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召喚 by 妖女 · 天火見✿.｡.- ☆-. during this actual play I listened to the album .-.☆-.-｡.✿(catch up on the previous session here)1.Shark-8 caries Tela under an arm. He thinks about how Mel will beat his ass. He says Mel is good to kick our asses. Mok doesn’t say anything and then says let’s just get home already.Shark-8 wonders if the rumors about Mok are true. Supposedly, whenever Mok dies, they …

Last Updated on April 18, 2024 by Real Men Sow There is nothing quite like a party to bring people together to share a joyous experience. Many opt to host their birthday parties in their own home. While that might be fine, it isn’t necessarily an ideal choice. If you are wondering what to do for your next gathering, it is time to check out a party venue. There are …

People often ask me for recommendations for front-end development conferences. Picking my Top 3 would be challenging, but I know that beyond tellerrand in Germany is one of them. Location in Düsseldorf Web developers love the beyond tellerrand conference (BTConf), although the event isn't a typical web dev conf. The organizer, Marc Thiele, a lovely and special person, has a strong web dev background and affiliation. That's why many talks …

Something had been bugging me for a while; I had a legacy shortcode that would render external links, when really I wanted to use markdown to improve portability. Hundreds of instances lurked within dozens of markdown files, waiting for the day where I update my site and they all break. I’ve also changed my position on external links. I want to let the user and browser decide on how links …

One of the interesting things that has happened since my return to Asia is the return of PauseTalk. As I wrote in detail in this post, when I left Tokyo back in 2015 I also decided to put an end to my PauseTalk series (with Vol. 85). I wasn’t really interested in handing it over to someone else to continue, and during the close to seven years I was based …

In medieval England, land was conventionally held in return for either rent (in the form of money or other items) or service (acts performed by one party to the other). These items could range from token gifts like a rose or an arrowhead to valuable crops or produce. A typical...

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Digital toys let us explore a possibility space where art can pulsate, move, degrade, and do strange things with each brush stroke. I often talk about what a missed opportunity it is that mainstream digital art tools are so caught up in making the perfect pencil line, or imitating exactly how chalk or water colors work, when there's other types of lines we can invent that would never be able …

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This popular annual event returns to KCL on 17th May 2024. This one day event features a range of papers of original research in all areas of film culture in Britain and areas affected by British colonialism before 1930. It will take place at the Lucas Theatre, King’s College London, Strand, London WC2R 2LS Please see below for the schedule and detailed abstracts. You can book via the KCL estore …

All those in creative areas start by being inspired by others in their particular discipline, and their early work often replicates those they admire. The essence of AI is doing precisely that, minus the emotional dimension. It absorbs entire histories of existing work, and when given the necessary 'prompt,' it will produce something along the lines of whoever the prompter has suggested. The AI will then, in seconds, spew out …

I recently finished up 30 days with no caffeine. I’ve had a bunch of friends say that it’s one of their biggest levers that they’ve changed in their life from a focus, energy and sleep perspective. I doubted this quite a bit, but these were real life anecdotes from friends I respected and cared so... continue reading >

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Notes from my recent trip to Maui.

The/my background The company I work for (Nelen & Schuurmans) is a member of the EU 'TEMA' project. TEMA stands for trusted extremely precise mapping and prediction for emergency management. A main focus for us is to improve our '3Di' hydrodynamic computation software. But... such a flood calculation program doesn't function in a vacuum, it needs input and something useful has to done with its output :-) The TEMA project …