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My favorite birthday songs are both by Henry Purcell (1659-1695). The first is Sound the Trumpet (performed here by Alison Balsom, Iestyn Davies, and company), and the second is Now the Night is Chased Away (performed here by Lea...
I mentioned in the previous post, that I was off to Frome, the following weekend. It was for a one-day visit to this pleasant, Somerset town, on a visit that would be the first for me. The trip had been a long time in the planning,...
A nice moment I spotted in Asana – you can quickly record your name pronunciation: As someone who has “How to pronounce my name” in the footer of his website, it’s much appreciated! The result appears as a simple icon next to your name:...
I gave the first of this year’s Ihaka Lectures at the University of Auckland this past July. It revisited and partially updated things I’ve been talking about for the past eighteen months or so on trust in data visualization (and by...
Every time I leave the hotel for a bit, I'm thankful I'm not at the campground with no AC. It's not hot but it sure is humid. The humidity level, combined with a high dew point, is beyond my ability to contain any amount of grumpiness -...
2027: my coworker asks me why i won’t wear the headset. i briefly consider giving some sort of excuse, but i just sigh and say i’m afraid of the training…
Last week I had a friend for dinner, and she convinced me to do one of her favorite activities afterward: lie on the grass in the park and look at the sky. I was hesitant because I don’t like to lie down until nighttime, when the only...
Hello, loves! As I dozed off, I had an Idea. We’ll think about that and then find something to do. LLM note. Important(?) closing. Tout le monde déteste l’IA. When I go to bed, I often think about whatever I’m programming, as such...
TL;DR: I’m announcing my candidacy for the inaugural Python Packaging Council. I hope you’ll honor me with your vote, if you’re a voting member of the PSF, but regardless I have high hopes (and expectations) for the council. My...
OBI-WAN KENOBI — JEDI TRAINING GEAR STAR WARS: POWER OF THE JEDI (HASBRO) “Obi-Wan Kenobi, a Jedi Knight training under Jedi Master Qui-Gin Jinn, has proved his loyalty to the Council and Jedi code time and time again. In missions...
Also on instagram and as a youtube short.Music by Frederick St. Peter, check out his Youtube as well! Comment via guestbook.
From The Making of the Modern Philippines: Pieces of a Jigsaw State, by Philip Bowring (Bloomsbury Academic, 2022), Kindle pp. 60-62: Magsaysay was dynamic, reorganizing and enlarging the army, improving discipline and reducing...
This is the tomb of Strongbow, aka Earl Richard de Clare, in Christ Church Cathedral in Dublin. Richard was an English nobleman who, through a complicated series of treaties, wars, and arranged marriages, was instrumental in making the...
D.R. Shackleton Bailey (1917-2005), Propertiana (Cambridge: At the University Press, 1956), p. 16 (on Propertius 1.4.13 ingenuus color; footnote omitted): Propertius only wants to say that Cynthia had the fair complexion associated with...
A couple of weeks ago, I was talking to Vincent, one of the juggling and unicycle coaches at circus. One almost never sees Vincent still. He’s almost always practicing juggling. For the first time in the 18+ years I’ve known him, it...