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In the Newsletter this weekAnalysis: The #CrossBorderRail methodBullshit Meter: Arriva NL to run international high speed trainsGood week: Leo Express manages to run to Przemyśl (but there's a catch)Also a good week: Italy and Austria...
Dan Hartland An arborescent form is effectively a tree, and—although the sight of what remains of the human embedded in its trunk can be confronting—it may be cut down or removed in the traditional way. The most difficult to deal with...
I’ve spent some time this week reading an excellent textbook called “The Recording and Reproduction of Sound” written by Oliver Read. The second edition that I have was published in 1952. In it, he has a chapter called “Magnetic (Tape...
Good morning. I exhale my sleepy thoughts and wake early.As usual. I have been told that if I want something, then I have to put it out there.Out there. I’ve been out there for too long and yet, I was told that if I want something, then...
The western conception of early Japanese role-playing games is skewed somewhat by two things: what RPGs were released internationally and when, as well as the comparative dominance of Final Fantasy over the rest of those games. Square’s...
Here we go again.Arriva NL wants to run direct trains from Netherlands to France, as reported by De Dagelijkse Standaard (this week) and Treinreiziger (in July), and maybe from 2028.Yet in 2023 they said they wanted to do the same, from...
I keep practicing film photography and enjoy taking photos more than any kind of success, but here is my latest batch of developed films. These are mostly from my Nikon N90s some with a Takumar 55 mm f/1.8 lens. This photo is… bad art,...
A Friday HodgepodgeEditor's Note: I will be recovering from a minor medical procedure next week and will not be blogging, although I will probably post on X/Twitter most days. I plan to be back here on August 24.*** 1. Some time ago, I...
A recent trip by rail through Italy re-connected me with my love for the great Italian director. One night in Rimini seemed like an odd choice at first but my wife had carefully chosen accommodation in the area where Federico Fellini had...
The past few years, I’ve been blogging less and less, specifically about gaming – and I’d like to talk about why. Or, at least, why I think this is for me.
USPS let me down yesterday. No MegaFlash in the mailbox. Should arrive today. Haven't heard anything more about the GLP-1 prescription, nor the results of the sleep test. I suppose I should check in with them. Took along the E-PM1 again...
Ed Sheeran hasn’t used a phone since 2015. He’d kept the same number since he was a teenager, and by the time he was famous, he was receiving thousands of texts a day. It got in the way of being present, so he cut it. Now he has an iPad,...
On December 12, 1972, Château de Ferrières, the grand 19th-century estate owned by the Rothschild family outside Paris, became the setting for one of the most unusual private gatherings of the era. Hosted by Marie-Hélène de Rothschild,...
I'm still finishing up a post on the obscure and convoluted history of the intellectual property behind the eagerly anticipated Coyote vs. Acme (really hoping that this one knocks it out of the park). A story that no one outside of a...