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Review by Sandre the Giant Released: 31st July 2026 British doom titans The Salt Pale Collective have been pretty quiet since their stunning 2023 debut record, ‘A Body That Could Pass Through Stones and Trees’, but that doesn’t mean they...
Many moons ago I wrote a class for the the Citizens of the terrible imperial metropole. This was in the very early days on the blog, and many things have since changed. I was never really happy with it - it ended up being a sort of...
Maybe a slightly provocative title, but it’s true. I am keeping busy, working in my software testing job, getting Cicada Ink going, packaging and posting orders, tweaking the website, doing Instagram posts, etc., also trying to get my...
image by AI; my own prompt Earlier this month, I was looking at my ‘upcoming blog post ideas’ list just before going into my bathroom for my morning shower. I was lamenting that none of the subjects on my list were very interesting, and...
On Thursday the state government announced the date of contactless payment 'tap and go' roll-out on Melbourne buses. That date is Sunday 26 July 2026. This is a big deal because tap and go makes payment for bus travel easy for any full...
CPI cools, moving housing affordability to the center of Fed policy. Circle gets its national trust charter approved. China competition heats up with Kimi K3 and US election tampering announcements. with Matt Dines and I
Power Cat 2026-07-17
The recent fiasco involving Linus Torvalds running Linux like the privileged man that he is and entirely missing the central points of the arguments made by people who don’t enjoy his kind of privilege reminds me that there are some OSS...
Click here to book for The Gentle Author’s Tours Jack Hanlon gives a rare insight into the fascinating lost world of the Smithfield Meat Trades Institute… The correct way to sharpen a knife From the twenties until the eighties, Britain’s...
not because you were so sick you passed out on the rug. we did bedtime together. stories, songs, fave part of the day. a chat. some giggles. goodnight. we left the room, left the door open. you talked to us from your bed for a few...
Marvel seems to do this thing where if you create a character under their work-for-hire system and they use it in a movie/show, they'll give you a check...but are very careful about it. They aren't giving you a royalty; it is $5,000 and...
Fighting games tournaments can still be great#Last week I took a plane to Lyon, France, to participate in a Street Fighter 3: Third Strike tournament. You might have notice that I wrote a a few notes about the game recently, but I also...
We revisit Earle here in mid-July to learn about how he successfully grafts mangos. If you want to grow mangos in Southern California, it is valuable to be able to graft your own because many varieties are not readily available to...
Thursday and Friday are my remote work days; which came from the pandemic days to reduce the number of employees in the office. Originally my remote work days were Tuesday and Friday, but that was recently changed. I don't know why my...
Some people believe that there are no coincidences. They connect seemingly unrelated events, conversations, and experiences, deciding that the universe or whatever higher power they believe in is trying to tell them something. I do not...