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A recent trip by rail through Italy re-connected me with my love for the great Italian director. One night in Rimini seemed like an odd choice at first but my wife had carefully chosen accommodation in the area where Federico Fellini had...
The past few years, I’ve been blogging less and less, specifically about gaming – and I’d like to talk about why. Or, at least, why I think this is for me.
USPS let me down yesterday. No MegaFlash in the mailbox. Should arrive today. Haven't heard anything more about the GLP-1 prescription, nor the results of the sleep test. I suppose I should check in with them. Took along the E-PM1 again...
Ed Sheeran hasn’t used a phone since 2015. He’d kept the same number since he was a teenager, and by the time he was famous, he was receiving thousands of texts a day. It got in the way of being present, so he cut it. Now he has an iPad,...
On December 12, 1972, Château de Ferrières, the grand 19th-century estate owned by the Rothschild family outside Paris, became the setting for one of the most unusual private gatherings of the era. Hosted by Marie-Hélène de Rothschild,...
I'm still finishing up a post on the obscure and convoluted history of the intellectual property behind the eagerly anticipated Coyote vs. Acme (really hoping that this one knocks it out of the park). A story that no one outside of a...
Following 1998, when the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers was established, many were concerned that it might become a force for censorship. Critics asked: would ICANN remain the neutral technical steward it was...
I got on the road a little after 0600, heading north to Highland Hardwoods in New Hampshire. It was a nightmare driving up there. 95 and 495 had several log jams I had to deal with and I don't do good in traffic. Especially so when...
Death is the Master of this WorldOut 8th July on New Era Productions From the mind of Jan Kruitwagen of Sammath and Kaeck fame comes this new dark ambient project. Split neatly into two fifteen minute segments, in essence what we are...
The days of asking AI a question, or pasting a config file in, and then pasting (or typing) the updated file back, are no longer needed. I have over 47 running docker containers, with almost as many stopped, and when I want to create a...
Welcome to this week's Link Dump!IS EVERYBODY HAPPY???What the hell was the Whitechapel Mount?Fair play for cannibals.The "wonderful year" 1759.The mysterious Great Serpent Mound.Why the number 17 was not popular in ancient...
Finished reading One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This. Thanks to @jaheppler for reminding me of it. As I read it, the phrase kept rolling through my mind, “the empire must die.” Selfishly, for my family’s sake, I hope its...
It's an interesting moment in time to be teaching first year students. I mean that in a broad sense, but I also mean it in a "teaching the first week of classes during this particular week in August of 2026." Let me unpack that statement...
Sanderlings at the beach (photo from Wikimedia) 14 August 2026 Going to the beach? You’re certain to see shorebirds but who are they? They may be difficult to identify if they’re not in breeding plumage. To give you some practice, check...