The Zozzled Cocktail
A drinker's guide to historic cocktailing.
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Harvard Cooler
Summer is here. Time to cool off. Cocktail coolers have long been a fixture in the mixological world. This particular refresher comes from the classic Savoy Cocktail Book of 1930. Like their cousins, Tom Collins …
Ben Viveur
The Epicurean musings of Benjamin Nunn. Recipes. Reviews. Beer. Swearing.
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BV London Pub of the Year 2023-24 - the results
What takes place once a year and involves me drinking large quantities of beer? Well, OK, it could be practically anything, admittedly, but, more specifically, it's the BV London Pub of the Year award. Yes, …
By Benjamin Nunn, 470 words
everything changes
I work with individuals, teams, and organizations who are looking to make a change in their work with intention and integrity.
By Mandy Brown.
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Haves and choices
ONE OF THE HABITS of language that I look out for when I’m listening to someone’s story is that little phrase I have to. Sometimes what follows that phrase isn’t terribly interesting, simply the acknowledgement …
By Mandy Brown, 970 words
Lea Verou • Blog
I have a long-standing passion for open web standards.
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Web Components are not Framework Components — and That’s Okay
Disclaimer: This post expresses my opinions, which do not necessarily reflect consensus by the whole Web Components community. A blog post by Ryan Carniato titled “Web Components Are Not the Future” has recently stirred a …
Adrian's Corner - Posts
On coding, tech, privacy, AI and whatever else comes to this mind.
By Adrian Schönig.
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Upgrading to a 2024 iPad Air from a 2018 iPad Pro
My 2018 12.9 iPad Pro has been one of my greatest tech purchases. I’ve used it nearly every day for the last 5.5 years, and it’s still in great shape. Why upgrade now? While I’m …
potch has a website
make things, not too much, mostly crap.
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My favorite part of my zsh config
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" …
Scientist Sees Squirrel
Seldom original. Often wrong. Occasionally interesting.
By Stephen Heard.
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ChatGPT, teaching, and writing style (and also, fun)
Warning: ridiculously long post – but it’s mostly the writing samples and you can skim those. In connection with my forthcoming book on teaching and mentoring scientific writers, I’ve been doing some thinking about how …
By ScientistSeesSquirrel, 64 words
GORILLAS DON'T BLOG
Fellow bloggers have inspired me to share vintage images of Disneyland from my personal collection.
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The Magic Kingdom
I have a number of Magic Kingdom photos for you today, from two different batches. The first three are from July, 1974. First up is this "Souvenir Guidebook Worthy" photo from Adventureland, with a Summer …
By Major Pepperidge, 316 words
Jan-Lukas Else
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Memos
With the current drama around WordPress and Automattic, I was searching for alternatives to Simplenote, the app I am currently using to save my notes and keep them synced. In the awesome-selfhosted list, I found …
Stargirl (Thea) Flowers - Blog
By Thea Flowers.
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BikePortland
Portland Oregon bicycle news, events, culture, and opinion.
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Podcast: District 4 Ballot Banter with Lisa Caballero
(Inset photos: Jonathan Maus/BikePortland) Hold onto those ballots! Especially if you live in City Council District 4. Because I’ve just uploaded a new podcast episode where Lisa Caballero and I dish and debate the D4 …
By Jonathan Maus (Publisher/Editor), 630 words
The Daily Cartoonist
Industry news for the professional cartoonist.
By Mike Peterson, Alan Gardner, D. D. Degg.
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CSotD: One More Week To Go Mad
What, Me Worry? The Art and Humor of MAD Magazine at the Norman Rockwell Museum in Stockbridge, Mass., closes Sunday, the 27th, giving you eight days to get there. Stockbridge is about two hours from …
By Mike Peterson, 1,172 words
Guy Tal | Photographer, Author
This is a reader-supported, ad-free zone. New posts added monthly.
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Saying Yes — A Personal Note
Say yes to everything, shirk nothing, don’t try to lie to yourself. You are not a solid citizen, you are not a Greek, you are not harmonious, or the master of yourself, you are a …
Cartoonatics
Sketches, Stories and Other Stuff from Tom Ruegger.
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Where We Made "Animaniacs"
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 …
Weather West
California weather and climate perspectives.
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Major autumn heatwave to continue streak of record heat in interior Southwest; Warm to hot in California for foreseeable future
A September Yo-Yo in SoCal; Record hot to cool to hot again September was a bit of a roller coaster month in California (especially SoCal). In the southern half of the state, a record-breaking early …
By Daniel Swain, 103 words