[!QUOTE] The transmitter mast is calling. Come home. Modem Prometheus is an anthology podcast of urban folktales. This is where any roundabout could be a gateway to Faerie. Where trains that don’t…

Most of the TV and movies I watch come from the UK and the US or Canada, set in mysterious (to me) places. So it's a special kind of delight to watch NZ shows like Brokenwood, filmed not too far from…

There is a part of you that you do not talk about at parties. Initial Spank is a ten-song album built around exactly that part. Every song puts you in a different pair of shoes. Some of them fit.…

A tick bite can turn meat into a medical risk, challenging the idea that meat belongs at the center of the plate.

The rsync program is an important infrastructure tool on Linux systems. Agentic AI is shoveling slop and bugs into it.

At the Wilson Family Burial Ground, Peabody, Massachusetts ROBERT WILSON Died Jan. 4, 1797 Aged 51 [epitaph illegible] This is Patriot #10 I have written about for this series on my Revolutionary War…

A #FairyTale from StarFields, with Love.

Finding a VPN that runs cleanly on an immutable OS like Fedora Atomic isn’t easy. The biggest challenge is a reliable kill switch that doesn’t require changing the system’s core files — tweaking…

Landed in Tokyo right on time. There was an empty middle row across the aisle from my seat and I asked the flight attendant if I could sit there, and she said yes. So I was able to lay down fully and…

I fell victim to the releases FOMO.

Coaster Works is essentially a more focused, specialized take on Roller Coaster Tycoon. Where Roller Coaster Tycoon asks you to build an entire amusement park despite its name, Coaster Works really…

This post was inspired by Robert Birming's Junited articles. It shall be updated throughout June 2026. Some link titles have been slightly modified for style. Oops... I started a day late for this…

Niebla by Miguel de Unamuno Information about the book author: Miguel de Unamuno title: Niebla pages: 180 ISBN-13: 978-0-8101-3536-9 Thoughts on this book Very intellectual book, too much so for my…

Heatwave. Cabling for ASHP and Storage Battery installed. Septic tank emptied (first time in 10 years….). Social BBQ. Three years retired. Tuesday was another sweltering day. Breakfast outside…

Get ready for new controversy. We’ve had several big changes in how lenses are designed in the digital era, and more are coming. The two biggest differences in 21st century lenses have been…

In my last post, we met the reflection operator. But we left the question about std::meta::info hanging. Now it's time to find an answer. To kick things off, I would like to recall the…

A guide to self-hosting simple traditional web apps on a VPS

My plan to write here often has, not unexpectedly, failed. I can believably blame for this my two week trip to Uruguay and so I will. To get back into it, here's a list of what I've read last month:…

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“[Panasonic L10 is] the most exciting camera of 2026 (so far)” — 43rumors headline repeating a dpreview headline. Hmm. The L10 was the second camera announced in 2026 when dpreview published that…

Some time ago the US government announced that they will de-classify UFO sightings material from the 50s and 60s. This caused quite the stir amongst conspiracy theorists but also plain sci-fi fans…

The 2012 remaster of Sledgehammer puts the horn section in your lap. That opening hit is all brass and breath, tight and forward. The texture on the snare is wildly good and never gets lost in the…

i'm going to be at an local fundraiser this month, so i've made several crafts to sell. I'm planning on selling more after the event too. check them out!

new/cleaned up shit in photo gallery/documents, new stuff in misc projects (commonplace and room), updated minecraft shrine, new 88x31 site buttons, and other misc shit around. remember to do ctrl+f5…

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How do you refactor a legacy iOS app into modular architecture without halting features? A real story, in five sustainable stages. The post How to Refactor an RxSwift Monolith into a Modular Swift…

In any software application we generally require talking to multiple microservices to achieve a single business outcome. An example of […]

I've been a spreadsheet user for years. Yes, they are not always the best but it's a powerful tool where data comes to life. Now the pipeline I keep hearing about "prompting". It boils down to "Hey…

I restored a GRiD Compass computer and created a GPIB-based speech synthesizer for it. The GRiD is unique due to its use of Magnetic Bubble Memory, and the Speech Synthesizer uses the vintage…

And then, Suddenly, Welcome to the world There are four telephone poles that stand out As the sun sets Giants from the mountains, holding up The frail and fragile world we trust with our souls God…

YAY! it's june which means pride and my birthdayyyyyy finally gonna be 20 i feel like i've been 19 for 30 years lmao. last i was on here i had just watched i saw the tv glow for the first time, it is…

Turns out Backblaze no longer backs up cloud files—not even cloud files that are already downloaded and stored locally on your computer. Worse, they quietly shipped this change in a minor point…

Trying out Herdr exposed how little I knew about opening folders in the terminal. This is how I made it simpler.

We're Maxmaxxing with the second chapter of our Stranger Things story EL AND MAX HIT THE ROAD! This one contains the long overdue moment where El beats up Billy! Then...after years of exhaustive…

The Checkout Counter #42 happy june! may had such perfect weather—don't think i ever really appreciated it until now. how fortunate to be able to enjoy a stroll around town every day.thanks for…

I honestly didn't think I was going to finish this book due to being in the Stress gauntlet for the past month. Luckily for me, audiobooks are there to the rescue, even though you also trade some…

June first baby summer is basically here. And it's pride month! And I just got back from the movies. And it's Zangief's birthday. Crazy. Saw two movies last week: Backrooms (which I saw twice because…

Here is another doodle of a photo I took earlier this season. I'm having lots of fun doodling my pictures! I recommend it. Some people do this kind of thing sitting outside but I like to do it on…

Spring fun – Google I/O

You probably know the ones: they feel sort of suedey when they’re brand new, but they don’t stay new for long. I work in a public library, and believe me, these covers are grime magnets. Today I…

Painting is incredibly hard.

Manage your robots.txt rules from the WordPress admin — add, edit, and remove directives on the physical or virtual robots.txt, and disallow unwanted bots by category using the full list from…

I have wanted to read this book for awhile. Unfortunately, it did not live up tot he hype. I liked

Here is a video report from ABC (Australia) Foreign Correspondent about the plight of villages in the rural Arcadia region of Greece. Greece is a highly urbanized country. Nearly half of Greece's…

10k Swords against heaven ) das a lotta swords. Genre: Cultivation, Marxist? Touchstones: Exalted, Das Kapital What is this game?: 10,000 swords against heaven is a self described "Maoist Xianxia"…

I'd say that writing has become a core part of me at this point. It has brought me comfort, allowed me to vent, and share my thoughts and ideas with others. But sometimes I do wonder where my love…

My original Kenner Landspeeder from 1978 has long been lost to time, but I was lucky enough to find this POTF Landspeeder for twenty bucks in a local resale store, unopened. This 1995 revamp of the…