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Josh Marshall tweeted a recommendation for Johnson's monologue about the debate and it does justify the build-up. Pound for pound, though, I might be more impressed with the one he did for This American Life about a would-be right wing media racist troll who failed for the most unexpected of reasons. I find Johnson more thoughtful-funny than laugh out loud, but he's very good. He has that knack of either …

Seuls les fous en tentent l’ascension Je vous ai déjà parlé de Bruno Leyval, l’artiste qui a réalisé la couverture et l’illustration de Bikepunk ? Mais si, souvenez-vous. J’avais même mis en texte une des ces photos. Les territoires perdus (ploum.net) J’adore travailler avec Bruno. C’est un grand professionnel qui incarne néanmoins l’archétype de l’artiste fou. Pour le découvrir, je vous conseille cette formidable interview. Bruno Leyval : Interview d'un …

III. Personalized, as opposed to Public Health, Nutrition Stephanie Rogus, a former doctoral studentt in my NYU department, and Peter Lurie, director of the Center for Science in the Public Interest, have a new paper out: Personalized nutrition: aligning science, regulation, and marketing. Health Affairs Scholar, Volume 2, Issue 9, September 2024, qxae107, https://doi.org/10.1093/haschl/qxae107 Proponents of personalized nutrition assert that population-based approaches to dietary recommendations have had limited impact because …

This is the Lymow One: a tracked robotic mower that can overcome uneven terrain and slopes up to 100%. This robot can mow up to 1.75 acres on a daily basis. It uses brushless motors to rotate 2 mulching blades at speeds up to 6000 RPM. It has a cutting width of 16 inches with adjustable cutting height of 1.2 to 4 inches. It has a 1200W output power. This …

There we were, Lucie and I wandering along at the start of our morning walk, when out of an orchard wandered two Roe Deer followed a minute or so later by a third. A totally chance meeting that was obviously completely unexpected to both parties. Normally in this situation the deer will take a look and then run for it but on this occasion we just stood staring at each …

Scouters and Scouts around the world are doing Good Turns every day. Let’s highlight a few from this week. Scout leads the charge to create a new city flag Lockport, Illinois, now boasts a new city flag thanks to Zach Dylkiewicz and his Eagle Scout project. Photo: City of Lockport The eighth-grader presented his idea for a flag to the city, which piqued Mayor Steven Streit’s interest. Zach then worked …

This month we have two new books joining Genre: A 33 1/3 Series: Soul-Folk and Shoegaze. Keep reading to find out more about each book. Liking the Genre series? Let us know what genres you’d like to see us add to the series in the comments. This book traces the growing imprints of soul-folk and how it made its way from folk tradition to subgenre. Along the way, it explores …

True confession time: I have an increasingly hard time watching frock flicks with subtitles. I

An epic adventure anthology which takes some big chances. Extremely impressive. Easily adaptable for a variety of games (D&D, Legend of the 5 Rings, Usagi Yojimbo). Review Originally Published December 25th, 2000 I was immediately drawn to Shiki for one simple reason: It dares to be epic. Many generic adventures share a simple problem: They confuse “accessible” with “boring”. They don’t do so in so many words, of course (no …

I wrote on this website in 2021 about my puzzlement regarding the fact that the most “bike-friendly” cities in the country seemed to be rather unfriendly to kids and young families. The reasons eluded me then and now. There is also a strong correlation between a city’s overall bike-friendliness “score” and a host of other liberal/progressive, “urbanist” policies. Indeed, with some outliers, the most bike-friendly cities in the U.S. tend …

[As with Shining the Holy Ark I will try to use official English names wherever possible, however as I’m playing in Japanese there might be some slight differences/slip-ups/personal preferences along the way. You can read through the official English script here. One last thing: Here, “Shining Force III” refers to the trilogy as a whole. I’ll always use “Scenario 1” when talking specifically about this game.] CONTENTS ~Chapter 3: Target: …

Texaco Sky Chief gasoline anyone? The cosmetically restored old service station has the owner'shouse attached. A very short commute to work! Notice the red outhouse on the far right sidebehind the station. (click to enlarge)Nikon Zf; 40mm f/2 Nikkor lens; 1/320th sec. @ f/11; ISO 100; All images from JPEG filesAs I often do, on Tuesday I decided to go out and wander the countryside with my camera. I was …

Anastasia (Anatole Litvak, 1956).François Truffaut saved his most pointed barb for last. Ending a short review in 1957 with a kiss-off, the notoriously venomous critic urges: “Anatole Litvak despises you; despise him back.”1 He was writing about Anastasia (1956), “a most mediocre film which has for its theme a historical enigma, one of the stupidest and emptiest subjects in a category that never fails to fill the theaters.” Anastasia certainly …

What caught my eye this week. I belatedly enjoyed Dumb Money on Netflix this week. Finumus put me onto it as a chaser to the story in my Active Antics links below about the Canadian who made and lost $300m trading Tesla options. Dumb Money is hilarious (whereas that second story is almost tragic) but it’s also a solid piece of filmmaking. The movie deftly captures the time and (all …

John Gruber asks: Why in the world didn’t Apple take regular use of a screen-recording app into account all along? I think this is the question you ask when you have not used a Corporate Mac in the last 4-5 years. For those who are, you know that companies install applications which take screenshots and screen recordings of certain or all activities being done on the Mac. You know, for …