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Review by Annabel My fascination with the 1960s (the decade in which I was a child), will never die. Add in the world of art and a New York setting and even more boxes are ticked, so I was delighted to read this memoir by an ‘Englishman’ (sic) in New York, (said in jest, but Quentin Crisp whom Sting wrote the song about does put in an appearance!), who arrived …

Unpacking academic standards is a helpful practice to ensure students have the clarity they need to succeed. It also helps us better prepare to meet these standards and align assessments with instruction. Artificial intelligence can be a valuable tool, providing practical examples and resources to support diverse learners. Check out my video and infographic for seven ways AI can help meet the needs of students.Tools used: Magic School AIGemini Copilot …

Ruby on Rails has built-in support for managing uploaded files with ActiveStorage, which both cleans up your application code and acts as an abstraction over different storage backends. Azure Storage is one of the supported backends, but configuring it securely can take a little figuring out. The most sensible way I’ve found to have it configured is with files stored having no public access, but allowing temporary access via signed …

There have been at least 40 homicides in Barbados between January 1 and September 30. This represents an increase of 17% over the prior period (Jan to Aug). My count, and subsequent analysis, is based exclusively on what is reported by The Media. The numbers and analysis below are not to be treated as official…

Hello, my name is Rach and I'm a printmaker from Shropshire. I go by the name Rach Lloyd Press, and pride myself on making all of my print-runs and editions in very small numbers, so people can own a unique piece of artwork at an affordable price. I am a multidisciplinary artist, and always want to continue to try new things and experiment - this means when I look at …

Without planning it I recently read three books by Russian writers from three different strands of Russian literature: Andrei Platonov’s Chevengur (1929 /1972, tr. Robert and Elizabeth Chandler) in the Gogolian and Dostoyevskian strand, Ivan Bunin’s Dark Avenues (1943/1946) following Turgenev and Chekhov, and A Writer at War: Vasily Grossman with the Red Army (2005, ed. and tr. by Anthony Beevor and Luba Vinogradova) for a Tolstoyan. I will save …

Singin’ in the Rain (1952) is widely considered to be one of the greatest–if not the greatest–film musicals. With numerous iconic songs and dances, in addition to the performance of the title number cemented in film history, there is much to celebrate in relation to this beloved classic. Andrew Buchman’s Singin’ in the Rain: Oxford Guides to Film Musicals is an exceptionally thorough exploration of this movie musical. Buchman’s impressive …

We still have a few more to arrive, but 2025 is here in paper format. All the old favourites & a couple of new designs too. Shipping worldwide.

I’m evaluating the usability of GitHub merge queues under a set of conditions that makes merge queues hard: pull requests have a high probability of failing CI when merged together despite passing on their own. (Plus, GitHub’s implementation has like 11 different knobs, and the documentation is somewhat limited.) I could make a bunch of PRs on my own, but that’s boring, and I’m not good at finding edge cases …

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Singular Joys is a series of short-form blogs that highlight a single element of a game that has surprised, intrigued, or delighted me. It’s the best bit of something, distilled into 500 words or less. Ghost Squad is everything you could want from a lightgun shooter. Its action is chaotic, its shooting is sublime, and its terrorist antagonists are profoundly – beautifully! – dumb. Originally released in arcades in 2004, …

Work on an 18-storey Travelodge on the Greenwich Peninsula has stopped after the developer failed to pay a £2 million bill to the council. Plans for the building, which is set to feature a distinctive “sail” design on the roof, were approved in January 2021 and signed off last year. Councillors had demanded a landmark […] The post Work stops on Greenwich Travelodge site with £2m bill unpaid appeared first …

The Guardians of the Galaxy are coming to the Ultimate Universe — or at least a new version of the team is. Star-Lord, Captain Marvel, Cosmo and the Ultimate Nullifier will make their debut in January’s The Ultimate #8 by Deniz Camp and Juan Frigeri. The story in that issue will focus on America Chavez, as a group of galactic travelers “from a far-flung, Maker-free future” show up looking for …

First iteration of the floating Mario head used during the Mario in Real Time interactive displays at Nintendo events, as well as famously in the cutscenes of Mario Teaches Typing 2. In this version, Mario’s cap was for some reason black with a grey brim.Main Blog | Twitter | Patreon | Small Findings | Source