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I have been thinking about the effect of AI on how I perceive activities that I previously found enjoyable. Specifically the effect on how I perceive coding. I made the mistake (looking at it in hindsight) of allowing AI to take over my...
The Starfires first recordRecord listed at RCS (no location, no evaluation, not comped)Location found : Wilkes-Barre, PennsylvaniaThe Starfires, later known as The Star Fires on Laurie Records in 1966, were a garage rock band from...
Here’s a picture I took with my iPhone SE 3rd gen. on the Boulder Loop Trail in Albany, NH, on Saturday. I used the camera’s panorama mode. The elevation gain to the top is only about 925 feet, but that was meaningful for me. It’d been...
Discovering old obscure releases with little or no recognition is a great past time of mine. As much as I like to boast about how much of this genre I've listened to, records always skip through the cracks, not to mention all the demos...
A good part of my failure to cull the too many books we own is the thought that some forgotten classic will go straight to pulp if I donate it to a charity shop. But it is too much effort to find the only other person in the country...
Source More than a thousand years ago, Maya dental specialists were creating decorative tooth inlays with a level of precision that still impresses researchers today. They carefully drilled small cavities into living teeth and fitted...
The lighthearted spy thriller A MAN COULD GET KILLED (1966) is now available on Blu-ray from Kino Lorber.Although I've always been quite a fan of James Garner, this is one of his titles which hadn't really been on my radar, so I was glad...
Perfume Posse40 Days and Nights… Well, that’s a bit of an exaggeration. But, we finally got some significant rain. Now, that’s where we are: cooler, still sunny, but also rain intermittently. Intermittent is good because it means the...
Today's the photo-heavy day, also the most transport-focused, so if you're target audience can I encourage you to head over to Flickr and gorge on 48 photos of public transport in Bilbao. I was pleased to discover that Citymapper works...
Preoder Rise of the Lazy Gamemaster! I recommend writing a new set of prep notes for each game session you run. And, of course, I recommend customizing the eight steps of lazy GM Prep based on your preferences and the game you're going...
Their first attempt to contact us went unnoticed. Apparently we had evolved in an unusual way, at least from a technological perspective. There were many commonalities with the other intelligent civilisations they’d encountered, but...
I first came across Gerda Taro’s work years ago as I was investigating claims that Capa didn’t actually land on Omaha Beach with the first waves (come back next week for a whole post on that subject) as a side story to that old post, and...
If you’re looking for a quick, flavour‑packed supper that brings together sweet, tangy, and gently spiced notes, these Curried Pineapple Glazed Ham/Gammon Steaks are a delicious choice. These steaks something truly special when paired...
A deeply strange and arresting short novel, The Water Statues defies easy categorization but has a powerful and cerebral atmosphere, putting us in mind of a lot of other works—including Clarke’s Piranesi. Langdon Hickman, last unshriven...
Catching the 7am train to Sydney tomorrow for a couple of days of just photography. Forecast: rain showers, and mayhap a thunderstorm. Packing light on gear and lighter on plans. Pics to follow…..