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1. The Asheville Blade had some links to resources both for those affected by Hurricane Helene, and those looking to assist. In general local groups are going to need cash. Government resources are there, but often tend to take time. To get a sense of the creativity to getting resources into the mountain, there's a group that sent supplies via mule. (West coasters tend to scoff at East coast mountains. …

Would you believe me if I told you guys that I have never tried anything from ANUA until this review? I swear I haven’t and I’m sorry if that was a bit of a disappointment for you guys. They just have too many skincare products and I didn’t know which ones I should try out […]

The 2025 CAMRA Good Beer Guide was published a few days ago, bringing with it joy to those had been included, particularly for the first time. The day after publication I visited one such place and then called in a former Guide regular only a couple of miles away that had failed to make the cut once again this time....Pecket Well is a small village situated on the edge of …

It’s been a wild year. Relay turned 10 and 512 Pixels turned 16. Later this week, are winding down our 6th-annual fundraiser for St. Jude. In January, I joined forces with David Smith and survived my first major iOS release, helping get Widgetsmith 7 out the door just a few weeks ago. On the home front, my wife started a new job, our middle child started high school, and I …

To mark the 40th anniversary of Elite by Ian Bell and David Braben, Ian has added further sources to his archives for the likes of Apple, Atari, C64, NES – but crucially a few unreleased titles too. This includes source … Continue reading →

With work seemingly intensifying day by day with the countdown to the launch of the car I've been working on forever and a day, some much needed me time was needed so on the way back I stopped off at the convenience syndicate stretch.The river had been over the banks and in the fields and when I arrived at the parking spot luckily the river was now back within its …

Earlier this month, at Paris Design Week and its concurrent shows, we were especially drawn toward work that explores material richness and depth — the use of upholstery to add dimensionality, tactility, and coziness, as well as furniture that highlights the grain and various textures of wood. Attention to detail is seasonless but there’s something about the change in the air, the way autumnal light shifts your perspective and what …

Failed, would-be comedian Kevin (Steven Webb) is on the wrong side of 40 and doesn’t have his troubles to seek. Failing at work, as well as relationships, he’s currently confined to the attic of his childhood home as he isolates with his parents during the COVID lockdown (yes, we are now sufficiently removed from the pandemic to have comedy musicals set during it). Kevin is a life-long Dolly Parton fan, …

WHEN THE SAME TOPIC comes up in three sessions in the same day, I take note. In this case, it was Ira Glass’ famous “taste gap” story. If you’re unfamiliar, it’s short and worth a watch. But the gist of it is that when you start some new creative practice, you very quickly confront a gap between your taste and your ability. Your taste inspired you to the work, but …

In the Latest Issue Tom Hazeldine gives an anatomy of the pincer movement—working-class desertion of the Tories in the Midlands and the North, middle-class Lib–Lab unity in the South—which produced the seat-slide in the 2024 UK election, plus the unprecedented bloc of radical, Green and Muslim MPs to the left of Labour generated by Starmer’s hardline stance. French politics since 2017 has polarized around three novel forces: Macron’s techno-bourgeois bloc, …

On September 18, 2024, the Library of Congress held a Congress.gov Public Forum that was available in-person and online. This Forum provided attendees with an update on the enhancements that have been made to the site over the past year and served as a listening session to learn more about how the Library can better serve your legislative information needs. Jim Karamanis, director of IT Design and Development for the …

14 Jan 1998

By Realm DiverSelf PublishedBECMILevels 4-6 You opened the chest? You shouldn’t have opened the chest! You are magically transported to a ruined temple surrounded by vast desert. A dragon, driven mad by the slaying of her mate and brood, lies between you and a wish-granting treasure that could mean your salvation, or spell your doom… This 24 page adventure uses about thirteen pages to describe a dungeon with about 35 …

The weather is changing and fall is upon us, and for me that means it’s Zinger weather! Why do I associate Zingers with autumn? It is most definitely because of the commercials and sponsorship deals that they would run with, It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown. Zingers are snack cakes, introduced by Dolly Madison, but now made by Hostess. They come in three tasty flavors. The chocolate and vanilla Zingers …

Here’s a quick list of some of my favourite films to watch during this, the most spooky of seasons (in no particular order): Fear Street (Part One, Part Two, Part Three) - an excellent slasher trilogy, released simultaneously on Netflix Killer Klowns from Outer Space - So bad, so fun Halloween (1978) - Requires no explanation Grave Encounters - Probably my favourite found-footage film, a touch dated now but still …