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Yet another lens that I bought because it was cheap and available. I had been shooting sports with an APS-C camera, so a lens that would act as a 600mm f5.6 was worth a punt. It’s an old-fashioned lens with a preset aperture. This means you dial-in the aperture you need and then, just before shooting, twist another ring that stops the lens down to this pre-set. This is about …

Krathon was my fifth or sixth typhoon in Taiwan, and the first that came with emergency messaging, starting at 7:28am today:The 12:01 message reads: “Kaohsiung Municipal Government has issued an emergency evacuation notice. Typhoon Krathon is expected to land in the Cijin and Siaogang areas of the city around 12:30. There will be disaster-level strong winds. Please take refuge indoors as soon as possible. If staying in temporary buildings or …

We couldn’t celebrate Ina’s memoir release week without a roast chicken! And Edy Massih’s Spatchcock Sumac Chicken offers a flavorful twist on this classic dish. The bird is generously coated with a rub of sumac, cumin, and Baharat – Edy’s version is a blend of allspice, black pepper, coriander, cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, and cardamom. After roasting until golden brown and cooked through, the chicken is bathed in a zesty mixture …

This is going to be a book review and it is not going to be a nice one and I am definitely not going to be recommending this book. Not for the first time I have to serious ask why publishers don’t employ fact checkers and in this case whether the prominent authors, who glowing recommend this book in blurbs on the cover, actually read the book before writing those …

Launching a hang glider from McCarty's Bluff, Rising Fawn, Georgia. Clarence Spindler and his Rock City barn. U.S, Highway 41, Gibson County, Indiana. Goat herder, rural Bulgaria. What do the above photographs have in common?Answer: they are all scans from film originals.I've been a photographer for 56 years. For the first 35 of those years I shot film. And although I've done some significant work (to me, at least) since …

PC I wish I were as ambitious as Robert “R_Games” Purmalis. His idea was to make a System Shock-like game, entirely on his own. Thankfully, he also had the sense to keep his scope small, creating a tight, few-hours-long claustrophobic im-sim, that tells a neat, contained story, with a ton of atmosphere. Zero Protocol isn’t shy about its influences, and wears them on its sleeves. Here, you wake up as …

We’ve been here before. Me, and MMI watch, you, dear reader. I’ve had the opportunity to review several of MMI’s offerings and have regularly found them to be good value,… The post MMI Cuttlechron appeared first on The Time Bum.

Next week, we’ll be kicking off a new speaker series in Vancouver called Infer. The goal of the meetup is to bring together folks who are doing great AI engineering work, so we can learn from one another. The format will be familiar to folks that have attended my previous meetups: two speakers, often one of whom will be visiting from out of town, with time to chat afterward. Events …

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Well, well, well, Darling Ones, Today is the 40th anniversary of “Let it Be” (The Replacements’ version), which contains the song “I Will Dare,” which happens to be the greatest side one, track one of all time. ALL TIME! If I were better at seeing into the future I’d have saved a few thoughts brought on by the 28th Anniversary of The ‘Mats’ ‘Let it Be’ for a more monumental …

The aim of this series, published at the start of each month, aims at personal improvement through the public sharing of goals and targets. I resurrected it after a gap of 14 years last month. Looking back My targets for last month were: Camp for at least one night away from home Land at least one new client Launch the new version of ailiteracy.fyi Go swimming at least twice Get …

Part Elevation Photo from Drawing Matter (Hornbaekhaus) was built in 1923 and designed by the Architect Kay Fisker. It was built for a cooperative housing association with government support and is pretty big taking up a large urban block in Copenhagen all by itself. It’s longest facade is about 180m long, and there are about 290 apartments in the block the average size of them being 70m². Exterior elevations are …

This chicken flavored rice is toasted and cooked in chicken stock with a few aromatics to give it a delicious flavor. It’s especially good as a side dish for chicken, but would be delicious alongside anything that goes well with rice! A Revelation at a Restaurant The first time we tried chicken flavored rice was ... View Post

A collection of nine stories by Mark Samuels, who passed away suddenly in December 2023, after this collection had been put together. Seven of the stories are arranged as "The Gallows Langley Sequence of Tales," as they are all set in and around fictional places in Hertfordshire, including the town Gallows Langley and the valley of Thool--a setting used previously by Samuels, most notably in the novel Witch-Cult Abbey (which …

Invitation à la sortie du roman Bikepunk et aux 20 ans de Ploum.net Pour fêter la sortie de son nouveau roman « Bikepunk, les chroniques du flash » le 15 octobre et fêter les 20 ans du blog Ploum.net le 20 octobre, Ploum a le plaisir de convier : .........................(ajoute ici ton nom, ami·e lecteurice) pour une séance de dédicaces, une rencontre et un verre de l’amitié dans deux différents …