In my teens and early twenties I used to run the steeplechase on the track. Mainly as my two club mates were unbelievable at anything from 800 to 3,000 metres, and there was no way I was ever running…

So the tone of this blog post is going to be a little bit different. And the reason why is because I’m not actually typing this blog post. I’m speaking it. I’m sitting at my desk right now with my microphone in front of my face, and I’m talking and watching as the words appear inside of Emacs. It’s really freaking cool. Now the question is, why have I set this up? Well, the answer is, is that I want to start scripting some of my videos. Not only for the Linux Cast, but for my history channel,…

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... And in the LAX Delta terminal, I saw a bizarre Gamer Cafe (??) which mostly consisted of large screens playing Twitch streams. It was almost completely empty, but was also weirdly small. I suspect less than seven of the screens were set up for games. And there were an awful lot of game characters on the wall. I am curious who runs this, whether they make any money, or whether the characters are licensed: I have written about this before but i looooove seeing weird or funny examples of how…

I thought I liked writing. At least that's what I keep telling myself. But now, I doubt it. I say I like writing. It helps me process my never-ending thoughts. It helps me document the past and present. It sets direction for the future. When I think about it, the gains are obvious. The benefits of writing cannot be denied. But why don't I find time to write? I want to write consistently. But how consistent is consistent? How would I know if I'm consistent? Would setting a target number of…

I don't know about you, but what awes me when I watch an artisan at work is their tools and how they use them. "Use" may not even be the right word when it comes to consummate craftspeople: the tools become their appendages; they seem to disappear into them, making those people something more than people—a powerful expansion of the boundaries that define them. The work I do could be called thinking-tool artisan, so I strive to achieve the same mastery of my tools as the luthier achieves with…

A few quick things: 1: The 15th anniversary of the Disquiet Junto is coming up in early January 2027. If you have ideas of ways to celebrate, lemme know. If I’ve done my math correctly, that’ll be project 0784 on January 7, so 11 weeks from now. 2: If you’re a music educator and think it’d be useful for your students for me to give a presentation about the Disquiet Junto and related topics, lemme know. I’ve done these in the past (virtually and in person), and they’re always enjoyable…

Carly Rae Jepsen “Blue Skies” Carly Rae Jepsen has lucked into a very low pressure form of pop stardom: People stopped expecting another “Call Me Maybe”-level smash from her over a decade ago, the Emotion album has locked her into the pop nerd canon, and her cult seems pretty happy to let her age gracefully as an artist rather than cling to youth. This endless goodwill from her audience has allowed her to be highly prolific, become increasingly sophisticated in her aesthetics, and essentially…

When I show people how I work with agents, I’ll often hear, “Wait, isn’t this just waterfall?” And the answer is: well, kind of. Plan out your work by sitting down and talking to the agent Work with skills that help fill in the gaps before any code gets written Keep going until you and the agent are confident the plan is ready to be built Have your agent build the feature Test the output Iterate, iterate, iterate The reason people think this feels like waterfall is that my planning phase is…

She's got to the skids again. It is a mess. I know. I know. Who was this chick? She kinda flew in from the eighties and got stuck somewheres in a Wendy's triple. She stands approx.50mm tall and the width of 25 of the same. She is short and squate and she means business. She was once two pieces and are cast in a sturdy PVC plastic.

21 Hero | INDEX | 23 Dapper Self-imposed constraint: Use the letters of the prompt word inside a 2-inch square to illustrate its meaning. Hongdian Black Forest fountain pen, EF, black ink on 120 gsm paper.

Central Park Pond – New York, NY – Fujifilm X-T5 – KinaColor 26 Earlier this year, I unveiled the Copenhagen Negative Recipe at Fujikina Copenhagen in Denmark. Those who attended that event had first access to it, and about a week later—after returning home—I published the new Recipe on Fuji X Weekly and added it to the Fuji X Weekly App. I did something similar for Fujikina NYC, unveiling a new Recipe called KinaColor 26 at the event, allowing those in attendance the opportunity to try it…

It is one thing to draw attention to a hiding place that can be seen, but it’s a different challenge altogether to have to point to something that’s not even on the screen. Let’s rewind to iOS 18 two years ago, and what happened when you swatted away a notification – the movement was nicely reversed, with the UI going back where it came from. A year later, in iOS 26, the movement was generally similar, with a new, more bubbly and “physical” treatment – but also a rather big bug where the…

this youtuber reads quietly every morning from 6 am and invites people to read along. it is a good way to stay consistent with reading. subscribed and sharing in case anyone else finds it useful.

Wally, Linda, and Grodd have been taken to the subatomic world by the Absolute Ray Palmer. And that was just in time as Hunter Zolomon was about to end Wally for good. In the world they just left behind, the illusions of Absolute Abra Kadabra are gone, but the effects linger. There is a lot going on in the regular world and in this beyond-microscopic universe our heroes have been taken into – wanna know more? Follow us after the jump! SOME SPOILERS AHEAD! This issue gives us a great look at the…

What have you recently finished reading? The last thing I read was, uhhh… right, Delilah S. Dawson’s Bloom: slow-burn sapphic romance turns horror. The ending is genuinely horrific; it feels like a jump-scare out of nowhere after the dreamy atmosphere of the first half, though is definitely foreshadowed in a couple ways. I need to write my review of it; I had criticisms, but overall had fun. What are you currently reading? I’m partway through Caitlin Rozakis’ Startup Hell, but not very far into…

My yard display is up! All in all it came together pretty smoothly. I was feeling bad about it after I set everything out during the day, but once night fell and I turned on the lights, all the yuckiness dissolved and I am just quite pleased. In past years I've waited to document my installations until the very end of their lives because I keep tweaking things throughout a show and it looks best just before it comes down. This year I realized I can take some photos right away and take new…

In the Book Notes series, authors create and discuss a music playlist that relates in some way to their recently published book. Previous contributors include Jesmyn Ward, Lauren Groff, Bret Easton Ellis, Celeste Ng, T.C. Boyle, Dana Spiotta, Hanif Abdurraqib, Andrew Sean Greer, Roxane Gay, and many others. Linda Kass’s novel World News from Waverley High is a transportive coming-of-age story. In her own words, here is Linda Kass’s Book Notes music playlist for her novel World News from…

Electronic Arts has confirmed that BioWare, one of the most influential role-playing game developers of the last three decades, is closing its doors. The decision also means the cancellation of the next Mass Effect game, which was still in early development. The closure comes as part of a wider ‘restructuring’ at EA, with approximately 400 employees reportedly losing their jobs across the company, including around 50 at BioWare.In a statement published on October 21, 2026, BioWare thanked the…

Two hours in the gym. I have a tai chi tournament in a little over two weeks. Yikes. Selfie a day for a year, day 53: Oct 21, 2026 edition.

Here are parts 1 and 2. The next piece of official customs-house correspondence in my sample is Letter #112, which is dated __ October 1784 (alas, the day is cut out of my copy of the letter) and is signed by three members of the Board of Customs of Scotland: Adam Smith (top signature), Basil Cochrane (middle), and James Edgar (bottom). This letter is short and sweet, for it reads as follows: “It appearing by a List of Balances at the 5th. Ultimo laid before us by the Compt. General, that there…

"Crazy" by Seal Listen on Apple Music Your browser does not support the audio element. What song has the same vibe as your favorite book? Which book? I can't think of what my favorite book is at the moment, but I'm currently reading the Dungeon Crawler Carl series. I think this song goes hand in hand with the things that happen in the book. View Mandaris's Crucial Tracks profile Listen to my Apple Music playlist

Today’s recording starts with the end of League of Super Evil. There’s a short episode of Newsround. Deadly 60 – Bahamas – Shark Special. Steve Backshall swims with some Caribbean Reef Sharks. He meets a Baby Shark (do do do-do do-do). A Lemon Shark in this case. He swims with a Tiger Shark. He meets a lot of adult Lemon Sharks. More Tiger Shark Action. Media Centre Description: Naturalist Steve Backshall heads to the Bahamas in order to get up close and personal with a whole bunch of sharks.…

This is perhaps the most-adventurous of my contributions to Weird Web October this year, for today's spooky theme of: "skeletons". May I present... Dem Bones! This also clearly ranks among the silliest things I've ever put onto the Internet. Even considering my /shh page. Do you remember about ten years ago I made a game that used tilt sensors and websockets to turn a mobile phone into the "steering wheel" of a car, entirely using Web technologies? Well this is basically that, but turned up to…

Do you like the style, music, storylines, and characters of the FromSoftware universe but hate the actual games because they’re too hard? THIS IS FOR YOU. In all seriousness though, it really is too easy, but it’s not because the gameplay is somehow bad. More than anything it seems rushed, like it needed better balancing, not better systems. Not only that but it’s also way too short. If you’re in a hurry a first time player could knock this out in maybe 4 hours? If you then come back and 100%…

Flat Boat, Andrew Wyeth, watercolor, drybrush on paper; 22 x 29 inches (56 x 74 cm). Image is from Sotheby’s past auction. Original is likely in a private collection. Another of Andrew Wyeth’s deceptively simple drybrush watercolors, singing with texture, harmonized with muted browns and grays, sharpened with striking value contrasts. Just wonderful.

Attempting to recreate the golden yesterdays of Jose Padilla’s White Isle sunsets with the tunes of today… Bradbury & Blevins / Push Push Malcom / Horden Colliery Country Club Veterans of the 4 /4, dancefloor, acidic chug, Ian Blevins and Bonar Bradberry, throw a complete curveball on their latest release, “Push Push Malcolm”. The EP includes a mix titled “The Lodge Rd Orchestra Interpretation” which couldn’t be further from house. Beatless, save pizzicato string patterns, instead what you get…

For the first time ever, I used one of the weird screwdrivers that knock around in your toolbox.

A good day, and a quiet day. Much of it was spent doing some crochet. I got a walk in outside, with lovely weather to enjoy, as well. My daughters got the one garden bed cleaned up and weeded. As usual, the north end of the bed was filled with elm roots. They got two … Continue reading Another good day