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If my birthday present was Dublin, the birthday meal was Cuubo. The early dinner before the early bed time before the early flight. Only one of those things went to plan, and without going into specifics, Sophie pinpoints the exact moment she knew it wasn’t going to be a 9pm bedtime to the picture she received at 2pm of one man and two martinis, which was my lunch and not …

I gave up growing carrots for a few years. I was failing at them; I got discouraged and quit. I first got back in the game because I was wearing the title “Master Gardener” and felt ashamed to do so while being incapable of something so fundamental. And then the way I started growing carrots again […] The post Growing carrots in Southern California appeared first on Greg Alder's Yard …

Keith Gugliotto: The Mac App Store places a receipt file in each purchased application. The receipt includes a certificate the application uses to validate that receipt to be sure you’ve made a bona fide purchase. That certificate is only valid for a limited amount of time – in our experience, up to about 25 months, though sometimes significantly less, which could indicate the App Store renews these certificates every so …

Since the 1990s, Ishtiyaque Haji has set out a number of concerns for morality that derive from causal determinism’s threat to our ability to do otherwise. In Obligation and Responsibility, he develops these concerns in innovative and interesting ways. Some of these are advances on his previous arguments, but the new book also features several new and challenging avenues of inquiry. In Chapter 1, Haji sets up the plan of …

At the Dallas Pen Show, I spoke with a lot of people about my Traveler’s Notebook Passport size ($45) as a wallet. I was so sure I’d posted about this use/hack in the past but after some fruitless searching, it appears I’ve been keeping this little hack to myself. I have had the Passport size Traveler’s for years and wasn’t really using it so when I came across the Traveler’s …

I’ve got another piece in Quanta Magazine this week. While my past articles in Quanta have been about physics, this time I’m stretching my science journalism muscles in a new direction. I was chatting with a friend who works for a pharmaceutical company, and he told me about a statistical technique that sounded ridiculous. Luckily, he’s a patient person, and after annoying him and a statistician family member for a …

Fujifilm X100VI – Kodak T-Max 100 Hard Tone – Photo by Joy Roesch Kodak introduced T-Max 100 and T-Max 400 in 1986, and T-Max P3200 two years later. It was touted as a fine-grained, sharp and detail-rich black-and-white negative film. Interestingly, ever since T-Max was released, there has been a divide in the photographic community around this emulsion: people either loved it or hated it. Those who loved it tended …

Simplistically you can think of pollen and nectar as the building material to 'make' new bees, and the fuel that enables them to function.Of course, it's a little more complicated than that.Nectar is the principal source of carbohydrates in the form of sugars - glucose, sucrose and fructose - needed for activity, flight, and (through thoracic muscle contraction without flying) thermoregulation of the nest.Pollen primarily provides the protein and amino …

Session 258 was played on 6/23/24Nick, Fighter 7 (Me)Borumar, ½ Orc Thief (Josh)Blotto, Goblin Fighter (Lanse)Morgana, wizard (Rob)Koltic, Cleric 7 (NPC)Aroon, Fighter 5 (NPC)Jameth, Fighter 5 (NPC)Lor’Koth, Dwarf 5 (NPC)Exploring around the temple complex, they come to a fancily staged dining hall with a food prep area hidden behind a curtain. Blotto finds the garbage shoot, and pees down into it. There’s a weird screeching noise in response, and Blotto …

Traveling to different regions across the globe, French artist JR envisions grand projects that call to humanitarian issues and collective action. At the forefront of his practice is a persistent query, rooted in a palpable yearning for change and strong belief in the power of art. JR: Can Art Change the World? chronicles the artist’s phenomenal range of participatory efforts, from mural-laden buildings to photographic installations to performance art. Originally …

Enjoy the latest episodes from MacStories’ family of podcasts: Comfort Zone Surprise! Matt got a new iPhone (you’re shocked 😅) and Chris brings the new AirPods 4 with Active Noise Cancellation (yes, that’s the name!). Then it’s time for movie corner and a review of 2023’s film, Ferrari. Magic Rays of Light Sigmund and Devon highlight the much-anticipated debut of Wolfs, recap Women in Blue, and discuss a new tvOS …

Pricing & AvailabilityWhat comes in the box?Design & ConstructionSize & MeasurementsUser InterfaceEmitter & BeamMode ChartRuntimeDriver & RegulationSwitchCarry & ErgonomicsBatteries & ChargingCompetitionConclusion Pricing & Availability Acebeam sent me this light in exchange for an honest review. Here is the official product page where you can see current pricing. At the time of writing it’s $200 USD. What comes in the box? The box is nice, with a printed orange sleeve on …

Welcome to our latest author Q&A, where we chat to the writers behind new and upcoming 33 1/3 books! Today author Clinton Walker tells us a little bit more about his entry into the 33 1/3 Oceania series: Soundtrack from Saturday Night Fever. He shares some of his listening recommendations for new and old Bee Gees fans and reveals some of the interesting stories that didn’t make it into the …