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On a recent trip to Asia, I decided to challenge myself to spend a bit more time doing outdoor activities, despite the humid climate.
Today’s only recording is Mythbusters – Buried Alive. The first myth looks at the stories of people who have apparently been buried alive. One part of this involves Jamie being buried in a coffin (with a lot of monitoring). As it’s being...
In the immortal words of Marcus Aurelius: “First, nothing aimless or without ulterior reference. Second, no reference to any end other than the common good.” (Meditations, xii.20) In other words, our moral duties have a social dimension,...
Sol.Hz is Seefeel’s first long-player in 15 years. It finds the founding duo of Mark Clifford and Sarah Peacock with their refusal to revisit old ideas intact. None of the pair’s curiosity or experimentation is dampened. They seem to...
A fictional scenario about what AI changes for cloud security, written because the technical version of the argument doesn't land with anyone except engineers.
Since the beginning of time, man has yearned for a way to avoid forgetting what she was going to shop. I still haven’t found what I’m looking for, but I had an idea yesterday while cooking some fish. But first, let me enumerate the...
I haven’t posted in a bit, but I feel bad leaving my last post at the top of my blog. I think my position at the time was reasonable: in mid-2025, “I’m skeptical but curious and experimenting” was a defensible stance, but that was a...
While walking the dog I wondered how hard it would be to recreate the Matrix digital rain, a visual that’s lived rent-free in my head since 1999. 1999 seems like both yesterday and a million years ago. Turns out it was pretty easy for...
OpenBSD 7.9 will be released soon, here's some interesting upcoming changes.
Refractive Jellyfish One of the most enigmatic photographs I’ve ever taken. It looks as though someone’s monocle has fallen on the sand. But it’s just a jellyfish. Taken on a beach in March 2012. Quote of the Day ”Familiarity breeds …...
Next tickets available for my tour of Spitalfields on 9th and 16th May CLICK HERE TO BOOK . One of my favourite annual events in London is the Punch & Judy Festival which is always held on the second Sunday in May at the churchyard of St...
How a phantom currency keeps bank account reports clean Envelope budgeting is the practice of planning ahead for known expenses, by regularly putting money into pre-determined categories, or envelopes. As the name suggests, it is often...
Notes about notebooks? Ulkar Aghayeva writes about the history of laboratory notebooks. Aghayeva, U. “A Brief History of Lab Notebooks.” Asimov Press (2026). DOI: 10.62211/52wg-76ye Source: Scott Nesbitt’s The Monday Kickoff - well worth...