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  A book called ‘The Remains of Nithsdale and Galloway Song’ edited by R.H. Cromek and published 1810, contains this “Account of Billy Blin'" with some entertaining stories.  "This is…

A quarter century after ‘don't be evil’ a judge has found that Google is abusing its monopoly in search. But no-one knows what happens next, and whether this ruling will…

This system is a mini tickler file system. But rather than tracking things through a year, this one is based on a weekly rhythm. I use it to track my…

Has something happened to you that makes the world seem full of toxic traps that might cause cancer? Are you overwhelmed and don’t know where to start? I’m here to…Keep…

8 months post-ice, it's time for something new!

Episode 35 of the Ted Dabney Experience podcast is available now for your listening pleasure! If you enjoy reading ArcadeBlogger.com, you’ll love the other project I’m involved with: Jeff Bell…

Note: This… story is at least two months old now, but I think it deserves to be on the internet for someone looking for reviews of this thing in India.…

Adding Google Web search to FirefoxRecently I read this blog post which highlights some bad practices by Google and also provides a way to make the new web search results…

Welcome to the seventh post from my Friedrich Bauer Project. Below is my translation of his entry for Berthold as it appears on pages 24–31 of his Chronik der Schrift­gießereien…

Look who will soon be joining us here at the homestead. This is Molly, a well seasoned Tennessee Walking horse, not participating in shows but has seen many many happy…

Throughout September 2023, Charlie and I spent several sunsets sassing the Chinese chestnut trees, agitating via climbing and shaking and lobbing of various sticks with our eyes toward stuffing our…

I saw them in the sale section. They looked fresh and new. Hip. I want to be hip. A hip old lady. In her wide leg jeans. The shipping is…

During the summer holidays we drove our Tesla Model 3 from Sydney to Melbourne via the Princes Highway and back via the Hume, about 2500 km all in including various…

I thought I had spurned productivity culture. I thought I had embraced simplicity and small-life living. I thought I had divorced worthiness from accomplishment. I was wrong. When, 19 days…

I started a new blog! Come check it out and consider subscribing, the content will be similar to what I post here, but hopefully will be more polished. https://splittinginfinity.substack.com/

As we await the next generation of engineered writing, of tools like ChatGPT that are based on large language models (LLMs), it is worth pondering whether they will ever create…

Going forward, all of the content here will also be posted at https://goodoptics.substack.com/ The substack subscribe feature is much easier to use. I will continue to post on wordpress for…

He hadn’t even gotten the letter into the envelope when he was sprayed down with Ending Gel. I know what the letter said because I was the one who sprayed…