The English Woodworker
Woodworking blog & videos for the hand tool woodworker.
By Richard Maguire.
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Updated 2 years ago
Which Saws Are Best For Ripping Thick Stuff? [Video]
There’s a lot of choice when it comes to rip saws. And unfortunately options usually just make things more complicated.So hopefully the video above will help clear up some of the confusion around which saw …
By Richard Maguire, 82 words
Schneier on Security
I am a public-interest technologist, working at the intersection of security, technology, and people.
By Bruce Schneier.
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Updated 19 hours ago
AI Mistakes Are Very Different from Human Mistakes
Humans make mistakes all the time. All of us do, every day, in tasks both new and routine. Some of our mistakes are minor and some are catastrophic. Mistakes can break trust with our friends, …
By Bruce Schneier, 1,206 words
The Technium
Making the Inevitable Obvious.
By Kevin Kelly.
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Updated 4 days ago
Weekly Links, 01/17/2025
This surprising study showed that AI chat doctor was better than human Dr + AI. Not what we expected. Patients are going to use the chat Drs so once Drs figure out how to use …
SFSS
Science fiction short stories.
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Updated 3 months ago
Taking a Break
I've always posted irregularly and I don't think that's going to change, that's just how I roll (no, I'm not bipolar). On the other hand, I need to recharge the batteries, so my absence will …
Letterform Archive — News
Recent news and announcements from Letterform Archive.
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Updated a week ago
This Just In: Chopstick Sleeves as Emissaries of Japanese Typography and Culture
Designer and educator Angie Wang deciphers a collection of over 500 sleeves recently donated to the Archive. From Rarified to Commonplace: A Brief History of Hashibukuro The chopstick sleeve originated in the Imperial Court of …
By Angie Wang, 2,671 words
Drifting Clouds 片雲の風
Travels with Jani.
By Jani Patokallio.
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Updated 11 months ago
Thoughts from an ordinary Aussie EV roadtrip
Welcome to Victoria, the long way 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 …
David Ralph Lewis
Poet and Writer from Bristol UK.
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Updated a week ago
Forwards
Wind whispers insults down the chimney - all your failures as a husband, friend, human You pull on Gore-Tex. Rustle as you walk. A meteorological mystery - This storm has squatted overhead for weeks. You …
Bart Wronski
Technology, programming, art, machine learning, image and signal processing.
By Bart Wroński.
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Updated a year ago
How I use ChatGPT daily (scientist/coder perspective)
We all know how the internet works—lots of “hot takes,” polarizing opinions, trolling, and ignorance. Recently, everyone has opinions on AI and LLMs/GenAI in particular. I won’t focus here on “gold rush” influencers, bad grifters, …
Secret Desi History
Fragments from South Asian America — from the Berkeley South Asian Radical History Walking Tour.
By Anirvan Chatterjee.
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Updated 2 months ago
Old James: A “mystic” Desi opium addict in 1880s Berkeley
In 1880s Berkeley, a turbaned figure known only as “Old James” wandered alone through the hills, his turban and trance-like manner catching the attention of locals. Described in a newspaper as “a sort of mystic,” …
By Anirvan Chatterjee, 979 words
Fleen
The webcomics blog about webcomics.
By Gary Tyrrell.
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Updated a year ago
Faith, In The End, Is Rewarded
Few people I know still have an RSS reader, ever since Google did us all dirty and essentially killed the entire idea of RSS; as such, I keep an oldschool bookmark list of comics that …
By Gary Tyrrell, 194 words
Matthew Bogart
Comics that will make you laugh and break your heart.
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Updated 3 weeks ago
Sharing the love of a thing
Just a little ways away from our house sits a tiny movie theater, a cozy spot with just three screens showing both modern releases and beloved classics. Recently, I've seen "Stand By Me", "Being John …
By Matthew Bogart, 212 words
Hotelblues.com
The Website that got one man fired and can do the same for you!
By Turk Shakespeare.
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Updated 4 months ago
All Good Things
It finally seems to be happening. The old hotel I worked at is getting torn down. It seems weird to see it go. I wouldn’t have had this website without that hotel. Here is a …
my name is mwd: photos
By Michael Dales.
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Updated a day ago
Missing the channel
I imagine we've all had times when we've felt without purpose, like this channel marker when the tide is out.
Boak & Bailey's Beer Blog
UK beer blog running since 2007, with tasting notes, beer history, pub reports and commentary on British booze culture.
By Jessica Boak, Ray Bailey.
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Updated a day ago
The ongoing demise of pub grub
“Can you recommend a pub near Bristol Temple Meads with good food?” Err, actually, we’re not sure we can – which is quite strange, really. A decade ago, it felt as if most pubs offered …
By Boak & Bailey, 679 words
Aegir.org
I am a designer and illustrator and I live in West Wales not far from Swansea.
By Aegir Hallmundur.
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Updated a day ago
Jackdaw Cherry Vendetta
The jackdaws have never liked cherries. Every year they strip the whole lot off before they ripen.