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So, there was a solar eclipse on Wednesday! This pawst is admittedly just an excuse to share some beautiful pics I took, but whatever, this is my blog so I can do it! "But Dr. Glowcat, you have that super interesting, informative and...
The macOS command-line tool hdiutil is used to manipulate disk images. From the WHAT'S NEW section of man hdiutil on the latest macOS 27 Golden Gate beta: In macOS 27.0, hdiutil is deprecated. Use diskutil image instead for all disk...
It’s nearly impossible to do everything at once. We know this truth, yet every time, we make the same mistake of thinking we can actually handle more things at once. We don’t want to leave anything aside, not even for a few months. Our...
From a link on Metafilter, I found a webcomic called Strong Female Protagonist, which was published online from 2012 to 2018. It’s a standard superhero setup but completely upends the standard genre by investigating what happens when...
Back in 02024Q3 we planned on releasing custom badges for our newsletter subscribers. These were to be dynamic images that changed over time based on subscription length and other special inventory items. Did we mention we have a...
Sometimes, I am overwhelmed by the sheer amount of existence and possibilities happening all around me. My friends are leading their own lives: one recently started a new job, another is testing the waters for a side hustle. A...
Beans have unexpectedly become one of my favourite garden treats and these Dragon Tongue bush beans, which I planted for the first time this year, are absolutely delightful! 🌱
The Concubine by Norah Lofts published 1963 Following on from this post earlier in the week: Anne Boleyn's Imaginary Stepmother (low class and scandalous) - This is the book that set me off in pursuit of Anne Boleyn’s lost stepmother. I...
This week I’m in Spain to see a spectacular eclipse, among other things. I’ve also done a reasonable amount of geocaching, including on Tuesday finding my 1000th geocache. Which led me today to ask: how many caches does Geocaching.com...
Dopamine is a neurotransmitter that is commonly misunderstood as the "pleasure chemical." In modern slang, we talk of "dopamine hits" to describe what people are doing when they say, spend hours scrolling their social media feeds or...
The view from my porch this morning, looking east to the line of storms that obscure the sunrise. It’s a very still and quiet morning here on Nexwlelexwm/Bowen Island. A line of thunderstorms passed over the island a couple of hours ago,...
(1) Hey buddy. How's it going? Ready to explore the backrooms?... (2) Think I might have seen something moving around in there... (3) Maybe we should go take a look... (4) Don't worry, buddy, I'll protect ya! (This is what happens when I...
Well, technically bumblebees. Our Lavender and our Fuschias are doing very well this year, and because of that, we have very happy bees. Many of them. I’ve been meaning to sit and try to photograph them, and today, I finally got around...
So Mythos and Sol come around, and they are weapons of mass destruction in the hands of civilians. At least, that’s what Anthropic tried to say, when they delayed its release to civilians — a brilliant marketing move on the heels of...
There is no right answer in PKM. There are only processes that work. The test of PKM is whether it works for you. A person’s PKM practices will change over time, and the most important aspect is being aware of how we seek sources of...