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Buying a new-to-you retro console is a lovely thing. A complete and well-appraised library ready to be experienced, an array of affordable games, and a wealth of written features, histories and buyer's guides to delve …

Inside: Looking for ideas for your December kindergarten plans? Here are 25 experiences to help you create a more meaningful month with kids. Your December Kindergarten Plans If there is ever a month where planning …

Anyone who takes up bouldering will, sooner or later, hear about Fontainebleau. I have heard it said that it’s proof that a) God exists and b) he’s a climber. I don’t believe in God and …

Image from hereAt the Bavard Bar in St Leonard's a few months ago, a Bavardier asked me if I'd noticed the difference between the US and UK meanings of second-guess. I hadn't! She felt that …

I’m delighted to announce that I have brought on Stephen Hackett to help me with my apps. He will be working on customer communication, marketing and generally creating space for me to focus on the …

Link: https://developmentseed.org/blog/2024-02-02-geocompas Development Seed’s data team in Ayacucho, Peru has spun out to form GeoCompas: I am pleased to announce that the skilled data and annotation team from DevSeed is separating to become an independent …

I thought I’d lost my old iPod, but found it in the cellar and got it working again. It’s a delight to find a lovely old playlist on it, currently playing through the Scarlett into …

The winter season draws to a close in the Netherlands, although you can hardly call it winter this year. February has already claimed the title of the warmest February ever recorded. However, there was a …

The XQs (Ten Questions) series is a conversation with the authors of new and exciting works in South Asian Studies, whose aim is not to “review” but to contextualize, historicize, and promote new scholarship. We …

David Hoang, Should managers be technical?: Career development looks more like unlocking attributes for a different subclass in a role-playing game, than picking a distinct class that can never change. It’s not a path. It’s …

After a soldier enlists in the Israeli army, there are two words to describe him (or her, although I'm providing the male forms of the words): טִירוֹן tiron - "new recruit" and טוּרַאי turai - …

(This week’s Link Love illustration was created by artist Chris Purcell in Adobe Illustrator) (Re-entry after a pen show weekend is tough. You’ve got the Pen Show weekend hangover and you don’t know what day …