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Last month, we lost Belghast in his fight against cancer. The mentors of the Blaugust Discord, of which I am one, were determined to see Blaugust continue on in his honor. Just as he would have wanted.
How’s one of my favorite telescopes of all time, Charity Hope Valentine, my ETX125 PE Maksutov Cassegrain, doing? Muchachos, the reason you haven’t heard much about her in long while is because the answer to that has been, “Not good, not...
Cupboard LovePhoto credit: Marc Gascoigne Continuing the 2026 Grimeborn Festival is The Opera Makers’ Murder Games: A Double Bill, featuring two modern pieces with a connection to killing. The first is Cupboard Love, with music by...
This year I'm taking a sabbatical pause to explore the world of tech, especially in Europe. So I've searched for a way to keep a record of what I'm up to: the cities I visit, the events I attend, the people I talk to, the tech I learn......
Possibly my all-time favorite garlic scape recipe, this simple salsa comes together lightning fast and can be canned for use throughout the year. With only a handful of ingredients you can tweak with what you have on hand, it's a great...
This isn't a blog entry I wanted to write, but it's a necessary one: a statement about the use of generative large language models (colloquially "AI") in my work. I do not use LLMs in my work. I don't use them in my non-work life either,...
Earlier this year I treated myself to my DREAM pen. I've been longing for this pen for yeeears, since I first set my greedy eyes on it. So when I saw it second hand, I paid out big money (imo, seeing other people's collections... oioioi)...
“Song from the perspective of a ransomware virus” has to be up there with “Song from the perspective of a child’s bedroom nightlight” in terms of the great musical points of view, right? Chærete again. I’ve been reading Snow Crash for...
Monday Walk towards two women sitting on a bench in the wood. Chatting quietly they’re looking up, contemplating the sky. This area was cut back a while ago to make a clearer route for bats. In the winter everything is ground level,...
Hey, if you have a Poem/1 then can I ask you to do a manual firmware update? It’ll take just a few minutes and I built a special firmware update tool to make it easy. (That is an actual AI clock on my actual bookshelf in my actual...
Titan Tactics What Works Well? What Works…Less Well? Opportunities What’s Adaptable? Six Years Hence: Manuel, the Magnificent Mechanical Man Coming Attractions This week, our Free Culture Book Club plays Titan Tactics. To give this...
LIKE MOWING THE GRASS The fact is the sweetest dream that labor knows. —Robert Frost, “Mowing” Fed up with my angel-ridden, Latinate dirges, my sophomore poetry professor kept telling me to write about something more ordinary and at...
Until its reappearance as a guest-star vehicle for Rick Dalton in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, it was mostly only oldtimers like us who remembered Lancer, the western which ran on CBS for two seasons from 1969 to 1971. As is the case...
The latest batch, comprising his'n'hers reciprocal birthday presents.
It’s time for #6degrees, inspired by Kate at Books Are My Favourite and Best. We all start at the same place as other readers, add six books, and see where it ends up. July’s starting point is Land by Maggie O’Farrell (2026). Land is...