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The attention economy really had this poor guy held hostage.
Via Newspapers.comThis eerie little tale appeared in the “Shamokin News Dispatch,” November 26, 1929:To have been haunted day and night by the apparition of his wife who passed away just a month ago with the result that he could not...
Here are more links for your bedtime or whatever-time reading pleasure… not that I want link-blog-like posts to be a regular feature here… but looks like I'm doing it… happy reading! The Accidental Architect of the Internet’s Brain, by...
Life Update 8/5/26A whole lot happened, but not much has stuck.
In many ways, today is my last day of summer 2026. A year ago, I'd have been going to CPE early and then driving to Williamsburg to help my parents recover from my mom's near death pneumonia hospitalization--I am so grateful that this...
By Dougal CochraneSelf PublishedDolmenwoodLevels 3-4 Recent events have awakened the antler-crowned wraiths and the ancient mound now yawns open. The Antler Wraiths have begun kidnapping victims to bolster the ranks of the Wights that...
Watched the second season of Batman: Caped Crusader—which rather felt like the second part of the first season–, and i can use my verdict about the first season to talk about the second one: It's Batman - The animated Series done wrong....
(everything below applies specifically to my laptop which is my main way of using the internet. aside from the backgammon which is on the ipad. i have no problem with my phone as i Hate using the internet on the phone, no problem). what...
Scribed by Sandre the Giant Released: 10th June 2006 I was fascinated to learn, while doing this series, that 36 Crazyfists had been going for about 10 years longer than I thought they had. I only came across them on ‘Bitterness the...
TL;DR: The Pebble Time 2 is a cute and competent, if niche, "smart" watch. It's everything I want from a wearable; and that means it probably won't be a good fit for the average consumer... because I'm a weirdo who worries about software...
From the New York Public Library’s collection of stereoscopic views, “Syndicate and St. Paul Buildings, Highest Office Buildings in the World, New York City.” We’re looking east down Vesey Street, towards Broadway and Park Row. The treed...
During the month of August I will be participating in Blaugust, a month long blogging challenge. Today’s TDC is this: Today is Summer, make summer art today Well, this week Glasgow is back to dreich rainy days, so instead of heading...
“Best Offer Wins” is a solid page-turner that you won’t be able to put down until the very end. In terms of genre, it would be best described as a domestic thriller, peppered with dark humour and social commentary on the housing crisis...
This is the weekly sniff. A roundup of links (linkdump) from the optimistically last week but more likely last month.Best in showBrainrotguard A self-hosted Youtube approval system that you control. The amount of garbage on Youtube kids...
Dust in the Sun by Jon Loomes is presented as a ‘lost’ English folk album, recorded in the long hot summer of 1976. According to the press blurb: “A troubled artist made a remarkable folk album whose creation was beset by difficulties....