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A gift from Bonner to a budding woodworker On this this July 4th holiday I’m re-posting this tribute to a woodworker and mentor, Bonner Hall. Bonner Hall stooped down and flicked a Japanese beetle off …

Death diving. In a swamp. At a night. When Jonny brought up the idea of hosting a death diving invitational in his own backyard swamp – it seemed insane. Crazy. Impossible? We said F it, …

In a recent Virtual Coffee chat, I asked, "What is the favorite software tool/site/thing you've ever created?" A key point to some responses was that sometimes little, quick apps are the most rewarding and impactful. …

I've decided to migrate this blog to a quarto-based blog format. All future posts will be found here: https://swingley.dev/blog2.

The Untourists The Untourists - Travel Blog - Discovering the beautiful world we live in. We have always felt Indian food is best had in a home. There is no, not one restaurant which serves …

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Some of the half-frame 35mm photographs from the French ‘Randonneur Round The Year’ rides will be included in a Brighton Photo Fringe exhibition between 16 and 20 October. The show is at Regency Town House …

Isolating sensitive data and operations is a fundamental issue in computing. Ideally, we want to minimize the possibility of a software defect compromising the security of a device. However, in order for the software we …

The DX-286 now comes with TWO 18650 Li-ion batteries and is available from Amazon for US buyers and Ali Express for those outside the US. See it at Amazon: See it at Ali Express: Jay …

The Chicago Surface Lines ran a fantrip on October 23, 1938 using PCC #4002, then just two years old. It toured the city carrying many railfans, and was credited as giving the fledgling Central Electric …

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Recently I was stood outside Huddersfield Railway Station waiting for my Replacement Bus Service. I was eating much needed food from a nearby fast food outlet and contemplating my next move. Other match-goers had gone …

On a warm sunny October Thursday I headed to Birkdale, hoping for some overdue revisits and some new ones. I started in Bar'Nista:This is a pleasant cafe/bar in a shop conversion. What makes it special …

The electronic version of the latest issue of the Girls’ Angle Bulletin is now available on our website. Before you look on the inside front cover to see what the cover image represents, what patterns …

This week in Modern Plain Text Computing we put together some of the things we’ve been learning about cleaning and tidying data. Here’s a somewhat sobering example using data from the Fatality Analysis Reporting System, …