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Bonus link: “Laws of the Game” (official rulebook of football/soccer) Bonus link #2: “In the United States, Every World Cup Team Is a Home Team” (NYT)
In the middle of the night, the hum of mosquitoes. Reach up on top of the centerboard trunk, find the Thermacell bug repeller. Click the starter button a couple of times, wait til I see the glow of a flame the size of a pinhead, the...
When a retro handheld manages the sort of reputation that the original TRIMUI Brick and Brick Hammer have, their successors arrive with a heap of expectation. Rumors of a "Pro" model had enthusiasts imagining faster processors, more...
Sometimes, the Monopoly game that divided up New York’s lots left a small piece of land behind, and you get a strangely-narrow house as a result. This isn’t one of those cases. You’d have to be both very weird and looking to lose money...
Sunday Asides #103 By the time you read this, I will have my first professionally-produced commercial demo as a voice actor! Granted, I've been doing voice acting through podcasting for well over a decade, but I really only started...
We’re almost at the halfway point of The Great Balkans Road Trip. We’ve been to Romania and Bulgaria. Today it’s North Macedonia and Kosovo. Then we’re back on the road to Serbia before ending up back in Romania. If you’re joining the...
Great products are built for users – not to chase new trends, save a few extra pennies, or restrict customer choice. Sometimes what seem like good ideas to executives and designers simply don’t stand up in real life. | Read full post >>
By my second morning in Venice I have developed a routine. At about 7 am I walk to the Fundamente Nuove through quiet streets but passing a greengrocers that is loading up with fruit and vegetables. I can smell the peaches. At the...
How should one address a field? As a poet, as a person? Throughout this short, but deep pamphlet, Corinna Board sets out to explore what this question may involve.
What happens when you mention to your D&D group, who mostly have ADHD, that your tumble dryer is broken? Free labour! About six months ago, my tumble dryer started making a small grinding sound, as if something had been dislodged. Past...
Snow-capped mountains at Colorado’s Rocky Mountain National Park. The post Distant Snow-Caps appeared first on 75CentralPhotography.
I've been feeling the urge to redo my home office. There's no good reason for this other than that I'm bored and restless. The current layout works and is plenty fancy for who it's for. And yet, I keep rearranging furniture in my head....
My summer vacation has officially started and what better way to get things rolling than to spend my first day adding some features back to my website?Ever since moving my website from Wordpress to 11ty I’ve been missing my /notes page...
Earlier this year, I was fortunate enough to visit London on a work trip. In the last part, I visited a few of the free observation decks around London. This time, I’ll be focusing on things I spotted in my neighbourhood near Earl’s...