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After a lovely June, July felt like pissing into the wind and I’m glad it’s done. The wheels fell off at the start of the month from a combination of stress, bad food and sickness – and never really got running again. Work commitments...
The internet didn’t just accidentally become shit. Yes, the #dotcons are responsible for plenty of it: surveillance, advertising, addictive algorithms, platform lock-in, spam, fake reviews and the endless extraction of human attention....
This 2-hour interview made me reconsider what a good story is. I don’t know how, but I ended up watching an interview with Matthew Dicks on storytelling. Here’s what I learned: #1. A story is about change over time. It’s about a...
Two days without showing up was very unlike her. In fact, just the sound of the door to the garden sliding open every morning would be enough for her to come running. Suspicious, I decided to go look for her up and down the street, but I...
Python A-Z is a blog series about Python. Each day, I share insights, ideas and examples for different parts of Python development that match with the letter of the day. Blaugust is an annual blogging festival in August where the goal is...
We have spent most of the week electrifying our boundaries against unwanted intruders in varying colours and coats. It's hard...
The new CSS scroll-axis-lock property allows you to disable the browser’s default scroll axis-locking behavior (aka “railing”), allowing users to immediately perform a diagonal scroll. ~ Scroll Axis Locking? By default, a browser often...
For many years, I sometimes discovered that commands I was sure I had run were no longer present in my Z shell history file (~/.zsh_history). In this article, I will show you how I tracked down the bug. Spoiler: ultimately, patching Zsh...
I’ve been doing the Weekly Challenges. The latest involved word and character counting. (Note that this ends today.)
Duncan Rawlinson created this AI-generated artwork that recreates the visual language of early 2000s Japanese street fashion magazines. The composition centers on a figure adorned with chrome eyelashes, glitter makeup, and translucent...
“Emily Cherkin, M.Ed., is a nationally recognized consultant who takes a tech-intentional approach to addressing screentime challenges. A former middle school teacher, she has been featured for her work in the New York Times, the...
When she’s sat for long enough in the aftermath of her wanton behaviour – knickers down, bent over the desk in his office, palms smarting from the whipping that kicked off her punishment, he calls her through to the lounge. Just one...
My late grandfather was heavily involved in the union movement in the North of England. Fighting for the miners, he organised pickets and strike action. In the end, he underwent electro-shock treatment for what I can only imagine would...
For many people, Dungeons & Dragons is still the system to go when it comes to roleplaying. Maybe you remember the times when you came together with some friends with just a pen, some paper and some dice and lived through an adventure of...
The label on the jar has ripped and hangs half off. When she folds the torn piece back into its proper position, the blood drains from your cheeks. You are eating from a jar of Mutant Meatballs! Mutant Meatballs were concocted originally...