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  1. Hellbox · Type : Writing
    Pictures & writing, mainly about / art / design / letter­forms / print­ing / pub­lishing / typo­graphy / words on build­ings. By Benjamin Campbell. 🇬🇧 More info

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    On Ligatures
    Typographic glyphs have their moments. The @ symbol was barely used before it became indispensable for email and social media. The creation of the single European currency saw thousands of fonts being reissued to include …
    By Benjamin Campbell, 58 words

  2. A Garden Kept in a Pocket
    Read any good books lately? 🇺🇸 More info

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    2024-07-28 14:37
    Spook Country by William Gibson, 2007 A '90s indie-music star enters the 21st century as a freelance journalist working on a piece about locative art, interviewing a Los Angeles artist who uses augmented reality to …
    By A Garden Kept in a Pocket, 419 words

  3. Mean Green Nation
    Independent U of North Texas Analysis. By Adam Martinez. 🇺🇸 More info

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    Goodbye Matt Caponi
    At 2:57pm this afternoon, I received the press release from North Texas stating that Eric Morris dismissed Matt Caponi. "I’m grateful to Coach Caponi for his commitment and contributions to our program and student-athletes over …
    By Adam Martinez, 1,145 words

  4. Lynn Haraldson
    For more than 25 years, I've been writing about love, change, grief, and (occasionally) politics, trusting that there is more that unites than divides us. 🇺🇸 More info

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    Mourning and Internet friendships
    After reading the news, and having a good cry, I thought about how Internet friends can be some of the best friends ever.
    By Lynn Haraldson, 27 words

  5. John D. Cook Consulting
    Consulting in mathematical analysis, from modeling to implementation to interpretation. 🇺🇸 More info

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    The mathematics of GPS
    The basic idea of GPS is that if you know the distance to several satellites, you can figure out your position. But you don’t actually know, or need to know, the distance to the satellites: …
    By John, 506 words

  6. Jade Rubick - Rubick.com
    Jade Rubick. 🇺🇸 More info

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    Massively multiplayer retrospectives
    I wanted to share some notes on how I run remote retrospectives. These are not incident retrospectives, which I tend to run differently. But these are for project retrospectives, or for regular check-ins with a …
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  7. Michael Sippey
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    I don’t need these psychodramas
    Oliver Burkeman, author of the self-help productivity philosophy book Four Thousand Weeks, Time Management for Mortals, in his newsletter today: I don’t need these people’s psychodramas in my head anymore. The closest thing to a …
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  8. Julia Bausenhardt Blog
    Illustration + Nature Sketching. 🇩🇪 More info

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    Are student grade paints worth it? Thoughts on a Winsor & Newton Cotman palette
    While reorganizing my art supply drawers recently I stumbled upon the small W&N Cotman palette I’ve used for a while last winter, and I realized I never wrote a blog post about how I perceive …
    By Julia, 73 words

  9. Keet blog
    research and teaching, with some relevance for society. By Maria Keet. 🇿🇦 More info

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    Different roles for various competency questions for ontologies
    Most ontology developers know they’re supposed to write competency questions, be it manually, with the CLaRO tool [KeetEtAl19] or assisted by a language model [AlharbiEtAl24, AntiaKeet23, RebboudEtAl24]. Few enjoy the manual authoring task. Moreover: what …
    By keet, 1,008 words

  10. Lewis Dale - Blog
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    Managing my reading list with BookWyrm
    A little while ago I wrote about managing my reading list using a JSON file. Then I decided that was too easy, so I starting using an SQLite database instead. Moving my reading list to …
    By Lewis Dale, 296 words

  11. Meately
    The rich and intriguing history of biltong. More info

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    Why I Sometimes Prefer a Food Dehydrator Over Traditional Biltong Drying or a Biltong Box
    Traditionally, biltong was dried by hanging it in a cool and dry space with good ventilation, but nowadays, modern technology has introduced more efficient ways of drying biltong. One of these methods is using a …
    By Meately Brothers, 591 words

  12. Apple Must
    Tips, insights and resources to help Apple's iPhone, iPad, Mac, TV, Watch and iCloud users get much more from their hardware, software and services. By Jonny Evans. More info

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    Jamf wins Microsoft top status, Jamf Pro hits Azure Marketplace
    In yet another Apple in the enterprise move you’d never have imagine a few years ago, Jamf has announced that select products are now available on the Azure Cloud through Azure Marketplace. This keeps good …
    By Jonny Evans, 377 words

  13. lunatic obscurity
    Obscure videogames blog. By Jonny. More info

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    Fearless Pinocchio (Arcade)
    It had been a while since I last updated MAME, but a couple of months ago, Fearless Pinocchio caught my eye, and got me to finally undertake that minor chore. A previously unknown 2D fighting …
    By Jonny, 619 words

  14. Campaign for Real Pubs
    They can still be found if you know where to look... 🇬🇧 More info

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    The Cross Keys
    The Cross Keys, Penkridge, Staffordshire ST19 5HJ An old pub standing by the Staffordshire & Worcestershire Canal to the south-east of the village centre, it was originally isolated in the middle of open fields, but …
    By Curmudgeon, 293 words

  15. Closed Pubs
    Recording the slow, sad death of the British pub. 🇬🇧 More info

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    The Lad in the Lane
    The Lad in the Lane, Erdington, Birmingham A distinctive half-timbered pub situated on the Outer Ring Road on the north-eastern side of the city. It claimed to be one of the oldest pubs in Birmingham, …
    By Curmudgeon, 64 words