I had some small changes to mod_blog queued up when I noticed my gopher feed had the following in it: - /2026/10/14 Notes on an overheard conversation in a parking lot - /2026/10/11 The closet situation has been resolved - /2026/09/19 I never did ask her why she was eating Trader Joe's Cheezy Poofs in a Publix parking lot - /2026/09/06 Notes on an overheard conversation at a D&D game - /2026/09/01 Is it too early to call Google and Microsoft an email cartel? - /2026/08/31 I guess this falls…

This is the childhood version of Mr. Fixit. Whether you’re shooting free throws in the driveway, whipping tennis balls at a wall, or tossing frisbees in the park, it always happens, man. Someone tosses it a bit too high, a bit too wobbly, or a bit too wrong direction, and suddenly your whole game gets lodged in a tight squeeze. Now, the best way to unjam that ball is of course by using its fellow family members against it. This is the backyard equivalent of putting the hostage taker’s mom on…

At the end of Friday's dispatch from the void, I wrote this: I like weddings. I remember telling a guy friend that twenty something years ago or something and his reaction suggested to me that he didn't like weddings and that he didn't think I should like weddings. I still don't know what that was about, but I think the implication was that it was feminine to like weddings. I hate that I used to care about this stuff. I hate that I use alter my behaviour in order to conform with norms that I…

In early September I got an email from my credit union: Effective October 2026, Interac will be discontinuing its future-dated and recurring e-Transfer payment options. While we explored ways to maintain these features, they will no longer be available in online banking or the mobile app due to Interac’s decision to discontinue the service. What’s Changing? Effective September 3, 2026 You will no longer be able to create new future-dated and recurring e-Transfers. These features will no longer…

Voting is as close as I have to a sacred rite. We do it because we must, even when it’s not easy, and even when we don’t love the choices, because this is how we remind the government who’s in charge. Go vote.

George Chapman’s Bussy D’Ambois (c. 1604, pub. 1607) is another play performed by one of London’s boys’ companies. It is a bloody, crazy tragedy disguised as a history, a strange blend of the static Senecan and dynamic Elizabethan play. Chapman’s verse is allusive and compact – I sure needed my edition’s notes – and in places magnificent. It was written for an audience that wanted this kind of verse, this density of reference, and that had a sophisticated understanding of theatrical convention.…

because of course they did. it was one of the few recent limited edition frag bottles i thought actually looked good. frags tend to look the same these days but most "different" things look baaaad. every limited edition version of caroline herrera good girl looks bad-tacky, and the newish class collector versions are somehow worse than the swarovski one. blegh anyway, it's immaterial because i'm never giving $400 to an ebay scalper for anything ever, even though the bottle is so pretty and i…

"I Give Everything I Have 2 U (feat. Loaded Honey)" by The Avalanches Listen on Apple Music Your browser does not support the audio element. Share a song from an album you think has great cover art. I heard about this album on an episode 175 of the Hemispheric Views podcast. I didn't really know what to think at the time, but I think I was hooked by the time I got to this track. It's lite and just falls into the background so that I can focus on something else and still feel good. The songs all…

“Christianity stands or falls with its revolutionary protest against violence, arbitrariness and pride of power and with its plea for the weak. Christians are doing too little to make these points clear rather than too much. Christendom adjusts itself far too easily to the worship of power. Christians should give more offense, shock the world far more, than they are doing now. Christians should take a stronger stand in favor of the weak rather than considering first the possible right of the…

The morning dawned grey and wet. However, also with a significant decrease in sea state. With the wind backing, we were able to pole out the headsail and continue wing on wing. Despite the murky weather, there was enough sun peeking from behind the clouds that we’re finishing the day with full batteries. And we still haven’t used the hydrogenerator on this trip. Benefits of a route where the sun is constantly behind us. The waves are now 1m smaller than yesterday. We’re still sailing deeply…

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The New Moon is Monday November 9. Saturn is past opposition, but still magnificent in telescopes in the evening. In the morning. Mars and Jupiter are in the "sickle" of Leo close to the bright star Regulus. Mars and Jupiter come closer over the week. This week they are joined by Venus and the bright star Spica low in the morning twilight. The New Moon is Monday November 9.North-Eastern horizon on the morning of Saturday, November 7 as seen from Adelaide at 5:23 ACDST (45 minutes before…

When I was getting my feet wet with self-hosting, I learned about shucking, which involves taking an external hard drive, prying its plastic case off and using it as a normal SATA hard drive. It’s not possible with every external hard drive, but with most ones it works well, and the WD My Book and Easystore drives are a prime example of this. Back then, I remember quite a few people being skeptical about these hard drives, suggesting that they could be drives that were not good enough to be…

Much of the excitement around AI coding is downstream of the fact that a lot of software is interpolative. This has become especially true as of late, with the release of Opus 5.5, which is, I’d argue, superhumanly good at generating mass amounts of high-quality interpolative software.1 This post is mostly a reference post for an idea that I’ve been gesturing to near daily for the past several months. In 2026, software falls on a spectrum between interpolative software and novel software. The…

There are times in Twin Peaks where the real world crosses into the fictional world created by Mark Frost and David Lynch. This is best seen in the various props and set decorations that fill the the wonderful and strange town. One of my favorite things to identify are newspapers and magazines as they help determine when... The post Twin Peaks Set Decoration – Hank Jennings’ Newspaper at the Double R Diner in Episode 1.005 appeared first on TWIN PEAKS BLOG.

[1976]The British MOR queen produced by Biddu kills it on this funky disco number. Check out that occasional synth bass baby. So much funky goodness.Get you dancing shoes on. Everybody got disco fever!

Quick Pedestrian Pace – New York, New York I’m making a big assumption in this blog post for the sake of the story. It appears that the primary people I see in the frame are New Yorkers and not tourists. I certainly could be wrong. But unlike yesterday’s post featuring shoppers on 5th Avenue, these people appear to be walking with a purpose. It’s understandable that tourists dawdle and take their time. But New Yorkers are different. They rush to their destination. When I lived in New York, I…

My blog is looking a little different these days. If you didn't notice, you likely weren't here before. Welcome! I miss having my little space on the internet. I also miss when things used to be weird on the web. It's all so boring now. With my blog, I'm going to do my best to bring back some of that weirdness. I hope you'll join along. The post The “New” New appeared first on @Kevuhnn / 📸 / 📚 / 🇨🇦.

The Dark Tower is a Mythic Bastionland campaign of my own creation inspired by both Browning’s Poem and King’s western/fantasy series. It relies on the core text in most ways, but has several notable changes, the most important of which is that rather than “seek the Myths” the knights all swore to SEEK THE DARK TOWER. There are five player characters: Sir Dorza the Moat Knight (he/him). Sir Lucian the Halo Knight (he/him). Sir Judoc the Story Knight (he/him). Sir Serana the Dust Knight…

Jessica Lucas, in a fascinating New York magazine article about older people succumbing to compulsive social media use, and the adult children who are trying to stabilize their feeds: Most adult children seem to know instinctively that their parents’ social-media use has long since outstripped whatever cognitive good it once served. They have watched their parents surrender ever-larger portions of their lives to their phones, triggering a kind of grief and, occasionally, anger. Every hour…

Halloween!! Probably my favorite time of year. I think I wrote this exact same line last year but my neighborhood really goes all out for it and I love seeing skeletons and stuff everywhere. This year I was sick and busy so I didn't really have time to make a costume. I got a Dr. Doom cape and mask from spirit halloween which was fun. Walking around with a big ass cape was a good time. The mask mostly stayed off though except for a few pictures. Thursday my pinball league had its Halloween…

Tags: #dispatches #sketches #gardeningWe cut down Mavis’s palm tree this weekend.1 And yesterday was garbage day, so the city took away all the parts that were piled up on the street in front of our house. It wasn’t an abrupt decision; we’ve been talking about taking out the palm tree and putting in some fruit trees, an orange tree and something else, since we took out the guavasteen tree a few years ago. Mavis had scratched the bark off that one within a year of us moving here; she was looking…

The 1970s are often remembered for their distinctive fashion, colorful cars, changing city streets, and evolving American culture. But photographs from the decade reveal another side of the country, where industrial smokestacks towered over residential neighborhoods, chemical plants lined waterways, and pollution was part of everyday life for many communities. These scenes existed alongside ordinary […]

A bone spider on a dragon boat. Forgot to mention that last time I think Anar had sex with Fane? I'm not really sure how that happened so easily, it wasn't what I was going for in the dialogue. And I have no idea if it will have any effect on the character interactions going forward. Also I discovered today that there is a dialogue log, it's in the journal, I just rarely look at it. Anyway, after last night unlocking Dallis' cabin I walked in and immediately started rummaging around to the…

Starting Over - Twenty Again Every professional I know uses AI today. We fall into two camps: Excited as hell Concerned about our future I'm excited as hell, and I think that you should be too, but I totally understand being concerned. It's not clear that our job will exist next year. It's not clear that we will still have marketable skills. We have no idea what we're going to do with our lives. This is OK! We've been through this before! This is life in our twenties. When you're Twenty When…

Loved watching our girl sing on stage! The post Divisional Choir appeared first on @Kevuhnn / 📸 / 📚 / 🇨🇦.

I am already thinking of the logistic of making sandwiches and brewing coffee (actually, more like pouring hot water on some coffee powder), and bringing all that to a local park and sit there and enjoy my lunch and listen to birds and… watching out for monkeys that may come and steal my lunch. Okay, maybe I will not go to that park with the monkeys. ~ Links: Coffee With The Birds (A Different Path), by Jeff's Blog Admiralty Park, by Wikipedia Monkeys And Mudskippers At Admiralty Park, by Ria…

Book review for Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao. I rated it 3.5 stars. In a futuristic world inspired by medieval China, the country of Huaxia is protected by giant robot mechas operated by male/female pairs. Mecha pilot Wu Zetian (inspired by the female Chinese ruler of the same name) struggles against a system where the men control the mechas, draining power from the women and often killing them in the process. The use of a male/female pairing in mechas (rather than just a solo pilot) was a…

Some spare ephemera about Halloween, at exactly the time you need it: A couple days after the fact. We got cryptids, celebs, and even an original tune.Hey all, Ernie here with a piece from David Buck! He’s here to talk about the most tedious holiday, depending on how you hold it: Halloween. (It’s so tedious that we wrote about it late.)Today in Tedium: Hey, everyone! I’m back! Anyhow, my love of Halloween isn’t dead, but it sure does smell funny these days. Over the past few years, we’ve…

Movies Calling Philo Vance (1940) D: William Clemens. S: James Stephenson, Margot Stevenson, Henry O’Neill, Edward Brophy, Ralph Forbes. Stephenson takes over as PHILO (his only appearance, however; he died a year after this entry), now working for the State Department and trying to root out traitors and saboteurs. The espionage angle’s just set dressing around the S.S. Van Dine adaptation, but adequate for most of the picture. Brophy’s fun, Stephenson’s likable (and has a cute dog). Captive…