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John Brayton: Similarly there is a new optional Next Article menu item for the swipe left menu of the article view on iPhone and iPad. To enable it, open the Settings screen, select Articles under Basic Options, and turn on Next Article under Basic Actions. I tend to do a continuous scroll through my unread article list each day on my phone and often want to skip over long articles …

Released the same month as Hail the Conquering Hero, Sturges at the top of his game with his regular comedy collaborators: Joel McCrea as the straight-man dentist, with appearances by Franklin Pangborn and Georgia Caine and Porter Hall, and yet another Betty co-lead – not Hutton or Grable but Field (of Renoir’s The Southerner). Twisting the concept of WC Fields as a big-nosed patient-hating dentist, McCrea empathizes with his patients …

I wrote about how much I love fish in this blog post from 2017 and, 7 years of using it every day later, I’ve found even more reasons to love it. So I thought I’d write a new post with both the old reasons I loved it and some reasons. This came up today because I was trying to figure out why my terminal doesn’t break anymore when I cat …

Well, my new TV isn’t perfect, and I’ve been getting to know its quirks and limits as well as its advantages. Sometimes, the TV is slow to find the network when I turn it on, and I have to wait a minute or two for it to sort itself out. Loading the individual streaming apps takes time too. It struck me as ironic that as technology has advanced, TV has …

Chef Gísli Matt’s restaurant Slippurinn is on a tiny Icelandic island buffeted by trade winds in the middle of the Atlantic and only opens for a short season. The Common Table talked to him about decolonising island cuisine and whether “local fine dining” is an oxymoron or an answer. Slippurinn is a restaurant situated near the harbour of a 10,000-years-young active volcanic island archipelago south of Iceland. Buffeted by trade …

This week we held a little powerchair hack night with GOAT, Justin from General Lithium, CriptasticHacker and associates from Spokeland, Morgan from CIL, and more friends, to explore the battery technology of Whill Fi and Ci powerchairs. A Ci battery teardown is in progress along with an investigation into the Fi and its charger. There was also knitting, and an adorable small support dog on a fluffy cushion. I had …

Another large update to my Wallops IRC client is available: wallops-2.0.sit (StuffIt 3 archive, includes source code and THINK C 5 project file) SHA256: 532f6c72eadbb9e7ce74dded1bfcd71369a61d818f7c77160bb8a66d6f1ccf9cSHA1: c375a24e00900378e84745c1e11d3d6976ef749c This release features an overhaul of the interface bringing tabs allowing multiple channels and private message queries, including a number of other new features and bugfixes: Support window resizing, using an initial window size based on the screen size Connect-time settings (server, nick, password, …

Often I’m left with a selection of photos from a certain place and I try to choose the best one for a blog post. Sometimes that choice is clear, sometimes it is not. I tend to settle on 3 selections to publish in my Image Library from a given location/time that has provided a good ... Read more The post A Trio of Photos: Sunset at Alouette Lake appeared first …

Jay Gent wrote on We Are Cult: ‘The Exorcist III’ (1990): An Appreciation ❉ Nick Clement revisits the underrated gem that outshines its weaker sequels and modern reboots. “I have hobbies. In the meantime, we have cancer and mongoloid babies and murderers, monsters prowling the planet, even prowling this neighborhood, Father… right now, while our children suffer… and our loved ones die, and your God goes waltzing blithely through the …

When I wrote my history of Denmark Street – Denmark Street: London’s Street Of Sound – I delivered what some felt was an overly optimistic conclusion. This commercial makeover might not be all bad, I said, citing one example: “Might Denmark Street even finally get a record shop like…. the new Rough Trade hidden inside a clothe’s shop… in west Soho?” And so it has come to pass with the …

Julien Duvivier, the great French director of films including 1937’s Pépé Le Moko, was very clear which was his favourite out of his many beautiful silent films. “Poil de Carotte: without hesitation,” he said. “Of all the films I have made, this is closest to my heart.” Made, and remade. Duvivier directed this silent Poil … Continue reading Poil de Carotte (1925): a young boy’s living hell →

Philosopher Barbara Montero, who has written widely on the body, talks about George Balanchine's Concerto Barocco. Continue reading → The post Barbara Montero on Balanchine Ballets appeared first on Aesthetics for Birds.

The Biblioteca Hispanica has a huge collection of old hotel labels from Spain, France & Italy. Click through each label at this link & you will be taken to albums of them. Enjoy!

by Mete Yazici The ongoing phase of industrial transformation, known as the fourth industrial revolution, aims to merge the physical, digital, and biological domains through extensive digital innovation (Saldanha, 2019). The pervasive incorporation of digital technologies into all facets of human existence became particularly evident following the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020 (Hantrais et al., 2020). Moreover, there is tough competition for users’ loyalty. MindSea (2023) reports …

All of my budgeted blogwriting time is going to Logic for Programmers. Should be back early 2025. (I’m still writing the weekly newsletter.)