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A recent e-mail asked how to deal with leading or trailing yarn-overs (YO's) when starting lace projects on double-pointed needles(dpn's). The problem: a YO as the first or last stitch on a dpn wants to slip off, plus, the needles...
100 Days Election Day is 100 days from today. Let's check in and see what the state of affairs is. Click here for full story
If you enjoy a cookie that’s soft, tender, and full of cozy maple sweetness, these Soft Maple Sugar Cookies are about to become a new favourite. They’re the kind of bake that fills your kitchen with the warm scent of butter and maple,...
At the end of last week, I reviewed the first of two mysteries recently reprinted by Elizabeth Fenwick, The Inconvenient Corpse (1943). Comparing the two I would say that the sleuthing (amateur and professional) is more competent in The...
➜ D was still at her sleepover at the grandparents in Germany on Monday, so I could start the week with an early morning weight lifting session. ➜ at 10 I went up to the studio to work on my half-timbered houses. and I made the first...
John Gruber is arguing that Apple is weakening its advantage over competitors by adding more ads into their operating systems: Apple’s competition is lousy with ads. Downright lousy. Apple seems to be choosing the route of “Don’t like...
Yesterday, I published the last planned release of File Browser. It includes a few security fixes and a notice about the wind-down of the project. Alongside it, I announced that this was the last planned release and updated the...
When I ponder a brand like Lalique, I consider the bottles before their contents. How could I not? As a student of art history, I am well aware of René Lalique’s historically significant jewelry and glasswork. He was arguably the most...
Shout out to my favorite L.A. bookstore, Lost Books (the entrance of which is pictured below), where I found a veritable treasure trove of erudite tomes — listed below in alphabetical order (by author): Ananyo Bhattacharya, The Man from...
In his essay Civilisation & its Discontents 1929, Sigmund Freud (1856-1939) had analysed the aggressive cruelty that changed men into savages. After Hitler took power in Germany in 1933, as much as he recognised these trends, Freud...
I haven’t been playing a whole lot of games lately. Over the past year I finished two titles on my PlayStation 4. The first was the narrative walking adventure Firewatch, and the second was the relaxing turn-based puzzle game Hitman Go....
Zbigniew Herbert begins his 1966 essay “Monsieur Montaigne’s Voyage to Italy” with these words: “When a moment comes that my body will have only enough strength to fix the pillow under the head, I will have no choice but write a large...
If the clankers have you down, I recommend: read your favorites, write like that, discover new favorites, write and edit like that, rinse and repeat. It would seem, at this moment, only a human can produce liveliness by chaining words...
Tuesday 28th July 2026 A whole raft of route changes in south Essex began yesterday. Many tendered routes changed hands with Stephensons gaining work from both Central Connect and First Bus at the same time as those companies introduced...
Players Pliny Tannhauser, ex-Merchant (Croaker) Evie Moth, ex-Navy (Shy Owl) Dr. Aarav Papadopoulos (Epistellar) Capt. Minnow Blux, ex-Army (Oldhawkeyes) SummaryAfter the altercation that concluded last session, Dr. Aarav was allowed to...