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High on the sunlit hills of Rommock Farm, work was done the way it had always been done. At the center of it all was Theodor, an old donkey who had trod the farm’s dirt paths longer than any other creature. Theodor did not lead because...
This interesting rig was in our campground last night.The trailer appears to be a prototype from a California start-up company.
At the end of her Translator's Note section to Homer's The Odyssey, Emily Wilson placed this extraordinary admonition: "There is a stranger outside your house. He is old, ragged, and dirty. He is tired. He has been wandering, homeless,...
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I was having issues with my discord cause my mic was echoing, so I was trying to figure out how to fix it and thinking that I just had the worst headset mic in the universe. Turns out when you're doing the mic test in discord, with the...
Here's how to create a Nix closure archive within a Nix derivation. This uses the binary-cache function in the nixpkgs repository. # Save as flake.nix { description = "Nix binary cache demo"; inputs.nixpkgs.url =...
Installation view of Tracings and Arrangements, by Harrison Kinnane Smith, of works by Kinnane Smith [left wall] and Louise Lawler et al [right wall] at Emmelines While working on the previous Louise Lawler post and revisiting Harrison...
Review by Sandre the Giant Released: 22nd May 2026 Brought together under the banner of the most classic of heavy metal sounds, Canadian/Swedish heavy metal heroes Sandstorm have returned with a brand new mini-album/EP called ‘Dungeon of...
Most film albums feature a variety of themes from different films and title their album with the key theme, such as "Theme from the VIPS and other Film Hits".... but this album struck me as unique because Ferrante and Teicher decided to...
Perfume PosseYes, I am whining. Again. I do have things sitting here waiting for me to review but it’s hot and I’m lazy. Yes, I know that it’s not as hot in West Hollywood this morning as it is in say Wauwatosa or even West Adams.…...
It's 02:07 and I can't sleep. I thought that my insomniac nights are over but apparently not. My mind isn't racing like it used too, I have better control over my thoughts than I ever had. It's more like there's a steady energy level...
The noted book and pulp collector Kevin Cook sends in a note with commentary on one of Robert E. Howard’s most famous stories, with additional insight into Karl Edward Wagner (remember, I didn’t think much of Wagner’s attempt at a Bran...
In this con-coverage episode, Casella talks to folks at Readercon in Boston, including Lisa from Narrated, author Sara S. Messenger, and editor Carl Engle-Laird. We also visit Porter Square Books, an indie bookstore that has recently...
Review by Sandre the Giant Released: 12th July 2026 Danish progressive, technical and dissonant death metallers Carbon Tomb are a new outfit but their chosen style is one that their current label has a vast amount of experience with....
I recently started reading Becky Chambers, one of the leading voices of cozy SF. Here's Becky talking about it: In a nutshell, quoting Becky Chambers (it's in the video above): Cozy science fiction can be very simply summed up as stories...