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In Soho I note that the pavements have gone a strange colour. They are darker than usual, and splodgy or stripy. I wonder if I am imagining it. THe next day the strange colour strikes me again and I realise it’s because it hasn’t rained...
In the space of less than twenty-four hours I went from idea to having a tool that solves a problem that I (and presumably others) have had for at least a decade: Remove old placeholder user avatar images, see if there are any advertised...
They seemed to think that copper oxide or copper oxychloride were somehow different, because. obviously, bronze props foul. These pipes were in the water for a year. The only one with no hard grow (zero) is the plain pipe with no anode....
Unwitting astronaut works out plot and solves problems.By Andy WeirRating: 4.5 / 5.I don’t even know how to summarize this without giving anything away, but I can say that the formula seemed exactly the same as The Martian with a smart...
While talking with my niece at the tea party yesterday she described her kids as “going all yampy” which was the first time I’d heard this midlands expression in the wild. I felt like an ethnologist who’d stumbled upon a tribe he’d only...
Fascinating rumination on being human in an era shaped by frequent interactions with LLMs and their human-mediated output: “Life on the Uncanny Precipice” by Naomi Saphra, Aug. 8, 2026, nsaphra.net.
Two hours of play Fun, Facts, and Floorsof scientific exploration.An outing meant to enticea five-year-old, engulfed a couple of adult womenin its grip–mesmerizing us and sending shivers ofnostalgia down our spines. Kaleideum will see...
I mostly use my web stats service because I get a lizard-brain kick from watching numbers go up, but it also provides some fun insights. For example, it’s how I found out about bubbles.town. At first I thought this might be a Mastodon...
[DEBORD, Guy]. “Paris Match a retrouvé le mysterieux gourou de Lebovici” in Paris-Match 1819, 6 April 1984 (pp. 60-61). Paris, 1984. Grainy, evidently clandestine photograph of Guy Debord, captioned as having caught the “mysterious guru...
(Some of this came from a Reddit post I read, and some of the comments on it.) Here are theorems with names that I think are funny--- or at least unusual. The names are also pointers to the Wikipedia entry on them or some other...
an ai agent for the socially expensive work of organizational dissent
There was a golden era where the models were stupid and it was easy to spot right and wrong. We have left that era, and critical thinking is more important than ever.
My second ever week note, and holding onto that weekly cadence so far. Hold on for a week of mediocrity and misery, front-ended by a fantastic 10km run. Work Probably the least said about work this week the better. I was hoping to launch...
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I've been enjoying my Schlage Plymouth Electronic Keypad Deadbolt Locks (Model BE365). You can read about why I like them here: A reliable keypad door lock from Schlage In fact, they've been so enjoyable, that I recently ordered another....