And so their expedition started: across the quiet Sunday highway, toward the stretch of snow-covered trees that poked out on the hill above the river. “The river is frozen,” Martin stated. “We will be exploring it.” He picked up a handful of fresh wet snow, clapped it between his mittens, and hurled the snowball at Vic’s shoulder. Vic’s dad shook the snow off Vic’s jacket. “Nobody is exploring any frozen rivers,” he said. He looked left and right and, catching their hands, started crossing the…

My desktop has a 24-core Core Ultra 9 285K, 32 GB of RAM and a fast NVMe drive. Yet every time I built or tested , it felt slow. AudioRouter is a Rust workspace of 12 crates, plus a Tauri desktop app. The hardware was not the problem. The setup around it was, and a few small adjustments fixed most o…

I was watching a snarky YouTube video where a watch influencer was ranking all watch brands. He labeled Christopher Ward his favorite emerging indie brand. So here we go. It’s got Tudor-esque chonk on both the markers and the hands. The ceramic bezel is a work of art — one of those you have to feel with your hands. The face, the asphalt vibes of a Patek, is compelling. I am a known sucker for a splash of orange, and there are multiple splashes to love. V-strap? Possible mistake. Jury is out.

Just a quick session today and no pull-ups. I’m still slowly feeling better on my left lat so I didn’t want to strain it. The rest was hard enough anyway. Unknown location (probably inside)

Here is Steven Coatrella's response to my post about his book. Hello David, and thank you for this balanced, constructively critical discussion of my book and the wider context of both our political trajectories in making sense of the world today. Since I first read your review of my book here, the world changed on Tuesday night, and I have read your two comments here on this blog about the election results, which I agree with and appreciate for their insight and depth. As to my book, I will…

I’ve got to say I’m thrilled about this stuff. They were kind enough to send this pouch version as well as a cannister version of the same thing. I’d show that one, but it’s almost gone. I’ve used it one ramen recently as well as mashed potatoes, macaroni and cheese, and even put a little in a quesadilla. It’s good – let’s take a look! Mae Mai Mild Crispy Garlic & Onion – United States Detail of the packaging (click to enlarge). To prepare, sprinkle on anything you want and enjoy! An amount of…

last updated 8 minutes ago i was once on a date with someone who asked if i gambled. i said not really. i play £10 on the national lottery buying scratch cards some months, (i think at the time of the date i'd been off this habit for half a year), would like maybe once or twice a year do a normal lottery draw, or omaze (with their stupid sexy advertising!) and would enter raffles and things if i got the chance? to which they replied "OH, so you DO gamble!" so fine, i'm a gambler. obviously this…

September 2026 When I planned my trip to walk the coast of Lithuania I had allowed an extra day than I thought it might take in case of delays or needing to split any of the walk. The flight times was also a factor. As it happened I finished walking the coast in 4 days and so I now had a day free. The best area for walks and scenery near to where I was staying in Klaipeda seemed to be the Curonian Spit, where of course I’d already walked. But I’d only walked the coast side of the spit. The side…

Someone owes someone 1K, 2K, $1000, $20000, and/or $500, says Jonas Wood on four sheets of 6 1/2 x 4 1/2 in. note paper, at LA Modern LA Modern describes these objects as four works by Jonas Wood. They look to me like IOUs. Since the early 2000s, Wood has run an art world-centered poker game in Los Angeles, which began as a way for emerging artists like himself and Mark Grotjahn to make a living while making art. On its third iteration in 2023, Nate Freeman wrote about the game’s latest the…

Jake Casella Brookins It is still busy times behind the scenes at ARB! We are catching up on a lot of great articles: we often get a bit of a backlog from how many books are published in the fall, so look for a busier publishing schedule from us this November. We’ve got some new editors coming in, we’re ironing out odds and ends with our fundraiser rewards and non-profit status, and we’re gearing up for a few year-end features, as usual. In the meantime, here are a few interesting articles and…

"[W]hen the normal relationship between husband and wife, which is the strongest foundation of the worldly life, has been transcended and a man sees in his wife the divine presence, he then sees God everywhere in the universe. This is the culmination of the spiritual life." —Swami Nikhilananda in Vivekananda: A Biography

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Retainer is an umbrella term that can refer to three separate classifications of hired help. This post concerns hirelings, the most common type of retainer.A hireling is a level 0 human from one of the villages or port cities of the Stone Isles. They ply a simple trade. Hirelings will not fight monsters, but will port gear, hold torches, and aid in labors. Hirelings expect to be paid a weekly or monthly wage (usually 1gp per day). A henchman is a retainer with levels in a specific character…

Voting has been much on my mind lately. The UCP wasted an estimated $84 million dollars on the recent unwanted referendum. The only person that wanted it as is was Smith, trying to save her job. It seems to be intact for now, but with any luck she will be spat out of office at the election a year from now, back to the radio dregs where she belongs. She should be looking at how riding gerrymandering turned out for the Republicans.And then there was the great Trump repudiation earlier this week.…

Oh, look, it’s a church! I have one of those. My event tonight, however, is not in Royal Oak but in the neighboring Ferndale, at 215 W, at 6:30. Come down and say hello, if you would! Tomorrow: Hudson, Ohio, at the Hudson Library and Museum. Note that this one will be a 2pm in the afternoon, not in the evening as my events so often are. — JS

A personal look at AI-assisted coding, open-source alternatives and building a bespoke offline ebook reader.

A personal look at AI-assisted coding, open-source alternatives and building a bespoke offline ebook reader.

One of the inescapable but sometimes unnoticed aspects of awakening is the discovery of our fundamental interconnectedness. We are not only composed of the same stuff physically, and members of the one earth’s many systems of life, we are part of what might be described in English as the web of being: Pratītyasamutpāda in Sanskrit. Our individuality is largely illusory – we are no more than ripples on the ocean of what is – but our indivisibility means that each affects each other, in an…

There’s a whole cottage industry/subculture around “distraction-free writing devices” or “writing decks”—digital typewriters. The idea behind them is that if you’re writing on a gadget with no internet connectivity, no social media, no games, something that you can only type on, it’s going to sharpen your focus. On the face of it, it’s not a bad idea: the truth is, I get distracted pretty easily. When I’m stuck on something, it’s far too easy to start checking Mastodon (or, if this was a decade…

Two new webcomics have been added to the aggregator: The Joy of Tech slime pond comics A bug which was preventing ArcaMax comics from being displayed, caused by a change the ArcaMax folks made to their website, has been fixed. GoComics strips that aren’t available on a particular day now tell you that much faster, which means the web app and API calls both load faster.

I strongly believe that there should be free public toilets everywhere. And cities, governments, and other official bodies must maintain them in good condition. Because people can’t avoid or postpone the urgent need, and it’s better to provide them with a comfort of dedicated space, rather than see someone watering a tree near the road. Well, it seems Norway just went a step further and built public toilets so cool that they are worth mentioning on their tourist site as places worth visiting…

I am always on the lookout for budget friendly well built batteries for boaters. This battery hits most every mark I look for, but misses on a few points. All my findings have been forwarded to Li-Think and they have assured me they are addressing them. For now, as long as you don’t need much more than 170A continuous this is a well executed battery PLEASE HELP! This site is 100% reader supported. My wife is urging me to shut it down as it just keeps costing us money. My stroke-recovery, PT &…

Things I did Migrated a large part of our infrastructure with no client downtime. Weeks of work in the making. Played some good games of Chess. Fixed quite a few bugs in some minor processes that will be nice improvements. Things I read Too busy focused on the migration. Had to renew the library book. Things still to do Complete the implementation of the minor bugfixes. Get ready for a pinewood derby contest the weekend. Reply via email

TV is way too complicated these days with really nothing to watch. So some might remember when broadcasting came to the city you used an antenna for sending and receiving the signal to those who were close by to receive it. Soon more people wanted to receive the content the cable technology was formed. Cable was supposed to be the new way to get media and advertising free since the end user paid to have the service come to their home. What an idea right!? Well soon the cable companies were…

Reliability is important, but complex systems also fail in complex (and unpredictable) ways. All systems run in degraded modes, and this means failures can be difficult to predict. Therefore, adaptability is key for dealing with unexpected events. Adaptability supports resilience. Both reliability and resilience are needed for ever increasing speed and scale. Failure Is Inevitable, Let’s Not Pretend Otherwise, by Laura Maguire. The author of the paper focuses on distributed software systems,…

Jaki is a favorite. Jaki is a favorite. View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize Here’s a new arrival which falls into the ”been searching for it forever” category. Recorded in 1961 and released that year. A trio session with the wonderful cast of Jaki, Ron Carter and Roy Haynes. A progressive trio display with musical chameleon Byard showing his sublime ability to incorporate…

So I am loving the big poly energy with these three. Goals. Definitely goals. (Credits in alt.) #ff7 #ff7Rebirth #poly #polyAm #polyamory #enm #ethicalNonMonogamy

Another entry for the bestiary! This one I was inspired to write when I was on a train through the english countryside and saw balls of mistletoe parasytising a whole grove of trees.I've been quite enjoying the freedom of using mothership statblocks, most entries from now on will probably be using them. Thanks to Luke Gearing for suggesting the name to this entry when I was struggling to come up with one. X-Mas "Tree"The X-Mas Tree is a psychomemetic parasite first found on the shadow side of…

Working from home can be good for productivity, but working with people can be good for creativity.79 words · 1 image

Paul Ford about how web browsers are more than enough for application development: The web browser is very, very, very powerful software for applications, and the cost of accessing that power is going down seemingly every day.