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base is doneWent together off the saw and fit the bottom of the bookcase. Because of the size of the bookcase I increased the height of the base. Raising it up (about a 1/2") makes it easier to access the bottom shelf.sighDinged this up...
Dawn thunderstorm moving off by sunrise, which a single crow heralds from the dead top of a locust. The first hummingbird arrives at the jewelweed before the rain has quite stopped. Another storm rumbles in the west.
I’ve been using the Mechanism Kickstand 2 along with their JSAUX ModCase adapter for a little while now and it’s quietly become one of my favourite Steam Deck accessory combinations. The kickstand feels great, it’s solid and feels good...
📜 I'm doing Blaugust this year. This is 6/hopefully 31 posts in August. I recently subscribed to Garden variety, a group project by 4 illustrators and cartoonists. I'd been a longtime fan of Jillian Tamaki, but all of the contributors...
Utagawa Hiroshige, Musashi Plain, from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji, 1852 I have been reading A Tale Unasked, Penguin's new Meredith McKinney translation of Lady Nijō's Towazugatari, a court and travel diary completed around...
This is where the ‘picture of the day’ photos begin in earnest from my flickr backup. I do wish I’d saved some earlier ones but that’s life! I won’t be posting them all, just a select few. The banner image is of my bedroom back in...
Misconception I: You Cannot Act for Mercy Mercy is undeserved kindness. Therefore, some conclude that we cannot do anything to receive mercy, because the moment we act for it, it is no longer undeserved. We have done something to obtain...
LIVE TONIGHT! Archive Showcase with Grace Petrie, Primal Scream, Anna Cale on Looks Unfamiliar, Twelve Radio Programmes That Need To Be Given A Proper Release and the stars of TV's Rubovia. SPONSORED BY PYRAMINT.
In the Book Notes series, authors create and discuss a music playlist that relates in some way to their recently published book. Previous contributors include Jesmyn Ward, Lauren Groff, Bret Easton Ellis, Celeste Ng, T.C. Boyle, Dana...
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...
It’s that time of my podcast app subscription cycle where I see if Apple Podcasts is good enough for me this year. The answer will likely be no.
A classicist recently pointed out on social media that the ancient Greek notion of heroism is so different from the modern idea that mythological heroes like Odysseus must either be adapted for modern audiences, or else they end up...
In the last post, I described my glee at receiving a very competent Sony Optiarc AD-7280S. As it would turn out, in this post, I give it some torture as I relive a bit of a hobby from my past, while trying to set a new record – the most...
Boone as David Wilkerson.Based on the 1963 autobiography, The Cross and the Switchblade (1970) tells the true story of David Wilkerson (Pat Boone), a small-town Pennsylvania pastor who moves to New York City to minister to gang members...
Back in January, I received a note from a senior software engineer in Silicon Valley. He described himself as an AI skeptic who became converted after trying Claude Code for the first time. “Overnight, it changed the way I do my job,” he...