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In 1999, I was the Irish Node [director and sole-employee] of a European academic quango. We had an AGM in one venue or another, and for 1999 some bright spark suggested that the German node at Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum (DKFZ) in...
No, not again, I hear you think. But look at it. It’s a mess and there’s no fixing it. A 2005-style left side column bar. My brother told me it was too distracting, and it has no internal consistency either. And what about those rounded...
If you’ve ever wanted a reliable recipe for soft, homemade burger buns, these Easy Burger Buns are a beautiful place to start. These buns have quickly became a favourite in my kitchen. Adapted from a vegan recipe I found online, I’ve...
Wow! (just wow)
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Welcome news is so rare in our withered literary culture, we are obligated to celebrate good new work when we encounter it. The summer 2026 issue of New Verse Review has been published, and it includes work by several of our finest...
I noted down a discipline practice that one of my favorite creators used. I had also seen this practice with a successful student, Yesh Dattareya, at the OMSCS. His (Bill Watterson's) approach to deadlines was to stay well ahead of them....
Jack (CEO of Patreon) gives a great talk about the struggles of being an artist with the internet from the 90s to today, a history of tech and art, and lessons learned. Heartfelt insights into working through 2026 "content creation"...
Strain is what happens before something breaks.In Jackson, IL, everyone is under some kind of strain. The students are trying to act normal. The parents who know less than they think, or the ones who know more than they let on. The...
Perfume PosseCarded Samples Portia Sniffed August 2026 OK Posse! There have been dozens of carded samples on or around my desk for ages. Some of them may have been sitting here for years. Yes, that is the kind of messy MoFo you’re...
Thursday 13th August 2026 It’s been a while since I’ve shared emails kindly sent to me by blog readers at busandtrainuser@gmail.com so here are some more from recent weeks… The most out of date information on public display? First up is...
In my younger days, when I just had one sister, who was three and a half years older than me, she did all the talking. And when I say all the talking, I mean all of it. My mom sometimes jokes that she never heard a peep out of me until I...
Verify OpenAI-generated content: "Check for signals that it was generated with OpenAI tools." Verify AI-generated images, videos and audio: Gemini checks for SynthID or Content Credentials markers. Inspect Content Credentials: "Content...
Random shot from recent trip to the UK. Every time I walked by one of these, I imagined I was in Jacques Tati’s Playtime.