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Welcome to our 6th annual fall reading poll! Please recommend a great book to add to our fall reading lists, and tell us what fragrance we should wear while reading it. Or, as always, just talk about something else, and of course, do report your fragrance of the day if you like. What I’ve read since the summer poll… Read the rest of this article »

And we have more progress to report on the latest sampler strip in my series of stitched pieces commemorating the literary output of my Resident Male. First we start with the now expected Mysterious Saying. In this case, “Ant-Aransa,” a quotation from the inspiring work – Treyavir. It translates roughly to “Do what’s right.” An admonishment that should be heeded more often for us all. The lettering is not from …

The next issue of the Carnival of Mathematics, rounding up blog posts from the month of September 2024, is now online at Storm Bear World. The Carnival rounds up maths blog posts from all over the internet, including some from our own Aperiodical. See our Carnival of Mathematics page for more information.

It’s a strange phenomenon that I cannot always place. Jealousy and envy can be two close bed partners, of course they can, but then there is expert knowledge, insider knowledge and a range of levels between just disliking someone and all the way up to hatefulness. Challenging the status quo of any majority and suddenly... Source

Quick PSA for the very kind people who decided to support what I do over on Ko-Fi. I recently noticed that some memberships were getting stuck with a pending label even though they were working fine in the months before. Apparently, that’s caused by a bug—probably on the Ko-Fi side but still can’t say for sure—and if you were a supporter affected by this you probably didn’t even get an …

It’s the first Saturday of the month which means it’s time for another Six Degrees of Separation, hosted by Kate of Books are my Favourite and Best. The idea is that Kate chooses a book to use as a starting point and then we have to link it to six other books of our choice to form a chain. A book doesn’t have to be connected to all of the …

A rich mushroom side dish perfect for serving with burgers, steaks, pasta and more, a good pan of caramelized onions and mushrooms is something everyone should know how to make. With only a few simple ingredients the technique is extremely important here. Today I'll show you how to make it like a pro. You might... Read More The post Classic Caramelized Onions and Mushrooms appeared first on Forager | Chef …

MARCUS FJELLSTRÖM - THE LAST SUNSET OF THE YEAR Marcus Fjellström is a Swedish composer and multimedia artist whose work ranged from purely orchestral to electronic music. After graduating from his composition and orchestration study in Sweden, he released his debut album Excercises in Estrangement in 2005. Three other solo albums would follow: Gebrauchsmusik, Schattenspieler, and Skelektikon. Apart from that, some of his audiovisual work can be seen on his …

Tsuzukiyamagata つづき山形 means “continuing mountain form” in Japanese. It’s called “mountain range pattern” by Daruma which sounds more lyrical than the literal translation.The tsuzukiyamagata pattern is a traditional Japanese pattern. It represents a geometric abstraction of –you guessed it– a mountain range. It is made up of many straight lines breaking at an angle and crossing over one another.Though it may look a bit confusing at first, tsuzukiyamagata is a …

September has been an odd month, not standing out as any particular thing. That’s not to say it’s been bad: work was engaging, I caught up with some friends, and I visited London and Alton Towers. But the weather has turned, with the cold waking me at night a few times. I’ve been having incredible, intense dreams. I’m trying to do too much. Life has felt unsettled. Good, but unsettled. …

Lee Marvin is one angry man. Not the Last Angry Man; that was Paul Muni, and anyway, this issue is 65 years old and there have been a lot of angry men since then. Angry women, too, for that matter. But Lee Marvin is, in fact, angry, although it's hard to say what, exactly, he's angry about. Or perhaps it's better to ask: what isn't he angry about?Bob Johnson catches …

By Josh Domanski & Reilly QyoteAfterthought CommitteeOSELevel 0 Like viscera from a corpse, a carnivorous tangle of vines and bramble has spilled forth from an ancient fortress, swallowing up the countryside. Today, it reaches the outskirts of Peatstead. Your home. With promises of gold and glory swirling through your head, you’ll accompany a small army of commoners to put an end to its deadly expansion and emerge as heroes. Discover …

Here we will live stream two sessions from the New York Super Trunk Show today Saturday October 5. See live from the final of the U.S. Championships of Shoe Shining, see the results of the shoe patina exhibition, and get a look at all the amazing shoe exhibitors from all over the world. Will also be available to watch after the live sessions. The schedule for today’s live sessions is …

Find all previous and future episodes listed here or in your podcast app under “Barbican Station”. Go on a tour of the real locations seen in SLOW HORSES. Go to https://www.squaremilesecrets.com/slow-horses and enter the coupon code SLOUGH for 20% off your tour. We are back to break down all the excitement of the season four episode five of SLOW HORSES. I’m joined this episode by author and podcaster Lloyd Shepherd. …

It is becoming harder and harder to tell whether information on the internet is created by humans or by computers. As more money and time is funnelled into new generative AI models, their output becomes better at blending in.Some words I associate with human works are: create, imagine, think, dream, inspire, connect, heart, brain, soul, love.I believe that computers cannot do or have any of those things. Computers are the …