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Lots of activity this morning. And it's chilly! "Winter is coming..." Ken's here digging the trench for the power line. My plan to do just one dig didn't survive contact with reality. Different depths, dirt's gotta go someplace, not...
If you take a look at my website's homepage, you'll note that it's titled "Brennan's Weblog." This is my attempt to pay homage to the original portmanteau—web log, which only became "blog" in April 1999, when programmer Peter Merholz...
Jenn drove our coach and I followed in our truck (due to the tow failure) 251 miles / 404 km, about five hours of driving, from Stampede Campground in Williams Lake to Wild Rose RV Park in Hope, British Columbia, Canada, continuing to...
I continue my reading of L. Patrick Greene‘s series about English adventurer Aubrey St. John Major, a.k.a. The Major, set in Africa, getting into the third and fourth volumes. This series ran from 1919 to 1939, with a few in 1947 and...
[Despite having left the CIA, Julia Curlee is still serving.] Julia Curlee is a trans woman who ably served the CIA under four presidents. That ended last year, after the second Trump administration decided she was the wrong kind of...
This is the weekly collection of indie games I (Josh Bycer) am covering on my indie short showcase series on the Youtube channel.
I learned today something I have been expecting for a bit now, but that doesn't make it easier.Proflic blogger Calvin Heighton passed away this past week. Calvin was known for his Cave of Cool blog. Calvin started blogging around the...
The link. The paragraph: Bikers and hikers strolling down the SMART pathway that runs behind Lagunitas Brewing Co. in Petaluma this summer are noticing an unusual sight: Two 15,500-gallon stainless steel fermentation tanks that have...
I have come to the conclusion that all Italian restaurants set in old railway arches are brilliant. I'm basing this assertion on the fact that all Italian restaurants set in old railway arches I've ever been to have been brilliant, and I...
Here’s an imitation of a pseudomathematician’s rant about the use of the symbol 0 (zero).
Say it with me: The wheel has turned once more. 2023 feels like a zillion years ago. That’s what I get for having the brain of an old-growth redwood. According to tradition, New Year, Old Year is how I revisit the titles that I declared...
Koshary's kittens have all scurried off to explore the world save for Tiger. Curious, because he was the most avoidant out of the lot. Now all of a sudden he's become an immensely affectionate little slut. Amsterdam-based graphic...
A braid group calculation showing the inverse relationship between Milky Way and Flock of Birds.
I recently read a transcript in Paul Graham’s blog of a talk by Richard Hamming on March 1986 at Bellcore. The talk is titled “You and Your Research.” Hamming was a mathematician who in his lifetime made several field-changing...
If you have ever clicked the little ← and → arrows on a member’s site, you have used the plumbing that ties Static.Quest together. Those links are how a web ring works: every site points to the next and previous member, and visitors can...