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Botany Manor is a 3 hour first person puzzle game about growing plants while exploring a big beautiful fancy house that smells like British Bake-Off.The main design inspiration here is obviously Gone Home, with a …

The new Breakaway+ Bottle Filter is HydraPak's first bottle designed specifically for cyclists, merging a 590ml bike bottle with a hollow fiber filter for quick access to potable water. We had a chance to take …

A monthly newsletter about London beer and pubs written by Will Hawkes Subscribe for free hereEnjoy London Beer City? Support it here How London Pubs conquered FacebookMARK is drinking Thatchers Cider at a pub in …

In this somewhat different post, I am hosting the long-running Carnival of Mathematics. First I’ll talk about 223 (the issue number) and then I’ll round up some mathematical posts from December 2023. It’s primetime we …

The final production draft of the script for the sixty-third and final episode of Better Call Saul, "Saul Gone", is available to read here, one of ten standout scripts that year submitted by their writers …

Yesterday, I spotted a Sandwich Tern, Thalasseus sandvicensis, colloquially known as a Sarnie, patrolling the open river lock at Brownshill Staunch on the Great River Ouse. It flew back and forth over a stretch of …

It’s good to be reminded of what the general public finds important, and what it doesn’t. If you don’t like graffiti look away like you do for genocide

From time to time, a few years ago now, I found myself walking passed a bar called The Dock (Facebook page), on Monday evenings. The bar, located in the inner Sydney suburb of Redfern, was …

The Borreson X1 Speakers are here and the are INSANELY GREAT! See my full review of these made in Denmark hifi audio speakers to see why they are so very special. [...] The post The …

Got to thinking about Tesla's announcement of their 10% reduction in workforce. For years they gained a foothold because they were early to market and their cars just had something about them. They were cool, …

Time and time again I spend a considerable amount of time working on a project that I find useful and think: "surely other people will find this useful as well!" ... only to send it …

10,000 hours — that’s how long it takes for you to be good at something. Or at least that’s what they say. Well for me, that's how long I immersed myself in taking gaming rather …

Here’s the latest installment in the series on working with LLMS: https://thenewstack.io/code-in-context-how-ai-can-help-improve-our-documentation/. Writing documentation from scratch is as uncommon as writing code from scratch. More typically, you’re updating or expanding or refactoring existing docs. My …

Because the fact is that Harry Potter is not American. He is British. Where is Diagon Alley, where they buy wands and stuff? It is in London, and if you want to get into the …

I am a fan of soda, but it is not a good choice for your health. Sodas with zero sugar are not perfect by any means and can have their own health concerns, but at …