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Just after I talked a little bit about my adventures with YouTube this year, and my quiet hopes to maybe one day earn a little bit from my work, YouTube drops the bomb on all small channels by increasing the requirements to unlock...
I dream about being the type of cook who wanders through a farmers market, gets inspired by whatever is in season, and runs home to make something simple and delicious without consulting a single recipe. The reality is that I am...
This is a disappointing and frustrating book - not least because it so nearly hits the mark. The subtitle is "How Computer Programming Is Changing Writing" - but it never gets close to discussing that topic, let alone deeply examining...
Odd lighting, and a cool bit of lens flare at the bottom of the photo. I thought there would be a good gathering at the seafront in Brighton. It was way beyond that. The beach and Hove Lawns were full of picnickers, with eclipse glasses,...
Given the state of things in 2026 and the two "next big things" that preceded generative AI, this is by no means a trivial point.The metaverse was next to nothing. Web3 effectively was nothing. In both cases, an astounding and profoundly...
Funnel spider, Frick Park, 30 July 2026 (photo by Kate St.John) 13 August 2026 Late July through September is the best time of year to see funnel webs in Pittsburgh. The spiders that build these webs have been present since spring but...
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The IBM PC is 45 years old.
13:25 - I received a package from my sister! I will definitely write about it. It was filled with treasures old and new. How exciting. What a great day. (I'm still in my pjs.)
What does it mean, if anything, to be someone??“To be someone”I re-enter this with quotations, to because no one is ever “nobody” and anyone can be anybody, depending upon the dreams of course. Safe to say that I will never find myself...
There's always something new to discover in London, even if it takes over 45 years to find it...I'm sure that I have mentioned before that I am one of the small team of volunteer guides who leads tours in The Royal Parks, specifically in...
One of my shortest walks ever! But I avoided a horrible road and saw some interesting benches. Continue reading →
I enjoyed reading Kin but don’t have a lot to say about it. The two girls’ diverging stories were interesting, one rising through society while the other stays stuck near the bottom. I felt sad about how both ended. Jones’s use of...
Here’s what I’ve been up to / thinking about lately: Thoroughly enjoying my shed office. I love having a dedicated space to work that’s relatively quiet and sort of outside. It’s been pushing my limits in terms of heat over the past few...
I’m writing about space usage OpenZFS Mastery. ZFS offers tools to transparently increase the amount of data you can fit on a disk. Rather than requiring the system administrator to compress and decompress individual files, ZFS uses...