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A few more pix from the archive this morning: Second studio in Houston back in 2021. Third studio in Houston circa 2024. Writing table at 3rd Houston studio. Early TSG script, written in Los Angeles around 2016, before I adopted more of...
Here’s a quick history of minds. First, there were no minds, just stupid stuff undergoing simple local interactions. Then appeared the first proto-mind: Darwinian evolution, via DNA. Under this, the universe made choices according to a...
Let's head on down to Orlando, Florida, to visit Walt Disney World, circa March 1976. The park had been open for less than five years at that point! As I've said before, I sure wish I could have seen it in its early state, but... I still...
Every Saturday we round up the best writing about beer from the past week. This time, we’ve got Hanoi lager, warm ale and Belfast oysters. First, news from London of possible changes to a unique (?) drinking culture: Westminster Council...
This is the last part (10) of a series of blog posts. Please start with part 1 first. The title of this post is admittedly a bit clickbaity. To overcome evil is a task which will need the collective efforts of whole humankind. Therefore...
KDE has a little utility called ksshaskpass that is invoked by SSH to prompt the user for credentials. It can then store them in KDE Wallet so you don’t have to type them again next time. The other day I had to set up an elaborate SSH...
but specifically in baltimore. i've spent the last 2 hours tweaking bits of my blog while re-watching emily in paris. i also updated my now page and realized i'm not "making" anything and that was disappointing. note to self: make...
Source Scientists discovered ancient wolves on a tiny Baltic island where they could only have been brought by humans, suggesting an unexpectedly close relationship between people and wolves thousands of years ago. Evidence indicates the...
It's quite late as I write this. I'm lazy about posting sometimes, but there hasn't been too much going on. Wednesday I went to a lgbtq+ meetup group thing and it was mostly chill. The people were pretty alright, though ironically I...
After updating Gitlab, one particular background migration task (BackfillPartitionedWebHookLogsDaily) never finished.
Slim Summer Saturday Tram stop of the month: Beddington Lane Location: Beddington Lane (a lane leading to Beddington) Opened: 30 May 2000 (like all* the tram stops) Previously: a minor halt on the Wimbledon and Croydon Railway...
There’s something wonderfully old‑fashioned about a pan of Butter Swim Biscuits—the way they bubble up through a pool of melted butter, turning golden at the edges and impossibly tender inside. This small‑batch version gives you all that...
Saturday Q&A This week's headline theme was tougher than we thought. We thought we'd given away the store with the Davy Crockett hint, particularly if you consider both references to him in yesterday's posting. Today, we'll add...
weather: ⛅ "balmy" critters: house finches maybe "hate" is a strong word, but diel's post enlightened me about my own shift in opinion. i used to think of fictional AIs as characters. the narrative structures around sapient AIs usually...
My Blogspot in 2011: Ranting Devigner see what tech articles I was reading lol dev and design rants I was making also lol Devigner = Designer + Developer Before "Design Engineer" was coo