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Dancer - Man Of Distinction/R.AGGS - Uncertainty Bloody hell, Dancer, they've only just on Friday released their split LP with Whisper Hiss and now here comes another split, this time a limited 7" with Ray Aggs of so, so many great things that's included in the price of their 30th November gig at Glasgow's The Old Hairdressers, though there will we're assured be a limited number otherwise available. Dancer's half …

WowHaus 1970s Alpine Lodge near Alford, Lincolnshire 1970s Alpine Lodge near Alford, Lincolnshire (image credit: Masons and Partners) You don’t need a time machine to go back 50 years. You need this 1970s Alpine Lodge near Alford, Lincolnshire, in your life. (image credit: Masons and Partners) I love this one, not just because it has that retro appeal if (like me) you love the 1970s. It’s also a substantial property …

Today I'm taking a look at new LEGO® chemistry set elements released in June 2024, which have just become available on the Pick a Brick service today along with some 900 other June elements. There are two moulds: a column of bubbles and a round-bottomed flask, each of which comes in two different colours. Continue reading »

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our book has been out for one full week and so much has happened. I think I am supposed to feel nervous but it’s honestly been one long party, and I have had my film camera on me the whole week: 🍋 Alastair Sooke said the book was ‘excoriating and exuberant.’ You can read the full Telegraph interview here. He said Zarina was cautious and he said I was impish, …

Blackheath Village is set to get an Asda Express convenience store after Greenwich councillors agreed to give it an alcohol licence. The store had been hotly opposed by neighbours, with 72 individual objections received as well as one from the Blackheath Society, the local amenity group. But a panel of three councillors approved the licence, […] The post Asda set to open Blackheath Village Express store after winning licence appeared …

Did you know that the entire meal is American. That’s the dirty secret of Canadian Thanksgiving. It’s not even ours. Roast Turkey. Mashed Potatoes. Stuffing and cranberry sauce. Pumpkin pie. Food as seen on cable TV. At least I will have my own damn carrots like those up there. And my own beets. Hmm… if the menu was really Canadian what would it be? I dunno. A big ass butter …

Cardiff Garcia of the Economic Innovation Group interviews Paul Krugman at The New Bazaar website (October 9, 2024). The interview has a number of points of interest. Here are two themes that caught my eye. The study of “economic geography” focuses on why economics activity may tend to cluster, or to spread out, or to happen in certain locations. The general theory is that there are “agglomeration economies,” which refers …

Seen this morning at the Waller Street Skate Park: an in-real-life Cons pair: I looked around and saw a car but no obvious cdr, so perhaps this was a list of length one. (Sorry if this sounds confusing, but I hope it amused both LISP programmers in my audience.)

Carré d’Art in Nîmes, Foster + Partners Archiobjects Carré d’Art in Nîmes, designed by Foster + Partners and inaugurated in 1993, stands as an example of contemporary architecture embedded within a historic context. Located opposite the Maison Carrée, an ancient Roman temple, Carré d’Art presents a dialogue between the ancient and the modern, a recurring theme in Norman Foster’s design approach. The building […] The post Carré d’Art in Nîmes, …

Great blog post about how to build a Ruby LSP add-on that I'm totally linking to because it uses my Standard add-on as a case study. railsatscale.com/2024-10-03-the-ruby-lsp-addon-system/

Say yes to everything, shirk nothing, don’t try to lie to yourself. You are not a solid citizen, you are not a Greek, you are not harmonious, or the master of yourself, you are a bird in the storm. Let it storm! —Hermann Hesse The day’s light is fading. The silence is palpable. So are the doubts and the anxiety. But not the questions. They buzz loudly, incessantly, urgently. The …

Michael McWhertor, Polygon: Sunderfolk is inspired by tabletop games like Gloomhaven and Dungeons & Dragons, said head of Secret Door (and hardcore tabletop game enthusiast) Chris Sigaty at a recent hands-on event in New York. The developers behind Sunderfolk were inspired by the depth and inclusiveness of those games, while also recognizing their shortcomings. “We’ve worked on games like StarCraft, Heroes of the Storm, and Hearthstone,” Sigaty said, “and one …

An absolutely splendid live date. View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize Fantastic live album by Charles Tolliver’s Music Inc, consisting of 2 LP’s, recorded on the 9th of August 1972 at The Loosdrecht Jazz Festival in the Netherlands.I’m definitely after more of Tolliver’s stuff. He was a brilliant trumpeter and composer. He …

I recently spent a few days in Taunton in Somerset. While it’s an interesting place, and a good base for exploring the surrounding area, it has to be said that it’s far from Britain’s best pub town. One that I visited was the Ring of Bells which, for some reason, more than three years after the end of lockdowns, is still operating a policy of table service and card payments …