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STATUS: Back on Linux, today. TODO: Nothing planned. Isn't that wonderful?! READING: Still working through "Middlemarch", but I've slowed down WATCHING: "Gone" on BritBox As repetitive and unimpressive as this blog can get, it's still...
Seven days to myself in London, just what did I get up to? This post follows on from the last, as I finished up in Chinatown, headed to more nearby points of interest. Piccadilly Circus Having done a lap of Chinatown, I headed towards my...
At the moment (as I write), 6.962 billion people are awake, while another 2.1 billion are fast asleep. Awake Globe visualizes this constantly shifting global rhythm of sleep and wakefulness, revealing where people around the world are...
Happy weekend! I had a bit of a bleh week, so I’m determined to fill the weekend with joy, books, and video games. Books acquired this week First up, and somewhat inevitably, I really, really needed book three after finishing book two,...
Date day Since my old poodle, Saladin, has separation anxiety, it's impossible to leave him alone without causing him extreme stress. It means that my wife and I can go somewhere together only if we take him with us. Which is cute, but:...
Althouygh it’s holiday season for some, it’s time once more for another Saturday update of activity at the Open Journal of Astrophysics. Since the last update we have published a further for papers, bringing the number in Volume 9 (2026)...
The software development profession is in the midst of upheaval. Nobody knows how the AI revolution will play out in the end, but it is clear many aspects of work and life will be transformed—including programming. One of the comments I...
Story of My Life by Jay McInerney published 1988 This short sharp book will take you back to the 1980s, if you were around then. You don’t have to have been in NY, but you were probably aware of the way the city worked then. Jay...
Listening to James G talking to Rachel on the Wonders of Web Weaving podcast, one thing in particular caught my attention, and that was when she was telling James about her studio. It’s a 20–30 minute walk from home and she goes there in...
It's 1999, I'm 5 years old and my whole life revolves around two things - Dinosaurs and the Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers. That original group of Rangers ran from 1993 to 1996, so it is a testament to their impact that that is the group...
I still think about this from Rakhim (2020): ✍️ Reply by email
On Saturday, August 22, at 2 pm, I’m speaking at the Vigo County History Center about the history of transportation in the United States. It’s a rich topic — from animal traces and Native American trails, to the railroads, to the modern...
It was a fancy liberal arts college that introduced me to Marcel Duchamp’s Fountain: a urinal, signed “R. Mutt.” This, they told me, was one of the most important artworks of the 20th century.I didn’t buy it at the time. Instead, I filed...
My writing elsewhere ▷ I’ve been experimenting with using AI to help me write more, faster. It’s been a mixed bag. I explain in this article what I’ve learned about it — how audiences respond when they catch a whiff of AI, and how it...
📍 Hamleys A visit to the toy store for a job well done. Location: London, Greater London, United KingdomComment by email