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It wouldn’t be #GermanLitMonth without a bit of Thomas Bernhard, and I’ve had a book in mind for the event for quite some time now. However, where most of my previous Bernhard reads have been of the Austrian writer’s novels, this time around we’re taking a slightly different approach, with a look at some shorter fiction, instead. So, do Mr. Grumpy’s circular tirades hit the spot as sweetly when he …

Was it really ten years ago that Katy B and Ikonika were chatting online about Ayre's the Baker in Nunhead? At the time I described it as 'the number one bakers for the London post-dubstep scene'. Not sure if there's been too much music action there since - have spotted members of Foals at the shops there in the past, though not actually in the bakers.But today Ayre's reclaimed its …

Frost on windows from a frosty overnight is enjoyed the next day. A frosty one Frosty, too No telling what the next frost will look like!

Hello from sunny Birmingham. The weather has been alternating between rain and grey all weekend. This week in data: Magazines issues thrown into a recycling bin: 37 Heartfelt emails sent: 9 Spent some time steeling myself for a few conversations that I thought would be difficult. No, reader, they all went swimmingly well. I’m genuinely pleasantly surprised. I got here in a van: Despite having multiple train lines from Birmingham …

The hardest weeks to write about are the ones in which it feels like nothing happened. The new management took over at the workspace in Peckham Levels. I decided to stay on, but as they’ve abolished the pay-by-the-day option, I had to choose a dedicated desk or nothing. I chose the dedicated desk as it’s not much more than I was paying for my frequent attendance anyway. The bean-to-cup coffee …

Roden Readers — The first memory I have of Enrique Allen is from the campus of Stanford. He had just graduated from the d.school and was teaching part-time. We were about to start working together. He was all bounding lightness. That’s the first image: Jumping, huge bright smile, long black hair, wide open face, totally open heart. Bounding lightness. The lightness stood in contrast to his bigness as a human; …

Three Years Without God without colorThis all started from a suggestion by amateur film archivist / historian / enthusiast / restorer Jojo de Vera-- 'amateur' only in the sense that he's not paid for what he passionately works for and believes in and has a vast store of knowledge and expertise about that I often call upon for advice. Jojo asked if I was interested in seeing Tatlong Taong Walang …

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Once you've made an etching plate, you may be ready to print an edition - or you might want to proof it to decide on further edits. Taking a print is the only way you’ll be able to see how your plate is progressing. This blog is part of a series featuring tips and techniques to get you started with aluminium or zinc plate etching. This post will demonstrate two …

I realize, after 18 years as a part of it, that the rules of the food internet in the week before the American cooking superbowl we call Thanksgiving dictate that everything should relate back to turkey, stuffing, or pie. But friends, we have that abundantly covered in the archives, and the newsletter. So let me tell you what I’ve been making a lot lately to feed myself what I crave, …

This is the fourth installment of a thirty-part series of articles by Frederick J. "Monte" Monteagle for the Martinez News-Gazette, written January - February, 1977. I'll publish each one as an individual blog post. MF Two Lynchings For One Price [This outstanding series on the felling of a magnificent Bay Area redwood forest 1853-55 in what is now mostly Redwood Regional Park in appearing periodically in installments.] During the frenetic …

Things are certainly going to look different in the climate change debate following the U.S. election. But progress on reducing emissions will continue. The post With Trump in the White House, expect the states to take charge on climate progress appeared first on Canadian Climate Institute.

Recently, I was going through some of my old emails from 2009. That’s from before Dirty Feed was even launched. In fact, those of you with very long memories may remember that Dirty Feed didn’t even start out as Dirty Feed; it was originally called “Transistorised” for most of the launch year of 2010, after an old Kenny Everett line about “transistorised people”. Transistorised doesn’t work at all as a …

Over the years I’ve picked up various tweaks for my nvim configuration. One of them is template file support. This article is a short introduction to what they are, how do they work and how I recently extended them to support snippet expansion.

Q and I visited Singapore, exploring the city's mix of colonial and modern architecture, abundant greenery, and world-class art and culture.