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[And now for a piece from the 21st Century perspective for new visitors] What is Galactic Journey? It's a time machine, sure, but what does that mean? Galactic Journey is so staggeringly big, so comprehensive, that I suspect even our fans don't know all of its facets. We review every SFF story that comes out, … Continue reading What is the Galactic Journey? → The post What is the Galactic …

I joined my Silver Lining for Learning (SLL) co-hosts – Chris Dede, Curt Bonk, and Lydia Cao (with Yong Zhao unable to attend due to travel) – to deliver a keynote at the Global Learning for an Open World Conference. SLL has been a labor of love over the past five years, with more than […]

November 2024. Bodle Street Green. East Sussex. Mrs RM jumped at the chance to tick the White Horse Inn; 5 minutes from where she used to visit her aunt in historic Herstmonceux, a photo opportunity in Battle, and an attractive looking GBG debutant in the unlikely sounding Bodle Street Green (pop. not many). looking little different from (I guess) a century ago, except that in 1924 you’d be put in …

More rain today and gale force wind. Both burners on red this morning. Both jets blocked. Had both going again by 8.20. A lot of fowl from H Hall to burn. Did all filters.

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A company called Base Case has crammed two 24" monitors into a rolling carry-on form factor:It's got built-in telescoping legs and a built-in power cable, giving you one less thing to pack.Other than these teaser images, there's virtually no information on either the product or the company; they only say they're launching it "soon."

Fujifilm just released three firmware updates, one for the X-H2s, one for the X-H2, and one for the GFX100 II. Among some video improvements (F-Log2 C, anyone?) and minor bug fixes, the main headline is autofocus improvements. Essentially, Fujifilm fully fixed the AF bug that had been plaguing these cameras for the last handful of months. Fujifilm has said that more firmware updates for other cameras (the X-T5 and X-S20 …

Back in the summer, I decided to get more serious about controlling my Type 2 diabetes, and I enrolled in a program that I found through my insurance company. Overall, things have gone quite well: my blood glucose is down, my weight is down, and I’ve been able to cut my medications to about a third of what I was taking before. But nothing is perfect, and the iPhone app …

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Hi. Nathan Yau here. This is the Process, the newsletter for FlowingData members about making and using visualization and data. Every month, I collect useful tools, datasets, and resources to help you with that. With Thanksgiving coming up next week here in the states, this month’s roundup arrives early. Become a member for access to this — plus tutorials, courses, and guides.

The eighth and final installment of a series in which scholars, designers, planners, activists, and artists share observations on practices of repair, reuse, preservation, maintenance, and care. Read on Places Journal

I was at the bench yesterday afternoon (yep, I still have a hood, and I still make some compounds - mostly weird stuff that I would feel bad asking someone else to spend time making!) And while isolating and purifying a couple of new probes, it occurred to me that there are a lot of muscle-memory tasks that I've built up over the years that are nearly unconscious for me …

By Palestine Chronicle Staff The major Israeli military onslaught against northern Gaza continues to run to the same obstacle: the Resistance. Since October 5, the Israeli military has implemented the General’s Plan to the letter with the hope of finally subduing northern Gaza, but continues to fail. They have carried out mass slaughter, pushed tens of thousands of people back and forth between various parts of the north, targeted civilian …

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I have always been interested in adventure games — ever since I first played Scott Adams’ Adventureland and issued the command CLIMB TREE and I entered a whole new world. Castle Adventure is another entry in the “early work of a person who would become notable” genre. Other examples include Temple of Disrondu, with two of the Magnetic Scrolls authors (Rob Steggles and Hugh Steers) in a team-up; Brian Fargo …