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Sometimes, I am overwhelmed by the sheer amount of existence and possibilities happening all around me. My friends are leading their own lives: one recently started a new job, another is testing the waters for a side hustle. A...
Beans have unexpectedly become one of my favourite garden treats and these Dragon Tongue bush beans, which I planted for the first time this year, are absolutely delightful! 🌱
The Concubine by Norah Lofts published 1963 Following on from this post earlier in the week: Anne Boleyn's Imaginary Stepmother (low class and scandalous) - This is the book that set me off in pursuit of Anne Boleyn’s lost stepmother. I...
This week I’m in Spain to see a spectacular eclipse, among other things. I’ve also done a reasonable amount of geocaching, including on Tuesday finding my 1000th geocache. Which led me today to ask: how many caches does Geocaching.com...
Dopamine is a neurotransmitter that is commonly misunderstood as the "pleasure chemical." In modern slang, we talk of "dopamine hits" to describe what people are doing when they say, spend hours scrolling their social media feeds or...
The view from my porch this morning, looking east to the line of storms that obscure the sunrise. It’s a very still and quiet morning here on Nexwlelexwm/Bowen Island. A line of thunderstorms passed over the island a couple of hours ago,...
(1) Hey buddy. How's it going? Ready to explore the backrooms?... (2) Think I might have seen something moving around in there... (3) Maybe we should go take a look... (4) Don't worry, buddy, I'll protect ya! (This is what happens when I...
Well, technically bumblebees. Our Lavender and our Fuschias are doing very well this year, and because of that, we have very happy bees. Many of them. I’ve been meaning to sit and try to photograph them, and today, I finally got around...
So Mythos and Sol come around, and they are weapons of mass destruction in the hands of civilians. At least, that’s what Anthropic tried to say, when they delayed its release to civilians — a brilliant marketing move on the heels of...
There is no right answer in PKM. There are only processes that work. The test of PKM is whether it works for you. A person’s PKM practices will change over time, and the most important aspect is being aware of how we seek sources of...
by Simone Caroti An interesting and accessible academic review of the Culture Series, by Iain M. Banks. If you haven't read the series, this book won't mean a lot or be very interesting. For those who have read the books in the series,...
. Fry’s advertising emoticons from before WWI in 1914 Lovely set of what are these days called emoticons and litter our online messages. They date from a Fry’s Chocolate advert in a 1914 issue of London Opinion magazine (general weekly...
Dando continuidade à parte 1. Antes da gambiarra da parte 1, eu trabalhava, em meu segundo emprego, com mídia indoor. Para quem não sabe, mídia indoor são aquelas televisões informativas instaladas em elevadores, supermercados e outros...
M’s speech to Bond in GoldenEye has to go down as one of the great monologues in the Bond movies. Pierce Brosnan was the new Bond, and we had a female M in Judi Dench, which people weren’t so sure about, but this one scene likely laid...
Life is beautiful. Life is filled with little bits of joy and comfort, and grief and sadness. Life is about memories. And also hope. Life is short enough that Death is not far from the mind. Life is long enough that Death can be far from...