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There’s a lot about the current AI situation to be upset about. Data center buildup is insane and, certainly at a higher rate than we will need when the market settles. While they’re running now they’re causing issues with loud noise,...
Following on from my previous article about biting the bullet and retiring completely from my current part-time job, I received a number of suggestions about how to enjoy the additional time I’ll be granted. First and foremost, amongst...
Check out my new, self-hosted Git server: forge.jan.systems It is now my primary Git remote. All my projects in GitHub and GitLab have been migrated and will be developed in the "forge" from here on out. Why? Piece by piece, I'm moving...
Rudolf Nureyev as Rudolph Valentino in Valentino (1977) Vitals Rudolf Nureyev as Rudolph Valentino, Italian-American dancer and future silent film star Los Angeles, Fall 1919 Film: Valentino Release Date: October 4, 1977 Director: Ken...
Beryl has the ill fortune to have grown up in a cult of people waiting for their fated monster mate, and while she has no interest in this, even at 35 she’s been poorly prepared for life outside this highly controlled environment. Greid...
You know what's even cuter than animal and character cakes? Baby animal and character cakes. (By Dolci Arte in St. Petersburg)Like little Tinkerbell!So cute, you could just eat her up, am I right?(You know, even when talking about a...
A.B. Cunningham was an American teacher, professor of English and the author of over twenty detective novels featuring the backwoods Sherlock, Jess Roden, who's the sheriff of Deerlick, Kentucky – a county with a shockingly high...
Just noticed this site’s font’s manicule (☞) character has six fingers… Starting to get suspicious of this Claude Garamond fellow 🤔🤔🤔
Back in 2020 I posted an item about the 1959 crime film Odds Against Tomorrow which has a couple of Alabama connections, one of them tenuous. The other Alabama connection appears about midway through the movie. Robert Ryan's character...
On 23 August 1305, famous thanks to Hollywood, one of Britain’s most famous rebels, died this day. William Wallace, the Scots resistance fighter had taken on one of England’s most formidable kings, Edward I, and lost. Tried at...
Another Sunday with yet another stab a sharing some Sunday Morning Reading. What caught my eye this week revolved around history, featuring fiddle players, photography, and a bit of Chekov among other topics. Rosin up the bow and enjoy....
I'm going to run a new campaign. This thought occurs to me one afternoon while I'm 300 posts deep into an argument about roleplaying games and for a second it feels like remembering something obvious. A campaign. Right. The thing this...
When it's super bright like this, I like to over-expose, and really push the contrast. On the GFX, that makes it look like Superia to me.249 words · 7 images
I'll be playing an all-new set of songs, The Darkside Truth, about the early days of punk. Support from Glaswegian songwriter and music entrepreneur Lorraine LucasTickets: https://wegottickets.com/f/26674
When Panther Hollow Lake overflowed on 20 Aug duckweed floated with it, 21 Aug 2026 (photo by Kate St. John) 23 August 2026 On Thursday 20 August, in 45 minutes from 8:10 and 8:55am, it rained 1.55″ at the Allegheny County Airport. For...