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New sets can be pre-ordered from Para Bellum Wargames:Link: Para Bellum Wargames

We go back to Marlin Apartments in Stratford, where homeless families live 4 and 5 to a single room – around which they are pursued by militias of rats, mice, bedbugs, cockroaches, tiny flies and …

What features do you think make good selling points for games? An immersive world and interesting character development? Challenging obstacles and boss fights? Or what about how big the file size is to download? Because …

Midweek at GDS I attended the London office to see a selection of Matt Lamont's graphic design collection followed by a talk he gave about his work and inspirations including Design Reviewed. Making the most …

A dataset of 187 thousand high resolution face images from movie trailers! Download it from huggingface. # Before the advent of giant web scale image datasets FFHQ used to be considered a big dataset full …

Back in July 22 I visited Kynance Cove on a gorgeous July evening with my sister. We swam in the sparkling water and I came home with lots of inspiring photos. April 23 I produced …

Canonical link: https://siderea.dreamwidth.org/1858562.htmlThis post is addressed to my fellow Massachusetts voters, though it may be of interest to other US voters and people in other countries.This is about how you vote in the up-coming election. …

Sometimes things need to end so we can create something new. Essentially, what's ending is Minimalissimo, and what's beginning is a creative lab I’ve named FFF. I feel like I've done my part in curating …

Karen Lord, The Blue, Beautiful World, Del Rey, 2023.Audiobook available.The Blue, Beautiful World is a fascinating science-fiction stand-alone novel about first contact. Owen is a global music star. The crowds flock to his concerts, commune …

The Death Of Slim Shady What’s up, Internet? I really wanted to post this two weeks after the album’s release, but life happens, and here it is. This isn’t an album review. It isn’t necessarily …

Oregon Department of Transportation is repaving portions of Main Street in Ashland. And when I say “portions” I mean it. They are just repaving the strips where the rubber meets the road. So far they’re …

She said, I don’t think I can do this anymore. I love you but I can’t do this. I said, But if you love me, why can’t you try? She said, It’s over. I said, …

There is no shortage of classic horror gems. From the German expressionist classics of the ’20s to the grim, moodier chillers of the ’70s, I have an embarrassment of riches to choose from every spooky …

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 …

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, …