Literary Britain – Blog
Travels through the literary landscape: a guide to places of literary interest in the British Isles and beyond.
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The Beatles
I was late. The minibus was already at the stop. I did something I very rarely do and broke into a run. I was the last one there. I was shown into a minibus that, …
By Literary Britain, 1,554 words
Carnivorous Plants - Botanical Photography - aldrovanda.com
Field reports about carnivorous plants and botanical oddities in their native habitats. Photos of wild specimines of Drosera, Pinguicula, and Darlingtonia.
By Forbes Conrad.
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Stylidium debile in Cultivation
Léelo en español Years ago, I grew Stylidium debile in California. After a long period of not growing any carnivorous plants, a friend gave me this division, which just began to flower. Yes, yes, this …
By Forbes Conrad, 209 words
Lucas da Silva - Blog
Just my random thoughts and other random things that you may or may not find interesting. :).
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Updated 5 days ago
(Re)learning ZBrush
Since ZBrush for iPad release last year, I was willing to dig into ZBrush again. I learned some basic ZBrush back in 2022/23 but never actually take it seriously. Until now.So, over the past week …
By Lucas da Silva, 276 words
Wesley’s Notebook
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Updated 8 months ago
Hardly Baked 2 - my drivel blog
replacing Hardly Baked … "Really awful is more interesting to listen to than pretty good" - Eno.
By Simon Reynolds.
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Bee Sides
Songs about bees, or from the perspective of a beeIt's wonderful to be aliveTo be a bee in this beehiveIt's tough as nails, it's smooth as silkIt's milk and honey, without milkI work with flowers, …
By SIMON REYNOLDS, 1,272 words
Thinkige Kru 2
successor to Thinkige Kru … vintage thoughts from others, vintage thoughts from me - varying degrees of profundity.
By Simon Reynolds.
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2025-01-03 04:55
“The American dream has run out of gas. The car has stopped. It no longer supplies the world with its images, its dreams, its fantasies. No more. It’s over. It supplies the world with its …
By SIMON REYNOLDS, 39 words
Shock and Awe 2
successor to Shock and Awe … the blog of the Simon Reynolds book about glam and artpop of the 1970s and its aftershocks and reflections to this day.
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Updated 3 weeks ago
tres debonAyers
Some people have compared Kevin Ayers's debonair image to Bryan Ferry - the genuine genteel article as opposed to the faux. Some even see him as a prototype, glam just a little too earlyNot sure …
By SIMON REYNOLDS, 526 words
Webstory
Peter Webster's blog.
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The British churches and artists from Nazi Europe
A new article of mine has just appeared in the journal Anglican and Episcopal History. It is available in JSTOR, and so is accessible both to subscribers and to non-subscribers after creating a (free) JSTOR …
By peterwebster, 51 words
The Research Whisperer
Just like the Thesis Whisperer - but with more money.
By Tseen Khoo, Jonathan O’Donnell.
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Could the word for our year be ‘buoyant’?
Photo by Eva Rinaldi | https://flickr.com/photos/evarinaldiphotography 2024 was a notable year for the Research Whisperers, in good ways for a change! As a result, we are looking forward to 2025. Jonathan completed and passed his …
By Research Whisperer, 792 words
DJ Adams
I've been hacking on SAP enterprise software for more than three decades, and am still enjoying it.
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Updated 6 days ago
CAP Node.js plugins - part 2 - using the REPL
This blog post accompanies part 2 of a three part series where we explore the CDS Plugin mechanism in CAP Node.js to find out how it works. In part 1 we looked at the plugin …
Mocoso - Joel Chippindale's blog
A collection of Joel Chippindale's infrequent reckons.
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Updated a year ago
Take aways from LeadDev Berlin '23
I really enjoyed attending and speaking at LeadDev Berlin in 2023. Here are just a few of the things that I took away from the conference. When to make quick decisions I learned the most …
Long story; short pier
God, hes left as on aur oun.
By Kip Manley.
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How it’s going
I’m trying not to borrow grief from the future, as the saying advises, but the terms are so damn attractive.
Chaplin-Keaton-Lloyd film locations (and more)
by John Bengtson "the great detective of silent film locations" New York Times.
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How Laurel & Hardy Made “Two Tars”
They did it again! Flicker Alley is now hosting Laurel & Hardy: Year Two, a beautifully presented 2-disc Blu-ray set of Stan and Ollie’s 1928 films, their second year (Year Two) working as a duo. …
By John Bengtson, 1,207 words
Jeff Rapsis / Silent Film Music
Chronicling the ongoing adventure of staging silent film screenings with live music in theaters in New England, USA and elsewhere.
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Off to Cleveland to accompany 'The Lost World' at Case Western Reserve's 50th annual sci-fi marathon; then 'Way Down East' in Wilton, N.H.
Original poster art for 'The Lost World' (1925).This weekend takes me to the fair city of Cleveland, Ohio, where I'll accompany 'The Lost World' (1925) at this year's annual Sci-Fi Marathon at Case Western Reserve …
By Jeff Rapsis, 1,539 words
The Opinionated Gamers
Reviews and Commentary on Boardgames.
By Dale Yu, et al.
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Updated 17 hours ago
Dale Yu: Review of Burger Slam
Burger Slam Designer: Christoph Behre Publisher: Amigo Players: 2-5 Age: 8+ Time: 20 minutes Amazon affiliate link: https://amzn.to/3Ny7s3K Played with review copy provided by publisher You’re the proud owners of a Sixties diner. Your specialties …