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Antony Szmierek Flight Simulator Following on from his distinctive and cinematic piece, Chalk, featured on BlackPlastic in March, British electronic producer Antony Szmierek is back with new single Flight Simulator. Szmierek was working...
John Wyver writes: In my previous post I enthused about Elizabeth Darling’s new book Palace of the Ether: Broadcasting House and the Architecture of the BBC, 1922-1932. Here I want to focus on just one aspect that Darling throws some...
At time of writing, the long hot summer of 2026 is continuing. You won't catch me on holiday in southern Europe, but today I've brought it home with four beers by Basqueland.I thought 5.6% ABV was a bit strong for something called...
Blanche, our 2019 Ram Promaster, After several years of adventures, road trips, camping trips, and more than a few nights spent gazing at the stars as we sat by a crackling campfire, we’ve decided it’s time to find Blanche, our 2019 Ram...
The first essay in this series argued that the six forms of "psychological debt" are old wounds under new names; this one concerns what happens when the wound is given a number. Guy Champniss's method is straightforward enough: a battery...
Another lovely day. Clearing under the rhodies. Done one bed. Ran out of juice on the way home at noon. Had to get a gallon from Little Neston. 5.10½.
Another roasty hot day, but eight members had a pleasant afternoon playing trains and talking a lot. John and Amanda brought a load of old N gauge trains belonging to his father and grandfather for us to peruse. Mainly old Poole Farish,...
August 10, 2026 So many of our heroines this months are absolutely buried (metaphorically speaking, of course) in advertising for fall clothes. It’s so easy to see a handful of things that catch your eye – you buy on impulse – your tidy...
Berka v1.1.0 is out. This release makes the four Berka families easier to inspect, compare, and try before installing them. The font binaries are unchanged from v1.0.1. The release focuses on the showcase and specimen experience. An...
Whenever Clara and I need some mid-afternoon motivation when we’re in the home office, we put on Kenshi Yonezu’s 2017 masterpiece Bootleg. I realised I’ve never shared any of it, so I reckon it warrants a Music Monday: What genre does...
What I have to remind myself- continually...
Not only is Blackpool an extraordinary place, but Rebellion is an extraordinary festival. It was quite anxiety-inducing to read in advance of the number of hotels that had deliberately double-booked (the air show was on at the same...
We stayed in a flat in Brockenhurst. It was above the cycle shop on the corner, a building I’ve got a memory of passing by for some thirty years. It was a lovely spot, but the best part by far was what it overlooked: a level crossing. R...
The American population is moving south and west. You can see that migration writ large in the US Population Growth Atlas, an interactive map showing how the populations of every US county and state have changed between 1980 and 2025.The...