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This recipe was one of those, that from the title alone, I knew I wanted to make. Combining two flavours that I’ve never tried together is sure to pique my interest. And, this apple tart …

It is with great sadness that the History announces the death of Dr Simon Healy. One of its longest serving members of staff, Simon joined the History in 1990, where, for the next thirty years, …

It’s been a while. I’ve been coming through things, and still am, but here I am, writing again. In the café at Wrexham General station, the kind barista is putting up the Christmas tree while …

The Replacements - The Ritz, New York City, June 21, 1986During a break in the Hard Quartet NYC recording we listened to yesterday, Matt Sweeney tells a good Replacements story, which goes something like this: …

At the recently concluded Cannes Film Festival, Indian director Payal Kapadia etched her name for eternity in the annals of cinema history by winning the 'Grand Prix.’ Kapadia's debut feature All We Imagine As Light, …

Last month, I analyzed the programming languages and UI frameworks used to create iOS 17. This month, let’s analyze macOS from OS X El Capitan 10.11 to the latest macOS Sonoma 14 and answer a …

Elections are always complicated things, although pundits sometimes try to pretend that they’re not. In this post I run through some different narratives or ‘explanations’ of Trump’s victory that I’ve noticed or heard since Wednesday …

Question: What is your favorite method of landing a fish using the fly rod? Are you stripping the fly line to bring the fish to the net or utilizing the reel-and-drag system to reel the …

Here’s the third in a series of read-and-watch-alongs for the Kino Cult Blu-Ray release The Classic Ghosts. Source: DVD Beaver After two excellent entries, we’ve come to one that’s still good, but not to the …

DC has posted their full list of solicitations for February 2025, and here are all the ones relating to the Flash. It’s a light month for the Flash Family, but the solo series continues with …

Given recent events in the US, I'm now looking for work to help keep myself and my friends safe. I have over 10 years of programming/hardware experience on microcontrollers, phones, and desktops/servers, spanning native and …

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Herein lies the tale of our abrupt and terrifying end to Death Frost Doom. As if it could end any other way.When we last met with The Pillories, their halfling, Remi Knotwise, had crawled through …

There is a classic statistical test known as the Kolmogorov-Smirnov (KS) test (Wikipedia). This post is about an off-label use of the KS-test that I don’t think people know about (not even Kolmogorov or Smirnov), …

Books, of course. All due to be published in the UK over the next twelve months. Quite a mixed bag: Inger Christensen. Natalja’s Stories. (tr. Denise Newman). Inger Christensen. The Painted Room. (tr. Denise Newman). …