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Primates use high tech in many ways. Sometimes enjoying devices music because it makes them tickling in their ears.
Today I made a few new rubber stamps. I love how imperfectly aesthetic they are. Usually I need 2 o 3 tries to have something acceptable. Charm +10 points! Useful, unique and feel alive.The diamond one is an older piece. I’m amazed at...
Hollywood Gadfly reached out to ask me to look into the data around the recent UCLA Hollywood Diversity report (you can read his take here).UCLA have been publishing annual reports on diversity in Hollywood since 2014 (covering films...
As a follow-up to my post about how to make traceroute tools show arbitrary content and inspired by the release of another Bad Apple cover the other day I simply had to. Of course, I'm not the first one to do this. That couldn't stop me...
Below are links to some free mathematics textbooks/lecture notes: (hat tips: @pickover, @LunesDes, and @ParamSiddh) Donna Kirk, Contemporary Mathematics (2026) W. W. Sawyer, A Path to Modern Mathematics (1966) C. H. Taubes, Probability,...
Same day Same pattern Same work Same outlook Same har Same sensation But with a twist A slight variation Density moving a centimeter Clouds slightly lighter Work slightly heavier Outlook slightly browner
For the last couple of years I've been using Anthropic's Claude LLMs1 for helping with code – mostly PHP and bash scripting. I've been accessing Claude through a family Kagi subscription. Kagi is probably my most-used subscription, as it...
I Could Have Grown to Accept Betty's Dog Ears as Half-Moon Earrings Had They Been Tendered as SuchCartoon Columns Should Be Shorter, So Here Goes ...Decided to inaugurate a series for animation, and those being best where brief, let...
Like any self-respecting scholar of classical antiquity, I have Opinions about Christopher Nolan’s new Odyssey, even if I haven’t seen it yet. (1) Obviously the most important aspect of any such adaptation is how it relates to my own...
Before I was able to assess the authenticity or otherwise of the food at Khao Bird, I could at least appreciate the ambient temperatures in the dining hall were at genuine Thai levels. It's not really their fault that we visited during...
What I sometimes find truly remarkable about spending time with my children is how often they help me reconnect with my own long-forgotten experiences. Through their descriptions of their daily lives, feelings and impressions surface...
My Apple iPhone 12 mini had become too unreliable to count on, so I recently replaced it. I won’t miss its camera, though. It’s designed to make everyone’s photos look better than life, and it pursues that goal aggressively. Trouble is,...
Today I published my July Newsletter. This is available to anyone who signs up for it. It comes out once a month, in the last week of the month. In it, I offer inspirational colour and design images to provide you with prompts for your...
Welcome to a Monday Pressing Concerns! We’ve got a new album from Josaleigh Pollett and new EPs from Nocturnal Prose, Picastro, and Jake King below; check ’em out! If you’re looking for more new music, you can visit the site directory to...
John Nelson (1825-1907), a distant ancestor of my husband, was among the brave "Iron Men" of the Indiana 44th Regiment fighting at the Battle of Shiloh in 1862, during the US Civil War. He was a son of John Martin Nelson and Susannah...