Bubbles
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Bathtub Reviews are an excuse for me to read modules a little more closely. I’m doing them to critique a wide range of modules from the perspective of my own table and to learn for my own module design. They’re stream of consciousness...
A few months ago, I wrote about finding joy in programming in the age of AI. In the personal discussions I’ve had with fellow developers — both before and after that article — one thing keeps striking me. Most people don’t argue. They...
It's been quiet here, but I'm alive! Work is keeping me busy these days, and what's left over is split between building new stuff and writing about it. Writing gets very little.The building side shows over on xmit.dev: cc.me, and...
One of my favorite essays was written about prose by a poet. No paradox there. Apart from the strictures of meter and rhyme, there’s no good reason prose can’t be composed as musically and concisely as poetry. Years ago, Dave Lull sent...
After our usual morning walk, we left Las Vegas early and arrived at Kingman’s Visitor Center, ~100 miles away, around 0930. We’ve stopped in Kingman a zillion times before on our way to and from US-40, and I’ve already written several...
Image was taken with a Fujifilm X-E5 and XF 16-50mm WR lens.
Twenty Years Ago on FITK So maybe love is meant to be a little imperfect.Maybe love is meant to be about you saying something stupid in our most intimate moments and me smiling it away and tousling your hair instead. About sitting in the...
So I blew right past celebrating (realizing) 250 days in a row here in the blog. Technically, today is day 254. I would just like to thank everyone for reading. I don’t know if people come back to this, or they find it, or whatever, but...
Two years ago, I was given a clean bill of health during a routine medical checkup. All my vital are good. During that period, I had very little success in both life and business. I eat and live simple. I dare not indulge in many things...
Spotted on the side of a terraced house in Skipton. I know no more, other than it's full of atmosphere. You can see more on Streetview.
Original cartoon: Revised by internet pal: As he noted, it’s kind of like those Garfield Minus Garfield comics, where Jon ends up looking crazy. Except in this case, it makes the comic funnier. Or at least weirder.
Curled with my tongue tied in a familiar way Snakes are crawling up our legs I can’t ignore it anymore Comfort is nothingness Is the kettle hot? You press my hands against it to see I’ve done nothing wrong Am I boiling over? Touch to...
The Best American Mystery Stories of the Century is an anthology edited by Tony Hillerman and Otto Penzler and published in 2000. The anthology contains 46 short stories, and is 813 pages long. This is my husband's book, which he...
Cyd Finlea is a photo journalist who works for Global Neographic, who have assigned her a universal beat! Leaving Earth, she heads out into the furthest edges of the universe, cataloguing alien societies and photographing the strange new...
Oh, there’s more than just guitar. How many of these other air classics have you pulled off? 1. Air drums. Riding shotgun and nailing solos on the dashboard or cooking dinner and feeling the beats on the kitchen counter, you either go...