If you’ve been reading this site for a while, you know I’m pretty committed to using a certain size of notebook… so much so that a notebook can be almost perfect, but if it’s a few millimeters away from my preferred size and proportions, it’s going to be a reject. But it wasn’t always this … Continue reading Larger Notebooks from My Collection →

I have to say something about the elections here in the US last night before I dive into October's books. WE DID IT. I'm feeling more hopeful than I have in a long time, and I just want to give everyone a hug. I can't wait to see what happens now. I'm disappointed in my own state of Tennessee, though. While watching other southern states like Texas and Georgia flip to blue, my state remained red. I'm taking comfort in the fact that it was a very close race for a state that has traditionally…

A team of researchers led by Purdue University associate professor of philosophy J.P. Messina has been awarded a nearly $2.91 million in funding for its project, “The Neglected Safeguards of Liberalism.” J.P. Messina, Brian Kogelmann, Jesse Crosson, and Logan Strother The team includes co-principal investigators Jesse Crosson (associate professor of political science), Brian Kogelmann (associate professor of philosophy and political science), and Logan Strother (associate professor of political…

I've been ranting about this for years. The "easy" or the most "optimized" option isn't often the best for humanity. The post Hello? Where is Everybody? appeared first on @Kevuhnn / 📸 / 📚 / 🇨🇦.

Hey there! Before you read this, here’s a SPOILER ALERT! In this review, I will discuss a pretty significant plot point not overtly shown in trailers, but is revealed within the first minute of runtime. If you wish to be surprised, close this tab and come back later. Back in 2023, Godzilla Minus One hit theaters and was nothing short of a miracle. Acting as the 70th Anniversary Celebration of the big angry lizard, the movie eschewed the monster battling tropes which one typically associates…

Everyone knows that they are the only two Presidents elected to non-consecutive terms. Few know that Venezuela was a significant issue for both in their second terms. But after yesterday's results, Trump and Cleveland may end up sharing something else: realigning the electorate against their party.Cleveland's second term was a political disaster. In the 1894 midterm elections, Democrats lost over 100 seats in the House of Representatives and lost control of the Senate. Two years later, the GOP…

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Authors Note: This piece was originally published on my Medium account @jdyerwrites. I have since grown tired of that platform and am moving my writing solely back to Bear. At a recent speaking event, I participated on a panel with fellow library directors discussing skills for new leaders. During the question-and-answer portion, an attendee asked, “How do you know when you’re ready to be in a leadership role?” I immediately grabbed the microphone and said, “You don’t.” Years into this…

On a rainy day in London, I headed down to Southwark and devised a rather neat loop from a relatively new Wetherspoon's to take in a few Good Beer Guide entries and some great-looking pubs.My first stop of the day was Wetherspoon's where I was early enough for a plate of breakfast and a pre-noon pint.The Sun Wharf is one of the latest additions to Tim's portfolio, opening last autumn. It's somewhere I've been keen to pay a visit to.The Sun Wharf (50 Tooley Street, London Bridge, London, SE1…

A pilgrim from the Hungary/Austria region in Europe became an archbishop in Portugal and wrote prolifically, including a piece that was borrowed and re-written more than once for centuries afterward.Born c.518, Martin of Dumio made a pilgrimage to the Holy Land where he became a monk. From there he joined a ship that traveled to Galicia in northern Portugal.Galicia at the time was populated by a Germanic tribe called the Suevi, who were Christians but followed Arianism (considered heretical),…

I want to write about several games I’ve been trying out for the last month, and once again I get stuck. Writing is just not the right medium for games. First, there’s too much to say about each game, and I feel like I have to rave about each one until my fingers fall off. Second, they are visual — they need to be seen. The answer is the same as it’s always been: videos. But videos take time. Writing a long post takes a couple of hours, which can spread over a day or two. Making a video takes…

I don't know if it's the ADHD. It probably is, but I have this urge to constantly rearrange everything. By everything I mean: my home office, the bag I carry with me wherever I go, and lately, this website. The Home Office With the home office, I've never stopped since I got one in 2018. It's been a constant stream of modifications. My old one ended up full of patched holes in the walls from shelves I put up, moved and eventually removed. A floating desk for guests (I rarely had guests). During…

[1981]Old punks don't die they just go sorta loose scuzzy sunburnt indie r&b power-pop or something.This recording could have only come from Australia. The Australia I grew up in. Where did it go? Chrunchas, Tarax, Healeys, Virgona's chocolate rockets, the VFL, underarms, European immigrants, Abbotts Lager... Quite possibly my favourite Saints tune. All sorts of hooks everywhere. Timeless.Shoulda been number one here for three weeks at least.Number one in our hearts baby!

Meu tipo de leitura há algum tempo é predominante sobre tecnologia – não apenas porque eu trabalho no Núcleo, mas porque é algo que me interessa profundamente. Infelizmente, no Brasil está bem complexo adquirir algumas versões oficiais de livros que falam de tecnofacismo fora dos ambientes da Amazon. É tudo importado ou via Kindle. Kindle à primeira vista parece ser uma forma mais econômica e conveniente de adquirir um livro. Mas, ao fazer a compra via Kindle, esse título não lhe pertence, você…

I didn’t sleep well Monday night. Actually I haven’t slept well the previous few nights. I was very anxious heading into the mid-term elections here in the U.S. That anxiety actually led to me getting sick to my stomach Monday morning. Certainly, if you have a pulse you know why I was anxious. Last night, following an unmistakable electoral rebuke of all things MAGA, I didn’t sleep well either. Not from anxiety, but from trying to come down from the series of highs and rushes throughout the…

I am a big fan of Kanban boards, and I am a big fan of the tool Workflowy. So I was delighted to see that Workflowy now supports Kanban boards. I first came across the use of Kanban boards while doing software development. They are an effective way to plan and track work that needs … Continue reading On the benefits of Kanban boards (and how Workflowy supports them)

Marking the 25th anniversary of Drukqs, journalist and proprietor of the online music magazine The Quietus, John Doran has written and excellent long-form retrospective of the aforementioned album titled Prepared for the Future: the Slow Reveal of Aphex Twin’s Drukqs. John makes a persuasive argument in how Drukqs can be viewed as Richard’s attempt to regain his status as a below the radar musical innovator after partially crossing over to mainstream musical culture with the likes of Come to…

Ich war zu Gast bei Breitband im Deutschlandfunk Kultur. Es ging – unter anderem – um die PHP Sicherheitslücke und was das für uns langfristig bedeutet. Die Folge kann auf der Breitband Website angehört werden.

As previously reported by Mickey Chandler and Matthew Vernhout, PH Canada Company (the corporate entity for Pizza Hut in Canada) recently entered into a $500,000 (CAD) enforcement undertaking with the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) over alleged violations of Canada’s Anti-Spam Legislation (CASL).According to the official CRTC undertaking announcement, an investigation into commercial electronic messages sent between January 1, 2025, and February 12, 2026,…

Occasionally people will get excited about a minimalism fad, where you figure out which of your possessions you need and keep only those. As someone who generally doesn't like getting rid of things, I've been thinking some about why, and the main thing I keep coming back to is that random objects can be helpful in unpredictable ways. Here are some things that I kept without a specific use in mind, but that ended up being useful. You could say they saved time or money, but often the biggest gain…

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9732/21651Right and left wing politicians in UK and US should get together and agree which colour is left wing and which colour is right wing. This is like salt and vinegar crisps all over again.(And yes, Green Party members, I know you see yourselves as the left wing party now, but then the joke doesn't work, but thanks for your interest. And yes clever political commentators I know the Tories and Labour and Democrats and Republicans are all the same thing as each other, but I refer you to the…

It’s nice to wake up and recognize the state and country one lives in again. – “N.H. Democrats take state House, Senate and Executive Council “ (Concord Monitor). The nightmare isn’t over, but the grift has been exposed.

Last week, I had the pleasure of attending the CHAT | Hope conference in Innsbruck, Austria. CHAT is the Contemporary and Historical Archaeology and Theory group and we hold an annual conference, usually in Europe. This year’s conference was hosted by the the University of Innsbruck and papers focused on the theme of hope. The conference got me thinking about the three kinds of hope that intersect with archaeology. First, there is the archaeology of past hopes. That is the archaeology of…

There’s a trail on the South Rim of the Grand Canyon called Shoshone Point. Most of the South Rim works the same way: you drive, or take one of the free shuttles, pull up to a viewpoint, and step right out into a view of the canyon. It’s spectacular, but you’re never alone. Wherever the view is easy to reach, so is everyone else. Shoshone Point is different. You park, then walk about a mile along a quiet dirt trail. That small bit of resistance changes everything. At the end, the trail opens…

A small buck stalks past, his six-point rack held high, minutes before the sun tops the ridge. I can see some cold-weather gnats at the woods’ edge pogoing in the sunbeam. A bluebird up by the barn calls and calls.

And now, the real work begins…

A little more thought, please I’ve spent most of my career working in technology, and I spend a lot of my working life online. Generally speaking, I think the Internet is a wonderful thing (social media excepted). But there are some things that really get on my nerves, ranging from minor irritations to things that make me question how we communicate and how little consideration we sometimes give to the people on the receiving end. So, in no particular order, here are a few things that have been…

These days I’m wondering what would be the most effective way to communicate in an organization where almost everyone is its own manager. Julia Evans covers this in depth in Help! I Have a Manager!, also how to work successfully in a team, although there’s something bittersweet nowadays about being part of a faster and robust team. Bold ideas can take place, although for the sake of performative visibility, might be the only ones at all. How to work successfully in your role is part of oneself,…