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Last week I had the pleasure of presenting at the Mid-Michigan ColdFusion Users Group on the topic of Intl, the web platforms internationalization spec. I gave this presentation again this…

Notes from the Road crushes Patrick Moore's claims about the Great Pacific Garbage Patch from Chapter 6 of his book, highlighting scientific evidence and environmental impacts of oceanic plastic pollution.

A thought or two about the time I have left on this mortal coil and what I'll do with it

I am Setsuna is a throwback to older RPG titles like Chrono Trigger, but it stands on its own. A poetic snow-themed setting with melancholy piano music in the background,…

Back in 2015, Tynan DeBold and Dov Friedman created a series of graphics for the WSJ showing the impact of the introduction of vaccines in the US. Here’s the infographic…

Data collected by NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope is in conflict with predictions based on the hypothesis of dark matter and instead confirmed predictions made with Modified Newtonian Dynamics, MOND.…

We were surprised and saddened by Anderson Pens‘ announcement last week that they will be closing at the end of the year. They were a lovely pen shop, and an…

Arriving as the second full-length from the pen of Anita Eccleston, this Christmas-themed album dissolves traditional carols within itself, creating a whole new world with the melody fragments, now sparkling…

There was a test screening of A24 and Garland’s “Warfare.” It sounds like the action takes place in a single location, and is all about the visceral nature of war.…

The Bluesky Firehose is …an authenticated stream of events used to efficiently sync user updates (posts, likes, follows, handle changes, etc). Many applications people will want to build on top…

I’m happy to report that last week’s full moon was the final named supermoon of the year. These days, full moons remind me of the competitions where everyone goes home…

The Wabi Kusa setup I crafted back on 31 July 2024 has been a lesson in patience and adaptation. Early on, my Echinodorus Fancy Twist started to "melt," their leaves…

With most of our 2025 trips, we assemble a route that is appropriate for the group. With our Signature Series trips, we reverse this: we assemble a group that is appropriate for the route.…

Did DeepSeek effectively release an o1-preview clone within nine weeks? The benchmarks largely say yes. Certainly it is an actual attempt at a similar style of product, and is if…

who finds paper ever in the papers who likes the old way of all ways as I sit who is off out on foot

First substantial snow of the season overnight. It won’t stay too long — it’ll be above freezing for the rest of the week — but it’s pretty while it’s here.…

Rain is falling, which is a good thing, at least I think so.And yes, I love it this way. It’s raining outside and all is quiet.I think we can talk…

If you ever: (1) create a COLLAGE photo print to include with holiday cards, AND (2) you generally label the backs with who’s who, then I wish to ask: HOW…

A red dawn, a redder sunrise, and a rain shower half an hour after that on the still-novel metal roof. I imagine a steel-pan drummer playing avant-garde calypso.

I had some credits for AI voice over at a sound effects service, so I thought I would plug-in the first paragraph from the latest story I wrote. I have…