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Some Cornell Woolrich Book News (Silent as the Grave is out) and Some Thoughts on a Few Woolrich Stories
The Passing Tramp
Silent as the Grave, publisher Centipede's latest edition of Cornell Woolrich short fiction, is available now. I wrote a substantial introduction for this volume and was able to get a few particular favorite stories in here, including "Dime a Dance" and "Two Fellows in a Furnished Room." Another...
Episode One - The Threefold Death
douglaswright
Retro-Prime: October 14, 2008
Prime Number
While working on numerous hard drives, I found an iPhone screenshot of 37Prime.com from October 14, 2008. Well, the screenshot was actually taken on October 18, 2008. The page featured the new Unibody Aluminum MacBook Pro.
Biografías interrumpidas
jesusrrodriguez
Hay momentos en que una vida deja de sentirse como una trayectoria y empieza a parecer una sucesión de fragmentos. ¿Qué ocurre cuando la continuidad de uno mismo comienza a debilitarse?
Futures
Andi
I recently attended Henrik Bengtsson’s excellent UseR! 2026 workshop on the {futureverse}. Here are a few examples to show what it does.
David Clayton-Thomas’ Trail of Blood, Sweat & Tears
Andrew Goutman
The Record - Liberal politics, Nostalgia & Rock 'n' Roll Canadian David Clayton-Thomas wrote “Spinning Wheel” while living in a car he found unlocked. The late singer’s difficult adolescence culminated... The post David Clayton-Thomas’ Trail of Blood, Sweat & Tears appeared first on The...
09/07/26 - Summer trotting Part II (dace, dace, dace!)
Toodle
Didn't get out again in June due to some unforeseen demands at work and by the time those were out the way it had got too hot and oppressive to think about staying outdoors for too long. Did have a pleasant long weekend in the Netherlands visiting the wife's cousin in The Hague, although again a...
The surprising variety of national flag dimensions
Mark Rogers
Updated July 21, 2026, to include Vatican City, Togo and Niger. A pet peeve of mine is seeing flags with the wrong dimensions. Maybe I should learn to move on, but I can’t help it. Designers with a love for visual consistency are quite happy to show you every country’s flag with the same length...
why do we do anything at all?
fav
dear stranger, as much as we hate to admit it, our perception of reality is nothing more than the signals our brains receive. light. sound. touch. memory. interpretation. everything we know is filtered through us. in a sense, the world we experience exists only in our heads. whatever reality is in...
SIDS and Vaccines – A Review of Anti-Vaccine Theories
Vincent Iannelli, MD
Not surprisingly, the idea that vaccines could be associated with SIDS is one of the earliest theories put out by anti-vaccine influencers. “Often the fatality described to me has befallen the infant of a poor mother, who… tried to shield her offspring from the vaccinator’s lancet… only...
She's So Sure
Audrey Watters
Three Months Later: The Algorithm Won. My Wife Nearly Didn’t.
rhomexblak
Trigger Warning & Note Before You Read This post discusses eating disorders, mental health, adverse medication reactions, and hospitalization. If you’re struggling, please reach out to a healthcare professional. You deserve support. Three months ago, I published “When Algorithms Forget You’re...
Anxiety of missing out?
absurdthoughts
I have to get up early tomorrow morning, so i know i need to go to bed early today. However at the same time that knot of anxiety in my stomach is getting worse making me think of all the things i have wanted to do for months now(all hobby and free time related). I am anxious about not having the...
American Civil-Military Relations Basics: Partisan and Political
Steve Saideman
A couple of weeks ago, I got into a running skeet spat because I argued we ought not valorize a military member for protesting the Trump administration while in uniform. I argued that the US military has long stayed out of politics, and I meant partisan politics, even though it and any govt...
Mountains of Asturias, II
Adrian Vila
Asturias, June 2026. From the video You don't need much to go on a mini photography adventure.
Raku++ — the fastest Raku compiler
Andrew Shitov
I have been following the development of the Raku programming language since the very beginning. It was Perl 6 for many years, and I had a dream to start using it in real projects. Honestly, I could, to some extent. The timeline for the last 20+ years was not linear at all, and had its own...
135 - a million and one
antechei
you make a million decisions in the course of your life, and you'll forget most of them. as i set out to write this, at 4am, it feels very important. that's why i've made the decision to write it. it feels important because it is 4am, because i am a dramatic and idealisitic poet at heart, and...
Building Products for Hosting Providers Means Building for More Than One Customer
Aaron D. Campbell
In hosting, "the customer" is rarely one person. Building products for hosting providers means designing for buyers, operators, support teams, and end customers at the same time. The post Building Products for Hosting Providers Means Building for More Than One Customer appeared first on Aaron D....
Why Small Daily Habits and Steady Consistency Work Better for Long-Term Well-Being
beyondborders
People often chase dramatic transformations, but the ones who enjoy good health for decades usually rely on something quieter: small daily habits and steady consistency. This gentle approach respects real life, builds lasting change, and creates a peaceful relationship with yourself that feels sustainable and kind.
Brainfood: Wild chickpea, Feral brassica, Peruvian cacao, Panamanian cacao, Tree diversity, Healthy diets in PNG
Luigi Guarino
Genome-wide molecular diversity analyses identify wild Cicer as reservoirs of variations for chickpea improvement. Wild relatives of chickpea harbour a wealth of genetic variation that has yet to be exploited by breeders. But it’s mainly within species. Genetic and Morphological Diversity in...
#The Archimedean Sūtra
prasangika-matters
Commitment (fiction) Part III of IV
gregoryadamsfiction
Casper grins right back, and his eyes laugh crazy little quiet laugh. “Oh, yes, I know. Why night, when, if this was before the greater part of Creation, there is as of yet no sun? Why horns, when there is no air, why rank and file and command, when all is peaceful, and there can be no reason for war, because there is no enemy?”
Arms and Wisdom
Doug Muder
Arms are of little value in the field unless there is wise counsel at home. - Cicero This week's featured post is "Graham Platner's exit, and the debate it leads to". Ongoing stories Trump's assault on American democracy. He has used the new powers the Supreme Court gave him to get...
Ruby Open-Source Innovation Process Expectation vs Reality
Andy Maleh
Expectation regarding the Ruby open-source innovation process:1- I stumble upon a problem at my job in our Ruby application.2- I build a solution for it in an open-source project (e.g. the ability to write the Frontend with a Ruby Frontend Framework instead of using an inferior JavaScript library...
The Loo
keeperofsheep
The Ancient Welsh Brain Dump Protocol™
grumpy-welshman
Quick tutorial: Create with Omni inside Adobe Boards
jnack
Companies are imaginary. Creativity is real. I love seeing my old friend & Adobe design partner Dave (mentioned innumerable times here over the years) showing off the expressive power of the collaboration so many Adobe & Google friends have been nurturing over the last several months....
Malta/Sicily Day 9: Syracuse, Sicily
Jim Fenton
Monday, June 22, 2026 Today we explore the last Sicilian city of our tour: Siracusa (Syracuse). After breakfast, we boarded buses to go to the Archaeological Park, which includes some large ancient caves where prisoners toiled and were imprisoned. The park also includes both a Greek theatre and...
AI Vendor Risk: Are We Building a Death Star to Blow Up Our Own Planet?
admin_007
1. The question worth asking properly A colleague messaged me recently about Claude Cowork, loving what it does, but with one worry he couldn’t shake, at what point have we ceded so much organisational context and IP to a vendor that they could simply run us. That is the actual question this...
Scarcity as a teacher
apaydin
Imagine a child with no toys. At first, it sounds like deprivation. But watch closely. A stick becomes a sword. A cardboard box becomes a spaceship. A few stones become an entire world. The absence of toys does not eliminate play. It expands imagination. Now think about adulthood. A grown man...
Filosofía de Inversión en Bolsa Renta Variable (RV)
jlmc
Kaiseki Anime Podcast Ep. 186 — Nippon Sangoku
draggle
My favorite show of the season! 00:00 Intro 00:40 NIPPON SANGOKU: The Three Nations of the Crimson Sun 17:32 Outro Music Credits: “Clover 3” by Vibe Mountain “Seasons” by roljui
New Janesville exit enters stage 2 of 7
Jeff
September 28, 2025: Traffic moves on southbound US 218 at the intersection of 260th Street, with Easton Avenue behind the camera. On Monday, traffic switches to head-to-head in the existing northbound lanes (foreground). The position of this picture, once construction is done, will be just east of...
The One About The Important Thing
rands
One hundred episodes. For this occasion, years in the coming, Lyle and I talk about the thing itself — the nuts and bolts of the podcast, including how the robots now do an alarming amount of the work, what a hundred episodes taught us, and why we use the “The One About…” naming convention. : the...
Important experiences/identities getting relegated
Andrew
identity, meaning, rockmont, value Perhaps only in anticipation, or in retrospect, is this a useful way of thinking, but here it goes:Very important periods of time in one’s life will end and be thought of as not so important; not unimportant, but just that one will think, “how interesting that...
Surface Reflections
Adam Rowe
I wrote about space helmet reflections in this newsletter back in 2020, a topic that I later turned into one of my favorite sections in my 2023 art book Worlds Beyond Time. However, seven years later, I still haven't written about other types of reflections in retro speculative art. The (mostly)...
Mirror Mondays: The Witches of 1986, The School as Haunted Castle
Timothy S. Brannan
Despite its smallish size, my old hometown had three high schools. There was the public school, Jacksonville High School (JHS), the Catholic school, Routt, and Westfair Christian Academy. But there was also a fourth one. Or more accurately, a first one. The Newton Bateman High School was the home...
Biographer
Jared Hecht
I’m working on a project called Biographer. I started building it last year as a gift to my parents. I wanted to design something that would help capture their life stories—something they’d actually enjoy using, and that would create a meaningful, shared experience for all of us. When my dad...
What's Up with Comix Wellsping?
Sean Kleefeld
One of the news items over the weekend was that Comix Wellspring -- a popular printer among independent creators and publishers for several years -- has suddenly shut down. Temporarily. Maybe. A message on the company's home page says, "We sincerely apologize, but due to unforeseen operational...
"There is No Evidence That Children Learn Through Play"
Teacher Tom
var addthis_config = {"data_track_clickback":true}; An early childhood educator recently told me that if "playwork" was a viable career option in the US, she would have pursued that rather than "play-based preschool teacher."I get it. Over the years, I've had the opportunity to work with...
One link, one paragraph #27
Stan Hieronymus
The link. The paragraph: “If we called it DC Brau Light Lager, it’s not going to sell, because I’ve learned that there’s automatically a bias against craft beer in a large part of the population,” (CEO Brandon) Skall said.
Understanding Mid-19th Century Bonnets: Fashion and Function
Anna Worden
Much of the recent discussion about the bonnets has centered on whether they are “correct.” Before we can answer that question, it helps to understand that not all bonnets served the same purpose. A fashionable straw bonnet and a cotton sun bonnet were different garments, designed for different...
Music Monday: Bzdig Zinvor / Little Soldier by Armenian Navy Band
Antranig Vartanian
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The big in-between
Annemieke
I’m in the middle of a transition and have no idea what comes next. Time and space have been feeling distorted for a while now (you know that’s the sign of liminal space, right?). Not talking months or weeks, years. I can sense the new coming, but can’t feel into it yet. So ready for some solid...
Tailscale Now Fully Works on the reMarkable Paper Pro
Andrew Doering
Nine days ago I published a post explaining why Tailscale couldn’t route on the reMarkable Paper Pro. The kernel ships without CONFIG_TUN, so tailscaled ran in userspace networking mode, which authenticates and handshakes fine while giving the OS nothing to route packets through. That post ended...
What the Monks Saw: A Medieval Mystery
Undine
Just to show that life is full of unexpected turns, on June 18, 1178, a group of medieval English monks threw a fine puzzle in the laps of astronomers that lingers to this day.On that day, shortly after sunset, five monks at the abbey of the Christ Church of Canterbury (on the site of Canterbury...
Thesis ~ The Strangest of All Attractors || Ch. 4, Pages 90-92
robotkinz
The first flashback scene for chapter 4. The Title of this chapter is Between the Lines.
A not-so-done deal
Unknown
Pick up where we left off in June. As is so often the case, this story in the New York Times is less of interest for the facts, which have been reported earlier and in greater depth by other news organizations such as NPR, Reuters, CNBC, Variety, The Hollywood Reporter, and others, than it is for...
A viable alternative
sbr