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Not movie related but… TRANSGESSIONS, my latest collection of short stories is out now as an eBook and paperback. You can order your copy here. If you like it please consider leaving a review on …

All beer geeks like to occasionally have something that reminds us of when we were first getting into craft beer, so I enjoyed seeing some proper Beer Discourse triggered by a Matt Curtis article yesterday. …

The readers of this blog know know that I stay away from non-math related discussions. It’s not that I don’t have any political opinions, I just don’t think they are especially valuable or original. I …

(Ha, and why it's good none of the players read my blog.)(Northern Continent Detail by Zak S.)I had been intending to run Zak Smith's Cube World setting since Zak began to publish the installments back …

Over years spent weaving futures thinking into real-world strategy and policy, I’ve learned that transforming the future is neither simple nor straightforward. My journey has taken me across government, civil society, and global organisations, where …

I probably set up and configure (or reconfigure) at least ~5 computers a year for professional audio. A few years back I started configuring some machines to use Arch while continuing to mainly setup and …

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 Hard Quartet - WFMU’s Burn It Down! with Nate K., November 8. 2024The Hard Quartet (l-r: Matt Sweeney, Stephen Malkmus, Emmett Kelly, Jim White) played a handful of shows over the last month or …

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 …