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In my car. Waiting for carpool into city. Feeling a bit rushed and out of sorts past week or so. Brother’s wedding coming up. A friend wanted to come to the town they live in but I wasn’t sure if I could accommodate them. I think I can...
As a daily user of the Neocities hosting platform, I’ve observed some quiet updates the site has begun to roll out over this past year. These things are sometimes hard to spot unless you use the site as much as I do, and there are no...
TL;DR: Paid for YouTube Premium after years of DIY ad-blocking. Ads are gone; the algorithm, the clutter, and the impermanence aren't. Building a stack of small tools instead of hunting for one app that fixes all four. First post in a...
TL;DR: Paid for YouTube Premium after years of DIY ad-blocking. Ads are gone; the algorithm, the clutter, and the impermanence aren't. Building a stack of small tools instead of hunting for one app that fixes all four. First post in a...
I slept on my porch last night. Lived here for like six years now, but finally did it. A piece of tyvek, an inflatable sleeping pad, my camping quilt, and a for-real pillow. Laid under the stars, but I could only see three of them...
Although he was a thorn in the side of King Henry IV, because he had a greater claim to the throne and was used as a focal point for rebellion, Edmund Mortimer was nevertheless kept alive and safe. Near the end of Henry IV's reign,...
Hawa Hassan’s Salatet Summaq (Sumac Salad) is the perfect late-summer side to take advantage of the bountiful fresh produce! It starts with that summer powerhouse combination of tomatoes, cucumbers, and red onion found in salads...
On my first day of class every year, I'm always tempted to post a picture, the way that parents post pictures of their kids as they head off to school. This year, the temptation is especially strong, as today begins a slightly different...
Max Tani / Semafor: Spotify is terrifying much of the podcast industry with a tiny little widget. Last week, the audio streaming giant tweaked its streaming interface, adding a feature that allows some users to more effectively skip...
Last year, I reviewed a new type of Clip-On earphone - the Soundpeats Clip1 Cuff. I was a bit sceptical, but was won around by their comfort. The good folks at Soundpeats have sent me their new version to review. I had a few niggles with...
Nakabayashi paper has taken off in recent years, with a lineup that includes multiple fountain pen friendly paper options in unique rulings at accessible price points. We’ve recently added Nakabayashi’s “T-Line” paper, which features a...
Erasmus, Letters 103 (to Fausto Andrelini, 1499; tr. R.A.B. Mynors and D.F.S. Thomson): For, to touch on only one point among many, there are in England nymphs of divine appearance, both engaging and agreeable, whom you would certainly...
Originally published at Three Quarks Daily. In World of Fine Wine, Master of Wine Benjamin Lewin speculates about whether AI could replace human-generated wine criticism. He acknowledges the obvious limitation: “A chatbot cannot smell or...
If you are young and you are reading this, perhaps you will understand the gleam in the eye of any woman who is sixty, seventy, eighty, or ninety: she cannot take you seriously (sorry) for you are but a girl to her, despite your babies...
First, let's get some important disclaimers out of the way. Neither Joseph nor I are any kind of experts on international energy markets, so anything we tell you is pretty much based on what we read in the papers.When it comes to...