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The ESV study Bible’s notes on Jeremiah begin, Determining the authorship of the book of Jeremiah is complicated by several factors… I understand and appreciate the challenges; I just love the juxtaposition of the name of the book, which...
So this weekend my partner went out to get groceries, and more importantly, get pizza and snacks for movie night. While we were waiting in the parking lot for pizza, I realized that a store for my phone (and more importantly, internet)...
A friend’s WhatsApp status showed a tech YouTuber giving him a warm shoutout. It made me think of my heroes and mentors in my coding and writing career. #1. I’ve had role models, but I’ve never called them mentors. Someone you want as a...
Katie Baker, the Ringer: Look, there’s maybe nothing less cool than waxing nostalgic about Google of all things. It’s like mourning the Astor Place Starbucks (or getting sentimental about any Blockbuster Video — although most people...
Finding the best locator for a web element can be a hassle:Right clicking on an element in Google Chrome. Inspecting the element. Going to Chrome Developer Tools. Try to decide what to do if there isn't a clear test id. Playwright comes...
(1970) Directed by René Cardona; Written by René Cardona and Jesús Murcielago Velázquez; Starring: Santo, Armando Silvestre, Julio Aldama, Mary Montiel, Gregorio Casal, Ivonne Govea and Carlos Agostí; Available on Blu-ray and DVD Rating:...
★★★★★ I’m tired of replacing devices that still work fine for my use cases. So I stuck with my Google Pixel 5 for, well, longer than was probably advisable, since Android system updates were discontinued after only 3 years. To give you...
Into the San Juans for a backpacking. Read More ... Continue reading Backpacking in the San Juans at PMags.com.
I recently had an interesting conversation in an unexpected context. I was at a work happy hour of sorts, attempting to mingle and chat in the best way that a slightly introverted person can manage. I found myself in a conversation with...
For the educated and ambitious, the two most obvious templates for how to live are:Become a high-achieving professional—especially in law or finance (in the ‘90s) or tech (now), where you affiliate yourself with one prestigious...
Hi Crowd! You’ve probably seen any number of headlines recently about autonomous AI’s hacking various systems after “breaking out of their sandboxes” or “using secret message boards to coordinate with each other” and you may or may not...
Tempted to start a silly little project: a sort of anti-RSS reader. Program that just takes in as input a list of feeds and spits out a static website that is essentially just a fauxsimile of a newspaper, with 'cont. on page 13' replaced...
It seems like ages since my last race way back in June. Our club's July event happened to fall on my partner's birthday and I decided to spend the day with her instead of in the hot July sun playing racecars. But it's August now1, and...
The name “Deirdre” has never been terribly popular in the US – it’s much more common in Ireland (logically – Deirdre is a character out of Irish myth) and somewhat common in England. But there are always a few of us, and we tend to...
Below Deck Mediterranean season 11 episode 10 was a wild ride: Joe and Kayley are a new "accidental power couple," Coop and Kat are off and on again, Gen is melting down and making sense.