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one thing about being away from the desk for a while is it resets your habits and relationships to your habits and you see them afresh from the outside, & this prompted me to ask 'when I feel this little stab of distress that prompts me to check reddit, where is that distress coming from? What is distressing me?' & I realised that for me at least, it's the context …

This is one of those things that I do so much but always need to think. So I’m going to create some documentation for myself, and maybe it’ll help others. Specifically, I’m going to setup an extern...

Every week, we recommend 5 publishing articles/blog posts that supplement the major news for the week. Whether data or industry commentary, we hope these 5 links will be a simple way to keep you in the know. How Hobart, NY Transformed Into a Book Lover’s Paradise How Translating Small Languages is No Small Task Should Author Profiles Replace Book Criticism? The Censorship Battle in Florida Continues as US Publishers Sue …

What’s wrong with mindfulness? Why do companies make everything worse? And why do we still work for them? I’ve got answers! Please continue to my website to read the post. Sorry about that. If you're a technical person and you know how let Astro render mdx to an RSS feed, please let me know.

Quick PSA: someone on Facebook is apparently impersonating me using an account called “McMansion Hell 2.0” – If you see it, please report! Thanks!Howdy folks! I hope if you were born between 1995 and 2001 you’re ready for some indelible pre-recession vibes because I think this entire house, including the photos have not been touched since that time. This Wake County, NC house, built in 2007, currently boasts a price …

Hakobune‘s guitar is processed like one hundred Guthries, ringing with reverb abandon as chords stretch into warm, elongated vibrations. The 2019 album Rain Studies is a full-spectrum affair; it alternately plays and washes away intruding sounds. Its CTwins-spirit is best transmitted on “Tenkyuu,” which sounds like muting everything but a single guitar track on Victorialand‘s mixing desk. I suppose these comparisons are a little unfair. I feel I’m projecting my …

Lillian Gish is, unquestionably, one of the most significant stars of the silent film era. But one of her greatest performances from the era was in the last silent film she appeared in: The Wind, released in 1928. The Wind was an adaptation of Dorothy Scarborough’s novel by the same name, first published in 1925. This is very much a book that was meant to be turned into a silent …

I recently went on on a trip from Cape Town to Washington, D.C., Seattle, North Cascades National Park, Seattle again, Denver, D.C. again, and then back home to Cape Town, all in three weeks. It was wonderful, but it was too much: too many airports, too many suitcases, too many weird bathroom setups. (Well, two, but that was two too many.) I kept saying to myself, “I’ll be so happy …

After 18 months, I finally took the hint that my walking partner has moved on (I’m not bitter) and replaced him. With somebody reliable, who will walk with me whenever I want and enjoy it too. Demmy loves walking and is already in my house! She’s perfect. A visit from my Dad, who looks down on almost everything I enjoy doing except walking, seemed like a good time to resume …

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Almost hypnotic…I think I fell into a trance watching this!The post making of yakibuta cup ramen first appeared on ramen! ramen! ramen!.

Like the internet or a magical sidekick, chatbots are reorganizing knowledge to be more interactive and more accessible.

On a bus to Redmond, a passenger found a wallet and returned it to the driver. Shortly after, the owner joyfully reclaimed it at the next stop. The unexpected reunion brought a sense of wonder and positivity, showing the beauty of chance and kindness.

You probably have to be Jewish to appreciate the full and bitter irony of this sentence: Nearly 11 months into a devastating war, a serious new challenge has emerged in Gaza: polio. Growing up, there were two uncontested heroes in the Jewish-American pantheon: Sandy Koufax and Jonas Salk. If you were really in the know, you’d add a third: Albert Sabin. Salk invented the polio vaccine, Sabin invented the oral …

She said, I don’t think I can do this anymore. I love you but I can’t do this. I said, But if you love me, why can’t you try? She said, It’s over. I said, I know we aren’t perfect, but who is? She said, It’s over. I said it’s over. I said nothing. But later I thought about what I should have said. I should have said, But we …