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Thread covers affordances a patronage service for artists really needs to offer (which Patreon is failing at): Pseudonym support By-works funding model support Non quid pro quo patronage An audience…

the most precious gift we can offer others is our presence. When mindfulness embraces those we love, they will bloom like flowers. -Thich Nhat Hanh

Grady Hillhouse produces Practical Engineering, one of my favourite engineering channels. I love seeing his garage demonstrations of civil engineering concepts, and his enthusiasm for everything he discusses is infectious.…

 We've all been captivated by the black glass rectangle.

There I Ruined It is fast becoming one of my favorite web delights — musician Dustin Ballard remixes and mashes beloved songs in an attempt to ruin them. The video…

Summary: My summarization of Errant’s initiative, attack roll, armor, weapons, movement, and morale systems. All of which builds towards chaotic combat in which folks are cheering and jeering at the…

KIRK: Everything that is in error must be sterilised. NOMAD: There are no exceptions. KIRK: Nomad, I made an error in creating you. NOMAD: The creation of perfection is no…

To the office, where Sir W. Batten, Colonel Slingsby, and I sat awhile, and Sir R. Ford coming to us about some business, we talked together of the interest of…

SF 9/25/23

I want to thank all the good people trying to support my blog every month via Facebook or PayPal. Some got through; some were rejected. We’ve figured out the problem,…

I want to thank everyone who participated in the 10th Annual Rule, Britannia Blogathon for making it a success. It is hard to believe that there have been 10 editions…

For a micro-budget horror movie, Gangnam Zombie isn’t unsuccessful, but it also isn’t much of a success. The setting is decent—locked in a trendy office building on Christmas Eve, except…

A personal selection of posts from the Poetry Blogging Network and beyond. Although I tend to quote my favorite bits, please do click through and read the whole posts. You…

2023 Sep 25: NBCNews.com: "A blood test for long Covid is possible, a study suggests" (by Erika Edwards): More than three years into the pandemic, the millions of people who…

Last month, the parents at our youngest child's elementary school were asked to come in for an information evening. At such meetings, we get to know the new teacher, receive…

Upsert in SQL Anton Zhiyanov is currently on a one-man quest to write detailed documentation for all of the fundamental SQL operations, comparing and contrasting how they work across multiple…

Fresh off of duplicating the math round from “Countdown”, the New York Times decided to take the Connecting Wall round from “Only Connect” and subtly rebrand it as Connections. It…

Three culinary discoveries last week, made with Lisa, all clustered around Orwell Bay, east of Charlottetown, and each worthy of a visit. The Boys Comfort Cuisine in Earnscliffe was a…

After being away for a few weeks, I finally caught up on Apple’s keynote event for the launch of the iPhone 15 series. I suspect I didn’t miss much. They…