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I probably came off last week as a bit of an extreme “journal abolitionist”. This week, I wanted to give a couple caveats. First, as a commenter pointed out, the main journals we use in my field are run by nonprofits. Physical Review Letters, the journal where we publish five-page papers about flashy results, is run by the American Physical Society. The Journal of High-Energy Physics, where we publish almost …

Apart from the infamous one about 3D printers (I was right), and the one that featured on the orange site, my most popular post is a fairly technical one about GitHub webhooks. It seems to be especially popular with Russians coming from Yandex, so before I start this post that is also about webhooks, here's a message for my Russian friends: Пожалуйста, постарайтесь остановить бесчеловечную войну вашей страны против народа …

Is this the first game where you're charged with the task of building dungeons, and defending them from invading would-be heroes? I don't know of any that came earlier than it, but I can believe that something along these conceptual lines might exist on some eighties microcomputer somewhere. Either way, Chaos Seed: Fengshui Chronicle (also known as Chaos Seed : Fuusui Kairouki) is a very early entry into the genre, …

August 2024 Norway is one of my favourite countries to visit due to the beautiful countryside, many good walks helped by the right to roam that exists, similar to Scotland and as a result I usually go there once or twice a year. In 2024 I headed to Hammerfest, which is right near the northern tip of both Norway and Europe. Hammerfest is located at 70.6 degrees north on the …

William Seabrook–a hard man to introduce. A cannibal and explorer, a drunkard and a fetishist. A dabbler in occultism, and in surrealism too, though always on the outskirts. Never quite “whole hog”. A kind of liminal figure, I suppose. His most significant claim to fame, at least to the broader world, is his introduction of the term “zombie” to English speakers through his 1929 book, “The Magic Island.” This paved …

My journey to the Swiss Alps 100 race started when I applied to enter UTMB through the lottery system. I didn’t get a place, but had pre-booked a hotel in Courmayeur, Italy just-in-case. When it was clear I wasn’t doing UTMB, I looked for other similiar races, and found the Swiss Alps 100 race. I managed to change my hotel’s booking date, and get a larger room so that the …

Find out more about growing perennial veg and other perennial edibles on this short day course at the homestead. I am looking forward to hosting this event on October 12th […] The post Perennial Edibles Gardening Course appeared first on Stephanie Hafferty.

In 1960 my first year in high school, there were 120 students - a few from Russian, German or Romanian parents and 114 from Polish parents. They all wanted to re-visit Poland by 1970, especially to see Warsaw, Krakow and Lublin.Town hall tower, Visit KrakowKraków’s Market Square/Ry­nek in Poland is the centre of the city’s medieval Old Town, designed in 1257 when the town first won its charter. Laid out …

For the first time in almost ten years, I effectively wrote no posts in the past month. The only post I did write was my standard monthly book-reading post: August 2024 Book Reading List I’ve been busy with a couple of side projects. So, without further ado, here are the September 2024 blog stats! Google Analytics Users → 2,600 Sessions → 3,000 Views → 3,100 Google Analytics Graph for September …

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• 5-star hike • 3 mile loop • Easy difficulty | Gain 1,350 feet • Moultonborough, NH | Lakes Region . This fire tower looks out over 5-star lake views. Of all the fire towers in New Hampshire, there's a strong argument to be made that most spectacular views can be found on the one anchored to the 2,031 foot summit of Red Hill near Moultonborough. Positioned between Winnipesaukee and …

While the ICOM MacVenture series may have begun on the Macintosh, it’s fair to say that most gamers experienced them through the NES ports. Shadowgate was the most popular of these, leading to a 2015 Remake and a 2021 VR spinoff. But 2024’s Beyond Shadowgate deepens the nostalgia, being a true sequel to the original NES game, done in the style of the original NES game. To create this game, …

UBERMORGEN are the guests of the third episode of the podcast series I did with artists who 1. are among my absolute cultural heroes and 2. have exhibited at Aksioma Institute for Contemporary Art in Ljubljana. UBERMORGEN, The Silver Singularity, 2024 UBERMORGEN, [V]ote-auction, 2000-2006 (Installation view, UBERMORGEN, THE*AGENCY [for manual Election Recounts] (Graz, 2004) UBERMORGEN is an artist collective that brings together autistic actionist lizvlx a.k.a. Liz Haas & hyperactive …

By David Tuller, DrPH Earlier this month, I wrote a post about a new study asserting that “exercise does not cause post-exertional malaise in Veterans with Gulf War Illness.” As I explained, the research, led by experts from the University of Wisconsin and published by the journal Brain, Behavior, and Immunity, made no sense. Although … Trial By Error: Norwegian Tabloid Covers Stupid Gulf War Illness/PEM Study; My Letter to …