Only four episodes. The first two feel like a return to form, with interesting gimmicks and twists on the formula. I love the surreal confrontations between Columbo and Brady in “Murder, Smoke and…

The U.S. consolidated press once again demonstrates its dedication to lazy "CEO said a thing!" pseudo-journalism.

I recently learned of Ubuntu Workshops. In short, Workshops allow you to create an isolated development environment to safely work with AI agents. You get a configured (via YAML) sandbox where you…

[Note that this article is a transcript of the video embedded above.]The idea is simple: If there’s a fire in a tall building that blocks the main stairwell, people need an alternative way to…

Work is coming along very fast now on my multi-journal app for Mac.

How a Fourier neural operator turns an input into a prediction, step by step, with two small trained models running in your browser.

The advent of large language models has changed the economics of closing gaps in software stacks.

As a fair warning, this will contain spoilers on the Street Fighter movie as I will discuss elements of the film I enjoy. I am a massive Street Fighter 2 fan. The game came out when I was 7 but it…

Deep in the dense chaparral of California’s foothills, a bizarre predator stalks its prey. Without warning, its jointed legs extend upward like a telescoping tripod, elevating its body far…

My observation of air travel is that if there is one significant impact on a flight, there are guaranteed two additional impacts. An example: if my gate changes at the last moment, it is quite likely…

Every relative that Gabe Kotter told a story about on Welcome Back, Kotter

I perpetually struggle with deciding whether I want to make a big change in a small part of the world, or a small impact that is broader. Part of the reason I have such a diverse range of roles…

I launched Just Movie this week, where I judge cinema as either It’s Film or Just Movie. Basically, I’ve extended this blog with a custom made WordPress plugin that Claude and I wrote,…

Original airdate: October 18, 2026 The premise: After some rowdy Halloween night partying, Homer and some others accidentally hit someone with their car driving home and dispose of the body. The…

Art by Chakkree Chantakad from Pixabay. Welcome to Trans Tuesday! This may surprise you, but... The post TRANS ALLEGORIES IN POPULAR MUSIC, PART 1 first appeared on Tilly's Trans Tuesdays.

The Circleville Pumpkin Show, Lantern Festivals, Markets and more! Welcome back, festival fans. It’s a weekend of biggest Pumpkin Festival that Ohio has to offer! Festivals continue to go down…

Indonesian’s Bunaken National Marine Park is a world-class scuba diving destination known for its dramatic vertical drop-off walls, crystal-clear water, and abundant, diverse marine life.…

After about a year of using CTactical bags, I started feeling as if something was “off.” Could be comfort, could be lack of organization, or could be something else. Sometimes, it’s…

© Howard Gardner 2026As part of a celebration of D-Day, the teacher of one of my grandchildren mentioned World War II. As an after-thought, the teacher added that World War II had been caused by…

I already mentioned the Calibre application in a previous post but this time I set it up properly in order to to store and manage all the books that I bought on Humble Bundle and the Kobo store . To…

Taken On October 19, 2026 Camera Sony α7II Lens SIGMA 150-600 ƒ/5-6.3 DG DN OS Sport Focal Length 366.2mm Aperture ƒ/6.3 Exposure Time 1/400s ISO 125

On Thursday night I attended a small gig in an upstairs room at the Old Nun’s Head in Nunhead. It was a Green Party fundraiser and also the kind of gig that appeals to me anyway.

Back in 2015 Henry Moss, an architect I knew in the Boston area, was helping to restore the Gropius House. This was a slide he had sent me. He had trouble restoring the recessed pinspot that Gropius…

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I have always been a board game fan. But unlike most, I prefer games that offer interesting, unusual, and clever features, qualities, designs, and what Board Game Geek calls ‘mechanics’.…

"Treebeard" by Tomás Hijo'Hoom, hm, I have not troubled about the Great Wars,' said Treebeard; 'they mostly concern Elves and Men. That is the business of Wizards: Wizards are always troubled about…

I run several Claude sessions at the same time in herdr , usually one per repository, and some of them run on another machine. herdr already knows the state of each one (idle, working, blocked or…

we all have wishes, granted. But who has wishes granted?

2026 · A puppy app for two tired people. Tap a button on one phone and it shows up on the other in about ten seconds.

Wired headphones are making a comeback. Apparently. This isn’t a ‘year of the Linux desktop’ thing either, because an increasing number of people are embracing the cable once again. I’ve never…

Get out there and vote.

A quick greeting to my readers: after taking a pause from blogging back in February, I’m glad to say I’m back behind the DM screen! Thank you all for your patience, support, and kind messages while…

For readers in the USA or Europe, it can be a challenge to understand law enforcement policies and procedures in countries grounded in non-Western values and assumptions. In China, for example. The…

Every chili pepper in my illustrated field guide, ranked on the Scoville scale from the sweet bell to the Carolina Reaper, with the history of how pepper heat is measured.

Source Barry Ritholtz posted this up-and-right chart, which is a classic of exponential extrapolation. Given the difficulty, delays, and cost of bringing the current generation of data center…

I am giving two remote talks this week: - "From Promises to Reality: Independent Verification of Web Privacy Claims" in CS5914/6604 (Securing the Modern Internet) at Virginia Tech on Oct 20th. -…

The same headless samegame-engine that powers my Phaser 4 SameGame, unchanged, now rendered with NacatamalOn: Mega Drive dithering, a CRT tube and art painted entirely in code, with the full…

I'm writing this Thursday morning, but I'm probably posting it around...mm...Tuesday? Wednesday? After all, I had a series of five Cauldron posts to get up on Ye Old Blog. But right now, Dear Reader,…

Mini billet, just pour avoir une note que les 19 et 20 octobre 2026, j’ai travaillé du balcon pendant une heure en après-midi. La catastrophe climatique est plaisante une fois de temps en temps.

I visited Skogskyrkogården (The Woodland Cemetery) this morning. It’s an incredibly beautiful place, famous for its architecture and design, and included on the UNESCO World Heritage List. I was…

Google’s Gemini 4 Argon has given me another reason to revisit a question I’ve been exploring for some time: Are we approaching the point where orchestrating multiple AI models becomes…

Loving these crisp fall mornings and sitting outside for a cup of coffee while it is still tolerable.

Engineering leaders say AI agents write code much faster, yet their release cycles are no faster than before. Typing was never the bottleneck: here's where the time really goes, and what I'd change…

I’ve written before regarding the conflict between using Elm’s Html.lazy and extensible records. Today I wish to highlight a similar mild conflict between Elm’s Never type and Html…

The photo above is from Skogskyrkogården (The Woodland Cemetery) this morning. It’s an incredibly beautiful place, famous for its architecture and design, and included on the UNESCO World Heritage…

French President Emmanuel Macron posed a question to the French people: “Looking at these images, we have all asked ourselves: What was going through their minds? How can French people do this to…

Working out loud is more than telling people what you’re doing. It has two halves, and each one on its own falls short. The first half is observable work: your documents, drafts and decisions…

The best software for editing a thesis, dissertation, or research manuscript yourself, compared on Word and Overleaf support, reviewable edits, long documents, academic checks, and price: Paperpal,…

The morning of October 19 didn’t start with coffee – but there was plenty of adrenaline. The first thing I saw when I woke up was Telegram alerts telling me that something had gone wrong with…