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Recently I was toying with the somewhat new GitHub feature that allows you to create a repository with the same name as your GitHub username and host in it a README.md file that then is …

Students exit the city bus, catty-corner from Washington High SchoolA walking audit is a good way to assess walkability in a specific area. Walking enables anyone to see how easy or difficult it is to …

This one speaks for itself: The lawyers, of course, complied (and split the bill). Is this the first time such an order has been issued? Nope. See “Order Granting Motion to Compel Lunch” (Aug. 4, …

Mesmerizing, delicate and seemingly impossible — this lovely luminescent denizen of the sea has been living in our oceans for more than half a billion years. Jellyfish are found all over the world, from surface …

In this edition: News: Two deaths dubiously linked to Bigfoot hunting Cryptid Media See This – Out There: Crimes of the Paranormal Cryptid Media Skip This – Lost Monster Files Update on naming taboo cryptids …

Cutscenes explores—and blurs—the intersection of cinema and video games.Eat the Night (Caroline Poggi and Jonathan Vinel, 2024).The world outside is a gamespace that appears as an imperfect form of the game. —McKenzie Wark, “To the …

I ticked over 15 years as a marriage celebrant this year and I’ve realised I’d grown complacent. I’m reminded of wisdom around complacency by a former employee of a formerly massive computer company whose lunch …

If there are to be any live shows for either DevilDriver or Coal Chamber this year, they’re now not going to take place until at least Q4 2025 so frontman Dez Fafara can continue to …

OpenSkiStats has analyzed ski trail maps to determine the direction of travel for ski trails worldwide. In Which Way do You Ski OpenSkiStats has used ski trail maps to determine the direction of travel of …

Photographed with a Fujifilm X100VI – 23 mm focal length – 1/35″ at f/5.6 – ISO 640 Mexico City, Mexico – Mexihcah (Triple Alliance) land This photograph, titled “Condesa, Mexico City. December, 2024.”, was originally …

Braised eggs with noodles is a dish that you won’t necessarily find anywhere else. It’s more of a concept than a dish! You braise scrambled eggs in a sauce with vegetables and aromatics, and the …

a rusty boat named Margaret sits on a small grassy hill with trees behind it. a few floaties and a mound of dirt sit nearby. i don’t know if she’s seaworthy, cap’n. Happy (Gregorian calendar) …

The recent Beeper controversy briefly brought the “blue bubbles vs. green bubbles” topic back into the mainstream. Here’s a brief review for those of you who are (blessedly) unaware of this issue. Messages sent using …

Whether you're developer, DevOps engineer, SysAdmin, QA or in any other technical role, you're surely familiar with cURL - the command line tool and library for transferring data with URLs (as described in docs). Most …

I recently got my hands on a USB drive with Kakasoft USB Copy Protection (DRM protection). This software promises to let you share data without the fear of it being copied by the end user. …