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Welcome to The Film Noir Files, the noir series here at Shadows and Satin and over at Speakeasy, the blog authored by my pal Kristina, where each month we recommend a film noir feature for you to watch on TCM. We never know what the...
I think I have developed a fondness for book front covers that opt for a minimalist design language while still getting across something about the book. This jacket design for Mad Eden is by Charlotte Grimm. I felt it sometimes when...
Things are tight at the moment, so I needed to make some additional money online. I made over £20 in under 20 minutes of effort, entirely legally, using free sign-up offers — no gambling, no catch. Here’s exactly how, step by step with a...
Saw someone comment they’d heard Emily Wilson’s Odyssey translation is feminist and before they try it they’d like to start with a more faithful translation. I wonder how much readers understand about the creative choices translators...
It’s been a minute since I watched videos from the Met’s The Artist Project, and this time Nayland Blake discussing a Bamana boli from Mali landed differently. Part of that is my own deeper appreciation of Blake’s work, especially their...
I recently spent a fascinating morning paying a visit to London’s oldest cheese shop, oldest pharmacy and the tailors to the King. They are all within a few minutes walk of each other in St James’s and they have something else in common:...
Use Xcode 27 to render named SwiftUI states as independently selectable Canvas variants
On AI and an all-encompassing role in modern web development.
Did you think you’d get away with it? Did you think he wouldn’t find out? Saja always finds out. And now you’ll just have to live with him knowing. In other news, we’re coming right up on the one-year anniversary of Saja’s official...
We're going for a relaxing midday drive with some chill racing VGM. 〰️〰️〰️ 00:00 Intro/ Butt-Ugly Martians: Zoom or Doom! - Track 7 01:32 R4: Ridge Racer Type 4 - On Your Way 05:24 Enthusia Professional Racing - A Doze [Data Mode] 07:59...
Since Barry Windsor-Smith was absent from the previous post (or there in spirit via the pages of The Studio) I thought I’d post a few of his prints from the mid-70s. As I said in the Snaps piece, Smith and co. set up The Studio in order...
Image of wildfires in Montana comes from rawpixel.com, and is labeled Public Domain. The media are full of ‘explanations’ (opinions) about what is going on in the world. What is Trump thinking. What does country X ‘want’. Why is this the...
One of today’s clients had to cancel the house inspection at the last minute. With about six visits a day, this happens every now and then. Sometimes it’s possible to do the next job earlier, sometimes it’s not. Today it was the latter....
Is this it, at last? The brilliant book written by AI? Probably not, though the headline at The Bookseller does raise hopes. It reads ‘Genius novel’ sold in six and seven-figure deals at auction pulled over suspected AI use. The Mirror...