The milestone in gaming history that is Arma: Cold War Assault (previously Operation Flashpoint) is a blast and runs on a toaster. Now I'm creating my own missions and wanted to enable respawning. That's not easy so here I explain how you go about doing that.
I like to wish people a happy day, and so many of my conversations start with “Happy Sunday”, or similar. Today I was able to add an additional well-wish: “Happy Solstice!” As I write, it is 9pm and the sun is still radiating over the hills. Trees cast long shadows over the quiet fields. The pattern of branches at the top of a tree reminded me of a village Kirk I saw earlier today.I started my morning with a long walk followed by a (decaf) coffee. I love when I can start the day with a walk:…
Amongst the many blog post drafts still bouncing around upstairs is one about being the last person ever to vibe code anything but of more interest is writing about what is my major project at the moment over at Open Education Global, the Open Education Awards for Excellence. Aince I end up doing what one might call blogging over at OEGlobal, I wanted to just mention a post I spit out last week that has some overlap, a summary of the responses nominators made in 2025 when I added a field for…
Yes, there’s been a gap. I would have announced it, but I didn’t know and then every week I thought I might start again. But I didn’t. My apologies. Here’s a chunk of a thing called Without Hinges, With Consent. Nobody mentioned that I’d stink of cardamom seasoned with damp poodle. Whenever you transit to an alien universe, the Portal rearranges your anatomy and biochemistry so you can survive under its different natural laws. A grade D universe like Sieve stretches the definitions of “human”…
What a day! Plenty of airplanes, and plenty of opportunities to chat. The highlight of the day was undoubtedly a Mooney 252 TSE (reg. F-GLEJ) that made its way to ESKN all the way from Iceland. It was great to chat with its two super-friendly pilots and hear their stories.
In Making Good Wine for a Change, I started two batches of wine. One was a Chardonnay, one was a Merlot Mead. The Chardonnay finished awhile ago, and it just tastes like Chardonnay. I think I'd like it a bit clearer, so I've racked it again and am letting it sit for a bit. I checked on the Merlot mead for the second time today. I tasted a bit a few weeks ago, and thought it tasted fine but needed a bit more honey taste. So, I added about 0.3 pounds of honey and let it ferment more -- made it a…
its father's day in the US, and im 2000+ miles away from my family, on FaceTime with my dad, who's in the hospital rn.
Video Description: On Tuesday, I went for a walk from North Walsham to Antingham. Setting off on the footpath out of North Walsham Industrial Estate. Going through multiple footpaths and country roads. Arriving in Antingham after 1 hour and 15 minutes. Visited St Mary’s Church (looking around, attempted to buy a postcard but the card machine was locked out). Walked around the perimeter of the abandoned church, St Margaret’s (padlock locked). Before walking back home.
15th June - 21st June They're spreading manure this week — the whole village stinks. Why is it always the week we need to leave the windows open‽ Freshly mown fields are like catnip for buzzards. Big, hovering predators –like US drones over Afghan villages– waiting for a rabbit, exposed and unaware, to come hop hop hopping along. And bam. I lost my very precious notebook. Dropped it in the park. A lovely bloke phoned me and I got it back within half an hour. Always put your phone number in your…
Summer! It's warm, everything is full of life and flowers are in full bloom.
A native I’iwi. This week’s Sunday Stills challenge theme is ‘Wild Animal or Bird of the Month.’ See more responses here. Pu’u O’o Trail is a few miles east of the saddle between Mauna Loa and Mauna Kea, on the south side of the main cross-island highway. It’s all above 5,000 feet and can be cold, wet, and windy, but I’ve had good luck picking warm, sunny days. These photos are from a couple of recent hikes I took up there. Captions on the photos. The trail enters a kīpuka. There are open,…
from spiritual community in portugal to 9-5 office life in berlin.
I recently posted an article about the 2013 Philadelphia Traffic Court fiasco, in which most of the Traffic Court judges were convicted of accepting bribes: According to the indictment, Perri accepted free auto services, towing, landscaping, and even a load of shrimp and crab cakes from Alfano, whose company, Century Motors, ran a towing service. (The Philadelphia Inquirer, Nine current and former Traffic Court judges charged; Martin, John P. and Craig R. McCoy; January 31, 2013) Then in 2024,…
