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Despite being exhausted, I spent a few hours the other night staring at the sky looking at the incredible light display in the sky that was caused by an 'extreme' G5 geomagnetic storm reaching Earth …

Last week, I wrote about my experience at a meditation retreat, in which a man fainted and reminded me of the preciousness of life. Another lesson I learned that day came from observing the leader …

While working on a changelog-generation script for my vsvg project, I wanted to display the list of contributors as circular avatars, just like GitHub does in multiple places. After a few Google searches and some …

Here are the best and most interesting articles, blog posts, videos, podcasts, and GitHub repositories I’ve run into over the last week (May 6, 2024 - May 12, 2024). Enjoy! Microsoft / Dotnet / Azure …

To celebrate California's Juror Appreciation Week, the Judicial Council of California created, uh, a word search puzzle(‽)

Episode 34 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: Ted Dabney Experience Podcast episode 34. Click …

Sometimes misinformation on public transport can be worse than no information. I’ve noticed four examples on my local rail line. Which platform? This signage has been in place for years. It used to be correct. …

The 1964 painting "Hurting the Word Radio #2" by Ed Ruscha is valued at $53 million. It's reportedly one of the most expensive works of art owned by Jeff Bezos. image source: google arts and …

Late last year I started looking at a microtonal pitch quantiser for my modular synth setup, and then I remembered that I had an Arduino Nano and an Adafruit MCP4728 Quad DAC sitting in a …

Building upon the legacy of subscription libraries and Mechanics’ Institutes, public libraries (as democratic, publicly-funded institutions) started appearing across North America towards the end of the 19th century. In the British colonies that would soon …

Incredible scenes on a magical evening. On Friday night I was lying on my couch, idly browsing messages on various WhatsApp and Signal groups, when I spotted a photo posted by a neighbour. She’d taken …

Today was forecasted (yesterday) to be cloudy. After starting out that way it turned into a beautiful sunny day. However, tomorrow is saturday and that is the day I'm concerned about. It has shifted from …

The Valencia Street center bike lane is finally open and ready for use in San Francisco. Finally those annoying “Bike Lane Closed” signs are no longer blocking the bike lane (that was ridiculous) and you …

This website just passed its twentieth birthday. In web years, that’s more like a centennial. At the risk of waxing nostalgic, I’m posting a few highlights from our first year.

In my opinion, Swift UI is a fantastic jumping-off point for less experienced developers wanting to get into iOS development. It reminds me of my earliest days of programming; just turn the clock back 15 …