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cover for Oceanborn (1999) by Nightwish I recall buying this album in 2000, but not why I had done so. I suspect it had been after I bought Therion’s albums Vovin and Deggial, so it …

Three weeks ago I met up with visual arts writer Mark Sheerin to talk about my artwork. I’m delighted to say that the resulting interview has now been published on his site: I don’t believe …

Hello, and welcome to Old Fritinancy — Classic Fritinancy? — the blog I launched in 2006. In August 2023 I made the transition to the Substack platform, where I’m publishing new writing on names, brands, …

A unique place to visit in Spain is the Castro de Santa Trega, a fascinating Celtic site tucked away in the far corners of the Galicia Region of Spain. Galicia has a deep history with …

Chapter 5 of The Staff Engineer’s Path is going to be about leading big projects, the kind that involve a lot of teams, or where the stakes are high, or the path forward is ambiguous–or …

Start with something simple. We've got the verb give, which we all know, and the thing that you give is a gift. They're quite obviously related. This is Not Interesting.Then you've got people who use …

Perhaps somewhat surprisingly, Transit Maps has never taken a look at the map for Portland’s northern neighbour, the (original) Vancouver. With the recent addition of their second “The Vine” BRT route along Mill Plain Boulevard, …

Quoted The Diminishing Returns of Having Good Taste by W. David Marx (archive.is) But the internet’s sprawling databases, real-time social-media networks, and globe-spanning e-commerce platforms have made almost everything immediately searchable, knowable, or purchasable—curbing the …

I suspect that one of Einstein’s nightmares was that his theory of gravity would be turned into a quantum theory. I also suspect that we’re inching closer to that nightmare situation every day -- but …

The Washington Post has an excellent story by Mary Ilyushina today about the Ukraine war’s ideological effects on Russian universities. I doubt the many opinioneers attacking recent American campus activism will acknowledge any parallels. This …

Avant garde guitar improviser Frith has released and contributed to hundreds of records (this one being the only one I’ve written up here, but why not plug it again?) This record with frequent collaborator Johnston …

Saturday 6 May 2023 marked the coronation of King Charles III, the first coronation since 1953 and so the first in the living memory of most people. It took place eight months after the death …

Trying to keep on top of this.Fellsman recovery is going well. My knee isn't quite as sore as it was last week. I attribute it almost totally to this video from David and Jelena Yoga, …

Take pictures of the crew returning, not putting out to sea. A U-Boat takes to the seas in search of British vessels to sink. Things take a turn for the worse when the hunter becomes …

I agree with so much of this piece… especially the expansive view of accessibility that is inclusive of both the disability divide and the digital divide.Great summary here:[M]y passion for accessibility stems from experiencing accessibility …