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Recently, I started a new project. I react to the accessibility of more or less randomly picked websites.Before you get too excited, It's in German. I feel more comfortable recording live reactions to websites I have never seen in my native language. However, I may try it in English if there's demand. So far, I've recorded four videos: Wie barrierefrei ist gruene.at? Wie barrierefrei ist fpoe.at? Wie barrierefrei ist bierpartei.eu? …

Another view of the juvenile Osprey that has been feeding and resting at Milton Country Park since 5th September 2024. It is an unringed bird, so not a fledgling from the breeders at Rutland Water. It is, rather, most likely to have flown in from Scotland or Cumbria, a wild fledgling, heading to Gambia or a neighbouring country for the winter. Juvenile Osprey with piscine prey (large bream, Abramis brama) …

Recently, Drs Joshua Lynton-Jenkins, Joe James and Cecilia Tat visited the Accra Veterinary Laboratory (AVL) in Ghana to provide a training workshop on sequencing techniques used for identifying avian viruses. The visit was part of a wider International Biosecurity Program, aiming to upskill laboratories across West Africa in Avian influenza and Newcastle disease diagnosis. The avian influenza virus (AIV) and Newcastle disease virus (NDV) are responsible for highly contagious respiratory …

When last we spoke, I was walking through my process for laying out and cutting angled, rectilinear mortises through a slab top to make low benches and other staked leg furniture without the need for large boring bits and round tenon cutters. At the end, I promised to discuss my process for cutting the tenons, […]

The SC29 is a general-purpose flashlight running on a single included rechargeable 21700 battery. It features USB-C charging and a distinctive TIR optic. Introduction Manufacturer Specifications Package Details Build User Interface Circuit Measures Emitter Measures Beamshots Testing Results Runtimes Pros and Cons Overall Rating Preliminary Conclusions Acknowledgement Introduction Still working through my backlog – this SC29 sample was received back in March of this year. The SC29 is another in …

Let’s celebrate! we just hit 1000 games at my database of moai in video games 🗿 today is Fiestas Patrias (Independence Day) in Chile 🇨🇱 So here’s some “Moai-chan-dise” ✨ t-shirts and stickers in both silly and serious styles special “relaxing” sticker by @Vxcl T-shirts Various sizes and colours. gingerbeardman.creator-spring.com/listing/moai-serious-tee gingerbeardman.creator-spring.com/listing/moai-silly-tee Stickers 3-inch longest side, on clear vinyl. gingerbeardman.creator-spring.com/listing/moai-serious-sticker gingerbeardman.creator-spring.com/listing/moai-silly-sticker Special Edition Sticker 3-inch longest side, on clear vinyl. gingerbeardman.creator-spring.com/listing/moai-relaxing-sticker

LinkedIn isn't rolling out its generative AI model in Europe. I don't think that's because of data protection.

The Daily Telegraph reports that Tesco are contemplating using data collected via Clubcards to issue health messages to shoppers: Tesco could use Clubcard data to warn shoppers when they are buying too many unhealthy items, its chief executive has said. The boss of Britain’s biggest supermarket said he expected to use artificial intelligence (AI) to monitor how customers were shopping to help “nudge” people into making healthier choices. Tesco’s Ken …

How to create an appearance of progress while doing nothing. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 12th September 2024 Let’s talk about perceptionware. Perceptionware is technology whose main purpose is to create an impression of action. Whether it will ever work at scale is less important, in some cases entirely beside the point. If it reassures the public and persuades government not to regulate damaging industries, that’s mission accomplished. …

If you watched American television sixty years ago, almost certainly you heard Kodak commercials using the song "Try to Remember [that time in September]". That song came from the musical "The Fantasticks". The lyricist, Tom Jones, died last month.I remember very little of the song, but I read with interest the obituary of Mr. Jones in The New York Times. In particular there was his account of his high school, …

Tirzah Garwood, Erskine Returning at Dawn, 1950, oil on canvasI'm thrilled that my exhibition Tirzah Garwood: Beyond Ravilious will be opening at Dulwich Picture Gallery on 19 November. It's been a fascinating journey since I suggested the show to them three or so years ago, not least because so little study has been made of Garwood's work before. Her life is quite well-documented, thanks to her autobiography Long Live Great …

The Network Neighborhood icon, appearing in Windows 95 and NT4, allowed people to share files between computers connected on a home network. At universities and LAN parties, people used to make copies of the videos they watched, long before the growth of large video sharing websites. YouTube did so well during the video hosting wars that it was purchased by Google. Being a massive monolith of a video sharing website, …

Here’s me finding yet another cool blog, this time by Aaron Giles, a programmer, musician, web developer, and graphic designer. We’re off to a good start here: I love people who dabble in multiple disciplines. Aaron describes how he ended up with a thousand music CDs, how he re-ripped them all in a lossless format, and as a bonus, how his musical tastes changed in time. That last part was …

mambo vipi from kenya!Last week at the Apple keynote event, the iPhone camera features that stood out the most to me were the new Camera Control button, upgraded 48-megapixel Ultra Wide sensor, improved audio recording features (wind reduction and Audio Mix), and Photographic Styles.When I finally landed in Nairobi (after more than 15 hours of flight delays), these were the features I was most excited to put to the test.Over …

A few side notes to John Gruber’s piece The Things They Carried, about the Sept. 9 Apple event It’s Glowtime I don’t read Daring Fireball as diligently as I used to do time ago. It has always been a Mac- and Apple-oriented blog, implying a natural built-in bias, but I always appreciated Gruber’s balance in most of his critiques and stances. And I always maintained that he was a big …