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A paronychia is an infection around a finger, or toe, nail. They are really unpleasant. Don't worry, I enclose no photos.153 words · 2 images
C.S. Lewis, letter to his father (November 22, 1923): I have got quite recently ONE pupil, tho’ not through Poynton. He is a youth of eighteen who is trying to get a Classical scholarship. I am to coach him in essay writing and English...
I’ve been working on synthesizers for the GBA and rp2040 the past couple years, and I’ve made some fast oscillators. So first of all, this all applies to doing synthesis with integers. I think for oscillators, even if you do have an FPU,...
Bond markets are pricing a world that needs more resources. Matt Dines reviews the week of Houthi disruption and Hormuz tension, constraining Middle East energy flows to Asia, adding another force behind rising sovereign yields.
A day trip to the North Kent coast. Walking from Chestfield and Swalecliffe to Whitstable I was pleased to see lots of Hog Fennel (Peucedanum officinale) which is only found in a few locations in the UK in Kent and Essex. Tankerton...
00:07 - Managed to get some admin tasks done before my bedtime/wind-down routine. 'Twas difficult to do today. Had to be dragged out of bed, literally.
Shakespeare at the Pub is back! This is the 5th year of The Gray Mallard Theater's summer Shakespeare productions outside Sociable Cider Werks, their only show of the year. For the 3rd year in a row, I sat on a folding chair in a parking...
There's only one Canadian product that merits a punitive tariff: Wildfire smoke. But then, I'd say the same thing about coal-fired electrical generators, the Tacoma Aroma, and other negative externalities with unclear cost factors....
Überall in Bochum wird mehr mit dem Rad gefahren als in Langendreer. Im Bezirk Ost ist der Radverkehrsanteil nicht einmal halb so hoch wie im Bezirk Mitte. Selbst in Wattenscheid fahren mehr Menschen mit dem Rad. Nur im Bezirk Mitte...
Photography does not capture the moment you took the photo.It captures the moment you look at it.
As I noted when I reviewed it a while back, Modiphius’ second edition of Star Trek Adventures is largely a tune-up to the first edition – to the point where they are putting about the idea that they’re so compatible you can largely drag...
Non-musical chairs I keep thinking that I must do something about these aged chairs, which have stood outside through wind, hail and rain for many years. There’s something touching about their quiet endurance, and now I need to make...
Has anyone heard of this new movie called The Odyssey? I’m thinking of seeing it but I can’t find any information about it anywhere. Oh well, it’s probably not playing near me anyway.
Status: Bit of an odd day. I think I might have made a decision. It’s probably a good one but I need to digest it a bit before writing about it. Reading: UK households free to install plug-in balcony solar panels from end of August —...
The Dink, a movie about a former tennis wiz reduced to playing pickleball, is a cheerfully bland comedy about a game that has swept the country. Jake Johnson plays Dustin Boyd, a loser who works as a junior tennis instructor at a country...