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Vija Celmins, Untitled (Saturn), 1985, mezzotint, 11 x 9 1/4 in., ed. 150, collection Whitney Museum; Untitled (Saturn), 1985 “offset lithograph from a unique mezzotint”? ed. 50, via Phillips In 1657, two years after discovering Saturn’s...
StarringMatt Smith, Emma D'Arcy, Olivia Cooke, James Norton, and Steve ToussaintOverviewWin or die.The Targaryen dynasty is at the absolute apex of its power, with more than 15 dragons under their yoke. Most empires crumble from such...
My father recently wrote a piece detailing some of his thoughts on AI, and in doing so he compared using generative AI to playing Guitar Hero. I shall not let this analogy stand. If you think I’m pro-AI, you couldn’t be more wrong. There...
🇬🇧 English classes went well for Leo. He is motivated to learn and speak English. While playing Switch at the hotel, he even started speaking to himself in English, "I hate lynel... because they are strong", which is perhaps the longest...
Perfume PosseThree More from Naomi Goodsir Is everybody off on their August break? Possibly. Well, the perfume sniffage never stops. Here’s a quick run-down of three more Naomi Goodsirs, I bought the whole sample set since I loved this...
sigh* This is what I found this morning. The complete and utter destruction of our corn patch. Clearly, the motion activated noise maker did nothing to deter the raccoons! I found a whole three cobs that looked untouched. You can see in...
Today’s only recording is a repeat of Pokemon Battle Dimension – A Trainer and Child Reunion. Media Centre Description: Ash continues his quest to become the greatest Pokemon trainer ever. He travels through the Sinnoh region, where he...
Colorado-based trio Prairiewolf’s latest long-player for La Selva Beach-based label, Centripetal Force, blurs the boundary between live and studio recording. The band have taken tapes of 2 club performances, edited, layered, collaged...
Picking up where we last left off (see my previous post), Adam Smith next describes two great external events — the War of Austrian Succession (1740-48) and the Seven Years’ War (1756-63) — that improved the fortunes of the East India...
Another 1950s movie about an underpaid, overworked guy who neglects his wife in favor of his job. This time instead of a newspaper man, he’s a US health guy trying to save the country from a deadly outbreak, slightly more excusable. Our...
Andrew Côté: So then why would Terafab need a Free Electron Laser, and why wouldn’t they just use what ASML does currently, laser-tin droplet ablation? To answer this we should start at the beginning: the fundamental physics of...
Connor came to visit this week!!! Hello Connor if you’re reading this lol. It was fun to hang out!!! It’s been a couple of years(????) which is crazy. Delton came down to visit too and we made plans to visit them in Maine which will be...
Andreas over on 82MHz has written about how you can’t expect giant tech companies to change if you keep buying their products: Tech sucks: You have to vote with your wallet, or nothing will change. And I agree. I realized some years back...
For years, I’ve scoured online auctions looking for unique ephemera from my favorite David Lynch film, Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me. It’s a great day when I find gold such as this German film program from Austrian editor Rudolf J. Maly...
Rewatching this (in a theater this time) I'm just struck by how much of this movie is Kati Outinen's face. I don't think I've ever seen a movie that is more carried by a single actor. And she's doing it here in a performance where she...