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The Plain English Campaign promote (not unsurprisingly) the use of plain English {{1}}, and have campaigned against “gobbledygook, jargon and misleading public information” since 1979. Their website has several (clearly written 😉) guides...
I have completed my Placement year (3rd) year of my Software Engineering Degree at the University of Ulster. I am awaiting entry into my fourth year. I would like to express my whole-hearted gratitude to those at the Camlin Group who...
HAL JORDAN GREEN LANTERN MOVIE (MATTEL) We’ve officially made it to another Friday! Alright, welcome to Friday! We’re once again doing that fun Flashback Friday Figure Addendum bit, this time flipping back over to the DC side of things,...
I swear this isn’t turning into an AI blog. But did you see the one about the Riemann hypothesis? Someone at Anthropic did something I’m sure they’re all tempted to do, and tried to use an internal version of their Claude AI system to...
Both the title screen and the box agree: The master name of the game is Pagan. Pagan: Ultima VIII United StatesORIGIN Systems (developer); Electronic Arts (publisher)Released 1994 for DOSDate Started: 24 July 2026 I've told this story...
I read two very interest interconnect blog posts this morning from Jim Mitchell and Sebastian1, both talking about the why and way they blog. Which, of course, got me to thinking about how others blog and, in particular, how I now blog....
my own chart of collapse being a multi-stage, centuries-long phenomenon, with no ‘Hollywood’ moments or endings There is a phenomenon in psychology called “creeping normality” which asserts that often changes occur so subtly and...
Some links for your Friday: buttondown.com/things/ar…
On Black Friday in 2004, I purchased a cheap MiniDV camcorder with the intention of filming a short film and finally beginning my filmmaking career. Over the next three weeks, I wrote a script, bought stuff to record audio, built my own...
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My friend Stefanie Hutka has an upcoming book called What Your Machines Should Do. It’s about how organizations can use automation more intentionally — that is, to support their strategic agendas. Greg and I both read a preprint and were...
A really well-produced 27-minute video from Super Splash Wave about 8-bit and 16-bit pixel art: What I liked about the video is that it doesn’t just revel in nostalgia, but goes deeper into some techniques and trends and details in the...
A vote of confidence for my new songs from Gary Trueman at www.devolutionmagazine.co.uk 'Helen McCookerybook wins the room over with her beautiful voice and brave, deeply personal songwriting. Tackling serious themes with pure heart and...
I fear that in this profile of the Murashige avocado I was too critical, and it is because I’m not a fan of giant avocados in general. I’m know I’m supposed to be. What a huge avocado! So cool! But I’m not. Giant avocados have two...
“Jet Kiss” a sculpture by Mike Ross at the Capital Hill metro station I’ve just returned from a week or work in Seattle. As I get older I am noticing how exhausting it is to be socializing a lot, and this week was full on BE VERY PRESENT...