george tannenbaum
I was a kid at a time before there were a lot of "organized sports" for kids.Sure there was Little League in the Spring, and Pop Warner football in the Fall. If you were so inclined, there were probably swim teams at the Y and even hockey leagues here and there.But for the most part, sports just...
trE
chronic pain…not a thing one thinkswould become a partof living. the grinding of teeth, gnashing the heartand increasing palpitations–blotting vision.unbearable painthat comesout of nowhere,we suffer, then wemove on.stretches, the bodyneeds them the olderwe get, the morewe need flexibility. joints...
Ralph Boumenot
The sky looked weird here in my part of the universe. They are a sickly grayish color with a yellow tint. I thought there were some thunder boomers coming or maybe even something stupid like a tornado. Turns out there are wild fires in Canada and the smoke is drifting south. I had seen it a few...
TomCat
Some months ago, I reviewed a short story from Edward D. Hoch's Captain Leopold series, "The Rainy-Day Bandit" (1970), which Alessandro favorably compared in the comments to the subject of today's review, "The Jersey Devil" – originally published in the October, 1971, issue of Alfred Hitchcock's...
Alan
Wednesday morning news said that Toronto had the worst air quality on the planet. Around here at the other end of the big lake, Tuesday at 11:30 pm was a bit nuts, too. Getting out of the car after picking up the kid from work, it was like I was leaning right over the BBQ as I was smoking ribs....
alankent
There’s a moment I’ve hit a hundred times without thinking: a form with a little box labeled “Occupation.” Or the small-talk version at a barbecue — “So, what do you do?” For most of my career the answer came out automatically: I’m a programmer. But I haven’t written any serious code myself in...
Alain Connes
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agentpalmer
Are you looking for a thrilling book? One that has action, style, philosophy, and perhaps gods? Keanu Reeves, yes, that Keanu, and China Miéville have written The Book of Elsewhere: A Novel. It may be just what you need to escape the day-to-day.
Matthew Haughey
For the last few years, I’ve tested out the latest Mac and iOS developer beta versions, and I've had mixed experiences. Sometimes it's been rocky and I regretted doing it, other times, it wasn't bad and I enjoyed new features I've wanted to use months before they arrived for everyone.The public...
john garrett
Warren Buffett once said, half-joking, that the secret of life is weak competition. It's a strange thing for the world's most famous investor to admit — we're taught that competition is healthy, that rivalry sharpens products and disciplines prices. Buffett has spent sixty years looking for...
dignitybydesign
Aaron Winborn
Not every creative partnership that looks good on paper survives contact with an actual deadline. Before you sign on to work with someone, there are specific warning signs worth catching early — and a smarter way to structure things so you're not left holding the bag when things go sideways.
Aaron Pham
study route The goal is fast recognition followed by correct code under pressure. Every block uses the same loop: Name the pattern and invariant before typing. Write two small examples and one hostile edge case. Implement without an editorial. Test empty, singleton, duplicate, boundary, and...
Jack Shear
Ornamental Women, my debut Gothic Fantasy novel, has been out for just about two months now, so I'd like to offer a little something to everyone who bought a print copy: a silly bookmark drawn by yours truly. (If you bought an ebook copy, I still love you, but you won't need a physical bookmark...
Robert Denerstein
Collaborating on a screenplay with Marjorie David, Israeli director Eran Riklis tells a story of academic oppression in Iran, basing his movie on a best-selling memoir by Azar Nafisi. In 1979, Nafisi (Golshifteh Farahani) and her husband (Arash Marandi) returned to Iran. Ayatollah Khomeini had...
robinadventures
Hiya! Let me tell you something this early on: I have not boarded or ever have boarded the Christopher Nolan hype train. I will say I like his movies a lot and he deserves a lot of praise for his works. Even so, I’m not the type of person who will get excited because Christopher Nolan has...
Thomas Ha
not saying anything new, but if these folks actually believed in genAI writing, they’d disclose it, tout it, and build their own audiences elsewhere and leave others be. hiding and sneaking it to markets who want no part of it doesn’t prove you’re good at writing. just proves you’re good at fraud....
Heather Rose Jones
Saturday, July 18, 2026 - 07:00 lhmpodcast.jpg Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 347 - On the Shelf for June & July 2026 - Transcript (Originally aired 2026/07/18) Welcome to On the Shelf for—well, this is a catch-up episode covering both June and July...
Alice Hsu's Blog
This is my submission for the “BlogBlog Club - May 2026.” This month’s theme is “A Sentence That Changed How You See Life,” hosted by Eddie Lv. If you have your own blog, come join in! function toggleAlert(alertId) { const content = document.getElementById(alertId + '-content'); const chevron =...
EI3LH
Logging QSO’s on a calculator. Does it add up? UPDATED: I have now published the code on my Github repository. I have added lots of new features including the ability to print records to compatible electrostatic Casio printers. Enjoy! I recently happened upon a fantastic Web-based emulator of a...
Robert Denerstein
You've already seen The Odyssey. You've probably seen it many times. I'm not talking about filmed versions, one in 1954 and another in 1997. I'm talking about movies that -- knowingly or not -- have retold the Odyssey story, if not literally, then by mimicking its structure. You know the...
inga-h
Kann eine Gesellschaft ohne Philosophie existieren? Diese Frage entstand aus einem Gespräch mit Ted Vilella.
jnack
This new tool from Moda—reminiscent of Canva’s excellent Magic Layers tool—looks promising: Launching today: Layerize any image Drag in an image and Moda will rebuild layers that you can edit directly. Early users have been saying text reproduction is way better than Canva or Photoshop. See it...
Amine Raji, PhD
Alberta ran roughly 50 AI agents across every repository the province owns. The results are impressive. Here is the security review I would run on the review itself.
Chris Weigant
Up until now, some Democratic worries about the upcoming midterm elections have been dismissed by the "It could never happen here" crowd as unfounded nightmares. They pooh-pooh such worries as being laughably outlandish and accuse people who express these worries for overreacting about things...
SIMON REYNOLDS
People are constantly asking me for my thoughts on Mark Fisher. Only a slight exaggeration.It actually got a little wearisome and I had to start saying no. But then I seemed to get a second wind. Or maybe I just found it easier to comply than to write the note explaining why I couldn't. Here's...
Agileotter
This is a blog I wrote on ButUncleBob (the Object Mentor blog) in 2006, republished here verbatim because that blog is not always available and because it still matters.Sooner, Not FasterThere is a widely-held myth (well, near-myth) that Agile software development is about "going faster". It's...
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Aaron Winborn
In a world where AI can generate a painting in seconds and algorithms can spit out a song before you finish your coffee, something surprising is happening — people are hungry for the human touch. The makers, the builders, the people who get their hands dirty are suddenly the most interesting...
adumbrate
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Alberto De Bortoli
Revisiting the Modular iOS Architecture @ Just Eat from 2019 addressing previous limitations and refining the vocabularyOriginally published on the Just Eat Takeaway Engineering Blog.When I published Modular iOS Architecture @ Just Eat in December 2019, modularisation was still a relatively novel...
beyondborders
Traveling with friends can be one of the most revealing experiences in any relationship. Shared adventures bring both challenges and beautiful moments of connection, showing us new sides of the people we care about and often deepening the bond in unexpected ways.
Alexander R Pruss
Consider this thesis, which both Augustine and Aquinas would accept: Value supervenes on being (VSB): How valuable reality is is determined by what entities exist. However: It is good to have a true belief and bad to have a false belief. We now have an argument against presentism (only present...
Mark Rogers
This is a test of RSS Club. You should be able to read it in your RSS app, but not on the website.
The Grey Literature
Dear Marie-Gabrielle Ménard, Like many Canadians, I've spent this summer watching videos of locomotive engines engulfed in flames, while our skies have been stained orange for days by wildfire smoke. Ask anyone from Lac-Mégantic, Lytton, or Fort McMurray. Whether through transporting fossil...
Ritwik Tiwari
macOS ships with a system version of Python, but you shouldn’t use it for development — it’s outdated, tied to the OS, and modifying it can break system tools. Here’s the recommended way to install and manage Python on macOS. Option 1: Homebrew (recommended) If you don’t have Homebrew installed...
Allen Lau
It is that time of the year again: our annual Legends of Semiconductors dinner, hosted as always at our home. This year, we were treated to an omakase prepared by private chef Cho San. This year, 17 engineers gathered around the table. We all have one thing in common. We either studied...
analogwave
I've had a creaky elbow for years, like 20 or more. I finally decided to do something about it and visit the doctor, who referred me to the local hospital for an x-ray. These showed no signs of arthritis, good news :) So I was then referred on to a physio, she decided I need to do some strength...
David Eppstein
Another mathematics journal leaving its commercial publisher (\(\mathbb{M}\)), but with a twist: usually this is accomplished by a mass resignation of the editorial board. But in this case, Communications on Pure and Applied Mathematics is owned by the Courant Institute and was published by Wiley,...
Sherman Cahal
A quiet, undetected walk through a hidden Volkswagen graveyard in Mountain Top, Pennsylvania, where decades-old Beetles and Buses sit reclaimed by the forest.
Jim Fenton
Wednesday, June 24, 2026 The last full day of our cruise was spent not actually cruising, but docked at Valletta. Due to an enormous (over 6000 passenger) cruise ship, the Sea Cloud II was forced to dock some distance from the cruise passenger terminal, which meant that we had to take shuttle...
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Peacock Butterfly on Buddleia
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Camper English
I’ve finalized my schedule for Tales of the Cocktail Foundation this year, with three speaking events in 24 hours, plus another couple I’m attending in between. (Note to self: remember to eat. ) Tuesday July 21:12PM Soda Science & Whiskey Highball Workshop seminar with Bushmills, Ritz2PM...
Leon
Outer Solar System Entering the area of gas and ice giants What follows is part 3 of my ongoing observations and ideas inspired by “Project Hail Mary”. You can find part 1... The post What “Project Hail Mary” Taught Me About Working in Tech (part 3) appeared first on Leon Adato.
Timothy S. Brannan
EGG Con III starts tomorrow!I will be out with Elf Lair Games to run some games of NIGHT SHIFT.I am running two NIGHT SHIFT games.Elf Lair Games Presents: Spector Detectors!Thursday, July 16th - 1st day of gaming from 11:00 am to 12:50 pmFriday, July 17th - 2nd day of gaming from 10:00 am to 11:50...
Teacher Tom
var addthis_config = {"data_track_clickback":true}; More often than not in our culture, when someone is talking about "success" we assume they are referring to either material wealth or the result of someone having achieved some sort of victory or prize. And often they are. Most of us are...
Mark Rzepczynski
One of the key signs of a stock bubble is the issuance of new stock. Simply put, when the stock market is overvalued, smart firms will issue new stock to take advantage of these high values. The increase in supply will flood the market and generate downward pressure on stocks. We are seeing more...
Mr. Karswell
One more Chilling Alcazar Adventure into Sorcery for you this month, and it's a gorgeous tale containing verified proof that monsters walk among us! Don't believe me? Just put on these glasses and you will indeed see that --THEY LIVE! From issue #5, via Februrary 1974, and this story also holds an...
Sean Kleefeld
The cover image here is the first variant cover from The Fantastic Four and I think it might be the first variant cover from Marvel. Although it wasn't an intentional one! The story, from 1971, is fairly unremarkable relative to other issues for a good stretch both before and after it. Stan Lee...