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Clear, cold, and loud with highway noise due to an inversion layer. Dead-center in my view from the porch, I spot a mile-a-minute vine in the lilac that I somehow missed and walk down to rip it out, blue berries spilling into the weeds.

This release is mostly for people who run their own copy of discogs-mcp. The one-click deploy works on the Workers Free plan again, and a large collection now finishes syncing there. Login links and status messages also make more sense on a self-hosted server. Breaking changes If you self-host, an MCP client that signed in by naming your /mcp URL as its OAuth resource will have to sign in once more after you upgrade. Clients that used your bare domain, which is what the server advertised, stay…

Today I wanted to try and find an extension for iOS that would automatically block the google AI results on searches. I know you can type in -ai and have them not show, but wanted to make it simple and also sometimes I go from spotlight search to safari and don't add it there. So can I add a iOS extension that will eliminate google search AI and maybe other sources of AI answers like Amazon and others. When I searched for "any good apps for removing AI from safari on iOS -ai" I was greeted with…

Here at LSOZI, we take a break every Wednesday to explore the old steam/diesel navies from 1833 to 1954, profiling a different ship each week. These ships have a life, a tale all their own, which sometimes takes them to the strangest places.- Christopher Eger If you enjoy my always ad-free Warship Wednesday content, you can support it by buying me a cup of joe at https://buymeacoffee.com/lsozi As Henk says: “Warship Coffee – no sugar, just a pinch of salt!” Warship Wednesday 7 October 2026: The…

Aidan Bunker Under Review:The Eagle in the Mountain. Caskey Russell. Solaris, November 2026. For the first 50 pages of Caskey Russell’s The Eagle in the Mountain (sequel to The Door on the Sea), I found myself holding my breath. In part, this was due to the book dropping directly into a ferocious battle, but also, I, like many readers, carry the wounds of disappointing sequels. However, I quickly found that where the first book opened the door to the Aaní world, this follow-up soars. Russell…

Vintage Folk Art Sculpture Carnival Ball Toss c. 1940 - 1950 in original paint Collection Jim Linderman Dull Tool Dim Bulb Thanks to BoxLot on Facebook.

A propos of nothing in particular, a memory came back to me this morning. I was a first year — more precisely, first month — oncology fellow at the National Cancer Institute, and had the dubious honor of having bone marrow transplants as my first rotation. This was back when NCI did not require proof of legal residency to enter the campus, so we had quite a few referrals from all around the country for people who otherwise would never have been able to afford one. These were clinical trials of…

I was chatting with an artist, a painter, at her studio and gallery, discussing her process. I always ask artists about their process because I'm forever trying to steal their ideas and figure out how to convert them into preschool art explorations.When I told her I'm a preschool teacher, I added, "All our art is process art. It's really just science." And she replied, 'That's how every artist approaches their work. We're all scientists."Whether an educator, parent, or just, you know, a human…

We raised over $23,000 for my Relay for St. Jude 2026 Fundraiser, which is completely amazing. This is a huge thanks to you, the Pen Addict community, and also all of the makers and manufacturers that donated so many fantastic goods to help raise funds. A big shout-out to:Carolina Pen CompanyEsterbrookFountain TellingHelloTello StudiosMaverick PensMike’s Pen FunPapa J StudioRachel CrawfordRetro 51River City Pen Co.Skogsy PensAll of the giveaway winners have been selected and contacted, and…

[dramatic announcer voice]From the wreckers who brought you... Monkey Ball! Handsy McStrangles-A-Lot: Bee-Elzebub: Ham Head! And this candle: Comes the most terrifying children's birthday cake of 2014.She's not here to be sweet.She's not here to be your friend.She's here...["But mooo-ooooom! I want a PRINCESS CAKE!!"] ...for just desserts. Thanks to Deirdre M., Anony M., Charesse, Tiffany Z., Emma P. (who found the candle in a vintage cake decorating manual), & Angela F. for the perfect…

2026-10-07Hello!This might be wonky speak, but I'm challenging myself to find something interesting without giving away the photo spot. If I have to depend on a local landmark to make the photo interesting, I'm not exercising creative muscles and making original work. Find something mundane and ordinary, make it photo-worthy.I found this lump of metal on a rack for some event project, as material to construct a stage or a banner or something.They were stacked so cleanly I had to capture a photo…

New feature on Hawkworld! I've been sharing important moments in Hawkman and Hawkgirl's history, but I finally finished (for now) the full list of important dates, comics, events, and birthdays in Hawkman and Hawkgirl's history. It's always a work in progress, and I'll continue to add to it when I come across or remember important dates. If there are any dates you think I should include, let me know in the comments below! Just click the montage above or in the right column, and it will take you…

Yesterday was a productive day of peripheral card testing. Some frustrations, but that has always been the case when you're playing with >40-year-old hardware and modern devices. The first challenge was to get video out of the IIe. I have three cards that will output HDMI. The most inexpensive is an A2DVI card. The problem with that card is that the HDMI connection faces the backplane of the Apple II, and there is no way to get a thick HDMI cable to bend 90 degrees to make the connection. When…

Today I'm finding I'm working Markdown even more, and the delta is mostly in read-mode, rather than write-mode. Reading agent and skill files, intent summaries, product requirement descriptions and more, especially in the context of Joule Studio. I use the terminal file manager lf which is very configurable. The configuration mechanisms include a previewer file which is a shell script that calls different tools to preview different file types. Until just now, mine looked like this: #!/bin/sh…

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Mona Simion, professor of philosophy at the University of Oxford, has been elected to the Governing Board of the International Science Council (ISC). The International Science Council (ISC) is a non-governmental organization whose members are major disciplinary academic organizations (such as the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics and the International Union of Geological Sciences) and major national academic organizations (such as National Academy of Sciences and the British…

[T]hey've never faced the fact that while they've rejected so many other doctrines of their childhood preachers, altruism is the one they've never been willing to let go. -- Ben Bayer***While I cannot, off the top of my head, recall exactly where I first learned the above insight, I do recall seeing words to that effect by Ben Bayer and admiring what a great connection he had made. Bayer elaborates on that connection at length in the upcoming Breaking Free from Faith-Based Morality, which will…

Reposting this blog post from 2018. I did manage to save and regrow these amazing pink peas and have kept them going ever since. They’ve not been brilliant this year, what with the dry summer and such but I have saved a few seeds and hope they’ll do better next year. Despite today’s rain, I went along to the allotment this afternoon to see what was up. The apples have now all been harvested though there are several bags sitting waiting to be consumed. The courgettes are still coming slowly,…

Act 2: Scene 2December, 1989. Exit the stage and look at the pleasant aftermath of a holiday that was well spent. Think about this . . .Regard the thoughts and the feelings that come with having a full belly and a happy heart after Thanksgiving dinner.The air was growing colder in the town of Hancock, New York.The season was underway and the mountains held the frost each morning as if to lace the trees along the mountainsides.I can say that I had never seen a winter wonderland until I was far…

I've had lots of hobbies over the years. To name a few off the top of my head, there's been fish keeping, guitar, harmonica, fountain pens, watches, motorbikes, this blog, web development, 3D printing, tattoos, digital minimalism, table tennis, and many more. Some of my hobbies have stuck, but I've never gotten so enthralled into a hobby that I become obsessed. Instead, there's generally 4 steps in the process: I decide I want to take up a hobby. I read, watch videos, and obsessively learn…

We had a good run above 20°C till the middle of October. From Monday things start settling into winter again and the cycle continues.

In a recent comment, Y wrote: Recently announced: Gallicagram, an ngram site for French sources and much more. It’s far more advanced and slicker than Google ngrams. Although it doesn’t have access to Google Books, it does have access to MajinBooks, a word statistics database built upon shadow libraries. It’s non-commercial. Maybe it deserves a posting? Voilà!

Caparica, Portugal – shot on the Canon EOS M6 and EF-M 32mm f/1.4.

Updated October 2026 Barefoot Contessa Family Style is Ina’s third book, released in 2002 right around the same time her Food Network show premiered – talk about a good year! Narrowing down my favorite recipes from this one was no small task. This is the book with one of Ina’s most famous recipes, Flag Cake, plus comfort food classics like Mac & Cheese, Lasagna with Turkey Sausage, and Chicken Stew with Biscuits, and very Ina desserts like Chocolate Mousse and Raspberry Cheesecake. What I love…

Here is a collection of non-motorized Lego engine showcase models with moving crankshaft and pistons. These models are my own original designs based on historical engines. Each one features a hand-turned knob to rotate the crankshaft and move the pistons. Parts lists and instructions are included below. V8: 8-cylinder V-engine The V8 is a good model to begin with. It is simple to build and operates smoothly. In the real world, this layout has powered everything from cars and motorcycles to…

For Dad’s Father’s Day gift this year—very belated—the Glanzer men met in Kansas City for a raucous weekend of NASCAR, baseball, BBQ and barhopping. Mom came up with the idea, hoping to help Dad check seeing a NASCAR race off his bucket-list. Alex and I put our heads together and debated several options, but ultimately […]

It’s 7th October, it’s persisting down…last night’s mothing session wasn’t too bad, but things are gradually tailing off, even the Lunar Underwings seem to have had their day this year with just one specimen last night after a peak of more than a dozen a few nights ago. There will undoubtedly be a few more specimens braving the cooler nights and perhaps one or two more New For Garden (NFG) moths. However, the main thing to report from 2026 is a massive bounce back in specimen numbers and…