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Just wanted to share an observation about public communication of the OpenStreetMap Foundation from the last year: What do these all have in common? That they are not based on OpenStreetMap data. I have written …

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) filed a federal court complaint against Adobe and two of its executives. The complaint alleges violations of the Restore Online Shoppers’ Confidence Act. These accusations stem from Adobe’s “annual paid …

Henderson is always a safe bet. View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize A Henderson title featuring a trio and a duo, …

Cliché but the veritable truth. Ms. Pitts is nothing short of exciting, especially in a live setting. [row-start] [half] [/half] [half] Personnel Trudy Pitts (organ), Wilbert Longmire (guitar), Bill Carney (drums) Recorded on May 24, …

Emeritus at the University of Sheffield, Professor Hookway, who was afflicted with early onset dementia, has died. He wrote widely and influentialy on pragmatism, epistemology, Peirce, and Quine, among other figures and topics. (I can …

UI = f(data)(state)

Interfaces are becoming less dense. I’m usually one to be skeptical of nostalgia and “we liked it that way” bias, but comparing websites and applications of 2024 to their 2000s-era counterparts, the spreading out of …

In recent months, there have been increasing attempts to spread malware via some seemingly ‘harmless’ programs, luring the user through rewards such as sending money with cryptocurrency or NFT-themed gifts. The unsuspecting user by running …

Back in 2014 I published the first edition of my Rudy Van Gelder Collector’s Discography. That version focused on albums I was interested in collecting at the time and didn’t contain any albums recorded after …

Dear readers: I appreciate your patience as I navigate some life changes (some negative, ultimately positive), which have taken much of my time away from listening and reviewing. I do hope to return to the …

At least in the indie music genre, people are advised to make music videos in order to fulfill a requirement of publicity. The music video needs a certain degree of polish, which creates a natural …

Find all previous and future episodes listed here or in your podcast app under “Barbican Station”. Donate to #TeamEvie and the Literally Healing program at the Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles. Go to TinyURL.com/TeamE24, pick …

I’m not technically a boardgame designer, but I will be at the Hythe Community Games Day on Saturday 9 November taking place inside St. Leonard’s Church in Kent. I’ll mainly be hanging out by the …

Embed from Getty ImagesWe are getting closer to the end of the year, when everyone and their brother tries to predict what will happen in the next year. If you were to bet on baby …

Citing eLife’s unusual practice of publishing articles without accepting or rejecting them, Clarivate says it is re-evaluating the inclusion of the open-access biology journal in Web of Science, its influential database of abstracts and citations. …