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Awhile ago, I heard someone describe a bad Newgrounds animation as slop. This seemed wrong to me at the time, but I had trouble articulating why. I think I can now. Slop is not merely bad content, nor is it merely low-effort content....
Bubbles is a website built by Ben, who lives in Mülheim, Germany. It automatically collects or aggregates a list from a whole pile on independent websites. Sites built by ordinary people posting about things that interest them....
Well, so much for being productive… One of my daughters took care of feeding the outside cats for me this morning, so I could get a bit more sleep after doing a wellness check on my husband. My first attempt at lying down got interrupted...
Meta, last month: We’re launching Meta Glasses with three frame styles offering distinct silhouettes that suit different faces, moods, and occasions: […] Meta Glasses by Kylie — A unique slim oval frame designed in collaboration with...
I've been doing a bad job of consistently wearing my tinted SPF face goo and as punishment I've been summoned to the Sephora where I was forced to pay seventy dollars as tribute to get the face goo that is 0.5 shades darker
If anything looks wrong, read on the site! While watching this Kevin Powell video (starting at 4:15), I found out about a really cool CSS pattern for styling prose (as in article text, just like what you’re reading right now). More...
When last we left our intrepid heroes, they had set up camp on the storm-locked island of Brythwin, clashed with and murdered some of the locals, and scouted and mapped the surface ruins and buildings. More and more the various entryways...
The Aurora DSQL paper finally dropped. Reading it yesterday was an interesting experience, because I spent two years (2022-23) working with the AWS team that designed and built Aurora DSQL. Since I have been very familiar with the...
The first recording today is Pokemon: Battle Frontier – Gathering the Gang of Four. Ash has brought some of his old Pokemon back – Squirtle and Bulbasaur. It’s all about the hugs. Even Charizard is back, even if he does tend to toast...
TCM Summer Under the Stars returns to Turner Classic Movies next month. Like many TCM fans, I always look forward to it, my only caveat being that Noir Alley is off for a whole month. Regardles, this year has some of my favourite stars...
After our Umbria adventures our sights turned to Tuscany. There we met up with our friend Chris and his family to celebrate his 50th Birthday. We had a large group of fourteen people in all. Thankfully we also had a beautiful and large...
Me and my mate Davey used to play records by A.R. Kane. In our teens, listening to them on cassette, driving around in his car. trying to escape the boredom of Croydon. “When You’re Sad” and “Lollita”, especially. Then I left London for...
Oof. I feel like I need to write a post about this book because I had plans to talk about it with a book club member in depth, but my experience was basically reading this in 3 days, crying off and on, slapping a "5/5" on it in my brain,...
8pm thursday the other river come alone sunset american signal crayfish hydrangea sky turquoise tips i did not know you made it other things said nine Yesterday :: Thursday, 23rd July 2026
Photo by Solen Feyissa on Unsplash🍕 I’m JA Westenberg. I write essays about technology, philosophy, productivity, and what it means to be human. If you like ideas that take their time, you’re in the right place.While you’re here, a few...