Inspired by the first downwind surf session of... The post Embrace The Remount appeared first on Joe Jacobi.

On TVNA’s flagship show Q+A, Dr. Parag Khanna joined Jack Tame to discuss immigration, populist nationalism, and the demographic forces shaping New Zealand’s future. As migration becomes the…

Professional camera vs phone camera Every time a new smartphone launches, we hear the same claims: “This camera is now as good as a professional DSLR.” “You no longer …

Throughout our city’s long history, interest in croquet has ebbed and surged, sometimes in cycles briefer than a decade. One year, the Enquirer [19 September 1895] dismissed croquet as horridly…

I’m not completely happy with this interview with Micah Zarin. It was nothing he did, it was me. I forgot to say that current-day AI wastes a lot of energy, and companies hope to use it to lay…

A few weeks ago I read Modal’s post on truly serverless GPUs . They describe getting GPU container starts from many minutes down to a few seconds, even on multi-gigabyte images. A few tricks make…

Notes from a production incident.

This post is the product page for a Raspberry Pico 2 5.1 Mbps Streaming Reference Implementation using TinyUSB. A Python Application is offered for throughput measurements on a Windows Host.

An interview about being friendzoned, the two-week no-contact wall, and the quiet strength of not sending the message. Letting go, in real time.

Nhận định Mỹ – Paraguay vào lúc 08:00 ngày 13/06 là lượt trận mở màn Bảng D World Cup 2026 với nhiều thông tin đáng mong đợi. Yanks với lợi thế sân nhà SoFi Stadium cùng dàn cầu thủ chất lượng…

A small feature for switching select posts into Mandarin.

Happy to share that my article is live: enjoy some #semiconductor industry dynamics in #Vietnam and #Taiwan. I draw on ethnographic fieldwork at industry fairs in Taipei and Hanoi to make sense of a…

The US edition of Speed: How it Explains the World was published in New York by Penguin.

On those who think differently, and those who never change.

Lately I've been noticing how often I reach for my phone without thinking. Not because I need something. Just because there is a small gap in the day — waiting for the kettle, standing in a queue,…

Some desserts are designed to behave themselves. Clean layers. Delicate sweetness. Restrained presentation. This is not one of them. This cake is dense, dark, warm, and unapologetically excessive.…

Patchable, pocketable and open platforrm view in DIY synths database

[!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.

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…

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

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:…

Nine books I’m always reading.

Unearth hidden gems of the Internet in this jam packed issue covering topics of gaming, hardware, music, open source, privacy, tech, and more.

The stuff I did and saw in Feb. through May worth discussing

“[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…

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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…

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…