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Sailing is a full-time job — or is it? A year into living aboard, here is what actually fills the hours
This is the second book in Jess Kidd’s new 1950s mystery series, Nora Breen Investigates. I enjoyed the first one, Murder at Gulls Nest, but I thought this one was even better. It’s not essential to read them in order as they are...
This is a good article on something that I always felt but never really put into words. I cannot help but see that “Pinterest clean girl fitness and fruit bowl gua sha yoga mat pilates in the forest” content as covert white supremacy and...
Not a bad day but wind still cool and strong. Frank and Dora and David and his pal came. Dot and Ron got back about 5.30pm. Brought plenty to smoke.
This month has been the peak of my training block and it’s been all encompassing. It’s been a lot of fun pushing myself this much, but I’m glad it’s over. Cycling 2026-05-03 - 111 km This was my first proper ride on the new bike, and...
Book review – https://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/AS7IXAANMSKVHN7YY9RC/full?target=10.1080/0967828X.2026.2685991 use the link (for the first 50 copies) or email me. Maritime misadventures in early modern Southeast Asia: storms, pirates,...
A couple of people contacted me with feedback about the SIMD implementation we used to find newlines in the billion-row file. One suggested a possible bug (shock!) and one suggested a way that might be more efficient. We'll take a look...
CSS is hard and it should be hard. For good reason: “CSS isn’t just a complex language, it’s one of the most advanced graphics, layout, and typesetting languages available in computing. The deskilling of web dev is harming the product...
He’s almost done, big day today then only 6 weeks left then it’s time for school! Wild. Time flies and all that, and I think we’ve done a good job so far. Our boy is smart, thoughtful/sensitive, strong and healthy. He prefers outdoors to...
2019 police procedural mystery, tartan noir, third in the Jack Logan series. Women are being murdered by an unusually competent killer.
less metadata, more feeling
In May, Doug Burgum, the U.S. Secretary of the Interior, traveled to the tiny town of Anaktuvuk Pass, Alaska, to announce a new policy: caribou hunters will soon be allowed to use all-terrain vehicles inside the Gates of the Arctic...
After the relative calm of the previous visit to the Rokujō Estate, today’s instalment of our chapter-by-chapter journey through The Tale of Genji promises to be an altogether stormier affair, with the weather taking a turn for the...