Lambda Latitudinarians
Nathan Contino's personal website and blog, Lambda Latitudinarians.
By Nate Contino.
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The Tanglefoot Moonshiner Review
I like riding bicycles. The Tanglefoot Moonshiner is a very, very weird bike. It's also an excellent bike. It might just be the perfect bicycle for Northern New England in 2024. moonSHINin' When we lived …
By Nathan Contino (ncontino[at]lambdalatitudinarians[dot]org), 3,923 words
A Just Recompense
I'm Writing and I Can't Shut Up.
By Karen Carlson.
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Updated 3 days ago
Farid ud-Din Attar: The Conference of the Birds via the Catherine Project
The world’s birds gathered for their conference And said: ‘Our constitution makes no sense. All nations in the world require a king; How is it we alone have no such thing? Only a kingdom can …
By Karen Carlson, 4,335 words
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.
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Updated 4 days ago
Discussing AMD’s Zen 5 at Hot Chips 2024
Hot Chips isn’t just a conference where companies give in-depth presentations on the architectures behind high performance chips. It’s also a place to talk to the engineers who worked on those products on the sidelines, …
By clamchowder, 2,843 words
Haki Benita
The writings of Haki Benita.
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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
Just One Week
A blog about salmon fishing in Scotland and England, for those who enjoy just one week's fishing.
By MCXFisher.
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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
Lanner Chronicle
An Aphex Twin Resource.
By Mark Cartwright.
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Aphex Twin, Spex Magazine (March 1993)
Thanks again to my brother Paul for the scans, cheers Paul! Aphex Twin: The soldering iron becomes an instrument Who is Richard James, or what is he? Jimi Hendrix of Techno? The Beach Boys of …
By hyperflake, 1,730 words
The Ranty Highwayman
The adventures in time & space of a Chartered Civil Engineer, specialising in designing for walking and cycling.
By Mark.
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A Tale Of Two Roundabouts
This post comes from London where two roundabouts have been redesigned to add protected cycling space.The first is the Old Street junction which is right on the border of the boroughs of Hackney and Islington, …
By The Ranty Highwayman, 1,358 words
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.
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Beekeeping in winter
If you keep bees in temperate latitudes your beekeeping year is more or less seasonal, depending on how far from the equator you are.The spring and summer are busy, with colony expansion, swarm control, queen …
By David (The Apiarist), 3,070 words
mary.codes
The personal website of Mary Knize. Web development, art, and tinkering with fun projects.
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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 …
jeffmilner.com
A collection of digital wonders and some other stuff.
By Jeff Milner.
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Updated 2 weeks ago
Gisnep!
David Friedman recently created a daily word puzzle called Gisnep! I’ve been hooked on it ever since I discovered it last week. As a non-coder, he created it using a form of guess-and-check programming with …
Erik Kwakkel
Medieval book historian at The University of British Columbia, Vancouver. I post images of medieval books.
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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 …
Dutch Genealogy
Find your ancestors from the Netherlands.
By Yvette Hoitink.
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Map of the week – Trade map of the Netherlands, 1894
This week we are looking at a map of routes from 1894. Understanding the major connections between cities may help you understand migration patterns. People who travelled along these lines may have met partners in …
By Yvette Hoitink, 312 words
The Daily | Current | The Criterion Collection
An online magazine covering film culture past and present.
By David Hudson.
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What to Expect at the Criterion Mobile Closet
Stocked with more than 1,000 of the greatest films from around the world, the Criterion Collection Closet may offer more cinematic inspiration per square foot than any other place on the planet. Filmmakers, stars, and …
Add To Wantlist
Music worth exploring.
By Dennis, Nick.
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Updated 18 hours ago
New single: capsuna || repeat/retreat Crunchy lo-fi pop by one of Europe's brightest up-and-comers
Kicking off 2024 with a bang, capsuna made their mark with a self-titled debut album that quickly positioned them among Europe’s brightest up-and-comers. Now, their latest single continues to stoke the flames of excitement. On …
Rosnovsky Park
I'm Art, software engineer living in the Pacific Norhtwest. I love coding, hiking, and reading.
By Art Rosnovsky.
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Life Update September 2024
The summer is almost over, time to reflect on how it all went. I hiked a bit, worked a lot, read even more, went to a couple of concerts, traveled a bit. All in all, …