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Classic Movie Hub Blog
Watching Classic Movies and Lovin’ Every Minute of It!
By Annmarie Gatti, Minoo Allen, et al.
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Monsters and Matinees: Before ‘Professor,’ Russell Johnson used his wits in 3 sci-fi classics
As classic movie fans, we’ve all had those “wow” moments with actors we may not expect to see in a film as in “Wow! Is that (fill in the blank) …” Or “Wait – I …
By Toni Ruberto, 58 words
Condensed concepts
Ruminations on emergent phenomena in condensed phases of matter.
By Ross H. McKenzie.
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Updated 2 weeks ago
A very effective Hamiltonian in nuclear physics
Atomic nuclei are complex quantum many-body systems. Effective theories have helped provide a better understanding of them. The best-known are the shell model, the (Aage) Bohr-Mottelson theory of non-spherical nuclei, and the liquid drop model. …
By Ross H. McKenzie, 633 words
Prop Up the Bar
Travelling the land looking for the perfect pub. Then wondering what the one around the corner is like...
By Nick C.
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Updated 5 days ago
Belgian Beer in Bishop's Stortford
In which I find myself with a couple of hours to spare in the Herts town of Bishop's Stortford, late on an Autumnal Saturday afternoon.I figured that should be ample time to get around the …
Actuaries in government
News and updates from the Government Actuary's Department.
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Investment oversight insight
Investment governance refers to the framework and processes which guide investment decision making. For actuaries this is often in respect of pension funds and insurers. However, the structures and policies apply more broadly across institutional …
By Christophor Ward - Investment Lead, 676 words
Granite and Sunlight
Disability justice in the age of austerity.
By Fiona.
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The Hope Of Independence – Ten Years On
I write a lot about how I see hope. I have poems about how hope doesn’t feel positive to me – I know its effect is positive, but it’s not a nice feeling. It hurts. …
By Graniteandsunlight, 1,053 words
Josh Collinsworth | Blog
Writings on development, design, and random thoughts.
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The childlike and the childish
Life in America has long felt like a game played between adults and children; a game where one side knows the rules and is dedicated to keeping them, and the other is merely making up …
Humanizing The Vacuum
Alfred Soto's blog about arts and politics.
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Ranking #2 singles, U.K. edition, 1977-1980
I encourage the habit of voting for tracks because they sound awesome on first listen, so I approached Boney M’s “Ma Baker” without skepticism. But its smutty dance pulp created new ways of thinking about …
By humanizingthevacuum, 394 words
The Aperiodical
Occasional(ly) mathematical blogging.
By Katie Steckles, Christian Lawson-Perfect, Peter Rowlett.
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Mathematical Objects: Parallelepiped with Ayliean MacDonald
A conversation about mathematics inspired by a very special parallelepiped. Presented by Katie Steckles and Peter Rowlett, with special guest Ayliean.
By Katie Steckles and Peter Rowlett, 27 words
Peter Follansbee: Joiner's Notes
Seventeenth-century joined furniture; green wood, hand tools.
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Finished the next box
[UPDATE: the carved box is SOLD. If anybody else wants one, send an email & I’ll put you on a list…] a follow-up to my previous post here. A friend of Drew’s Langsner’s (& mine) …
By pfollansbee, 370 words
sjhoward.co.uk
Simon Howard's personal blog about stuff.
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‘Why Fish Don’t Exist’ by Lulu Miller
This book was recommended by lots of bookish writers so often that I bought it without really knowing much about it. The blurb gave me a signpost: David Starr Jordan was a taxonomist, a man …
EvermoreStudio
By Andrew Crawford.
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Jack-O-Lantern 2024
My 2024 virtual jack-o-lantern was created in Nomad Sculpt, then rendered and animated in Blender. Seen here with my virtual jack-o-lanterns from 2022 and 2023. The post Jack-O-Lantern 2024 appeared first on Evermore Stud.io.
By Andrew Crawford, 36 words
Life, Technology and more…
I'll know where I'm going, when I get there...
By Mark Cathcart.
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Whither archive.org books?
don’t claim to know what will happen about the “Internet” archive of books. If you have not used them, why? While in general the scanning of old books, magazines, and manuals isn’t perfect and doesn’t …
By Mark Cathcart, 1,282 words
declad
I am an architect with over twenty years experience working in different countries. I am British but I live in Helsinki.
By Lewis Martin.
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Arola Apartments Identical Twins
Exterior -Image © Wellu Hämäläinen It’s often quite hard to make direct comparisons as to the sustainability of different buildings in the industry as costs, supply chains, and methods of construction to name just a …
He Can Jog
A composer, improviser and instrumentalist of sorts.
By Erik Schoster.
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Log: Wednesday October 30th
It's a pedalboard, I think. This might be one of those misguided "if I only had this thing" thoughts, but I think the setup for rain -- and my instrument generally -- would be at …
Oliver Andrich
A software developer from Koblenz with a passion for code, coffee, punk rock and a good conversation.
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Two weeks with uv
Two weeks ago, I published my article UV – I am (somewhat) sold. Since then, a lot has changed for me. I switched all my personal projects to uv from poetry. I have set up …
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