The Opinionated Gamers
Reviews and Commentary on Boardgames.
By Dale Yu, et al.
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Dale Yu: Review of Bottle Imp (2024 version)
Bottle Imp (2024) Designer: Gunter Cornett Publisher: Grail Games Players: 2-6 Age: 14+ Time: 30 minutes Played with copy provided by publisher A classic of the trick taking-games makes its return! Bottle Imp is back …
Gameblog
Mikko Saari on board games.
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Updated 3 weeks ago
1825 with all Units
Setting up an 1825 game with all the Units has been an arduous task. I hoped to make it a yearly tradition in 2019, but then Covid-19 happened. After that, every attempt has failed somehow. …
Hiew's Boardgame Blog
boardgames, card games, board games, hobby gaming.
By Hiew Chok Sien.
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Updated 16 hours ago
Short takes: Master of Rules, Akropolis, Next Station Paris
Here are short reviews of some games I played at Essen 2024. Master of Rules This is a 2007 game from Susumu Kawasaki (Traders of Osaka, R-Eco) which I had not heard of before. At …
By Hiew Chok Sien 邱卓成, 83 words
The Scholar's Stage
A forum to discuss the intersections of history, behavioral science, and strategic thought, with an emphasis on East and Southeast Asian affairs.
By Tanner Greer.
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Dionysus Against the Daoists
IN WESTERN PHILOSOPHY AND AESTHETICS a contrast is sometimes made between the Dionysian and the Apollonian. Made famous by Nietzsche, this schema was first used to describe the thought and art of Ancient Greece. On …
Images of Old Hawaiʻi
Bringing People, Places, and Events in Hawaiʻi’s past alive through text and media.
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Barrier Forests
“Our native forests are being rapidly depleted through the operation of several factors. Opinions may differ as to the relative importance of these factors, but the undeniable fact remains that the forests are disappearing at …
By Peter T Young, 752 words
The Ideophone
Sounding out ideas on language, vivid sensory words, and iconicity.
By Mark Dingemanse.
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The Anatomy of Iconicity
Suppose you hear a word like Korean tuˈgɯndugɯn and two possible meanings ‘heartbeat’ or ‘gentle movement’. Most people pick the first (as we found in 2016). Or suppose you hear that same word and see …
By Mark Dingemanse, 1,354 words
Uneasy Money
Commentary on monetary policy in the spirit of R. G. Hawtrey.
By David Glasner.
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Updated 3 months ago
Thoughts and Details on the Fiscal Theory of the Price Level
The Fiscal Theory of the Price Level has been percolating among monetary theorists for over three decades: Eric Leeper being the first to offer a formalization of the idea, with Chris Sims and Michael Woodford …
By David Glasner, 3,006 words
Tim Harford | Articles
The Undercover Economist.
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My biggest productivity mistake
From time to time, my editor will suggest that I write a column about how to be more productive. It’s a sure way to trigger imposter syndrome because, whether or not I appear productive from …
By Tim Harford, 1,017 words
Adrian Roselli
I have worked with companies of all sizes, from independents to Fortune 5s, to help stand up accessibility teams and processes.
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Brief Note on Disclosures in Fieldsets
TL;DR: Probably don’t use disclosure widgets in fieldsets. If you do it anyway, don’t put the trigger in the <legend>. Context With <details> / <summary>, recent support for the popover attribute, and the never-ending belief …
By Adrian Roselli, 519 words
Adam Argyle
Website for Adam Argyle: Teacher, Speaker, CSSWG member, and creator of Open Props and VisBug.
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Updated 23 hours ago
Species In Pieces
Species in Pieces30 endangered animals, 30 pieces 2015 CSS throw back to the super rad clip-path project from Bryan James, which includes a making of post on Smashing Magazine!
By atom@argyleink, 32 words
My Granddad is Keeping Busy
My granddad's diaries.
By Anne Shewring.
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Tuesday 22nd October, 1963
A lovely warm sunny day. Knocked boilers off at noon. Loaded rubbish on trailer. Brushed leaves up off drive and carted them away. Did all the Ts.
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Ten minutes past deadline
Sub-editing when the clock's run out but the copy hasn't.
By Ed Latham.
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Updated a year ago
Notice of interruption to service
When this blog reached its five-year anniversary in 2018, I wrote a summary of the conclusions it had reached so far, and I vaguely thought at the time that, should it run for another five …
Victorian Paris
Life in 19th Century Paris.
By Iva Polanski.
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Understanding 19th Century Fashion Styles
In the post How Paris Conquered the Fashion World we learned how Parisian fashion styles traveled the seas. But just what were these styles? The Empire Style Fashion is about volume and its repartition. From …
Fresh Mud
A blog about living with FSH muscular dystrophy.
By Timothy Griffin.
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Updated 5 months ago
Pain in the night
Having regular pain can be depressing and demoralising, but waking up in the middle of the night in pain, as I did last night, can be even moreso.For some reason my left knee ached severely …
IBUILDIT Blog
The idea is to chronicle, in words and pictures, the things I’m currently working on and my plans for future projects.
By John Heisz.
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Updated a year ago
Making a Custom Ceiling with Lighting – Sunburst Pattern
-Black Friday // Cyber Monday- MAKER’S MOB BIGGEST SALE EVER CLICK HERE This project proves that the best laid plans don’t always guarantee success. I did a lot of planning before I started, but still …