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A few years ago, I thought it would be funny to have sudo cd work to cd into nonexistent directories, and so I manifested: # in .zshrc function sudo() { if [[ "$1" == "cd" …

Jason Roberts’s Every Living Thing has perhaps the most gorgeous cover I’ve ever seen on a natural history book. That alone would have been enough for me to pick it up and look more closely …

I have two nice ones for you today, starting with this unusual interior from one of the Main Street shops. But which one? I think it might be from The Emporium, but am not certain. …

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So good to be back the the Shed. Eva and I were up to old tricks with a wide-ranging chat about everything from riding bikes naked to Portland’s new WNBA team. Here’s a list of …

Rounding up and settling down for a Friday free-for-all. Nick Anderson has a Gotham Gig; Andy Capp Reconsidered; Sergio Aragonés’ 2024 Award for Excellence; Bolling at Boing Boing; Bill Friday Memorial Service; BC Gets Fit; …

My new book, Be Extraordinary: Philosophical Advice for Photographic and Other Artists is now available for purchase and immediate download. (Note that you may also purchase the book from ebook sellers, such as Amazon, Google, …

The Imperial Bank Building in Sherman Oaks, CA, where we made Tiny Toons, Animaniacs, Pinky and the Brain, Freakazoid, Batman: The Animated Series, Road Rovers and Histeria. These paintings of our home base were made …

Extraordinary SoCal heat and wildfire surge in first half of September Well, the early September heatwave sure turned out to be a remarkable one–particularly across Southern California (where a number of locations came close to …

If you had to choose software to begin working in architectural design, which would be your first choice? Many might think that a BIM solution such as BlenderBIM or FreeCAD would be the ideal choice. …

It’s humbling that way every September, without fail, knocks me on my rump. One week, you’re breezy and unscheduled, reading books on a beach and tearing lobster apart with your bare hands (indeed, we were …

The eBook edition of the first Difficult Dukes book, A Duke in Shining Armor, is available for a short time for $1.99. Sometimes these deals go on for weeks. Sometimes it’s only a few days. …

Heil Honey I'm Home! (1990)Streaming free at Internet ArchiveMimicking the style of I Love Lucy or The Honeymooners, this half-hour TV sit-com has Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun as a bickering American middle-class married couple. …