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So yesterday started out ok but then the day took a turn and folded in on itself. In the neighborhood of the Airbnb we’re staying in on this trip, the city is replacing the sidewalks. Inconvenient, but hey, infrastructure. That party...
#OurWorldIsAwesome – Edition 23 | Context on this series – we live in a beautiful world and National Parks are akin to the crown jewels of this planet. These landscapes remind us of the fine balance and complexity woven into the fabric...
This post absolutely benefits from musical backing so I’d recommend sticking this on and then coming back here. One day I’ll write about raising boys and how that’s different today than it was 30 years ago, and why it’s strange to see...
Data and statistical insights are key drivers for international development. They allow decision-makers to: objectively understand the reality and complexity of the world, logically coordinate various development activities between...
Stand by, trainers: prepare to catch, bond with and train your Pokémon with the August 2026 wave of LEGO® Pokémon SMART Play™ sets now available, but only in the US, UK, Australia, Germany, France and Poland.This first article takes a...
“Welcome August” sunrise, 1 August 2026, 6:06am (photo by Kate St. John) 1 August 2026 There was a spectacular sunrise this morning to usher in the month of August. As quickly as it built to fiery red with a sun pillar, it was gone. On...
The good folks at Hikmicro have sent me their D02 Infrared Camera to review. It's part of their "Eco" series of thermal imagers - designed to be easy to use around the home and relatively cheap. Despite the no-fills appearance, it packs...
After a month of testing, I’ve cut over the site engine to my new Go-based generator, which lives almost entirely inside GitHub Actions and uses a rather convoluted process to minimize the number of moving parts and dependencies. I still...
Sometimes It’s O.K. to Let a Language Die - When cultural preservationists cast every extinction as murder, they can ignore speakers’ decisions—and the costs of keeping a fading tongue alive. By Nikhil Krishnan in the New Yorker
A few month ago, when I saw the first announcement for Reality Fracture MtG set I get really excited about it and especially about the implication for one of my all time favorite MtG character, Vraska. So I get into a bit of "what if"...
What, Who & Why? The original challenge was to post 31 times during the month of August. This can be posting every day or doubling up on some days to make the schedule a bit easier. The idea is to spark creativity and get folks to create...
This is an intensive class on logical bilateralism, taught by Sara Ayhan and me at esslli 2026. Logical bilateralism is an approach to meaning and consequence that foregrounds a symmetry between certain notions, like assertion and...
One of my earliest and shortest posts on here in October 2012, was about Annotations of an Autopsy and their second full-length album, II: The Reign of Darkness. A more death metal-related record compared to the band's discography, it...
Excellent sailing so far. Launched Monday evening (after finding a trailer tire flat at 4 am leaving a hotel outside of Boston) and spent the night at a mooring at the boatyard. Sailed Mt. Desert Narrows the next day, then over to Swans...
Der modern gestaltete Innenraum des Kiosk No. 4 in Tallinn Das Kiosk No. 4 in Kalamaja wurde schnell zu unserem Lieblingscafé in Tallinn. Hervorragender Kaffee von Lykke, Gebäck von Bekker und außergewöhnlich herzlicher Service machten...