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Inevitably I’m asked, “Why devote a paper, much less an entire dissertation, to Plutowsky?” I have a two-part answer, the first of which is my personal connection to Plutowsky via his great niece, my fiancée, Loretta. Professionally I...
It’s Friday, so it’s time for the Book Blogger Hop again, hosted by Billy @ Coffee Addicted Writer. I’ve made my own image from a stock photo (credit: Anna Shvets) to avoid adding images created via generative AI to my blog. Feel free to...
Greatly appreciate Pastor Doug's teaching on servant lordship here.
Before we get to today’s topic, here’s a brief:WORLD CUP EPILOGUEMy wife, Michelle Kaufman, a professional sportswriter, covered the World Cup for the Miami Herald, and as a perk she was given a small piece of the actual sod on which the...
Bardas Loredan, fencer-at-law, contemplates retirement completely unaware of the various forces conspiring against him, specifically. Personally, even. Interesting book with overlapping viewpoints of various characters, some of which who...
Staybl - The browser that adjusts for tremors.
TL;DR: Part two of the Apple Account series. Backup apps that pull your iCloud data down to storage you control, email providers that speak IMAP/CalDAV/CardDAV so Apple's own apps keep working without iCloud, ways to buy and track...
I like my city builder games as much as the next guy. I’ve played them since SimCity 2000 and earlier this year wrote about TheoTown already. Last week I stumbled upon this guy jamessimo on YouTube who’s creating the city builder of his...
After the Trial by Combat affair in 1398 between Henry Bolingbroke and Thomas Mowbray (which was supposed to be to the death), King Richard II exiled Mowbray for life and Henry for 10 years. They were each allowed a few weeks to put...
PC I should probably be a bit embarrassed about admitting quite how long it’s taken me to complete the first of It Consumes‘ three stages. On its lowest difficulty. But I’ve had so much fun not managing it. There are perhaps a few too...
I don't need any of what I write here to survive after I leave this world. Nevertheless, I am not expecting but still happy that this blog platform may be staying around for quite a while, as promised by the platform creator: "Bear won't...
It’s strange how a competent biography that attempts to explain someone’s motivations and context can make them more sympathetic. Because, y’all, if Ann Lee was operating today, not one of us would think she’s worth listening to. Not...
I wrote about hiking yesterday and mentioned “switchbacks.” On a steep hike, the trail almost never goes straight up. It zigzags — long diagonal legs cutting back and forth across the slope, taking you what feels like sideways when all...
How do you tell users that the text they're about to read has been synthetically generated? It is polite to readers that you don't waste their time, it's also important that LLMs don't feed on their own regurgitated slurry lest they...
A mourning dove calls from out of the fog, high-pitched and hesitant, as if just learning how to sing. A flower fly is licking my laptop where I rest my wrist.