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We got some rain at last. On Friday evening I checked the trusty Met Éireann app and saw this: With a west/northwesterly wind I thought there was a good chance we would get a bit of rain, and so it turned out although to be honest there...
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This week's bookshelf is a manga shelf, and it's dominated by two creators, one of whom is among the most influential Japanese artists to ever put pen to paper. That is, of course, the late Akira Toriyama. On the far left we have four...
Have you committed any thought crimes today? If so, be sure to report yourself to the appropriate authorities.
I watched The Testament of Ann Lee this morning—thanks to @canneddragons for reminding me of it. Could not have loved it more.
Platinum 3776 - Ranking the Nibs (via Pen Addict - Kimberly). I’m not the world’s biggest fan of the Platinum 3776 pen body, but the nibs can be excellent. Kimberly walks through each of them. Opening the Japan-Inspired Curated Box from...
Absolutely love this post by Massy Books in Vancouver. …we’re especially not a space for genocide apologists, or people who think there are “two sides” on the topic of Palestine and Israel. If you think you deserve a “homeland” that has...
The old Postville Courthouse in Lincoln, Illinois, via The Library of Congress. Abraham Lincoln practiced law there from 1847 to 1859. Well, as a surprise to me, my silly little Gravatar article was posted to Hacker News. This has called...
Reader, where did I leave you? Ah. On the train to watch the World Cup. Monday was a holiday, so we pulled an all-nighter and enjoyed watching Spain win, followed by a quest to find a full English breakfast. 大成功だった！ During the day I...
Ahhhh, summer. You know, there's something about July here in Florida that makes you want to go outside, take a deep breath... and stab the sun right in the face.Know what I mean?Fortunately for us, there's now an ADORABLE way to do...
This one is a technically well constructed partial trope reversal of the “Mars Needs Women” concept. It wasn’t exactly to my personal tastes as far as the dynamic between the leads, but there is an enjoyable inventiveness. While it has...
Measure how entire components render with the Container Timing API: how it differs from Element Timing, where it helps, and how to try it today.
C.S. Lewis, letter to his father (March 31, 1928): In the mean time I spend all my mornings in the Bodleian: and the evenings in trying, for the hundredth time, to get a real working knowledge of the German language, since in my present...
Image of a blue and cream-colored box with a handle and buttons at the side of the handle. Photo by Unattributed. License: Copyright Unattributed. Licensed under Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 4.0. Okay, this is just a silly little game for...
On 26 July 1994, a car bomb has exploded outside the Israeli embassy injuring 14 people and causing widespread damage. The Audi 100, driven by a woman was packed with 30lbs of Semtex, it blew up minutes after the driver left it. Although...