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Everyone has recovered. It seemed like a common viral fever that was going around, but it was nothing serious. Luckily, I didn't get sick. Hence, we could handle the situation easily. However, this left a lot of work tasks pending to be picked up this week. Onam Holidays are coming to an end dear Echo, we have to go back now. 💻 I had to stay focused and get things …

Here’s a scan of the collage I made for the “Autumn Leaves” mixtape at the top of today’s newsletter. What happened was: I’d been toying with making a new mixtape anyways, and I needed a top image for the newsletter, so I went over to my stack of sealed cassettes I’ve purchased for $1 and right on top was Roger Williams Plays All-Time Romantic Favorites, which had a beautiful image …

Alex Meub: I am sad to report that the drives don't unmount when the handle pops up after 90 seconds. Previously, previously, previously, previously, previously, previously, previously, previously.

The Voyage of Magellan, Chapter 15: The Pacific Crossing

I spent a lot of time in the past couple of weeks working on a website in Go that may or may not ever see the light of day, but I learned a couple of things along the way I wanted to write down. Here they are: go 1.22 now has better routing I’ve never felt motivated to learn any of the Go routing libraries (gorilla/mux, chi, etc), so I’ve …

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Here’s what’s happening in the thriving tech scene in Tampa Bay and surrounding areas for the week of Monday, September 30 through Sunday, October 6, 2024! This list includes both in-person and online events. Note that each item in the list includes: When the event will take place What the event is Where the event will take place Who is holding the event This week’s events Monday, September 30 Tuesday, …

I just did something I’ve wanted to do for years — rewatched all three Andy Serkis Planet of the Apes films back-to-back — before moving on to the fourth film (or rather, the first film in a potential sequel trilogy), Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, now streaming on Hulu and Disney+ along with the other three films. (Well, you have to have the D+/Hulu package to get them …

Meta’s Orion prototype. (Image: Meta) The game is to create a wearable, augmented-reality device that takes everything that’s great about a smartphone and overlays it on your vision, making the entire world a smartphone canvas. It’s part of a larger strategy, which is to own the next must-have technology device that supplants or augments the smartphone. This game has no rules. There’s no single accepted way to play it. Earlier …

Only one mention of Aphex Twin this week, sorry about that.

Scott Steiner’s shoot promo on Ric Flair on WCW Monday Nitro (7th February 2000) is one of my favourite promos in wrestling history and I had no idea it was on Genius.com. Kids should study this in schools. The post Scott Steiner’s infamous shoot promo on Ric Flair appeared first on Playrface.

1993 and a party in Brockley put on by Vox Populi sound system to raise funds to replace their rig which had been stolen from the Deptford Urban Free Festival in Fordham Park shortly before ('local people built the rig for free parties and festivals'). Venue was a furniture warehouse on Mantle Road.flyer from 56a Info Shop archiveKrumpo on twitter recalls going to another party at the warehouse, possibly put …

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Details about Cicero’s life – well attested through many documents from antiquity – were almost forgotten during the Middle Ages. Substantial interest in his biography reemerged in the fourteenth century in the context of the North-Italian city-states (comuni).

"Do we ever truly let go of the people with whom we’ve been intimate on some level? Doesn’t a part of them live on inside us forever?"