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The first time I heard a Llama Llama book being read was my wife reading the Ukrainian version to our daughter. Ukrainian is a very melodic language and sounds lovely in verse, which is why I just assumed the book was originally written...
On a bike ride the other day I “caught the bridge” — that is, the drawbridge over the industrial canal on the border of my neighborhood went up. I had to wait. It was a perfect Museum of Waiting moment: time to make the most of an...
So how did I do? Teach Organizational Change in Manchester in July: check. Teach shutting projects down for the first time: check. Teach How to Not Be Wrong About AI: no one was interested enough to host it, which surprised me. Revise...
In June we moved back to the Netherlands, six suitcases across 8000 kilometres, and after a brief spell at my parents’ place we moved into our own home. This second move also involved putting down carpet, curtains, buying appliances and...
Look, as someone violently allergic to Reylo1, I get being frustrated when the thing you don't like is popular. But if the worst you have to say about a TV show is that it's "boring slop" then like... okay? Hooray for your superior...
A quick look at the movies, television shows, music, and books that have captured my attention over the past two months. Widow’s Bay Horror isn’t generally something I enjoy, but this show was more than just a bunch of scares. It was...
It’s waaay too early to say this perhaps, but these young Magpies and their new coach might be fun to watch this season. #nufc #htl
This SAD Scheme case ended up before Judge Buchwald, who shreds it. Judge Buchwald recaps the scheme’s fundamental corruptness: if all of plaintiff’s requested ex parte relief were to be granted, plaintiff would at the outset be entitled...
There was hardly any enthusiasm online, even by right-wing accounts I follow, about the Canadian tariffs. Tariffs were tried in 2025, and it’s clear they failed on all counts: they didn’t create jobs, but at the same time, they created...
I watched The Ipcress File from 1965. It was based on an 1962 novel — Len Deighton’s first — and was released at the height of mid-60s “Bond-mania” as kind of an anti-Bond. Michael Caine is Harry Palmer, an Army officer working for the...
It's possible to just connect two computers together with Ethernet and do a bit of IP configuration: # On sender... ip address add dev eth0 fd42:dead:beef::1/48 ip link set dev eth0 up # On receiver... ip address add dev eth0...
In 2016, I built my very first gaming PC, armed with a PCPartPicker list and a ton of Reddit research. We had some good times together: Fallout 4, The Witcher 3, Divinity: Original Sin, various Batman games. Then we got a PS4, then a...
I am retiring my 2016 Lappet Style Hood Pattern soon. This winter hood pattern has been a favorite for years. But, after a decade, it deserves an update! I am currently working on writing a new Lappet Style Hood Workbook! This workbook...
The lines at the Minnesota State Fair are getting very Disney-like. Two hours for Crop Art? Crazy town. How long until Fast Pass and timed-entry tickets?