_game_tool, which involves REing formats (of course!). And among the formats I want to add is Knowledge Adventure MOV. So I’ve revisited it and RE’d one of the flavours. Apparently...
You may recall that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is somehow the U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services, which you are absolutely thrilled about if you’re an infectious disease. But the “human services” part apparently includes the...
I know many people think that University staff are on holiday all the way through the summer, particularly August, but this week has been very busy indeed, not only because of the Eclipse Event. It is somewhat cooler today, but the heat...
Zack Whittaker for TechCrunch: Apple has sent out a new batch of notifications to customers who it suspects have been targeted with spyware capable of hacking into their devices. The tech giant sends out these notifications on occasion...
If... If only those chatbots that replace customer service agents were more useful or helpful than the average customer service agent... But no. I mean NO. I mean: one way or another, it is definitely a casting failure. I have three...