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WowHaus 1970s Blackberry Hill modern townhouse in Milnthorpe, Cumbria On one of my favourite developments, this 1970s Blackberry Hill modern townhouse in Milnthorpe, Cumbria, is now on the market. Regular readers might recall me...
The deliberate engineering of vulnerabilities into critical infrastructure…[is] a grave threat to privacy everywhere. – Udbhav Tiwari I Spy (#1319) Politicians are unable to fathom concepts like “principles” and “keeping promises”:...
Last week, we received a treat of an email from Douglas Lambert, who recreated three workbenches from “Workbenches: From Design & Theory to Construction & Use” by Christopher Schwarz* in Lego form, and sent us detailed plans for each:...
This is part of a series in which each book explores the history of a different time and place through the lens of one twenty-four-hour day. I haven’t come across any of the previous books, but I was drawn to this one because I know...
How Typhon lets a single transaction choose between volatile (~1-2µs), group-committed (~1-2µs amortized), or immediate-FUA (~15-85µs) durability — same WAL, same engine, per-commit override.
I would like to introduce my readers to a brand new book almost due for publication from Jessica Kinglsey and …Continue reading →
Turn watching into a choice.
"White & Nerdy (Parody of "Ridin'" by Chamillionaire feat. Krayzie Bone)" by "Weird Al" Yankovic Listen on Apple Music Your browser does not support the audio element. Pick a song that matches what you are really thinking about just now...
I found an artwork featuring a pay phone in the Art Institute of Chicago’s collection. That somehow led me to a decades-old webpage listing the museum’s pay phone numbers — and memories of my own pay phone art project from years ago. The...