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This is a 2,000 word post about the last 18 months and what happened to me during them. It contains a lot, and I thank you for your indulgence. A year ago, both my parents died. My dad in January and my mum in February. They were on opposite sides of the planet but had a number of things in common. Both deaths were unexpected - dad's was a late …

I asked DALL-E to draw a flowchart on how to make a decision. This is spot on.

In the last issue of Own Your Web, we looked at blogrolls as one way to improve the visibility and discoverability of our sites. Whether or not you want to add a blogroll to your site is a matter of personal preference. But there is something else which probably everyone with a personal website should do: adding an RSS feed. What’s RSS? RSS, which stands for either “Really Simple Syndication” …

On February 21 at 12:00 Eastern (UTC-5), join me and Steven Higashide (Better Buses, Better Cities) for a discussion of the new edition of my book Human Transit. It’s sponsored by the great journalists at NextCity.org, who will ask for a small donation. Register here! Registrants will get 30% off the book! The post Webinar Coming Up! appeared first on Human Transit.

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According to the Bowwow Theory, (Compare dingdong theory, pooh-pooh theory, says Merriam-Webster), the language originated in imitations of natural sounds (such as those of birds, dogs, or thunder). That's my inspiration for this compilation loosely based on various imitations of sounds in songs. Anita And The So-and-so's - Rinky Tinky RhythmBette McLaurin - ZipBill Haley - Chattanooga Choo ChooBobby Day - Beep Beep BeepBonnie Lou And Rusty York - Let …

Moved the three smaller plants to the side of the tent. The tent is still tight to work in but much better.Remember click 'em to big 'em.The beauty of Autoflower Cannabis is you can move the overflow plants to the side of the tent. There are still five plants and a AC unit in the tent, the fifth plant is in Coco Coir so it can be moved when needed.

Happy Valentines Day! A couple weeks ago, on a cold Sunday afternoon, I was browsing Pinterest instead of doing the multitude of other things I told myself I would get done that afternoon. I happened upon this fashion plate, and fell in love!That pink and burgundy dress on the right! It was so pretty! I made a spur of the moment decision that I was going to make that gown. …

A work of art is what it is, even more than what it says. The only real way of seeing how Hamlet differs from Henry is to perceive the great difference in the plays that hold them, a mature tragedy and an early history.

Hello, it's Tom Robinson with the BBC Introducing Mixtape from 6 Music - 60 minutes of music from under the mainstream radar, uploaded direct to our network of local BBC Introducing shows by independent UK artists. This week we present: AIMING, GINNY LOON, HENS BENS, RESTLESS YOUTH, TOMMY BLU, MALIN ANDERSSON, GNAWA STATE 7, AURORA ENGINE, MAN THE ECHO, MARLOWE, SERIOUS ADULTS, ELY BETH, NAKED BRUNCH, LYVES, HOT LEFT POLE, …

Dancer - Change It's this lot again! Etc etc Glasgow etc 10 Songs I Hate About You on March 15th etc a superior slice of askew post-punk that keeps deliberately tripping up over and reordering the constituent parts of itself before getting to its indelible chorus at 1:38, which it obviously doesn't repeat. Gurriers - Des Goblin Talking of undeniable post-punk, which this update is full of, Dublin'srecent Slowdive support …

Here’s a list that has 43 <li>‘s on it. Can you believe some motherfuckers climbed into a giant wooden horse and left it by a castle? Then the castle dummies wheeled it inside and got jumped? lol. It doesn’t feel logical, but I’m telling you, people don’t have a lot of control over obesity. It does have health and quality of life implications and I’m hopeful medical science can help …

‘When I first spotted people sleeping in public, it changed how I thought about China. This woman is using a tourist map as a bedsheet, a plastic bag as a pillow – and an umbrella as a sun screen’I arrived in China in 2005 with a secondhand camera, a laptop and a plan to try to make a living from photography within a year. In the end, I spent 12 …

Back in November, I was in Kitchener-Waterloo for a conference, where I was giving a mental health presentation. I made sure to carve out some time trackside, as KW has some unique rail photo opportunities. You can read about my time trackside in Kitchener here. My first stop was St. Jacobs, a small community north of the City of Waterloo. St. Jacobs is known for its area old order Mennonite …

Double breasted jackets come in many different layouts. Fortunately, one style of jacket allows us to compare these layouts directly. Through use of the transformable double-breasted jacket (or "doppiopetto transformible"), I will explore the pros and cons of each layout. But let's start with the most common layout: The 6x2 The straightforward way to cut a double-breasted jacket is with the button cinching the jacket at or near the natural …