afterstan
Hi internet friends, Time for my July update, and a note about the future of these updates. Meta-commentary about this updateFirst, to make this update make a bit more sense, a bit more context: In July we continued what we had been doing, which was cycling up the west coast of Sumatra. If you're...
afterstan
Hi internet friends, Time for my June update. After Taiwan, Bell and I flew to Indonesia. We decided to go here, well I decided to take us here, mainly because I didn't know anything about Indonesia. And that seemed a bit odd, given that it's a big country of 280 million people. More...
Meatloaf T. Cat
Hi, I would like to reintroduce myself. My name is Meatloaf T. Cat, the “T” stands for “The“.I am a System Administrator, fluent in Linux, Mac, and Windows; maybe some other operating systems too. I generally write cat-related posts on this site. I will be writing a few more posts featuring some...
afterstan
Caption: Art postcard in a very cool shop on Jieyue Street, Hualien. Greetings from Indonesia. I’m popping in on this late July Monday to share a page I wrote about May, cycling up the east coast of Taiwan. Looking back, May was different trips in one month: Bell and I continued our ride around...
Prime Number
July 26, 2026 is the Midsummer Day of the Ox, or per Wikipedia entry Midsummer Ox Day. Midsummer Ox Day (土用の丑の日, Doyō no ushi no hi) is the day associated with the Ox sign in the traditional Japanese calendar. The most famous Ox Day in Japan (one or two days with an interval of 12 days) are on the...
Hunter Allen
THE INVITE2026Directed by Olivia WildeWritten by Will McCormack and Rashida Jones (based on the movie Sentimental by Cesc Gay)Spoilers: moderateI could be accused—I would welcome the accusation—of being a much bigger-than-average fan of Olivia Wilde's career as a director, which hasn't been the...
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.
Hunter Allen
SUPERGIRL2026Directed by Craig GillespieWritten by Ana Nogueira and Jeremy Slater (based on the comic book Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow by Tom King and Bilquis Evely)Spoilers: moderateOf the many angles from which one could approach Supergirl, probably the most unavoidable is as a post mortem,...
Meatloaf T. Cat
It has been more than 6 weeks since I saw my friend, a feral cat who was also the sweetest Calico-Point Siamese Cat. According to the people in the area, they haven’t seen her either for the last 6 weeks. I’m hoping that someone actually took her in. The other scenarios would certainly be breaking...
Prime Number
Today, Apple released Developer OS 27 Beta 3 for iOS, iPadOS, tvOS, macOS, and visionOS. Did I miss any? Oh yeah, there’s watchOS. As usual, I’m crazy enough to install these Beta Operating Systems on my main devices. Previous two beta releases had their own share of issues and I’m hoping its...
afterstan
The list of people I want to send postcards to doesn't get shorter. It's a list of old connections and new ones. But today I wrote one, to Taihe School, in a village up in the hills of central Taiwan where oolong tea grows, where the steep roads are in poor condition by the country's high...
chris
I am still around. It’s been a longer break than I had anticipated (for many reasons). My health is the main one. I continue to struggle with the progressive side of my neural disease. It’s the constant losses [of usually little things] and the new challenges that are getting harder to ignore. My...
Hunter Allen
THE DEATH OF ROBIN HOOD2026Written and directed by Michael SarnoskiSpoilers: moderateThe Death of Robin Hood would have it—or at least star and executive producer Hugh Jackman would have it, as he's explained it thus in a whole trailer for his film, so it must be a sentiment shared by its writer...
Prime Number
It is June 26, 2026 and Metallica’s ReLoad (Remastered) is officially released. It comes in: Note: My copy was delivered yesterday, and I found a slug munching on the box. It’s time for me to get lost in the ReLoad moments. I saw Metallica on the “Poor ReTouring Me” tour back in 1998.
Hunter Allen
HOPPERS2026Directed by Daniel ChongWritten by Jesse Andrews and Daniel ChongSpoilers: moderateThe only way out is through, they sometimes say, and such is the case with Pixar and that studio's most recently-released film, Hoppers, which did the estimable work of reversing the trend of...
Hunter Allen
I LOVE BOOSTERS2026Written and directed by Boots RileySpoilers: moderateWhatever else, you gotta be a little amazed that in A.D. 2026 you can go out to your regular old AMC multiplex in Pennsylvania and watch some genuine communist propaganda—explicitly so, and Marxist propaganda, at that. Less...
Hunter Allen
DISCLOSURE DAY2026Directed by Steven SpielbergWritten by David Koepp and Steven SpielbergSpoilers: moderateThe last several years of Steven Spielberg's career, as many as eight years and three movies by my count, have been devoted to either tying up his loose ends, scratching entries off his...
9i7wo2
I went into management because I experienced my own share of terrible managers. I told myself I would break that cycle. I wanted to become the kind of manager I wished I had: someone who protects people, helps them grow, shapes strong teams, and still moves the business forward. And honestly, for...
9i7wo2
O black gold, you are the past, the present, and the future! With your strength, you power all engineering; whole societies depend on you. Wars are fought over your valuable resource. Without you, no science can advance. Every scientist, philosopher, and intellectual depends on your raw, natural...
Hunter Allen
MORTAL KOMBAT II2026Directed by Simon McQuoidWritten by Jeremy Slater (actually based, remarkably enough, more than anything else on the video game Mortal Kombat II by Ed Boon and John Tobias)Spoilers: moderateBehold: Mortal Kombat II, the fourth theatrically-released, live-action* Mortal Kombat...
arimamary-afterdark
So because several of my mutuals have been playing Tomodachi Life and I don't have a Switch/don't want to spend money on games, I decided to go back to the cute life sim games I used to play a few years back. One of there is Adorable Home by Hyper Beard Games available on the Play Store. It's a...
Hunter Allen
MOTHER MARY2026Written and directed by David LowerySpoilers: moderateGoing into this present decade, David Lowery would've been on a sufficiently long list of new filmmakers that I felt genuinely excited about; though in the meantime, his star had fallen somewhat for me. Part of that is just how...
afterstan
Bell and I spent March first in Kerala (a state in southwest India), then flew to Taiwan. From Taipei in the northwest, we got started cycling on a counterclockwise circumambulation known as 環島 / Huándǎo ("journey around the island"). A page in a journal barely scratches the surface, especially...
afterstan
The first image is of the dog who was our companion when we camped at the beach in the village of Chithiraipettai, Tamil Nadu. I remembered that we had peanut butter, and I remembered that you can feed a dog peanut butter, so we did. The second image is our route through Tamil Nadu. I was just on...
afterstan
[Content warning: brief discussion of dead animals; 1 graphic photo of dead people] Most of this little monthly update is about Tamil Nadu. Here, enormous vinyl billboards like the one shown above were a daily sight along the road. They're the kind of thing that makes for a photo that is easy to...
3amto5amclub
A Postcard for the 200 Million Weary Souls The Ghost at the Gate In 1903, a man named Wolf-Leyb Glosser arrived at Ellis Island. He was a refugee fleeing state-sponsored violence in the Russian Empire. Today, his great-grandson, Stephen Miller, is the architect of a system that would have...
Adrianne
Psyande01
Currently Reading: You are invited to join me in reading: On The Road (Paperback) - Jack Kerouac Nonviolent Communication (Audible) - Marshall Rosenberg PhD The Meaning of Marriage: Facing the Complexities of Commitment with the...
mark bivens
Happy 2026 ! May this new year of the horse reach full gallop for my dear readers, and may you explore new pastures in an unbridled manner. Don’t hold back the reins on pursuing new challenges ! We like to dedicate a moment for reflection in early January on the prior year. Below is an […] The...
9i7wo2
Markétka otevřela oči a pořádně se protáhla. Věděla, že je již ráno, protože přes dírku ve svém domečku viděla paprsek světla. Chapadlem nadzvedla svůj domeček a vyplavala ven. Její domeček — tedy spíš skořápka z kokosového ořechu — lehce dosedl zpátky na písek. Venku bylo tak krásně. Kolem ní...
arimamary-afterdark
Prompt for OC Realm's Dreamwidth Community. Content warnings for deaging, age gap???. This is an idea that I've had for a while. Super simple and really goofy. It makes absolutely no sense whatsoever. Basically, Keima wakes up one day and finds a younger version of his partner next to him....
M Eifler
Heaps is a genre defining sandbox game that builds a universe from any text. In Heaps, your real world interests generate endless 3D worlds giving you the creative freedom to explore, discover and evolve. All in an environment designed by two neurodivergent artists for interest-based nervous...