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Research & ScienceSkulls in the StarsOctober 29, 2024
Every year since I’ve started this blog, I’ve published a few classic open access stories of horror for the Halloween season! In recent years, I’ve started to make a theme…
TechnologyPixel EnvyOctober 29, 2024
If software is judged by the difference between what it is actually capable of compared to what it promises, Siri is unquestionably the worst built-in iOS application. I cannot think…
Personalyours, tiramisúOctober 29, 2024
It's 8:09 AM and I'm already in the office. I can't remember if I've ever been here this early (on a Monday, too); predictably, the office is deserted. The ladies…
Art & ArtistsNinn SalaünOctober 29, 2024
We report: this is as much of the sunset as we can see over the roofs tonight. We could run off to try and see it more clearly, more vibrantly,…
Homesteading & NatureThe Re-Farmer – Sometimes, you need to go back, to go forward.October 29, 2024
Hello, Gouda! I spotted him lying in the sun spot, enjoying the warmth, and hoped to get a picture of him in his happy place. Then he saw me coming…
PersonalXi’an’s OgOctober 28, 2024
Mythical Marseille-Cassis! But also tough, gritty, boisterous, crowded, unique, beautiful, frustrating Marseille-Cassis [to the image of the city]! While in CIRM, I had once the opportunity to receive a bib…
HistorySamuel Pepys: Diary, Letters, Family Tree, Maps, Encyclopedia, Discussion and moreOctober 28, 2024
At the office all the morning, and dined at home, and so to Paul's Churchyard to Hunt's, and there found my Theorbo done, which pleases me very well, and costs…
Art & ArtistsG A N Z E E R . T O D A YOctober 28, 2024
“If you are ready to be ashamed of your own country, this is the first step towards freedom today.” — Slavoj Zizek, How to become Free #radar
Poets & Writers & BooksVia NegativaOctober 28, 2024
A personal selection of posts from the Poetry Blogging Network and beyond.
Film & EntertainmentWorld of ReelOctober 28, 2024
“Day Drinker” has been confirmed, and Depp is in fact going to star, but there’s no Sydney Sweeney in the mix. Instead, Penelope Cruz has been cast as Depp’s co-star…
PersonalRubenerdOctober 28, 2024
This is not a autobiographical post… or is it?! What this post is supposed to be is addressing the issue of work satisfaction more broadly; or at least, what I’ve…
Film & EntertainmentA Shroud of ThoughtsOctober 28, 2024
The bonfire in Meet Me in St. Louis (1944)The Halloween sequence in the classic movie Meet Me in St. Louis (1944) remains for many the most memorable sequence in the…
Graphics & DesignInterconnectedOctober 28, 2024
I’ve been asked a couple times recently about the technology I use to publish this blog. I should have a colophon to link from the footer, right? So here it…
PersonalShay Stewart-BouleyOctober 28, 2024
I was heading to bed the other night but decided to stop for one last scroll of the night on TikTok. Sign of the times. Our incessant need to scroll.…
Personalkottke.orgOctober 28, 2024
Well! In the Yale Review, Chris Ware (one of my favorite cartoonists) writes about Richard Scarry (one of my favorite children’s book authors) and Cars and Trucks and Things That…
Poets & Writers & BooksThe Homebound SymphonyOctober 28, 2024
Joni Mitchell’s album Court and Spark begins with its title song. Give it a listen, and then maybe take a look at the sheet music. Some things to notice, mentioned…
Poets & Writers & BooksThe Well-Appointed DeskOctober 28, 2024
Last week I received an Amazon gift card and I couldn’t resist. I ordered a set of Ohuhu Alcohol Markers. I have a lot to learn, but here’s a sneak…
PersonaldisassociatedOctober 28, 2024
Late American filmmaker Stanley Kubrick made his first feature, Fear and Desire, on a budget of a little over fifty-thousand dollars (US), in 1952. Almost thirty-years later, Kubrick had a…
PersonalBryan AlexanderOctober 28, 2024
What might the climate crisis mean for the world? What impacts could it have on higher education, and how might academics respond? As part of my continued exploration of these…