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Spending the day up and down the M1 had exhausted me. I went back to my hotel and, after a shower, collapsed on the bed and napped. I'd wiped most of the red line away. The rest could wait for another time.Except...If I got up and went...
'What Else Is On?' is a collection of things from elsewhere on the web that I want to share. Down to the wire with this one! It's been some kind of month over here! I've been getting a little busier with freelance, and finally getting...
How was the month? I'm FREE. FREE AS THE SECOND ICE CREAM IN A BUY ONE GET ONE DEAL. FREE AS A PIECE OF MINT CANDY IN A RESTARUANT. FREE AS THE FIRST CHECK-IN ITEM ON A FLIGHT — OR WAS THE PRICE MERELY INCLUDED IN THE TICKET? I SHALL...
Yesterday Bug and I visited San Luis Obispo, California, one of the many places our family has lived over the years. It’s a beautiful little town on the Central Coast. It’s not what most people think of when they think of the California...
Hi, folks… I’ll have the last article in the series on Maxis Software for you next week. Today, I’m happy to say that the new ebook, covering the historical year 1999, is available, and on a far more timely basis than the last one at...
In 1948, IBM introduced the 604 Electronic Calculating Punch. This machine was a programmable calculator, about the size of a double refrigerator. It was not quite a computer, but was programmed by plugging wires into a plugboard. This...
It's the final day of July, and I'm in a contemplative mood. Tomorrow begins Blaugust 2026, a fun event where bloggers are challenged to write 31 blog posts in 31 days. Will I participate? Well, every month has been Blaugust for me since...
The solution to what?The solution to the three-part problem that increasingly faces beekeepers wanting to minimise Varroa mite populations and reduce their winter colony losses.These are:Increasing resistance — and the geographic spread...
KRAVEN THE HUNTER SPIDER-MAN: THE ANIMATED SERIES (TOY BIZ) I’ve been using this space here on Fridays to celebrate getting through the week a lot recently, and you know what, I’m really feeling that for this week in particular, because...
I had two pieces up this month, one in New Scientist and one in Quanta. I figured I’d give a bit of “bonus info” for both here. The New Scientist piece covered a paper arguing that, according to the supernova evidence, there is no need...
So I haven't written about a game in a minute, and it's because I've been playing a lot of Deadlock This is much to the chagrin of many of my friend. They, like me, have a reasonable and very understandable disdain for MOBAs. Too...
Built in 1892-4, this Romanesque Revival project was designed by architect Theodore Link for the Terminal Railroad Association of St Louis Mo. It was to serve as a Union Station for the multiple railroads that offered passenger...
Le sorgenti del Meschio, visited on Sunday 12th of July. Cat's of the borgo before reaching the river's source. The house they were in front of said "careful of cats". The path in the forest, before arriving. The crystalline waters of...
Some more flower shots to share with you from my last trip to the Botanical Gardens. The ‘orange/yellow series’. black-eyed susan french marigold osteospermum dahlia
I’ve never seen a vendor brave enough to make this claim.