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Punk Planet issues 25-31. 2024 marks 30 years since the start of Punk Planet, the magazine I ran for 13 years. Writing a single essay to summarize 80 issues—thousands of pages, hundreds of interviews, infinite amounts of hope and effort—is impossible, so I am writing 13 posts over 13 months, each one about a single year of the magazine. Each one dedicated to a year of learning, a year of …

Your brain, fueled by books and augmented with simple tools, is your best resource for preparing and running awesome tabletop roleplaying games. Many GMs and players say they find a lot of value out of large language models (LLMs) like ChatGPT and other generative AI tools like Midjourney or Dall-E. Who am I to tell them they’re not finding them as useful as they say they are? But there's a …

Morning folks.Well, another post about film and I'm not even a hipster.Nor am I using the truly ghastly Ilford colour film either - a film that reminds me of the free stuff you'd get every time you got your holiday pics developed at Snappy Snaps (et al).Nope, this bad boy was fecking expensive, but lovely nonetheless, Kodak TMX 100 - and FRESH too, which is unusual for me as I …

Within culture which could be loosely labelled as Southern Gothic or Gothic Americana there is often a mythical take on the American South which has parallels with work in the UK that has come to be labelled as wyrd, otherly pastoral or weird Albion-esque. Both often have deep roots in the land and folklore, which is accompanied by a sense of the landcape being layered with hidden or unknown stories, …

JAMES MURRAY - WEEDS The Quiet Details label started off in 2023 (at least that is where the catalog numbers began - they were preceded by a digital release by Fields We Found in 2022), but is now rapidly becoming one of the most active labels in the ambient music field. 'Ambient' may not be the right label exactly: the label describes itself as a place for 'each artist's own …

Tens of thousands of children and eligible adults living with type 1 diabetes across England are set to receive an ‘artificial pancreas’ thanks to cost-effective deals secured by the NHS with suppliers of the technology. These groundbreaking devices continually monitor the individual’s glucose levels and then automatically adjust the amount of insulin given to them […]

(I had a post a while back requesting people to submit open problems in Luca Trevisan's honor with deadline Oct 1. I am extending that to Oct 14, but that is a HARD deadline. See my original post which I have updated, here.)And now back to our regularly scheduled program. ====================================Breaking News: \(R(5) \le 46 \)I know this since 46 people have emailed me this link here.Recall that R(5) is …

[There is a shortage of skilled tech workers in Japan](https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/02/06/tech/japan-tech-firms-labor-shortage/), and a growing number of Japanese companies have responded by building new, multinational development teams. An in-house multinational team, which typically uses English as a first language, can allow a Japanese company to take better advantage of the global talent market. But what's it like for the international developers working on those teams? Are there communication issues with management? Is …

Third Edition Rules, First Edition Feel. Although not a full product in and of itself, The Wizard’s Amulet (W0) provides an excellent preview of what Necromancer Games is bringing to the table with their D20/D&D releases. Review Originally Published November 15th, 2000 “Third Edition Rules, First Edition Feel.” That’s the tagline that Necromancer Games is using for their line of D&D supplements (developed under the Open Gaming License), and it …

The sea off Krevborna's coast only got a cursory mention in the first edition of the setting book, so I'm aiming to change that with the forthcoming revised edition. Here's the starting point for what's going on with...The Judas SeaThe Terrifying Ocean and Its Hidden MonstrositiesThe waters of the Judas Sea are often rough and choppy, and the weather at sea is frequently temperamental. Vicious storms arise without warning and …

Happy Sunday, everyone! It’s been an exciting week in tech with all the new Apple gear arriving, Meta revealing their Orion project, and ChatGPT’s advanced voice mode rolling out more broadly. For my part, I finally caved and ordered a pair of the new transparent Meta x Ray-Bans to try out. I’m unduly excited about the return of transparent tech aesthetic to our modern culture.Elsewhere, I’ve fallen down the rabbit …

Want a taste of the frights but too busy to go to a haunted house? How about a haunted train? This year, a Tokaido shinkansen, in what is being called the world’s first zombie bullet train, will travel between Tokyo and Osaka. The stage will be set in car 16 of the “Nozomi 435” bullet […] Related posts: Analysis: Japan’s Zombie Outbreak Preparedness Japan’s Jimi ‘Mundane’ Halloween Costumes of 2020 …

There's very little to innovate in (motor) vehicle parking management and so it's nice to be able to report on something which is both simple and clever at the same time.I found myself with a bit of spare time the other week and so on a trip into the City of London, I diverted down to the Walworth Road in Southwark for a look at an experimental project which provides …

We’ve both been home all week which has been nice and easy, getting back into the usual routines, plus a walk up and down Sugar Loaf. On the way up Sugar Loaf § No major music listening this week, although I’ve enjoyed Dance, No One’s Watching by Ezra Collective, Love is Overtaking Me by Arthur Russell, and SOPHIE. § In the several years I’ve been wearing an Apple Watch I’ve …