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A recent notice concerning area codes: When I was a kid, all of NYC was area code 212. In 1984, Brooklyn, Queens, and Staten Island were moved to the new 718 area code because 212 was running out of numbers. In 1992, the Bronx was also...
Most of my railfanning these days is done while I'm en route to something else.
I should warn you that the above very short film could ruin your day in just over a minute. It was really a coincidence that I watched two public information films — Public Service Announcements I believe they’re called in the USA. I...
"Unboxed" RPGs and repurposing board game components.
Having a second pathway to press the default mod / super key is a nice choice to have available.
Detail of Denver, Colorado's One River North's unique architecture. The post Reality Ripple appeared first on 75CentralPhotography.
Watched Obsession, 2026 - ★★★★½
Watched “Wuthering Heights”, 2026 - ★★★
Often attributed to Gustav Mahler: Tradition is not the worship of ashes, but the preservation of fire. I have always been repulsed by the usual reading of tradition as something fixed, sacred, and meant to be repeated exactly. That...
I have read a lot about writing, and I have read a lot about ADHD. What I haven’t read much of is the two of them together. I know there are authors with ADHD. I know ADHD representation in fiction has gone way up in recent years. But...
Building a live audience poll for 3,500 people at Nerdland Festival. Why my default stack failed, how Durable Objects saved it, and the only thing I didn't think to protect against: a curious 9-year-old .
From In the Kingdom of Ice: The Grand and Terrible Polar Voyage of the USS Jeannette, by Hampton Sides (Knopf Doubleday, 2014), Kindle pp. 235-238: One of Hooper’s responsibilities was to patrol the capes and islands of Alaska in search...