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Verwitterte Wege und Terrassen auf der Linnahall am Tallinner Hafen Die monumentale Linnahall gehört zu Tallinns ungewöhnlichsten Orten. Wir waren mehrfach an dem verfallenen Olympiabau am Meer, der heute Denkmal, Tenet-Drehort und...
The falls. Another view. Seen from this angle gives Yosemite another perspective and it is an amazing place. No shortage of people that agree however. Albert Bierstadt – Merced River, Yosemite Valley Viewed at The Met – NYC on 01/24/2026...
Today’s commuters don’t blink as the rationalised railway passes the old Inkerman Street line on the approach to Denton Road from the west…The connection crossed the canal on its own alignment and the bridge and track bed are still in...
If you are already afraid of flying then you might want to give CrashAtlas a miss. This interactive map of aircraft accidents is unlikely to do much for your aerophobia. On the other hand, if you've ever wondered whether a plane has...
If you’re looking for a quick and delicious chicken dinner that feels like you’ve cooked all day but comes together in minutes, this Chicken with Cherry Tomatoes and Capers is a keeper. Tender escallopes of chicken are browned until...
The thing about total eclipses of the sun is that they're very rare, especially in any given location. London's last was in 1715 and the next is in 2151. The UK's last was in 1999 and the next is in 2090. But if you spread the net wider...
If you live in the continental United States and get bitten by a bat, or a raccoon, or a fox, your doctor will probably advise you to go and get rabies shots. Rabies isn’t common, but it’s common enough that about 100,000 people go...
This post covers two major themes from my summer. First, I share a refreshing trip to the Kuenringerbad in Dürnstein, a natural swimming pond where you can swim right next to water lilies beneath a historic castle ruin. Second, I switch...
This post is a reply to: https://82mhz.net/posts/2026/08/are-we-becoming-too-paranoid-about-ai-slop/ This morning I’ve read Andreas’ post, and then Joel’s and Noisy Deadlines’ too. Today, you can’t avoid AI. It’s fucking everywhere. At...
This post is a reply to: https://82mhz.net/posts/2026/08/are-we-becoming-too-paranoid-about-ai-slop/ This morning I’ve read Andreas’ post, and then Joel’s and Noisy Deadlines’ too. Today, you can’t avoid AI. It’s fucking everywhere. At...
If you’ve ever needed to ship a binary file — a certificate, a small image, a default configuration — inside a C++ program, you know the ritual. You find or write a tool that converts the file into a C array, you wire it into your build...
Unbeknownst to each other, my much missed brother and I each got Enfield’s about the same time (his a continental) and might have shared notes if he’d rode on to his birthday, which would be today. I’m always happy to squeeze into an end...
In the wake of Bill Oddie’s death, there’s been much musing about how the show for which he’ll be best remembered, The Goodies, has generally been seen as less significant, less groundbreaking, less serious (if a comedy show can be...
I have a copy of SICP, or as it is also known, The Wizard Book. This book is widely praised, but I can’t take the time to work my way through all of it. Instead, I’m going to occasionally jump into the parts of it that look interesting....
Lately I’ve noticed people shortening the word podcast to just pod. I understand the reasoning–a podcast originally referred to an audio program meant to be played on an iPod (kids, ask your parents) but with the iPod dead and buried, if...