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  1. A Just Recompense
    I'm Writing and I Can't Shut Up. By Karen Carlson. 🇺🇸 More info

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    BASS 2024 Wrap-Up: The Year Of Happy – or at least Hopeful – Endings
    “Hope” – George Frederic Watts, 1886 The joy that comes with the discovery of a piece of writing that stops my breath is the reason that I have done this job for so long. I …
    By Karen Carlson, 768 words
  2. Chips and Cheese – The Devil is in the Details
    Technology news, reviews, insights and leaks with a real technical twist, and the occasional rant or two... By George Cozma et al. More info

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    IBM Power - What's Next?
    Hello you fine Internet folks,I had the opportunity to sit down and interview Bill Starke the Chief Architect of Power CPUs at IBM where we got to talk about the future of Power along with …
    By George Cozma, 3,617 words
  3. Haki Benita
    The writings of Haki Benita. 🇮🇱 More info

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    How to Get or Create in PostgreSQL
    "Get or create" is a very common operation for syncing data in the database, but implementing it correctly may be trickier than you may expect. If you ever had to implement it in a real …
    By Haki Benita, 7,607 words
  4. Just One Week
    A blog about salmon fishing in Scotland and England, for those who enjoy just one week's fishing. By MCXFisher. 🇬🇧 More info

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    Highland Heaven - Inver and Kirkaig
    Lower Inver morning view upstream from the Scrambles Over the years I have been privileged to fish in many beautiful places, but nowhere else moved me as much as these two small Highland rivers. As …
    By MCXFisher, 2,432 words
  5. Lanner Chronicle
    An Aphex Twin Resource. By Mark Cartwright. 🇬🇧 More info

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    Lanner: An Aphex Twin Documentary
    A promo video for Lanner A new documentary (entirely unconnected to the Chronicle, just a great name!) devoted to Richard and his music is on the horizon, titled Lanner after Richard’s home village in South-West …
    By hyperflake, 441 words
  6. The Ranty Highwayman
    The adventures in time & space of a Chartered Civil Engineer, specialising in designing for walking and cycling. By Mark. 🇬🇧 More info

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    Stratford Streets
    Boxing Day called for a little bit of fresh air and with the Elizabeth Line closed, I took my folding bike out for a trip to Stratford (East London) via the District Line for a …
    By The Ranty Highwayman, 1,014 words
  7. The Apiarist - Blog
    Weekly posts on the science and practice of beekeeping. Bees, honey, swarms, bad backs, stings and just about everything else as well. By David Evans. 🇬🇧 More info

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    The gentle art of beekeeping
    High summer.The swarm season had been and gone.The 'June gap' - the period of dearth between the oil seed rape going over and the smorgasbord of mixed summer forage becoming available - had barely registered.Week …
    By David (The Apiarist), 4,317 words
  8. mary.codes
    The personal website of Mary Knize. Web development, art, and tinkering with fun projects. 🇺🇸 More info

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    I started painting again
    I don't love how this painting turned out, but I enjoyed every moment of creating it. (I did the best I could on the photography with a tripod, my phone, and my office lights.) I …
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  9. jeffmilner.com
    A collection of digital wonders and some other stuff. By Jeff Milner. 🇨🇦 More info

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    The Vanity Fair Interview with Billie Eilish, Year Eight
    Every year since 2017, Vanity Fair has interviewed Billie Eilish about her life and career. They didnt release last year’s conversation but they are back this year with the eighth iteration. It’s amazing that Vanity …
    By Jeff Milner, 92 words
  10. Erik Kwakkel
    Medieval book historian at The University of British Columbia, Vancouver. I post images of medieval books. 🇨🇦 More info

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    Medieval selfies and the earliest selfie-stickSelfies are by no...
    Medieval selfies and the earliest selfie-stickSelfies are by no means an exclusively modern phenomenon. During the Middle Ages artists would portray themselves, even realistically. The person seen here made two selfies of himself and even …
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  11. Dutch Genealogy
    Find your ancestors from the Netherlands. By Yvette Hoitink. 🇳🇱 More info

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    Map of the Week – Factories and Businesses in Enschede, 1930
    This week we’re looking at a map of factories and businesses in Enschede in 1930. Map of Enschede, 1930. Credits: Stadsarchief Enschede (public domain). Before 1839, the textile industry of the Netherlands was mostly concentrated …
    By Yvette Hoitink, 148 words
  12. The Daily | Current | The Criterion Collection
    An online magazine covering film culture past and present. By David Hudson. More info

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    A Year’s Worth of Essential Reading
    As we approach the end of 2024, we’re looking back at our past year in publishing and the articles we’ve shared with you—including essays on the pleasures of ensemble acting, the golden age of giallo …
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  13. Add To Wantlist
    Music worth exploring. By Dennis, Nick. More info

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    Dusted || The 10 Best Cover Songs Of December 2024
    Not all new music is really new, as many artists cover songs. Sometimes these are songs by their favorite artists, eg as a tribute to such a musical hero for a special reason, or they …
    By Dennis, 84 words
  14. Rosnovsky Park
    I'm Art, software engineer living in the Pacific Norhtwest. I love coding, hiking, and reading. By Art Rosnovsky. 🇺🇸 More info

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    2024: a Year in Review
    Another year is in the books, it's time for the latest installment of my "Year in Review" series. This year sucked in so many ways, but there were a few bright spots as well.
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  15. Huey | Home
    I'm interested in the bits of the world where law meets technology. By Huey Lee. 🇸🇬 More info

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    Migrating from Omnivore to Wallabag
    Self-hosted setup using docker-compose and importing of articles from OmnivoreThe read-it-later app which I had been using, Omnivore, recently announced that it was being acquired by EvenLabs and would shut down on 30 November 2024.1 …
    By Huey, 638 words