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Here is a niche tip: if you’re tired of correcting the word “Emacs” whenever you dictate on your iPhone, Add Emacs to your contact list.
Since it’s now August, the first month of the 2026 Season of Scenery community painting challenge is now over. Despite a lack of posts here though, I’ve been fairly busy during July and got a few buildings finished. I’ve been tending to...
Big ideas in tiny boxes. Today I rekindle my interest in LEGO® Technic with a look at Series 1 of the new blind-box collectible series: 42233 Mighty Machines. Childhood Me would've gone mad for these: they're super-duper inspiring,...
Big ideas in tiny boxes. Today I rekindle my interest in LEGO® Technic with a look at Series 1 of the new blind-box collectible series: 42233 Mighty Machines. Childhood Me would've gone mad for these: they're super-duper inspiring,...
If only...Written by VetinariNot to put too fine a point on it, this game sucks. But – how much does it suck? Let's find out with the final rating.Puzzles and SolvabilityThis game has been misconstrued as being an adventure game, where...
Last year I first discovered HTML day, though this event has now run for the past 4 years! In a day and age when vibe coding is becoming a new reality, the celebration of hand-coded and intentionally built apps and sites is more...
Every two weeks or so I am publishing an essay from an emerging writer. This week, we are publishing “Unfinished Canyons” by Chelsey Reid. Chelsey is a Kentucky-based writer whose work explores public health, harm reduction, and...
Suffering is something I thought about throughout my life. Certainly, it's not only me: all the religion in this world have some thoughts about suffering, for a start. But personally, I didn't classify suffering by their usefulness, so...
I’ve written before about the discovery of a fascinating work by the 2nd century physician, Galen, describing the loss of libraries and his own research collection in a fire in Rome. Now an edition of it, with English translation, plus...
Josh Ginter, in his excellent Sunday Edition from mid-July: We spent five days camping in a one-bar-of-LTE-but-still-won’t-work area last weekend, so this is the first installment of the Sunday Edition in a few weeks. The days off were a...
I am appalled that it’s taken us this long to feature the incredible Melanie Lynskey
I love loathe seeing breaking news and big statements on Substack Notes with massive engagement without a link to a source. “Senator grows horns and spiked tail!” 2.4K likes “AP reports plastic in newborn eyeballs!” 5.3K likes “Studies...
Part 4 of my investigation into "Hobbits have a Roadside Picnic." Part 1 is here. Part 2 is here. Part 3 is here.Dragon gold We must away ere break of dayTo seek the pale enchanted gold.One of the primary reasons burglars brave the...
I recently revisited one of my favourite towns in the Midlands where there are 5 pubs listed in the 2026 Good Beer Guide within its attractive and fairly compact town centre, making it an ideal spot for a leisurely Saturday afternoon...
We are back home after our two-week trip, and having a little trouble with re-entry. Part of it is that we are dropping right into the middle of so many more things than are usually going on: 1. One of the cats (it’s one of the younger...