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No, not really. I’ve never seen a screen delaminate in that way before — this is a 2012 era Sony Vaio 2-in-1 “slider” laptop that I found in the attic today. (The screen is supposed to be all-white, in case you wondered.) It’s just...
Ershui Public Hall (二水公會堂) is located in Ershui, a small town at the very southern edge of Changhua, on the border with both Yunlin (to the south) and Nantou (to the east). It is one of approximately 70 public halls built all around...
The whole video (17.5 mins) is available on Peertube and now legacy media (Youtube). Small enough for a TED talk even… I was reading through the Quantified Self newsletter and had a shock when I saw my talk about machine readable wishes...
Inspired by the timeless tradition of masks and masquerades, where identity shifts and every appearance tells a new tale, the Ferris Wheel Press (FWP) Limited Edition Twilight Symphony Masque fountain pen and ink invites you to step into...
18:32 - I feel like I should clarify. There was a picture of said "malaga" in which the dried fruit appeared to be really large, which is why I believed they were dates.
This is the weekly visible open thread. Post about anything you want, ask random questions, whatever. ACX has an unofficial subreddit, Discord, and bulletin board, and in-person meetups around the world. Most content is free, some is...
Virginia Woolf. Moments of Being: A Collection of Autobiographical Writing. 2nd ed. Harcourt, 1985. The earliest of the five pieces in Moments of Being is “Reminiscences,” begun in 1907. Written when Woolf was just a fledgling writer, it...
If you want to tour the MIT campus in less than 30 minutes like a wild turkey, wandering everywhere like you have nowhere to go, but you actually have a plan, this is your detailed guide to do exactly so. Wild turkeys are apparently...
A hundred death metal albums not from the USA The final period in this series is also the ultimate motivation for this little exercise. There are few who would deny that death metal peaked between 1991-92. The established narrative has...
@ScottEdelman I also didn’t know this.
I have been made aware that “the small South Pacific country formerly known as Nauru” has officially changed its name to Naoero (NY Times story). That is, of course, its right, but my immediate question is: how do you say the new name?...
18:11 - Confidently ordered "malaga"-flavored ice cream thinking it means "dates." It's raisins. Still ate it tho (begrudgingly).
Hello everyone, I hope you’ve been enjoying the ‘Merica themed posts so far this summer! Let’s kick off August with some happy news–the Silent Movie Day blogathon is coming back! Credit goes to Shawn of The Everyday Cinephile, who asked...
When a device first joins a network, the upstream network hardware has full control over its traffic and can allow/block any packets sent from the device from reaching the Internet. Many public networks (typically Wi-Fi, but sometimes...
I returned to commuting last week. Oscar has been attending a science camp in town and this has meant jumping on the district line during rush hour. I do miss the commute. It was my chance to listen to podcasts, read a book, or just...