Whoa to Wow
Taking houses from “Whoa!” to “Wow!”.
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Stages of plumbing demo and rough-in…
Run161
Everything you need to know on how to start running. Training advice about how to run faster. Free training plans, shoe reviews and more.
By Lars-Christian Simonsen.
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The Goldilocks principle and AI coaching
Good morning, I’ve been thinking about the “Goldilocks principle” lately. You know, how the correct amount of something is great for you, but too little or too much does nothing, or even ends up hurting …
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Adventurous Kate - The Solo Female Travel Blog
I teach women how to travel the world safely -- and I'm here to help you have the best trip ever.
By Kate McCulley.
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AK Monthly Recap: September 2024
Ah, September — one of the most beautiful months of the year, and one of the best months to travel. I definitely put this month to good use. This was a busy September for me, …
By Adventurous Kate, 1,706 words
Yellowed Perils
Thoughts and comments on the world of the pulp magazines.
By William Lampkin.
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PulpFest 2024: Saturday
I’m running a bit behind getting this post written and uploaded this morning. It’s the last full day of PulpFest 2024. I didn’t make it to the Doc Savage gathering this morning at 7:30, but …
Anna Shipman
I write about tech, leadership and tech leadership.
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Strategy for Directors: Tying it together
I did an excellent course on Strategy for Directors. On Monday, I shared some models we learned about and in this post I pull those together. Whether you are in leadership or not, you can …
Ephemeral Enigmas
Giving offbeat, obscure, and forgotten games another look.
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Rise of Nightmares
The nightmares are coming from inside your house (it’s the Kinect) Developer: Sega (CS3) Publisher: Sega Release Date: September 6th, 2011 Available On: Xbox 360 Genre(s): Horror, Action, Comedy Before we begin, it’s worth mentioning …
By ephemeralengimas, 5,616 words
Aesthetics for Birds
An aesthetics and philosophy of art blog for a general audience: theories, terms, art and cultural criticism, interviews, roundtables, news.
By Alex King, et al.
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What the Photographer Who’s Taken Hundreds of Philosopher Portraits Really Thinks of Philosophers
The renowned portrait photographer reflects on his work, his relationship to philosophers, and the nature of portraiture. Continue reading → The post What the Photographer Who’s Taken Hundreds of Philosopher Portraits Really Thinks of Philosophers …
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The Beer Nut
Why is that man photographing his pint?
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White bread and herrings
On 3rd October 1574, during the Eighty Years War, the Spanish who besieged the city of Leiden were routed by a band of Dutch rebels. Supplies of herring and white bread were brought to the …
By The Beer Nut, 749 words
Journeyman's Journal
This is a journal of the art of woodworking by hand.
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The spokeshave moulding plane
At the core of traditional woodworking tools, the spokeshave moulding plane stands out as an exemplary instrument for shaping or moulding profiles onto the edges on timber. Nearly every woodworker becomes in love with this …
By The Lost Scrolls of Handwork, 409 words
Mike Industries
A running commentary of occasionally interesting things.
By Mike Davidson.
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We Live in the Golden Age of Ice Cream
I tried some absolutely outstanding ice cream yesterday that reminded me of yet another reason I feel lucky to be part of Generation X: We are living in the golden age of ice cream. In …
Stitches on the Run
Sashiko is the way to go if you want to put a little magic on your clothes and anything else made of fabric.
By Janette Haruguchi.
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Sashiko Pattern Tsuzukiyamagata
Tsuzukiyamagata つづき山形 means “continuing mountain form” in Japanese. It’s called “mountain range pattern” by Daruma which sounds more lyrical than the literal translation.The tsuzukiyamagata pattern is a traditional Japanese pattern. It represents a geometric abstraction …
By Janette Haruguchi, 421 words
The Stop Button
blogging by Andrew Wickliffe.
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Briefly, TV (24 October 2024)
The Devil’s Hour (2022) s02e01 “DI Chambers” [2024] D: Johnny Allan. S: Jessica Raine, Peter Capaldi, Nikesh Patel, Benjamin Chivers. Given season one was a timey-wimey, multiverse of madness, it’s a little weird to see …
By Andrew Wickliffe, 828 words
Glorious Noise
Rock and roll can change your life.
By Jake Brown, Stephen Macaulay, Derek Phillips.
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Time & Money
Glendale, Las Vegas, Arlington, Tampa, Houston, Atlanta, Nashville, Philadelphia, Foxborough, East Rutherford, Chicago, Detroit, Pittsburgh, Minneapolis, Cincinnati, Kansas City Denver, Seattle, Santa Clara, Los Angeles, Mexico City, Buenos Aires, Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo, Sydney, …
By Stephen Macaulay, 207 words
Shady Characters
The secret life of punctuation.
By Keith Houston.
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Miscellany № 103: calculators!
Having dispatched punctuation and book news, we’re on to pocket calculators! Incredibly, half a century or more after their appearance, there is still news to be had on the subject. In the introduction to Empire …
By Keith Houston, 108 words
Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science
By Andrew Gelman.
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Postdoc opportunity! to work with me here at Columbia! on Bayesian workflow! for contamination models! With some wonderful collaborators!!
Laboratory assays are central to much of biomedical research. My colleagues and I recently received a research grant to do better assays using Bayesian inference. Beyond the usual challenges of fitting nonlinear hierarchical models to …