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I explored the collection and picked my top six favorite Cavallini puzzles to share with you! I hope you'll find them as captivating and delightful as I did. Whether you're gifting them or enjoying them …

writing code on TRS-80 like it's 1983 (sort of)

Add a new Building Block to the Building Blocks page, called “Precondition Unidling”:- Idle Genetic Engineers may submit Proposals as if they were not idle; such proposals are known as Precondition Proposals, and should suggest …

A while ago I went to north Wales with my daughter. I posted here a few pictures from that trip. We wanted to visit a place I saw in various websites, that at first looked …

Yes, these are my hand-written notes. My descent into madness continues apace. Check here for part 1.PART 4: SECRETS OF 1.00Digging through this immensely helpful spreadsheet has revealed many things. A lot of the changes …

Kamakura, where I lived from 2020 to 2024, is a beautiful coastal town less than an hour south of Tokyo. Its temples, gardens, and beaches attract tourists from across Japan and the world, but what …

hello all! no more art will be posted on this log/RSS feed; i’m merging/updating it to a new art blog powered by tegalog instead of wordpress. the new RSS link is not “quite” live yet …

Pointless Exposition I’m not in the Apple ecosystem, but I was quite enthused about the announcement of the airtag and the FindMy network back in 2019. The private-by-design protocol / implementation looked great, especially compared …

Jim VandeHei (Axios co-founder) on The Grill Room podcast regarding new media vs the old: “What I tell our staff is, I don’t have time to be romantic. Whatever was will not be in the …

I developed the theme used on this site from scratch and have made it available as free open source software. You can see the code hereGitHub - nickabs/transmission: transmission Ghost themetransmission Ghost theme. Contribute to …

This Iranian short earned its Oscars qualification by winning best animated short film at the Foyle Film Festival in Ireland.

Aimee Hess. Photo:Shawn Miller. –Aimee Hess in the Publishing Office helps produce books highlighting the Library’s collections. This story also appears in the Nov.-Dec. issue of the Library of Congress Magazine. Describe your work at …

The Tim Traveller travelled to Milan to visit the Arena Civica (officially Arena Gianni Brera) and ask a question: is this the oldest stadium in modern professional football? But before you get ready to Well …

Just learned this evening that my Mom has passed away.Not much to say right now. Lots to process. She was an exceptionally good person, a medical pro who cared about everyone.Not sure if I'll have …

When you think of your own circle of competence, you quickly come to realize that this model is a way to express self-knowledge — and self-knowledge in turn helps you articulate your circle with more …