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I completed The Invincible last week, and it was wonderful. Actually ideal for Steam Deck (something I keep saying). But it really reminded me of Journey, Firewatch and that ilk. It was relatively lonely. Isolating. …

The ConCourt decision to reject the ANC’s bid to overturn an order for it to hand over all records of its cadre deployment committee is a victory for openness and transparency. But the ANC’s formal …

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Listen, you don’t want 2,000 words on a travel case and I don’t particularly want to write that much about a case. Agreed? Excellent, let’s go quick!The visual design is awesomeI love the look of …

Reading this week: Dragon Rouge by Fred E. Wagoner Dragon Operations by Major Thomas P. Odom Getting to Yes by Roger Fisher, William Ury, and Bruce Patton Getting Past No by William Ury Seasons in …

Image by Christina Morillo Software development estimates are often a major point of contention and misunderstanding. These problems are almost always rooted in participants having different language, expectations, and assumptions about the process. How many …

Early in 2021, I set out to write a game for a 40-year-old computer, the venerable Commodore 64. The game, Cab Hustle, was finally released in the fall of...

The back and sides of this guitar are of narra, which is an alternative name for a wood that's most often marketed here in Australia as New Guinea rosewood.According to Wikipedia, the tree is a …

This post and VLOG detail the writer's first record recon, including the missions to Vortex Music & Movies and Silver Platters. The writer traverses the Cross Kirkland Corridor from Redmond to Bellevue, sharing thoughts on …

Since the last outpouring when I was all about the new locos I've made a slight detour and they've got no further really. They need priming and the weather has been foul so a trip …

Due to other factors progress on Westhill Road is somewhat slower than I have anticipated , this is a quick post to show one of Westhill Road’s intended key buildings, the provender / perishables store. …

$\newcommand\F{\mathbb{F}}\newcommand\R{\mathbb{R}}\newcommand\C{\mathbb{C}}\newcommand\Z{\mathbb{Z}}\newcommand\tr{\operatorname{trace}}\newcommand\End{\operatorname{End}}$ The trace of a sqaure matrix $A$ is defined to be the sum of the elements along the diagonal. A basic fact is that for any invertible matrix $M$, \begin{equation}\tag{*} \tr(M^{-1}AM) = \tr(A). \end{equation} …

It’s that time of year again! In one of this blog’s yearly traditions, I’m posting a poem mixing physics and romance. For those who’d like to see more, you can find past years’ poems here. …

Powerhouse comedian Chris Farley (February 15, 1964 - December 18, 1997) of Saturday Night Live and Second City Chicago fame has been gone a long time but still makes this writer laugh out loud.Especially noteworthy: …

Paul Lukas stars as Josef, a butler employed to Prince Alfred, portrayed by the dashing Nils Asther. Josef loves working for the prince because he not only admires him but wishes to emulate him... especially …