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Recently I went on a trip to North Wales, Eyri to be exact (the Welsh name for Snowdonia - Snowdon, the mountain the area is named after and the tallest mountain in Wales, is Yr Wyddfa in Welsh). We didn't hike up Yr Wyddfa - it's the...
The idea for Unoffice Hours came from Matt Webb, who created it as a twist on the traditional office hours format. The premise is simple: you open up a slot in your calendar and let anyone book a call. No agenda, no pitching. They just...
Another Luigi Maggi. A couple in old age makeup reminisce about how they first met, and it proves to be a dramatic wartime yarn in flashback. This one tries to get by with as few intertitles and as much acting as possible. We stare,...
My supervisor…[saw a chatbot] as a digital priest whose primary purpose was to confirm that he was right and everyone else was mistaken. The Last Shall Be First (#1523) SCOTUS legalizes sexual assault of minor-age female athletes: The...
Back in 2022, I concluded my run of reviews of the lamentably short-lived, surprisingly classically-styled Inspector Floris Jansen series written by the Dutch editor, translator and chess player Peter Verstegen – who published his...
I have spent time during Music Week sitting with my dad as the Adult Choir rehearses. I may start bringing my laptop and getting some writing or grading done, the way I did the first year we came to Music Week as adults, back in 2022.But...
Junited is a blogging festival created by Robert Birming a couple of years back So here’s my suggestion for June: let’s show a little extra appreciation for this lovely digital space of ours. Junited is a love letter, from one blogger to...
July weather is unpredictable, from sweltering heatwaves to torrential rain. I take my chances where I can and step outside to enjoy my garden. At the moment my geraniums are glorious – shaded from the worst of the heat by the forsythia...
Pretty much spent the whole day sleeping. Glad I bookended with extra days off.100 words · 1 image
Originally posted on Mastodon Some knew in advance that Skynet was growing geometrically. The Cult of the Human Renaissance had spent years (and a lot of political capital) piggybacking Shuttle launches to build a lifeboat that could...
"Growin' Up" by Bruce Springsteen Listen on Apple Music Your browser does not support the audio element. What's your favorite song about growing up? - Growing Up by Bruce Springsteen "I hid in the clouded wrath of the crowd, but when...
I was chatting to fam the other day about how odd it is that we drive in a car up to the coldest part of a mountain just to stand in queues and ski down hills. I actually enjoy doing this, but there's an element of "what the frig is...
A few bits and pieces this time around. Lunch at an award-winning pub, some thoughts on the passing of Humphrey Smith, the owner of Samuel Smiths Brewery in Tadcaster, and a return to one of Halifax's most popular pubs a few months into...
Welcome to another Work in Progress Wednesday. We start this week with Eric who has been using the slap chop painting method to good affect on some Dreadball players. He has also used it on some fantasy human guards. Next up and Stephen...