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Note: This post is not appropriate for young children. And the older ones will be all, "Ooooohh! I'm gonna tell DADDY!!" so you might lock them out, too. Spider-Man's dirty little secret revealed: Now that's a Dynamic Duo. Here's one of...
Fossil Sand Dollar in LimestoneLong before the Nile carved its fertile valley, and before the pyramids rose from the desert sands, Egypt was home to warm tropical seas and lush river deltas teeming with life. The rocks surrounding the...
Although the defer keyword was already introduced in Swift 2.0, it’s still quite uncommon to use it in projects. Its usage can be hard to understand, but using it can improve your code a lot in some places. The most common use case seen...
From The Russo-Ukraine War: The Return of History, by Serhii Plokhy (W. W. Norton, 2023), Kindle pp. 43-44: In Ukraine, as in Russia, the economy and public reaction to the dissolution of the USSR were the two key issues that turned...
The fret and fever of the day are o’er, / And London slumbers, but with murmurs faint, / Like Ocean, when she folds her waves to sleep: / ‘Tis the pure hour for poetry and thought; / When passions sink, and man surveys the heavens, / And...
A practical deep dive into UUIDs, ULIDs, and Sqids, from generation models and sorting behavior to database storage, public IDs, and security trade-offs. Read more
14:42 - Expressing myself.
Withnail Books of Penrith, renowned for their chapbooks of literary rarities, have just announced a facsimile edition of Charades, Written a hundred years ago by Jane Austen and Her Family, originally published in 1895. This charming...
Photo of a circular pill sorter box against a pale blue background. Photo by Unattributed. License: Copyright Unattributed. Licensed under Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 4.0. Sure, I hear you saying: no one wants to get old. But it's a fact...
My Lightroom comments continue to get a lot of attention, so we’ll continue the conversation one last time. First up, I want to point out that my dilemma isn’t that Lightroom doesn’t have a lot of features or performance. It’s soley my...
Misha Grifka Wander Bette Adriaanse, also known as Bette A., is a Dutch writer and visual artist. Her book What Art Does was written with Brian Eno about the expansive nature of art and creation. Her new short story collection, Slow...
Footage is making the rounds from a rap concert: grainy, ghosted, four shades of gray that look less like pixels and more like ash blown across a windshield. Michael Rosa, who calls himself a "digital future nerd," shot the whole show on...
Introduce yourself with five albums that have shaped you. OK Computer by Radiohead Rid of Me by PJ Harvey Goo by Sonic Youth Siamese Dream by Smashing Pumpkins Loveless by My Bloody Valentine
Some years later and I just realised my favourite amulet is not activated! His name is Phra Ngang (พระงั่ง). But he came without instructions manual. Super cute and also super enigmatic. He obviously hides something. To be activated I...
Camren and I had a good time suffering through the heat.