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In modern parlance the New Zealand writer Janet Frame might be called “neurodivergent.” Born in 1924 Frame took an overdose in her early 20s and then spent many years in and out of mental hospitals, some of which were still … Continue...
I think I’m going to start some of this next week. I have a couple of adjustments that I’m thinking about for the website.
My first computer was a Desktop with AMD Sempron processor which used to run at 1.6GHz. It was blazing fast! (For a year until my neighbours got a better one.). It came with Windows XP and 512GB HDD. I learned all my computer black magic...
Arrived early evening in Como on Wednesday evening after a scenic train trip from Zurich onboard one of the fancy new-ish Giruno trains. Stayed at a pleasant Airbnb located just outside the city walls so quiet and great value. On my...
This is one of my favorite concepts in Daniel Dennett’s book Intuition Pumps and Other Tools for Thinking: Universal acid is a liquid so corrosive that it will eat through anything! But what do you keep it in? It dissolves glass bottles...
In my spare time, I’ve been browsing old folklore articles again. The other day, I came across a rather interesting and… different version of Snow White. It starts like this: Once upon a time there was an exceedingly beautiful woman who...
Just now the lilac is in bloom, All before my little room 123/365 Just now the lilac is in bloom flickr photo by NomadWarMachine shared under a Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) license
Volume three of Chugong’s Solo Leveling covers Jinwoo’s re-evaluation, his time with the mining squad (and meeting with Haein Cha), and some more of his time in the Demons’ Tower. His […]
Book 12 for my 2026 goal of 36 books for the year! I’ve basically rallied and caught myself up. As usual, my link to the book is through my bookshop.org affiliate account, which means I may earn a small commission if you … Continue...