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Want a lowkey way to not only bring your coffee o the next level, but also give your espresso machine some happiness? Get a water filter! The post Water Filters Saved My Espresso Machine appeared first on CoffeeGeek.

Where time allows this year, I have been doing PC build projects for Compaq LTE Elite laptop (486), IBM Aptiva (AMD-K6 500), Compaq DeskPro (P3-1Ghz), Core i7 PC I built back in 2011, and Pentium 200MMX setup on IBM PC300GL with OS/2, plus adding a parallel ZIP, HP iPAQ, Sony Clie Palm into the mix.Whew.This work has been ongoing since May, being done in small chunks when I had time. …

It’s humbling that way every September, without fail, knocks me on my rump. One week, you’re breezy and unscheduled, reading books on a beach and tearing lobster apart with your bare hands (indeed, we were in Maine) and the next you’re realizing a certain fetid backpack was never emptied on the last day of school in June, scrambling for after-school care, and despite the fact that I work every week …

“It’s about giving everyone (everyone) an equal voice. Our ground is level and our table is round. It’s as simple as that. Story Games Seattle is about participation. We want to hear what you have to say and we want you to hear what everyone else at the table has to say too.” This is (to me at least) a very interesting time capsule, outlining our philosophy and principles from …

900 3rd St SE: Loftus Lofts (186 units) under constructionThe New Bohemia neighborhood, located on the east side of the Cedar River south of downtown, was largely decimated by the 2008 flood. What had once been an industrial area with some working class housing and artists' studios suddenly became a tabula rasa. When I started spending serious time here in 2016, several historic buildings had been functionally rehabbed, joined by …

Here’s Part 3 of my updated sunscreen recommendations – these are the new Korean sunscreens I’m adding to my list. Part 1: Japanese sunscreens Part 2: European sunscreens Part 3 (this one): Korean sunscreens Part 4: Australian sunscreens The video is here – keep scrolling for the text version. See Part 1 for the full background information – here’s a ... Read more Source

In the realm of young changemakers, Claire stands out as a courageous leader with a plan. As a recognized winner of the Next Generation Foresight Practitioners - Young Voices (NGFP-YV) Awards for 2023, Claire has been making waves with her project, Eduqette. Eduqette Eduqette, Claire's long time project, is more than just a platform—it's a vision for a more inclusive and accessible higher education landscape. Recognized for its alignment with …

Researching another piece of writing, I discovered today with great sadness that the American composer and instrument builder Chas Smith died earlier this year, on 13 May. I can’t say that I knew a huge amount about Smith’s life before today – although he found success in Hollywood, particularly through his work on Dune, he … Continue reading Delayed memorial: Chas Smith →

[Note that this article is a transcript of the video embedded above.]This is a water tower, or as the pros would say, an elevated storage tank. Pretty common here in the US, especially in flatter areas where there’s no nearby hillside to build a ground-level tank. I have a whole video about how these work. In the most basic sense, a water tower is a buffer between the ever-changing demands …

We understand that a community has built up over the years and some of you will find this disappointing, however, in line with changing audience behaviours a decision has been made to direct users to our social channels where there are active communities discussing the show on Instagram, Facebook and TikTok. The Strictly blog and its comment section will soon be closing in line with other blogs across the BBC, …

[Note that this article is a transcript of the video embedded above.]This is a water tower, or as the pros would say, an elevated storage tank. Pretty common here in the US, especially in flatter areas where there’s no nearby hillside to build a ground-level tank. I have a whole video about how these work. In the most basic sense, a water tower is a buffer between the ever-changing demands …

The most books I’ve read in a year was around a hundred, back when I discovered I could get ebooks from Edinburgh Libraries via Libby. I’ll beat that this year due to all the reading I’ve been doing for my own book about the history and rise of immersive art, but while my previous record had a healthy amount of fiction, 2024 has practically none. Here are some of the …

I went along to this year’s State Of The Browser conference on Saturday. It was great! Technically I wasn’t just an attendee. I was on the substitution bench. Dave asked if I’d be able to jump in and give my talk on declarative design should any of the speakers have to drop out. “No problem!”, I said. If everything went according to plan, I wouldn’t have to do anything. And …

Since the previous two blog posts are already quite lengthy as is, i am going to do the overall discussion in a separate post here. I discussed the situation of road rendering in OSM based maps in general already in earlier texts so here as a brief summary only: OSM-Carto uses – among dynamically rendered OSM data based maps in practical operation – the most sophisticated system of road display …

Many people will be familiar with Anna Sorokin, also known as Anna Delvey, who was one of the most high-profile of the wave of hipster grifters during the 2010s. Today, she's beginning to pivot into some kind of reality TV/competition game show participant, playing on her celebrity, but back in 2016, she was just a person pitching strangers for her big idea that she was trying to get funded. The …