My music-fan cup runneth over lately, in the best way. An abundance of good-to-great-to-unbelievable shows over the past month that have left me wondering what I did in a past life (or maybe this one) to deserve all this. My post-pandemic “never say no” philosophy is paying serious dividends. And there’s a lot more ahead. […]
It’s a horrible 36C here today, but I found that one of the more acceptable parts of the house was, amazingly, the loft. With the windows open to catch what (hot) breeze there was, and a fan working, I got some modelling done. First, I’ve started to think about taking modules to TINGS, especially Aldersford. I’ve modified the legs to be the correct NCI height of 900mm to rail level. And then added a couple of signals to replace the ones I broke relaying the track. I decided not to relay the…
GIMP has always had an interface problem. I’m not blaming the GIMP team (they’ve built something powerful on a shoestring). They’ve been clear they’re not interested in copying Photoshop wholesale; their FAQ argues that designing around actual user research beats imitating someone else’s interface decisions. Fair enough in principle, but coming from years as a Photoshop user, that design still feels hostile to me. I’m just one user story out of many they’ve had to design for, but it still…
with USBODE (USB Optical Drive Emulator): "Ever wanted a GoTek for CDs? If you have a Raspberry Pi Zero W or 2 W, USBODE turns it into a virtual optical drive. It allows you to store many disk images on a MicroSD card and mount them through a web interface." Demo: Finally a cheap CD-ROM emulator for DOS and Windows 98! See also Boot any and all ISO images from USB drive.
This is a very interesting one and I believe it to be its third iteration. Way back, this was garlic teriyaki and it was a splendid variant – one my wife loved and she’s not the biggest noodle human. Then they came out with a version with a huge drop in sodium – about 35000mg down to 700mg. Then we have this one in the ‘carton’ version. Well, let’s give it a try. Nongshim Yaki Udon Premium Teriyaki Flavor – United States Detail of the packaging (click to enlarge). Contains fish. To prepare,…
Yesterday I had an idea for a possible experiment using Chrome's built-in AI support - looking for "date" references in strings. So for example: "I will have my new job in 12 days". Could the AI model recognize "12 days" as a date and determine what the actual date is, assuming a reference date of now? I was about to start working on a simple POC when I thought... wait... is there already a JavaScript library for this? Of course there is. The aptly named Chrono library does just that. It can…
TECH-NO Philip from It's all in your mind - sorry chaps, keep getting the title of your blog wrong - with the latest on the 'technique' discussion .....Philip is absolutely right about Indie, I reckon. It has shunned experimentalism without mastering musicianship, so it remains mired in some mediocre nowheresville. Drabness : forget postpunk, even at its most brown-rice earnest, it glistened with psychedelic intensity by comparison with Turin Brakes and Doves. What confuses me about Indie is…
Blog post: https://www.davidrevoy.com/article1155/adventure-calls-clearly
How I finally migrated my Immich setup from External Libraries to internal storage — covering storage templates, community migration scripts, and surviving face recognition quirks. Read the full post on the blog.
In a 2024 post we detailed how the Hong Kong Economic & Trade Office ‘had a presence at the Lord Mayor’s Show for nearly two decades,’ that the head of that office Gilford Law had schmoozed the then ‘three most recent Lord Mayors of London – …Michael Mainelli… Nick Lyons… and…William Russell,’ and that Law was Chinese spy ‘Bill Yuen’s local boss’. This month two of the spies associated with Law (the third is dead) were sentenced for their espionage activities, as detailed in the Sky News report…
Those who pay attention may note that I technically shared this song last Fall on its release, along with its companion B-side “Glow”, but that was a month before the official video for the song was released and considering how little quality video content there is from the band – I’ve been talking up the […] The post The Neverminds – “Afterglow” appeared first on Space Echo.
I just got back from my trip to Portugal, and I wanted to jot down some thoughts about my overall experience. This is definitely not a guide to traveling in Portugal or a list of recommendations. It’s just a personal reflection on my trip and some of the things that occurred to me while I was there. The trip came about because Kristen had been suggesting that I travel by myself for a little while. She did that last year and found it very helpful. It gave her time to think about what she wanted…
In the dusk and early evening hours of my life, I have been integrating a language that I feel was with me at the very beginning of things, before the dawn of it. [ in progress... ]
Absolute Superman #20A Rafa Sandoval Regular Release: Jun 24, 2026Cover: Jul 2026 ABSOLUTE SUPERMAN’S GREATEST BATTLE YET! It’s Superman versus King Shazam versus Hawkman versus [REDACTED] in the greatest battle the Absolute Universe has ever seen! But who is their mystery challenger? Creators WriterJason AaronArtistRafa SandovalCover ArtistRafa SandovalCover ColoristUlises ArreolaEditor in ChiefMarie Javins Absolute Wonder Woman #21C Terry Dodson Variant Release: Jun 24, 2026Cover: Aug 2026 A…
[For those afflicted, even “too much” isn’t enough.] I’ve often referenced and promoted the idea that billionaires should probably not exist. I’m damned sure that trillionaires shouldn’t exist.Link: https://www.commondreams.org/news/elon-musk-first-trillionaire
We are winding down our multi-day stay in Cedar Rapids. I don’t have any particular fond memories of this city, which is also known as the City of Five Smells: Captain Crunch cereal, cooking oats, ADM/Cargill food processing, the Cedar River, and wastewater treatment. However, it was a lifelong home for my grandparents and great grandparents. It’s where my dad lived his final days and where my mom has chosen to live for church and friendships. During our stay, we took a day trip to Mount Vernon…
Read: In the Woods by Tana French ★★★ 📚 Doorstop of a police procedural. Lots of psychological twist & turns. Vivid characters. Maybe too much horror in the crime, like most thriller books and movies nowadays.
There's a scene in the movie Zoolander where Owen Wilson's character has an epiphany about where some critical information is located. And then he delivers this line: "[The files] are in the computer. It's so simple." Where Google and Microsoft's AI strategies revolve around the idea that your data lives inside of their ecosystems, Apple unveiled a mostly device-centric approach that I think more closely aligns with how people think about their "files". Even though a younger generation of…
Last night I received an email from one of the large supermarkets. It was a product recall. I've never had such an email before, but it was quite clear that I had bought the product. I wondered how they knew, but quickly realised they would have all my purchase data via my loyalty card. Reading further into the email, I was told not to eat it and return it to any of their stores for a refund. No receipt required. The problem was I had already eaten it, a few days ago. It was a small container…
“Guards at the gates of estates, complexes, office parks, or gated communities should not make digital copies of your driving licence, as it could infringe on the Protection of Personal Information Act (POPIA). This is according to the Information Regulator of South Africa’s latest draft Code of Conduct for the processing of personal information at gated accesses.” The takeaway being they can scan your car license but not your personal ID. For visitors to complexes they can record:– Name–…
Did you ever remember a melody and could hum it but cannot, for the life of you, recall the words? That happens a lot to me. I thought of that as I read more and more about “soft skills” as an essential for 21st century students eventually entering the workplace. Working in teams, being able to motivate others, persevere at tasks, navigate organizational tricky waters, and lead–these are the skills that high schools today should teach youth. Hey, what about content? What about intellectual…
This is Jessica. Many researchers are thinking about what we should do about scientific peer review now that AI makes producing papers so much easier. Submission numbers keep getting higher — in the past week, I saw reports that the most recent ACL submission cycle got 17k+ submissions, up from ~10k last cycle. TMLR went from getting 500 submissions every 60 days or so to getting the same number ever 19 days. There are simply not enough human reviewers to handle the surge, at least not without…
This means I need fewer certificates, and works around the IP blocks
Birmingham’s biggest restaurant opening this year is in London. Our biggest culinary export, a two Michelin wielding chef by the name of Aktar Islam, has opened a restaurant in the big smoke called Oudh 1722. And before you think about Aktar’s cooking, get this preposition out of your head; it is nothing like Opheem. They might share the same garam masala recipe, they might use the same customer intel, but that is it. Whilst Opheem is very much a two star restaurant that uses flashes of the…
DiskImageMounter.app silently fails to mount Linux ISOs in macOS and hdiutil attach linux.iso returns "attach failed - Resource temporarily unavailable". However, the built-in tar (bsdtar 3.5.3 in Tahoe) command can list contents: tar tf /path/to/linux.iso and extract files: tar xf /path/to/linux.iso -C ~/extracted/ See also anylinuxfs ("mount any linux-supported filesystem read/write using NFS and a microVM") mentioned earlier this year.
During 2020 and 2021, when I spent a LOT of time at home, I got really into making condiments. It's surprisingly easy to make condiments - for some reason, I had the idea that making sauces was harder than making "regular ass food", and I'd been avoiding it for literally decades. But it's not harder! If anything, it's often easier! And if you have an immersion blender, it's sometimes even brainlessly easy! My favorite two condiments to make were ketchup and thai peanut sauce. In particular, I…
While investigating an espionage case, Colin Lamb stumbles upon a murder involving a typist, a blind woman, and a room full of clocks. By getting to the bottom of the murder, Lamb thinks he might just catch an international criminal while simultaneously saving the woman he loves. But to do so, he will need the assistance of old friend and venerable detective, Hercule Poirot. If that plot summary sounds messy, it’s because it is. The Clocks is Agatha Christie’s 34th Hercule Poirot novel, but far…
Deserialization attacks have grown in popularity over the past decade, with major flaws hitting tech giants and modern frameworks— even in 2025. Last July, a question came to mind: "What if we took insecure deserialization and brought it to C++?" I’ve had fond memories using .NET and PHP deserialization attacks to pop shells in CTFs, courses, and engagements, plus I enjoy tinkering with C++, so I decided to spend some personal time investigating this topic. Exploring this simple question…
CAPTAIN CHRISTOPHER PIKE STAR TREK: THE ORIGINAL SERIES (EXO-6) Hey, it’s a Star Trek review, which means it’s time for me to talk about how I’m not *really* into Star Trek. But, honestly, I’m starting to realize I’m perhaps misrepresenting that point a bit. I mean, I’m certainly not *as* into Star Trek as a lot of Star Trek fans I know, but, maybe, just maybe, that’s because I spent the first two and a half decades of my life helping run Star Trek fan conventions, which has a tendency to skew…
by Gwyn Conaway According to designers, it's time for the miniskirt to take a hike. These eleventh graders didn't get the memo. There are few things that bring me more joy than announcing the death of a trend, but this time, I’m titillated by the unexpected. The miniskirt has been dying for several years now. … Continue reading [June 24, 1971] The Hemline Wars: Strident Foes or Unlikely Allies? → The post [June 24, 1971] The Hemline Wars: Strident Foes or Unlikely Allies? appeared first on…
