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Longer, hotter summers are a serious existential challenge to cask ale – a product which already has its fair share of problems. Last year we wrote about the effect of heatwaves on pubs and our drinking habits. But this year, it’s been...
how does it feel, doing less time-wasting on the computer? obviously the internet-time-wasting behaviors stem from boredom, but they also kind of produce more boredom? it's rare to read/see something that gets me to stop...
By the time the Spanish arrived in Peru at the beginning of the 16th Century the Chachapoya people had already been subsumed in to the great Inca Empire. Although they had resisted the Incas fiercely, the lands of these Warriors of the...
§ Hello § At work I spent some time experimenting with a low-pressure sodium vapor lamp. It emits a very narrow spectrum of light that makes everything look monochromatic. It took three attempts but I finally managed to order one that...
Jason Arday, pictured in 2023 I read the terrible news about the death of Jason Arday on Friday evening. The first thing I want to do is express heartfelt condolences to his family – especially his wife and two children – and his friends...
Another project rises from the battered bed of the old Black and Decker Workmate. Red wine coloured wood dye has been applied. Not drunk either. Some sanding, some varnish but the end is not in sight. More sanding, dye and even more...
A few of you have noticed the OpenAPI spec floating around the site lately. Rather than watching everyone write the same HTTP boilerplate from scratch to talk to the server, I went ahead and bundled up a set of official client bindings....
We had a visa appointment at the US Embassy in the capital city, Ankara, on Friday. We were supposed to go there by the sleeper train on Thursday night but unfortunately my wife, in a way very out of character for her, made a mistake and...
Back in 2018, I was writing articles and speaking to tech crowds about an Internet of Natural Things, trying to convince them that there was an increasing desire to use our devices to connect with nature, a more authentic beauty, and...
Wolfgang Tillmans, Tree Filling Window, 2002, 208.3 x 141 cm, as installed at the Beyeler in 2023, image via Sonan Khetan Speaking of early 2000s color, surfing around on Wolfgang Tillmans’ birthday [HBD, King!], the sheer majesty of...
Core Data does automatic schema migration for certain schema changes which are simple and straightforward. For other scenarios we will have to do manual schema migration. In this post we will see how to perform manual schema migration. I...
I just realised it’s the time of year again! It’s August, we’re heading into the SPIEL Essen season, which will soon lead into the pre-Christmas season, which culminates in the “best of 2026”-recap season. Since the yearly cut-off always...
I have never been anyone else. Therefore, I cannot say what it means to think or feel like anyone else would.I never looked at myself in the mirror and believed that I was born in the wrong body. But yes. I have looked in the mirror and...
The Quest for Mittens Commentary Looking through the git log on my notes, it looks like I wrote this in early 2021 and promptly forgot about it. And since I not only didn’t have time to finish a post for this morning1 but also haven’t...
[1979]Pop perfection from 1979 baby! If your idea of heaven is soft rock somewhere between Drivers Seat and Baker Street hold on.