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I'm running a programming contest I've spent the last few months working with friends to design the 29th annual ICFP programming contest. Designing a programming contest in a world with AI agents is tricky! I think we've made some...
The Bad News Bears made more sense to me after I played baseball when I was young. I was put on a T-ball team that seemed to be assembled from the kids nobody else wanted, and we were terrible. We never got great, but we improved and...
. The twin towers cover was the favourite of Graeme James Graeme James designed more than 2,500 covers for the weekly economics magazine. He was 65. The Economist‘s tribute identifies his own favourite cover as the one for the first...
[1973]In the great British tradition of singles not included on albums. Roxy Music's second single came out a month prior to their second LP For Your Pleasure but was not included on that record. It's crazy that such weirdness made the...
Sony MD Walkman MZ-NH700 Minidisc Player I'm not really sure how long I've had this thing, it's been over a decade at this point. It was the last Minidisc unit that I purchased. The first was a basic NetMD device that I bought new, back...
Mattias walks through moving an AI coding setup off a laptop and onto a private VPS. He covers Tailscale, tmux, a browser-based editor, and the small tweaks that make a remote setup practical from any device. Read more
Well, it’s nearing the end of July 2026, and coming up, we have this year’s PulpFest along with a new issue of The Pulpster, the convention book, now up to #35. This year, it runs 72 pages, many in color. And this will be my fourth time...
I bought a BLUETTI AC200PL 2400W 2304Wh solar generator with 350W solar panel as a backup power source for our Alaska trip, and other boondocking situations. Unboxing: The power station and solar panel: I store the power station in the...
We love it when we find weird and unique indie games to tell you all about! Our alien friends to the left herald these occasions. Another little fun indie puzzle game! And it’s based on Sokoban too, and it was also pointed out on...
Leica M11-P · Summicron-M 35 f/2 ASPH. · 35 mm · f/2 · 1/2000 s · ISO 100
I have been on vacations, which means today is a bit longer than usual. AI stuff is taking over, so there is a new section. I’ll keep it balanced, as I bounce between loving and hating it. If you are looking for something good, check out...
My perfect podcast app would be a long phone call in which I listen to the show and can also talk back to remember things. (Someone build this for me.) It would immeasurably improve my running. Long story short, I added slow runs into...
The saga of the slavers continues, but the quality begins to drop. Originally Published March 16th, 2002 This review builds on my reviews of A1: Slave Pits of the Undercity and A2: Secret of the Slavers Stockade. It’s probably a good...
Augustine, Letters 137.1.3 (Corpus Scriptorum Ecclesiasticorum Latinorum, vol. 44, pp. 99-100; to Volusianus; tr. Peter Brown): For such is the depth of the Christian Scriptures that, even if I were attempting to study them and nothing...