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Hey everyone!This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of March. Summary Of Changes 100r.co, added chainplates, knots, washing dishes, receiving mail, updated our notes on diy …

A special event celebrating the Hebridean-based sculptor Steve Dilworth, coinciding with his solo exhibition at Pangolin London, with contributions from his biographer, Georgina Coburn, and a screening of portrait film... The post Journeyman – The …

Lego have just released their own Minifig builder, including custom piece printing (although only on the body). This has been a long time coming and is pretty disruptive to all the businesses who have been …

Sometimes, a conversation has the effect of a tin opener - one of those old-style ones which involves puncturing the can with a sharp blade, running it round the lid without the assistance of wheels …

Word puzzles are a big thing for me. Not in an obsessive way, but in a constant-presence, continual-joy sense. I look forward to getting the New York Times in print each weekend, mostly for the …

Originally published 2016-04-17 at https://medium.com/@tomstafford/optimal-training-in-aikido-part-1-12495b32ea0c part 2 isn’t finished yet, but I’m still thinking about it. How does anyone know what to aim for in perfecting aikido technique? Aikido is a Japanese martial art. Traditionally, …

Our original CR-V (now called the OG-V) now in its 18th year, is rapidly approaching historic motor vehicle status. I drove it down to Bob’s house yesterday and marveled at how pleasant a driver it …

1. Opera adds built-in support for local LLMs - Opera is adding local AI models to its browser. Users can choose from 150 local LLM variants, keeping their data private on their device. This is …

First ferry trip of the year on the only operating Arran ferry (for now). Choppiest crossing I’ve ever experienced but it was full of rainbows. Quite, er, lively on the top deck. My face was …

It’s not a bug in your RSS reader if recent articles in this feed all suddenly appeared as unread. You may even have seeming duplicates. Sorry about that! It’s due to my changing settings in …

Comme bien des montréalais depuis quelques années, des travaux sont en cours sur notre rue depuis deux semaines. Aqueducs, conduites d’eau contenant du plomb, remplacement de ci et de ça, la totale. Ce matin un …

Changing planes to go drinking in Cleveland 2024-03-01T00:00:00+00:00, by Emma Humphries, from Infinite Wishes 🏳️‍⚧️🚀 “Doors are Portals”* is one of my favorite tropes, and Otherwise Award Winner Maureen Mchugh has a wonderful take on …

Never let a name fool you: Yvette Mimieux. The ooo-la-la French seductress thing was all the rage in the early 1960s cinema and TV. After WWII, French culture spilled across the Atlantic and wormed into …

About a year ago I moved this blog from FreeBSD to Linux, after experimenting with NetBSD for the past month, I decided to try hosting this small part of the web on NetBSD.

One of the joys and the promise of developing programming languages is that you can develop your own way to interface with a computer.

I didn’t write a yearnote last year, which is a shame, as it was an eventful year, with being promoted to Director at dxw, my extension being completed and finishing Murmuration and running it at …

A few sheep are mowing the lawn in the park. And there is at least one lamb too! 🐑🐑🐑 “määähhh” Interactions & Comments

A la simpática y misteriosa persona que me escribió para invitarnos a Erica y a mí a un concierto en Berlín: muchas gracias, persona simpática y misteriosa, pero por desgracia mantuve mi ebook en modo …

We’re looking after Patches, my brother-in-law’s dog, “for the long weekend” (until next Tuesday). He hasn’t met Gidget before, and got himself bapbapbapped when he tried to give her a customary canine friendly greeting (sniffing …