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I’m relieved the UK also endured a wave of murder ballads from men whose mutton chops were less terrifying than their vibratos. A ringer for Tom Jones singing, who knows, Shel Silverstein, Tony Christie puts supper club conviction into “I Did What I Did for Maria” without once convincing this listener that he had the courage to avenge his wife. At least “Indiana Wants Me” has a rhythm section. I …

An unspoiled block of late 19th century rowhousesThe New York City of popular fame is a mix of skyscrapers, big apartments, and slums. But the reality is that New York City has a lot of residents - well over the combined population of Los Angeles, Houston, Phoenix and Miami - and these residents live in all sorts of housing. Manhattan housing is indeed mostly apartment buildings but does include private …

“Explore an island to find resources and discover the lost ruins of Arnak.” Link: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/312484/lost-ruins-of-arnakPlaying Time: 30-120 minsWeight: MidweightGenre: Worker Placement DeckbuildingDesigner: Elwen, MinPlayers: 2-4 (1 with solo expansion) image from boardgamegeek.com Lost Ruins of Arnak is a game that combines worker placement with deckbuilding. This is a relatively new genre, but one that has resulted in some absolute home runs, including Dune Imperium and Endless Winter. But Lost Ruins …

Storyboards for the intro to Super Smash Bros., published on the official HAL Laboratory site in 2000, featuring original drawings of Mario, Yoshi and other characters.Unfortunately, despite the numbering in the lower right of each page (and the site’s source code) suggesting there were at some point 10 images in the set, only 7 of them have been archived and the other 3 are considered lost media.Please zoom in to …

National Geographic will premiere director Cristina Costantini's new feature-length documentary about the first U.S. woman in space, Sally Ride, at the Sundance Film Festival in Utah. "SALLY" examines the life and "hidden love" of the NASA astronaut, whose 27-year relationship with her partner (and the film's narrator) was kept secret from the public. The documentary features rarely-seen footage filmed on Earth and in space.

What I did in 2023: a pretty typical year with some podcasting, some conferences, some book recs, some silly example sentences, and a move to blueskyIn 2023, I switched to bluesky from twitter, which is still going strong. I also spent a month at the LSA summer institute, went to assorted other conferences, and kept doing the podcast. In other words, just like, a pretty normal year, which wasn’t nearly …

For better or worse, a lot of human technology is confined to fewer dimensions than the three we can theoretically move about in. Cars and trains only travel two dimensionally with limited exceptions, maps and books generally don’t take advantage of a third dimension, and most computer displays and even the chips that make them work are largely two-dimensional in nature. Most styles of cooking can only apply heat in …

by Cláudio Alves THE SUBSTANCE continues to be a hit with precursors. A rare feat for horror cinema. So far, the season has been dominated by critics' awards, which, while worthy of attention, don't offer great help when it comes to predicting the Oscars. After all, AMPAS is formed by industry people rather than critics. So, the guilds are a better indicator of what might be a hit with the …

‘The renowned poet Nikki Giovanni has died. Giovanni died on Monday, Dec. 9, following her third cancer diagnosis, according to a statement from friend and author Renée Watson. She was 81. “We will forever be grateful for the unconditional time she gave to us, to all her literary children across the writerly world,” said poet Kwame Alexander in the statement. Giovanni published her first poetry collection, Black Feeling Black Talk, …

House on Haunted Hill was the first horror movie I ever watched and I imagine it's responsible for my lifelong love of spooky movies and Vincent Price. While NECA has long been the company responsible for putting out action figures of horror icons, both of mainstream characters and Cult Classics, since they received the license to create toys based on the classic Universal Monsters a few years back they have …

Gary Graff’s engrossing book focuses on the albums that defined the 1990s, and the artwork that accompanied them. This was the decade where long-playing vinyl finally ceded prominence to the flash new compact disc, leading to the decline of the great album covers. Regardless, the selection presented here showcases the work of some prominent and... The post Book review: 501 Essential Albums of the ’90s appeared first on LouReviews.

Apple Intelligence is what Apple is calling its artificial intelligence feature set, previewed at WWDC in June 2024. The first Apple Intelligence features launched with iOS 18.1, iPadOS 18.1, and macOS Sequoia 15.1, and additional features came in iOS 18.2, iPadOS 18.2, and ‌macOS Sequoia‌ 15.2. There's still more to come, though, and the rest of the Apple Intelligence features are set to come in 2025. Subscribe to the MacRumors …

Currently, 5,788 exoplanets have been confirmed in 4,326 star systems, while thousands more candidates await confirmation. So far, the vast majority of these planets have been gas giants (3,826) or Super-Earths (1,735), while only 210 have been “Earth-like” – meaning rocky planets similar in size and mass to Earth. What’s more, the majority of these planets have been discovered orbiting within M-type (red dwarf) star systems, while only a few …

When you use color as a connector between the different points of your data story, you ease the effort it would take your audience to follow along. You lower the mental hurdles so they can come with you. The post Color is a Connector appeared first on Evergreen Data.

We are now up to #9 in The Red Menace series by James Mullaney from Bold Venture Press: Red Meat. Mullaney is probably best known as a ghost-writer for The Destroyer #111-131, along with the later “new Destroyer” novels. I had gotten into The Destroyer in the late 1980s, reading many of the earlier ones […]