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The Mulai, Munir Hachemi, tr. Julia Sanches (Fitzcarraldo Editions 978-1804272732, June 2026; Coach House Books 978-1-55245-519-7, July 2026). I came across The Mulai by Spanish author Munir Hachemi because it was the pick for August’s...
TranscriptI dropped my car off for its MOT this morning and took the opportunity to have a little walkaround while I waited to collect it.In all the twenty years I have lived in Southall, I have never once visited the Manor House Grounds...
Double Maths First Thing is not, and has never been, down with the kids. Hello! My name is Colin and I am a mathematician on a mission to spread joy and delight in maths, puzzles and problem-solving. I’m just back from a week in Germany,...
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Credo non esista bambino che non abbia mai sognato di vedere un vulcano. Anche per le mie figlie questi colossi di fuoco, capaci di suscitare meraviglia e rispetto, rappresentano un’attrazione irresistibile. La lava affascina ma incute...
The Commonwealth supplies less than half the revenue of Australia's universities and sets very nearly all of their terms. That sentence is not a complaint. It is a description of an arrangement we have never argued about directly,...
It’s a tricky thing, justice. Best method I’ve found is making sure everyone feels both ends of the stick at some point in their life, just to give them faith that it’s all fair and equal. If you think justice is against you, we’re here...
August 26, 2026 One last suit, and WHAT a suit it is! The pants are 7/8 length, so your shoes get some attention, and the jacket is a snappy somewhat short style… The Boden site shows this suit worn with nothing underneath the jacket –...
Here's a little thing I discovered about Chicago: the higher a street's number, the further south it is from the city center.You can see this very clearly on North America's Numbered Streets. This interactive map colors "all streets with...
Recovering a Failing WD My Passport with GNU ddrescue I recently remembered that I have an old 1 TB WD My Passport Ultra external drive that stopped working. At first it looked bad: the drive would not mount and diskutil list would hang...
Python A-Z is a blog series about Python. Each day, I share insights, ideas and examples for different parts of Python development that match with the letter of the day. Blaugust is an annual blogging festival in August where the goal is...
The original Willey House in Crawford Notch, late 1800snext to the larger Willey HotelNH State Park photoIn 1793 the Willey Family of Bartlett, New Hampshire bought an isolated farmhouse and land in Crawford Notch. This was about ten...
In this girl's universe!
First 100 primes in Python (with CPU info for perf comparison): def print_cpuinfo(): for fn in ['/proc/cpuinfo', '/etc/os-release', '/proc/cmdline', '/proc/version', '/proc/net/route', '/proc/net/arp'] try: with open(fn, 'r') as f:...
Here's a couple of nice Frontierland pix taken on a gray day in the 1960s.It looks like the Mark Twain was moored over at Tom Sawyer Island for some reason - I can only guess why. If it was being fixed up, you'd think it would be in...