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The Heysham Hogback is an enigmatic Viking Age stone monument discovered in the 1800s. For years it lay outside St Peter’s church, and older locals of the village remember playing on it. It now rests within the church, carefully preserved for posterity. While its actual origins are unclear, historical opinion is that it could have […]

Qatar Airways is best known for its Qsuite long-haul business class. But if you’re thinking of flying Qatar, remember that the airline operates a diverse fleet with multiple seat styles. So it’s important to be a smart shopper and know what you’re getting when you book. We recently wrote about Qatar’s A320 business class, and we’ll be back later with a dive into Qsuite. But in this story we’re featuring …

About eighteen years ago, Monty Don, the British horticulturist and human Peter Rabbit, penned an article for The Guardian titled “Dirty Dressing.” It was about how to dress for the dirty task of gardening. “Never wear tight trousers,” he advised. “Always buy trousers at least one waist size too big, make sure that the pockets [...] Read More... The post Excited to Wear This Fall appeared first on Die, Workwear!.

"A Private Little War" ("Star Trek," season 2, episode 19; first aired Feb. 2, 1968)More than a half-century after the original "Star Trek" series was on TV, we've found what could prove to be the Final Frontier when it comes to filming locations for the 1960s sci-fi show. Space — The Final FrontierWe're not talking about "Space — the Final Frontier," as it was described each week in the show's …

Math hats (\(\mathbb{M}\)): the mathematicians of yore and their silly headwear, 2017. Later published in revised form as “MathCap History” in Math Horizons. Carnival of Mathematics #233 (\(\mathbb{M}\)). Includes a link to my post on half-flipped binary tilings. Impossible world (\(\mathbb{M}\), via), enormous collection of links and models regarding Escherian impossible figures. Square carpet pattern resulting from coloring a table of bitwise ANDs by their Hamming weights. Letterlocking: The Hidden …

On a flight to Washington DC last month, I discovered I felt okay above the clouds. No shivering or hyperventilating or fighting back tears. Christ, how long had it been since I boarded an airplane without trembling or praying to something I’m not sure I believe in?After some mental rummaging, I realized my last normal flight was in 2009 from Helsinki to Istanbul on a chaotic airplane with ashtrays in …

Bluesky has been around since 2019. Hawkworld received an invitation for it back in 2021. It was a bit slow at first, but it has really taken off during the last month. Hawkworld is there and trying to post daily. Also, there is a TON of comic book creators jumping on to Bluesky as well! So if you are interested in a rapidly growing social media site and want some …

I don't know for how long these have been unavailable, but at some point one of our older file transfer accounts... died. And these two 2016-mixtapes (DWp's 14th & 32rd) only had that one download-option. Let me know if you stumbled over any other of our mixes that needs a reupload (I've already fixed new links for Xmas Delights I, II, IV and V). Just click on the image to …

One of the most agonizing things happened last week. I ended up going home from work early last Wednesday with a sinus headache. I thought I was starting to get sick, but it turned out a nap was enough for it to take to get rid of it. That’s not the agonizing part. This is: Yes, I broke my 210-day streak for the NY Times Crossword. I had completed most …

My 2025 calendars are now available! I have put together some of my favourite recent photographs into a 11″x17″ (28cm x 43cm) calendar. Included are 12 photographs of landscape, wildlife, and nature scenes from British Columbia, Canada. Take a look at the index below for a small preview of the images contained in the calendar. ... Read more The post 2025 Nature Calendar Now Available! appeared first on Michael Russell …

FROM (2022) s03e06 “Scar Tissue” [2024] D: Alexandra La Roche. S: Harold Perrineau, Catalina Sandino Moreno, Eion Bailey, David Alpay, Scott McCord, Ricky He, Corteon Moore. It’s one of the better (if not best) FROM bridging episodes. Considering it’s an extension of last episode’s bridging episode… though this episode does have a couple solid reveals. It also has Moreno and Bailey arguing too much, Perrineau almost entirely in support of …

We chanced this week on a timetable for European night trains in 1999. So it’s interesting to look back and see which trains were running 25 years ago. By 1999, many European high-speed lines were already up and running, so the overnight network had already been trimmed back from its peak in the 1970s and 1980s.

Regular readers will know that I’ve become interested in the history of publishing, both as an exercise in the history of technology and as a way of seeing how communities of thought and discourse organise themselves. In 2020 I published… Continue reading →

Image source: MUBI In anecdotes repeated by Jack Nicholson and Katharina Kubrick, director Stanley Kubrick believed ghost stories were fundamentally optimistic since they suggested continued existence after death. This is an interesting sentiment, though one I don’t agree with. True, some ghost stories allow for closure and redemption. However, in a great many ghost stories, the dead are unable to rest, tormented by the sins committed or wrongs done to …

I’m in the midst of a media cleanse. This started before the election when I canceled my Washington Post subscription. Jeff Bezos can do whatever he wants with the Washington Post, and he’s 100% correct that I don’t trust large media organizations. After the election, I removed all news sources from Feedly except the Atlantic because I find their writing informative and compelling. A friend calls this turtling. Pulling your …