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Because water won’t wash away pencil, and chronological order makes more sense Productivity inspiration Michael Stevens has stopped writing his analog notes with a fountain pen, in favour of pencil. Because pencil on paper won’t bleed away into oblivion should the pages get soaked, as his did. Even if the pencil gets smudged, you usually have an impression on the paper that can still be read. Unless you’re going to use a waterproof ink, you might want to consider Michael’s new approach for…

It’s OK to re-read books. If you only want to show off a book count, re-reading sounds like a waste of time. But I usually find myself coming to a good book more than once: The first time because the subject was interesting. And the next time because I really needed the book. This year, I’ve re-read The Power of Now, Choose Yourself Guide to Wealth, Brain Wash, and Sleep. If someone recommends you a book you’ve already read, go read it again. That’s maybe when you really need it. If you want to…

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Replica of “first thing ever printed in Worcester.” Replica of “first thing ever printed in Worcester.” Recently author Caroline Linden & I paid a visit to the American Antiquarian Society. I’m one lucky Nerdy History Girl: It’s only a short drive from my house. The place is like the Tardis: bigger on the inside, although it’s pretty big on the outside, too—which it needs to be, since it’s the home of “the world’s largest and most accessible collection of books, pamphlets, broadsides,…

18 Flightless | INDEX | 20 Lounge 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.

So many things have changed since the last time I posted 17 days ago. Grandma has been in the same UTI Factory since getting released from the hospital. She is set to be released on Tuesday and will finally be able to come home. I took a bit of a break from constantly updating here because it seemed like, every other day, the complete trajectory of my life was changing so rapidly. In a way, it was almost starting to feel like I was writing fiction. And yet, there are so many things from the…

Embedded in the mocking think pieces, snarky online comments, and even the Vatican’s own statements, is the idea that “consciousness” is the dividing line. That this is a debate about where to draw that line. Drawing a line perpetuates the way of thinking that excuses cruelty. A line where, on one side, we are to treat our neighbors as ourselves. And a line where, on the other, horror and cruelty is justified and acceptable. And our species is demonstrably bad at making that line land wherever…

In a recent conversation about genre, my friend challenged me to come up with specific examples instead of speaking in vibes. OK fair point 😉 I decided I’d try the same thing looking at how modern SF connects back to older SF books and films, especially after I couldn’t come up with examples of matriarchal societies in SF recently. I’m of course limited here by what I’ve read / watched. Murderbot (2017) pairs the snarkiness of Alan Rickman’s robot in the Hitchhiker’s Guide movie (2005) and the…

Andrew Rossi at Cowboy State Daily has some exiting news for anyone interested in dinosaurs: "Rex Junior" is a partial but perfectly preserved Tyrannosaurus skeleton found on the Zerbst Ranch in eastern Wyoming. A paleontologist said that the "extraordinary specimen" could rewrite 100 years of knowledge about how the T. rex looked. [...] Many details on Rex Junior are still secret, pending publication, but Sereno said this specimen from the newly discovered "mummy zone" will redefine what we…

A small historical library of my life.Assumed audience: Other little-‘o’ orthodox Christians or folks curious about my faith. (This post is not apologetic or explanatory in nature!) An acquaintance recently asked: What books or resources have been important for your theological formation? The following is a lightly annotated list of what I remember, in the order I remember reading these books. This is not a recommendation list, for two reasons: It should go without saying, but in my experience…

Oh man, I didn’t know what this movie was about when my wife put it on. These stories were hard to watch and that makes me sad in that it echoes so much of the what happened and what continues to persist.

News from Bus Stop M (part 1) I've noticed something odd at Bus Stop M over the last week or two. Buses on route 205 have started stopping here. I don't know precisely when or why, but this is excellent news for a very small number of people who live here or who change buses in Bow. Route 205 was introduced in 2002 in preparation for the launch of the Congestion Charge zone. Originally it ran between Paddington and Whitechapel, then in 2007 was extended to Mile End and in 2009 to Bow Church.…

on the price I'm willing to pay Diary:Hi, I have been thinking about the time I spent looking and admiring certain influencers on social media. I would say I tend to admire their material possessions. On how big their houses were, how fast their cars, how expensive their handbags and how cool their niche styles. I won't say I'm better than anyone for feeling the slight regret of admiring something like this. It's normal as a social creature, to have that kind of motivation and strive to be…

Vegetarian lentil stew, while I’m at it.

I got a A5 clipboard from Penco two years ago. It was one of the “I don’t have money for a Plotter” but kind of similar things I tried out. So I pulled it out from my stationery cabinet and have been using it as a writing surface for my Plotter when I’m writing on it on the couch and a few times in the car. I like it a lot.

Funny thing. I don’t think I have used a regular notebook as my daily driver in a really long time. As I was checking my e-mail archive the last time I ordered a Leuchtturm1917 was the summer of 2023 and the last time I ordered a DotPad was in the summer of 2024. I have used both after that, but mostly left overs after when I just started using Travelers Notebooks for everything again, until I got the Plotter.

"Street Fighter," has had previous film interpretations of the gaming franchise, but ever since the first trailer for this latest version, I've been excited to check it out. Some games get made into dour and serious flicks or shows; that is fine, but sometimes you want to see a movie that simply appears to be fun. I was it Friday morning after dropping the kiddos off. Within the first 20 minutes of, "Street Fighter," I was having a ball, knowing that this was going to be an acquired taste of a…

Started out the day making a beat over at Xtreme while enjoying a delicious Everything bagel with Cream Cheese, then hit up drum circle. D circle! Next up was the Foundry Fest, which was the 20th year of the studio's existence. Foundry was opened by a brother and sister, who initially bought three studios then expanded out to Gilbert, Scottsdale and Flagstaff. They sold two franchises as well. Anyways, Becky met us there, and we had a great time, and I got an abdomen massage that is supposed to…

“I don’t use Artificial Intelligence.” A carpenter who refuses a hammer doesn’t make the house any better. He has only made his work slower and harder. Judge the work, not the tool. – Shane Parrish

The first recording today starts with the end of League of Super Evil. There’s a trail for CBBC Autumn programmes. There’s a short episode of Newsround. There’s a trail for Big Fab Fridays. Then it’s Barney’s Barrier Reef – Night Shift. Here’s two friendly Surgeonfish. Coral Spawning. A Crab eating. Some Turtles. A fish which changes colour at night so it’s harder to see. A Parrotfish finds somewhere to sleep. The flamboyant Lionfish. A Soldierfish with big eyes for better night vision. The…

Against/For Translation. For all the ink splattered here to make the words appear, I am flummoxed and frustrated that there is never any excuse for translation. I am against it, for the obvious reasons of lack and limit, the failure to access idiom, to respect meanings and metaphors sipped with mother’s milk into a mother-tongue. There really is no sanity in trying, an impossible madness to try to bridge that gap with grammar or study or learning – you just won’t catch the drift or cadence of…

This is a really cool compilation. A smart cross section of Mad Professor’s back catalogue, that serves as both a brilliant sampler to the uninitiated and a treasure trove to the obsessive (1). The 3 compliers, Paul Byrne, Piers Harrison and Toby Tobias, have acquitted themselves admirably when confronted with the daunting task of cherry picking from Ariwa Studios’ vast archive. Their selections sorta fall, 50:50, into 2 camps. Tracks like the opening “Ariwa The Dub Sampler” are drum machine…

It’s been on my “todo” list now for at least a couple of months, but today I finally pulled out the old 3.25" floppy drive and dongle chain to recover these photos. Taken variously across Alaska and Canada earlier this summer, on a 1.2 MP Sony Mavica FD100.

Link: The News + AI Field Report, by Djordje Padejski for the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass CommunicationThe News + AI Field Report for 2022-2025, produced by Djordje Padejski in conjunction with ASU’s Knight Center for the Future of News, is a landmark analysis of how newsrooms are experimenting with AI. The interactive app is also a really useful way to explore the 160 projects covered by this research.I’ve been mulling over one of the findings described in the…

The little cinder maid is updated for the bustling modern world of 1910. All the trappings of the fantasy get a 20th century makeover, with future serial queen Mary Fuller in the lead. Home Media Availability: Stream courtesy of the National Film Institute. A Fairy Godmother with a Charge Account If I had to guess […]

Here's the next two aeroplanes in my 1:144 WW1 flotilla, the British RAF RE8 (left) and the French Nieuport 17 (right), here in RFC livery.I think I may be coming to the end of my burst of enthusiasm for little WW1 aeroplanes. Still, you never know.