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Happenings I’ve had that chest infection all this week. I’m on the tail end of it now, but for Monday and Tuesday I had basically no voice, which is not ideal as a teacher, especially as I had an observation lesson from my line manager....
Thanks, pals, for being patient as my blogging batteries recharge. I plan to have another “My Fantastic Four-ay” post this week, and should have another installment of the Final ’90s Countdown coming along in short order. In the...
I recently rewatched Arrival (2016, Denis Villeneuve), adapted from Ted Chiang’s novella Story of Your Life, having first watched it five years ago. My experience, based on what I can remember, was different this time around. There were...
The books of indie publisher Michael Walmer have featured here on the Ramblings a number of times; he releases a wide range of interesting fiction, poetry and non-fiction, and since his relocation to the Shetland Islands (he was...
This WonderSwan exclusive asks me to take control of an adorably harried love ninja, here to help ordinary humans, aliens, …
In the previous article we walked through slices, maps, and channels, and how each of them is structured under the hood. Out of those three, channels are probably the most involved one in terms of how you actually use them — and there’s...
Another Monday Message Board. Post comments on any topic. Civil discussion and no coarse language please. Side discussions and idees fixes to the sandpits, please. I’m now using Substack as a blogging platform, and for my monthly email...
Seeing Hiroshi Sugimoto’s show at the Met in 1995 was a life-changer, and then seeing his Time Exposed (Buddha Series) photos and Accelerated Buddha, his 5-minute video, at Sonnabend in 1997 blew my mind. Sugimoto spent ten days in 1995...
I’ve done all sorts of experiments over the years when it comes to my phone usage. From cutting down my screen time as low as possible, to not using the phone at all, to running it in black-and-white mode, and many others. But this...
I listened to the English audiobook. This is my third or fourth novel by Murakami, and I confirm that he’s not my favorite author at all. Still… there’s something that just stops me from abandoning his books halfway. There is very little...