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♫ Is This Love? by Alison MoyetRead an article in the Guardian only to have this ear worm firmly lodged.

If traditional film is a river, the viewer of that film sits on the bank and watches the water flow by. We wanted to take that viewer and turn them into a fish and put them down into that river. — Greg Roach, Director of The X-Files Game Given the demographics of X-Files fandom, we probably shouldn’t be surprised that the show’s parent network Fox started to think about making …

Nick Heer comments on a spectacularly weird New York Times story titled “Did Apple Just Kill Social Apps?,” which is actually about how Apple has ratcheted up contacts-sharing security in iOS 18: What I do not understand is granting Bier’s objections the imprimatur of a New York Times story when one can see the full picture of Bier’s track record. On the merits, I am unsympathetic to his complaints. Users …

London North Eastern Railway 1950 Brake Corridor Third E1866 (GOLD)A big visual difference has been made over the past two weeks, with ceiling panel fitting now well underway and 75% of the main passenger saloon panelled very quickly. Even with the protective film still in situ, the extra lighting in the coach is noticeable with the new panels providing a lot of reflection.London North Eastern Railway 1938 Brake Third Open …

Is it possible that we can account for the Fermi paradox by looking to our own behavior as a species? Some science fiction of the 1950s pointed in that direction, as witness The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951). Dr Kelvin F Long addresses the question in terms of the ‘zoo hypothesis’ in the essay below, asking what our culture could do to make itself less threatening to any outsider. …

Welcome to the weekly Perfume Chat Room, perfumistas! I envision this chat room as a weekly drop-in spot online, where readers may ask questions, suggest fragrances, tell others their SOTD, comment on new releases or old favorites, and respond to each other. The perennial theme is fragrance, but we can interpret that broadly. This is meant […]

Review-o-rama! The post The Greg Hatcher Legacy Files #183: ‘Friday in the Stacks — Guest Reviews Edition’ appeared first on Atomic Junk Shop.

The publisher and editors of the paper record have told us ad nauseam how seriously they take the threat of a second Trump presidency and how conscientious they are about doing their job, but if you want to know what's really important to them, you should probably consider what economists might call revealed preference. That front page did more damage to the Times' credibility than Jayson Blair ever did.— Charles …

Selection 1: Love, Your Spell Is Everywhere (Goulding/Janis) https://londonjazzcollector.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/curtis-fuller_love-your-spell-is-everywhere_blues-ette_savoy-1958_reissue-sony-cbs-japan_1972.mp3 . . . Selection 2: Five Spot After Dark (Golson) https://londonjazzcollector.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/curtis-fuller_five-spot-afterr-dark_blues-ette_savoy-1958_reissue-sony-cbs-japan_1972.mp3 . . . Track List A1 Five Spot After Dark (Golson) – 5:18A2 Undecided (Sydney Robin, Charlie Shavers) – 7:09A3 Blues-ette -(Fuller) 5:31B1 Minor Vamp (Golson) – 5:12B2 Love, Your Spell Is Everywhere (Edmund Goulding, Elsie Janis) – 7:07B3 Twelve-Inch (Fuller) – 6:28 Artists: Curtis Fuller Quintet Curtis Fuller, trombone; …

1111 Lincoln Road in Miami Beach is a pioneering example of how architecture can redefine even the most utilitarian building types. Designed by Herzog & de Meuron between 2005 and... The post 1111 Lincoln Road by Herzog & de Meuron: The Redefinition of Parking appeared first on ArchEyes.

Here's what we looked at this week:Production methods: Pultrusion, for producing lonnnng (up to 10km!) carbon fiber profiles. A stunning spectacle: The world's largest drone display. This is surely how we'll be advertised to in the future.Gerber's EAB utility knife is minimum viable product, well-executed.Do people really want touch-capacitive HMI designs? I'd hate to have to use this thing, which is intended for the automotive market:This object by Unnecessary Design …

From Tuesday, about an hour before our fourth game of the season. It was a tough one, but I think it was a turning point for everyone. Our boys fought from start to finish, and we all became stronger by the end. I love these boys and I’m proud to be their coach.

Here’s what’s happening in the thriving tech scene in Tampa Bay and surrounding areas for the week of Monday, October 7 through Sunday, October 13, 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, October 7 Event …

So I said I would expand the scope of the 10 Pedal Challenge to Mini and Large Enclosure variants if the original was well received. And in indeed that seems to be the case - with several readers encouraging me in particular to do the Large Pedals Edition. So of course I’ve done the 2 remaining categories - Mini and Large! The Large Pedals were pretty much all obvious choices …

How it started: (https://youtu.be/M2Qm-nAXhPQ)How it's going:(https://youtube.com/shorts/ElJ6yWg5NEk)Possibly the greatest testimonial of all time. comments