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This is the image on the side of a McDonald’s baked apple pie box to indicate that it’s hot: I don’t know why it amuses me, but it does.
[Radical Action Cooperative ; Council for Liberation of Imagination]. [Samizdat on the 1968-9 Harvard protests]. Cambridge, MA: n.p., ca. 1968-1969. n.p. [14 p.]; 21 x 29 cm.; black ink on xeroxed white stock. Samizdat of hastily...
I originally sat down to write about the nearby church, but felt like these ruins deserved a post all of their own and it sets the history for my next post. What is the oldest castle in the UK? Well I guess it depends how you define a...
From The Traveler: One Man’s Quest for Humanity from the South Seas to Revolutionary Paris, by Andrea Wulf (Knopf, 2026), Kindle pp. 27-28: George Forster was ten when he went on his first expedition. He was a slender boy, small for his...
An Unexpected Type of Beach Read Take pleasure in the mismatch between dangerous tales and leisurely environs. By Emma Sarappo https://www.theatlantic.com/books/2026/04/adventure-books-recommendations/687006/ Seven Death-Defying Books...
June in the UK was something of an endurance test, with temperatures regularly hitting the 30s. Also – reflections on my Amazon Kindle review a year on, and how to zero in on your most valuable work. | Read full post >>
Near the end of last year I reviewed E. C. Nevin’s debut mystery, A Novel Murder (2025) and today I am taking a look at the sequel. Given the way the author sets up her series I was intrigued to see how things developed and one thing I...
Hello everyone and welcome to my Sunday "Meals of the Week" post. Every Sunday I like to share with you, my dear readers, all of the delicious things that I have enjoyed over the past seven days for my main meals. That's a whole lot of...
Humdrum transport news You could be reading more interesting transport news today. This is not it. 🚇 A new Central line timetable starts on Monday. It recognises that the line is in a slightly better state than a few years ago when lots...
Went out with my partner today in our continued quest to get some slaw dogs (slawgs). They were completely sold out of everything so our quest continues. We also checked out a recently opened book store that was super busy, and a hibachi...
Marcus Mendes, reporting for 9to5Mac: According to The Information, Apple has been exploring potential acquisitions of semiconductor startups to “boost its efforts to build server chips for running AI.” From the report: In recent months,...
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Contrary to the belief of people, a fire alarm’s purpose is not just to let you know that there is fire. But also to let you know that it is safe to react or panic about the fire. Bystander effect experiment by Latane and Darley in 1968...
Every year on March 31st I have a sense of minor guilt, anxiety, and sheepishness. It’s World Backup Day and I don’t have good backups. The purpose of the day is to serve as a reminder to check that your backup system is functioning,...