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What began as a dredging effort to deepen Savannah Harbor near old Fort Jackson became one of the most significant underwater archaeological discoveries in the city’s history. The artifacts have now been unveiled at their new home, the...
2026 is another year of short stories. In this weekly series, I track my short story writing, from idea and draft to submission. This is the week of Aug 10 – Aug 16. Stats Stories Finished: 3 Submissions Currently Out: 9 Submissions...
Sullivan Summer Under Review:The Tongue I Dream In. Sheree Renée Thomas. PM Press, September 2026. Reading Sheree Renée Thomas’s The Tongue I Dream In, as the mercury tops triple digits in my city, billionaire wedding announcements...
Bosch from the Haywain TriptychI thought Jim Murphy's video about playing OD&D with the 3 "Little Brown Books" (or Delving Deeper or FMC) plus Strategic Review Vol 1 No 1 for the random dungeon generator was an interesting take a...
In Saturday's write-up, I spent some time on the late-night talk show wars, now fully joined with the addition of Merv Griffin to the continuing battle between Johnny Carson and Joey Bishop. We've got a second sighting of Merv tonight,...
Yesterday, I learned that security/pam-ssh-agent-auth is abandoned and deprecated. Looking back, I first used this about 13 years ago, and wrote about it while describing how I set up ansible clients. Today, I tried one of the two...
After my positive experience with Misfits Market, I decided to try out some other online grocery store delivery systems and see how these services compare. Today I’ll be talking about my experience with Martie Goods; another online...
Less than a week to go until RG and I head off to Switzerland and Italy to trek the Tour de Monte Rosa with KE. Money The trip notes say to take 120€ and 200 CHF. I’ve got the Euros and I’ve ordered the Swiss Francs for collection from...
I took this from Kurt Vonnegut’s marvellous 1973 novel Breakfast of Champions. It’s a story of how an artist hits back when his work is mocked. The speech of the artist is a direct quote from the novel, and, although it is made by a...
We are all newbies at being adults. It’s just that some has been a newbie for a little longer than others. We all are newbies at being of age 21. Or 35. Or 56. So do be kind. We are all newbies. We are doing a lot of the things for the...
Petermann Glacier in Landsat images from July 21st and Aug. 13 2026. Indicating the rift that leads to iceberg calving of berg A-yellow arrows. Additional significant rifting inidicated by red arrows. Berg B is not a stable...
Green Kentucky coffee beans have far less evidence of being edible than the ripe beans. I look at the evidence, and then cook and eat some. Green Kentucky Coffee Tree Beans is the latest post on Hunter Angler Gardener Cook.
Yes, for all the travels I have made with my family, we did scheduled visits to supermarkets, small and big. And, when available, we also visited wet markets and farmers markets. During the last trip, we bought noodle sauces, potato...
Mini-Server, Part 29 Entropy Arbitrage Next This week’s not-quite-interesting anniversary celebrates the launch of the North River steamboat—“the Clermont” in some circles—the first steam-powered commercial water vessel, originally...
My first chairmaking students in a class co-taught with Alexander Bear at my home shop, the Kansas City Woodworkers’ Guild. I started teaching chairmaking one year ago, fresh off a week assisting Chris’s Chairmaker’s Toolbox class. I had...