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I’ll be honest, I was a bit surprised that I knew anyone who would buy a pair of Meta AI glasses. Sure, they are readily available, and presumably heavily advertised, but most of the people with whom I spend time - online or offline -...
Earlier this year we had a rather unfortunate incident involving our 25-year-old stand-up freezer, in which the condenser failed while the thing was full of frozen things, which quickly became rather disgustingly unfrozen. The clean-up...
Tree Shadows on the Park Wall, Roundhay, Leeds (1872) by John Atkinson Grimshaw. • “In many cases, the rules of physics that apply in a real scene appear to be optional in a painting; they can be obeyed or ignored at the discretion of...
For my wife's birthday last weekend I ran her and her friends a D&D one shot. My brief was thus: level eleven a more classic dungeon crawl dragon There were six of them. I had no clue how to balance six level eleven characters where four...
Monday “Do you do this every week?” There’s trash in the open grass and trash by the bench. But there’s also a man on the bench admiring the view. As I didn’t want to disturb him, I was heading for the trash in the open first. I say sort...
Didn't bring my big camera to the track because I was so annoyed about yesterday.37 words · 1 image
Today is independence day.Tomorrow will also beindependence day.I wave the flag of the present moment.I listen to the robinand watch the swallowstreak across the twilit sky. The deer, the stray dog, the heart-wounded veterandon't need to...
Source Drought has pushed the Rio Grande river past the breaking point – in Albuquerque, it has completely dried up. For the third consecutive year, a combination of record-low winter snowpacks, warming spring temperatures, and...
I did a terrible job taking pictures today.38 words · 1 image
Fireworks are for those with the training, the appropriate equipment, and the appropriate location (and conditions). If you don't have all three — just don't, and leave it to those who do. Big-screen TVs make that a lot easier than when...
We arrived at Silverstone and I made pizza. It was pretty good - the dough turned out great.18 words · 1 image
Last night, I learned that we lost Belghast, a truly special individual and a pillar of the gaming/MMO community. His blog, Tales of the Aggronaut, has stood tall since April 2009 (based on blog archives), and his tenacity at blogging...
The CaretakerEverywhere at the End of Time2019History Always Favours The Winners(part of Resident Advisor's 2000-2025 Best Albums) Memories are ghosts inside your mind; samples are ghosts extracted from records and trapped in forever...
Last July 4th, I apologized to America, or at least the concept of what America could be, for what had become of the nation under Donald Trump and the GOP. Things most definitely have not become better, but the fight continues to save...
Late last night I heard the unmistakable sound of something colliding with a computer fan. Having only cleaned it out on Monday, I was worried that I must’ve broke something. I turned my phone’s light on and had a peek. My computer’s...