TFS2010 WP7 Continuous Integration
Hi Folks, In this blog post we’ll cover how to set up automated (nightly?) builds on a Team Foundation 2010 Build Server for Windows Phone 7 projects. The core challenge we’ll face is not having…
Google translate is a better writer than me
My mom reads my notes (Hi mom 👋), and we could say that her English is rusted to the bone. So I guess that in order to understand what I write, she probably uses the "Website translation"…
Ettina Bhuja Hike
Ettina Bhuja is a cozy hike located in the beautiful town of Sakleshpura , a small hill station located around 230 km away from Bengaluru. Its name when translated to English means "Ox's shoulder".…
Windows Phone 7 – Emulator Automation
Hi Folks, In this next blog post we’ll review how to automate the Windows Phone 7 Emulator and what are some real-world usages this technique. This blog post is the second blog post in a series of…
I tried to listen to music
Sometimes online, I stumble upon posts of people born before music streaming was a thing and they explain how listening to new music back then was an experience. They would go to the shop, buy a CD…
A timeout doesn’t mean an operation failed. It means you don’t know the outcome.
A trap I see people fall into when implementing resiliency is assuming a timeout means something failed. Let’s imagine you’re buying some very expensive concert tickets online. Obviously, you’re…
Versioned DuckDB databases, locally or replicated through S3, for people and agents
differential extension for DuckDB 2.0: snapshots, branches and time travel locally, plus leader/follower replicas, failover and shared writers via S3.
Analysis: Music Theory Jobs 2025–26
As the newest academic job season enters its most intense phase, I realized it had been many years since I last really analyzed the job market. I made a post back in 2017 documenting the results of…
Crazy Cousins: My Extraordinary Family Tree
According to a rather intriguing genealogy website, I appear to have some decidedly eccentric distant cousins. While researching an ancestor, General Joseph Gardner Swift, I stumbled across a website…
The Sixers' proof of concept
Philadelphia faces a bunch of questions. They answered a big one – can this collection of players actually create a good team? – with aplomb. PLUS: Mat Ishbia brings a water pistol to a knife fight.
Stay Frosty Remastered (2025)
Over-the-top, videogame-style survival horror for your theater of the mind. The post Stay Frosty Remastered (2025) appeared first on Vintage RPG.
Star Trek: Return to the Taurus Reach: Vanguard: Declassfied
After the side-step of Harm's Way , my journey through Star Trek: Vanguard finally reaches the last three volumes of the series which I (kind of) bought as they came out, but never got around to…
Particle Test
Test world for particle simulation.
Constans and Monothelitism
So Constans II survived the attempt by Valentinus to become emperor in 644, and ruled for another 22 years, accomplishing a few "firsts" for an eastern Roman (Byzantine) Emperor. He was the…
Deeper research on all-Fe flow batteries using water-in-salt electrolytes
During the last year we have been doing some minor research in the world of Fe flow batteries to investigate the use of MgCl2 and CaCl2 water-in-salt (WiSe) electrolytes for all-Fe flow batteries. We…
Come On. This Is SNL, Right?
There are real issues to vote on, and the ones they want you to vote on.
PHP2Shell: ini won’t save you
PHP ships fixes for two critical bugs at 16:00 CEST today, 21 October, and the only thing really confirmed about them so far is the high score. The short version The people with the least PHP…
LOTRO: Project Questa Update
I began work on Project Questa on the 27th of September, because I couldn’t get Khazad Voice TTS to work on my PC. Since then I’ve spent several days a week working on my AI narrator utility and have…
More than half of Montreal adults cycle
More than half of Montreal’s adults ride a bike, according to a study by Vélo Québec. Although the group’s spokesman tends to suggest everyone who’s cycling is regularly commuting…
Cool alternative character or cool alternative timeline?
As a die-hard Doctor Who fan I suffered through the recent, dismal Disney + series that wasted the charm of Ncuti Gatwa as the first Doctor of color. I also read … The post Cool alternative…
Belfast Giants season is in full flow and here are the things we are picking up so far
The hockey season is well and truly underway, with games coming thick and fast. For Belfast Giants this has meant a lot of games against their usual trio of Scottish opponents in the Challenge Cup,…
iPhone Wallpaper No. 25: Wild Horses In Mist
Two horses standing in fog on a flat plain, close enough to read and no closer. Free, in light and dark, at iPhone size.
Free ads for indie sites while we launch
ad.network is open and advertising is free during the launch. Publishers earn USDC from paid clicks and can advertise their own site free.
Darker Days and the Hastings Weird
I mentioned back on the very first day of this year that my friend Scott Wood and I were planning on setting up something around the “Hastings Weird”: There are some existing loose local…
My Perfect Console: The games that didn't make the list
Why Mario Kart 64 and a stolen Sonic 2 prototype almost made it
Looking For Happiness In All The Wrong Places
Make Happiness the object of pursuit and it leads to a wild goose chase. – Nathaniel Hawthorne Finding bliss is centers around not looking for it. Pursuing feelings is a road to nowhere.…
Do proponents know what “reliably controlled testing” for authorship means? (Part 2)
Today’s blog post is a continuation of a discussion about the meaning of reliably controlled testing. Last time, I talked about the history of FC and critics’ concerns that the FC-generated messages…
Double Down On Love
When you sense hatred and negativity in people and the world, that's exactly when you need to double down on[...]
Joyful Linux Mint
In which I talk about using Linux Mint and the tweaks I have made for a more joyful computing experience.
If your Plasma desktop forgets its DPI, here's a solution
This is probably my weirdest tutorial yet. Indeed, a guide on how to work around an obscure issue of selective DPI scale factor reset for Dolphin and certain other apps following reboot in the Plasma…
Act One: A Century in the Making
Eric Pickersgill is in the book Act One: A Century in the Making, with an exhibition opening October 22 in Queens and a panel and book signing October 23 in Brooklyn.
Ground Drones Hit the Frontlines in Ukraine
The Ukrainians have introduced ground drones to the battlefield, attacking Russian positions and disrupting logistics. This is yet another innovation emerging from this war that is shaking up how…
Keeping Scrapers Out
Letting humans into the web, keeping scrapers out.
Would You Like a Side of Roundup with That?
Among all the topics I’ve researched for this blog, one that fascinates me most (well, at least in the top ten), is the common substances that either overcome antibiotic resistance or contribute to…
Design Hireling: Your Rate
How much do you charge per hour (and project) for freelance work?
#TBR Challenge – The Hunt: All-New Wolverine Vol. 1: The Four Sisters
All-New Wolverine Vol. 1: The Four Sisters by Tom Taylor, David Lopez, and David Navarrot collects the first six issues of this comic about X-23/Laura Kinney, who was cloned from Logan/Wolverine of…
Continuity Is Not an Archive
Keeping a system useful can erase evidence of its earlier states as maintenance replaces obsolete arrangements.
Incarnations of Joy
It is a rich, thickish light, heavy with late summer. Lavish, almost. The colour of candlelight against an untouched buttercup. He could weep. Behind him are the chalky walls of the city in which he…
[EN] Python Version Comparison: 3.15 Down to 3.7 — What\
A reverse-chronological comparison of every Python release from 3.15 back to 3.7. Covers what each version introduced, with links to PEPs and official documentation.
More and more of us turn to food banks
More and more of us are turning to food banks to afford to live, and food banks are appealing for help.
Don't Be a Patriot at Planet Fitness in Cudahy....
Some dude got tossed out of Planet Fitness in Cudahy (WI) , for wearing a jacket saying "Protect ICE, Protect the Country." Reminder: Planet Fitness also supports tranny men in women's locker…
AI changed the economics of research. Most research teams haven't caught up.
Two weeks ago I promised to close the agentic series, UXR for AI-native teams, with one last post on agents. Then I got into a discussion about democratization that I couldn't stop thinking…
Elixir clusters, less infrastructure, more talking
If you know me, you know I love Elixir. The language is beautiful and LLMs are good at writing it. The bigger reason is that it takes away the need for a lot of other things you may instinctively…
The Shun Has a Bite
There’s an old tool most people have forgotten we own. It doesn’t need a lawyer. It doesn’t need a vote. It doesn’t need a badge or a judge or a single dollar. It’s called the shun. Persistently…
more shavings........
Been sleeping late and today I woke up just before 0800. Last night was peaceful too. I barely coughed at all and I was only entered in one toilet trot race. I coughed off an on all day but nowhere…
Forest, trees, wetland
The Aspen Grove, pretty much pruned by Barry Beaver and the July 1st windstorm!With enough windfall, I can see across the wetland.He is making progress on the oak tree...Barry's new lodge,…
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