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A small, undersized Thoroughbred race-seahorse named Landbiscuit has taken prediction market platform Polymarket by storm this week, attracting millions in gambling volume ahead of his historic match race against War Admiral.Landbiscuit,...
The Geekom IT13 Max is a delicious slice of the NUC cake... as long as you know what you're biting into. Though it uses a quote-unquote "last gen" CPU, it is an attractive deal for clear-eyed and informed buyers. Admittedly, I've had a...
The kind of construction-sequence photos that I showed a while back for 15 Broad Street exist for other buildings and, crucially, for other building types. The following photo sequence is an example for the George Blumenthal house at 50...
Our Blockbuster was located in a dying shopping center. There was a Cato nearby, but it did not exactly inspire crowds of eager shoppers. When a new retail space opened directly in front of Walmart, Blockbuster jumped at the opportunity...
Ken MacDonald was a prolific railway photographer who lived in Fredericton, New Brunswick. He was born in 1928 and died on August 20, 2023.
The past few days have been a good poetry days, in a more well-rounded sense--by which I mean, I've been doing more than just writing down a line or two. Let me capture what a good stretch of poetry days looks like:--A few months ago, I...
TL;DR Claude Code sessions on the same machine can now list and message each other. That is the right tool for a session already mid-task, and the wrong one for starting a new task: a fresh session takes about ninety seconds to bind the...
I don’t think we are ready to NOT read the output I read the code for things that are important. Personal projects, non-critical, funsies - sure I’ll allow it through and take the output at face value. But for real work - I just can’t...
I don’t get to publish enough on this blog about breeding – until relatively recently, it wasn’t a kink that I shared. But as time goes on I collect more kinks (like Pokémon, one day I hope to catch ’em all) and the more I read about...
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...
During the six years Tula has been with us, I've tried multiple times to represent her on paper or screen, using multiple techniques. Some of these attempts I consider more a success than others, but overall I'm quite satisfied with each...
bumblebee orchid picThis is a birthday present for my son in law. It is almost a month late but I got it out to him today.hmm......The back rails are a little longer than the side ones. Between the legs and the first slat (on either end)...
I eat grits. I always have and I always will. Because they're delicious, that's why. Grits are a simple dish: ground corn, salt and a little butter, the traditional way. Sometimes folks get a little fancy and start adding cheese, chopped...
20th August 2026 A short post in respect of the death of Jason Arday * This post is not about the alleged wrongs of the late Jason Arday, as the facts are not fully available; and this post is not about the circumstances of his death,...
Looking at the websites of some AI events and their programmes. Hundreds of sessions over several days. You’d think that they’d expect you to have your AI tools grab the program and e.g. match it to a local list of interests or people,...