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My ol’ Burgundian Home If I had a house en Bourgogne (which, alas, I don’t), I’d like one like this. And then I’d ask Randy Newman to do a variation on this for me. Quote of the Day ”My problem lies in reconciling my gross habits with my net income.” Errol Flynn Musical alternative to the morning’s radio news Maxwell Quartet | Cill Mhuire Link Long Read of the Day …

I hung an owl box. 10 years later on a sunny February morning an owl finally came to roost. This is that owl's story ... ... as told in his own words. Hello. Pleased to make your acquaintance. My name is OHMYGOD but everyone calls me Snacks. I'm an Eastern Screech Owl. Karen and I...Read More

Under the international gold standard, the price level tended to be relatively stable in the very long run. There were often significant changes up and down on a year-to-year basis, but over much longer periods of time the average inflation rate tended to be close to zero. Here is Josh Hendrickson: I sometimes hear people, especially those who think that we should return to a gold standard, say something like …

Trigger Warning: This review contains references to an actor who doesn't really seem to understand what trigger warnings are for. Paul Hilton has catapulted himself across the river and straight from one Ibsen play into another, as the corrupt mayor in Thomas Ostermeier, Florian Borchmeyer and Duncan Macmillan's adaptation of the overtly political An Enemy of the People. Matt Smith is the star turn in Ostermeier's production, playing Thomas Stockmann, …

Another hundred reviews down at the complete review, so it's time for the next overview of the most recent batch of 100 reviews -- 5101 through 5200. - The last 100 reviews were posted over 240 days -- slightly quicker than the last 100, which took 252 days. The average reviewed book was 264.1 pages long, down considerably from the previous 100, where the average was a ridiculous 325 pages. …

I “discovered” one of my heroes, Stan Freberg, in the early sixties when he was still making comedy records and also making a name for himself with innovative and funny commercials. His spots for Chun King Chow Mein were especially infamous…and one of the few times that the public was ever aware who was responsible for an advertising campaign. In 1962, the company that marketed Chun King — which was …

Alternate Universe keeps comic books super in New Haven The store, which has two locations in Connecticut, is supported by a loyal customer base. Christina Lee 11:37 pm, Feb 21, 2024 https://yaledailynews.com/blog/2024/02/21/alternate-universe-keeps-comic-books-super-in-new-haven/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7rhAziDRsgs Azuki announces LOST YOUTH, CASES AND THEN SOME, and two more MediBang! titles [digital manga subscription service] Rebecca Oliver Kaplan 02/22/2024 https://www.comicsbeat.com/azuki-announces-lost-youth-cases-and-then-some-and-two-more-medibang-titles/ Manta Expands into French-Language Digital Comics Market [South Korean digital comics platform] Feb 21, 2024 …

If you’re wondering why so much comic news broke today, it’s because ComicsPRO, the Comics Professional Retail Organization, is hosting its industry meeting over the next three days. As a part of that meeting, comics publishers are presenting some of their future plans to attendees and, in many cases, releasing that news into the wild. DC was one of many publishers on hand to talk to retailers, and gave several …

This is massively a MQoS Not Dead Yet posting, noting that I am currently in a state of body and mind unlike anything I’ve previously reported on, and opening up a lot of questions about the many experiential states that are depressive in one sense or another. I’ve been sleeping a lot (10+ hours at night the last two nights, plus a couple of hours napping during the day), but …

1984 In early 1984 Scottish band The Blue Nile released their debut album “A Walk Across The Rooftops” including the single Tinseltown in the Rain. After 40 years the album is still regarded as a classic, and in all that time the band have released only three other albums. 2010 A user called XTC343 uploaded some files to a USENET newsgroup: a fan-made multi-channel version of The Blue Nile’s “A …

A commercial, robotic spacecraft has become the first U.S. vehicle to land on the moon since Apollo 17 in 1972. "Odysseus," Intuitive Machines' first Nova-C lander, touched down near the lunar south pole on Thursday (Feb. 22). Carrying both privately-booked and NASA-contracted payloads, the IM-1 six-legged probe delivered science instruments, artwork and data archives to the moon, as well as several technology demonstrations.

Mahdi Bchatnia (via Daniel Jalkut): A simple Mac app for symbolicating macOS/iOS crash reports.Supports symbolicating:.crash and .ips crash reportssample and spindump reports

Apple is internally testing a new ChatGPT-like generative AI tool that will enable employees to offer faster technical support going forward. Apple recently launched a pilot program that provides select AppleCare support advisors with access to a new tool called "Ask" that can automatically generate responses to technical questions they receive from customers, according to information obtained by MacRumors. Advisors can then relay the info to customers in online chats …

*ChatGPT “inference kernel” bug causes the AI to spout bizarre prose to users

All the morning at the office. At noon with my wife and Pall to my father’s to dinner, where Dr. Thos. Pepys and my coz Snow and Joyce Norton. After dinner came The. Turner, and so I home with her to her mother, good woman, whom I had not seen through my great neglect this half year, but she would not be angry with me. Here I staid all the …