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I skipped a week again. Some good podcasts this week, have a listen to the ones about The Pragmatic Programmer and the one about performance. For some fun, play Snek and watch the relaxing visualisation of train movements. Quote of the...
Every so often, I need to remind my readers that because, like PBS stations and the old MAD Magazine, I don’t accept paid advertising, every so often I need to ask my readers for their voluntary support. And by “voluntary”, I mean truly...
K Schubeck, Monroe Robinson’s wife, recently released a short YouTube production about their time at Dick Proenneke’s cabin. Dick spent 31 years living alone in the Alaska wilderness, building his cabin and nearly everything he needed to...
My new stadnalone romance is available now in ebook or print, and of course you can always request it from your library. There's food, DC, travel, exes being hotter than they are supposed to be, and so on. Noelani is surprised her firm’s...
Kürtőskalács—known in English as chimney cake—is a sweet Hungarian pastry with roots in Transylvania. Although I’m not Hungarian myself, part of my family is, and kürtőskalács is my favorite street food when visiting Hungary. For years,...
I've spent part of the summer putting together the quilt top for the quilt I hoped to be assembling during Summer 2026 Quilt Camp at Lutheridge. We've also been going back and forth on the size of the bed we plan to have once we move...
Okay, so many or most men have a bit of a thing about women's breasts. But what are the realities of having breasts, even quite modest ones, in my short experience of gynaecomastia? Firstly, they are a nuisance. They get in the way! They...
Between the screeching handshake of a 2400-baud modem, the steady hum of a computer in Turbo mode, and the pale flicker of a CRT glowing at three in the morning, the internet seemed to have had something that, over the past two decades...
This article is about two desirable traits in system upgrades: atomicity and being able to roll back. Atomicity: the upgrade is either applied in full or not applied at all. The system is not left in a broken state because, e.g., “the...
It’s Friday, so it’s time for the Book Blogger Hop again, hosted by Billy @ Coffee Addicted Writer. I’ve made my own image from a stock photo (credit: Anna Shvets) to avoid adding images created via generative AI to my blog. Feel free to...
After what turned out to be a phenomenally successful Freedom 250 weekend that actually matched all the hype that preceded it; things sort of get back to normal within the NTT IndyCar Series as they head to the Milwaukee Mile. I said...
For my birthday this year my wife arranged a weekend in Columbus, Indiana, a small city about an hour south of Indianapolis. It’s the home of Cummins, the engine manufacturer. For a whole bunch of reasons related to this major employer,...
Meet SadBot :) The crappiest chatbot you'll talk to in 2026, but the most authentic one. I built him in 2020 when I was 10 years old, back when AI chatbots were even crappier than the automated ones on government websites.
Growing up with social media, especially post-2020 when my social media usage spiked like every other person in my position, has really impacted how I experience satisfaction and (can’t) exercise restraint. It is one thing to spend...
Fancy Friday Who’d have thought that The Pedant & Armchair would go all la-di-dah and ‘gastro’ with outside seating. It just needs a little Farrow & Ball green/grey paintwork to complete the ‘look’ so it will appeal to types who have...