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Most people would probably respond to these “Menthole XXtreme” Dude Wipes with these responses: Ewww! What is wrong with people?! Cool! Mint, brah! But my first thoughts were: Networking/cybersecurity: Now that there are menthol wipes to...
Jenny Holtzer’s Truisms (1978-87) I was in the first day of a two day away day at work and I was thinking of Jenny Holtzer’s truisms. They feel true (even if they might not be), which is what’s so cool about them. I think it’s the same...
...and no, it's not what you think. ::chuckle:: [ day in progress ]
In 2019, I reviewed and adored David Ely’s science fiction thriller Seconds (1963), the source material for John Frankenheimer’s similarly brilliant 1969 film. I did not know that Ely got his start in genre magazines under the editorship...
A return to form and function Image: Apple. In 2009, at Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference, Bertrand Serlet walked onstage and presented an audacious claim: “Zero New Features,” the slide read. Serlet, Apple’s then-senior vice...
OpenAI’s GPT-5.6-Sol is finally here, along with the cheaper Terra and Luna. We’ve seen the early hype as reported on Thursday, but as always that is biased. As usual, the bulk of this is collecting a gestalt based on reactions. I...
Like many other projects, CPython is experiencing a huge increase in security reports. CVEs per year #Last month, PSF Security Developer-in-Residence Seth Larson posted a chart of CVEs per year, showing a large increase in 2026: But this...
At work, we use a standard Git workflow: develop on a feature branch, push to GitHub, and open a pull request to main. Once somebody else approves the PR, the changes get merged. At least once a week, I forget to branch and commit...
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It’s 2026 and people are still searching for answers on the Raspberry Pi 5 vs Raspberry Pi 4.. Well, the Pi 5 release was the biggest generational leap in Raspberry Pi’s history. That said, the Pi 4 is cheaper, and still very capable. So...
A hundred death metal albums not from the USA This is essentially a housekeeping exercise I decided to inflict on other eyeballs. A broad sweep through death metal’s classical era in a hundred albums, from 1985 to 2000. If anything, the...
Give me a minute…….I would like to tell you why “I” believe we need to be thankful! We live in a society that is focused on everything bad, evil and corrupt about this country. I will give you that there is plenty of that in the world we...
We have a little bunny visiting our back yard. Cute little dude.