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After finally looking at the options, we have a main low-investment proposal; the writeup will appear soon (optimistically this month, pessimistically next month). Here is the timetable for the fastest intercity trains: Boston 0:00Providence 0:23New Haven 1:04Stamford 1:30New York 1:56 (arrival)New York 1:59 (departure)Newark 2:07Philadelphia 2:46Wilmington 3:00Baltimore 3:32Washington 3:55 This timetable incorporates schedule padding, of 4% on the Providence-New Haven section (dedicated to high-speed trains except at the north end …

My chisels have been living in a roll-up fabric pouch, which I have to unroll and place somewhere whenever I need a chisel. Not a very elegant solution, to be honest. Time for a chisel rack! I own a set of Ashley Iles butt chisels, some bench chisels MKII, some “firmer chisels”, and I own a few other chisels that I want to store in a proper, easy-to-reach way. They …

Step right up, step right up! Rubber tramps on display! Trendy or trashy, whatever you think of people who live on wheels, we’re here to explore all the different kinds of people who call the road home. These are the 5 types of vehicle nomads. I’m referring to full-time nomads who have no other home besides their vehicle, or those who spend at least half the year living in their …

I've been browsing the internet for maths related stocking fillers. I thought it might be helpful to share what I've found, to save time for anyone else looking for mathsy gifts. Posters and PrintsThere are some lovely mathematical posters on Etsy but most have to be downloaded digitally. A teacher looking for classroom or corridor displays might pay to download posters then print them

Landscape on I-88 near Nineveh, NY. Pencil drawing in sketchbook. On Monday, we drove down to Binghamton, New York, to attend a family funeral the following morning. My Aunt Doris was the wife of my father’s eldest brother, the Rev. F. Porter Adams. Porter died suddenly in his early 60s, forty years ago, and yet Doris continued in good health, living independently until she was 94, and dying last week …

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The CeMar Trail is ready to be connected!Linn County Trails' cheery Facebook post today serves a reminder of Cedar Rapids's ever-improving trails network. Many of these projects fix connections at a specific location, but by the end of next year there will be some dramatic changes apparent to even the most casual trail user (cf. Peffer 2024). Arguably the most dramatic will be the completion of the CEMAR Trail between …

This year, the Open Fields Conference, part of the RIXC Art Science Festival in Riga, addressed symbiotic senses and explored how each of us depends on interactions with lives and intelligences that are often radically different from ours. The keynotes and dozens of talks by researchers, artists, curators, media theorists, philosophers and scientists from different fields illustrated how these complex, albeit often invisible, connections challenge us to reassess the boundaries …

My eldest nephew Austin recently became a high school student. Since he’s been old enough to stand on a chair, he’s been helping his parents in the kitchen. These days,... Source

On the western slopes of the Sierra Nevada, the forests around 4,000 feet in elevation are excellent places to enjoy a wide variety of birds and other wildlife. The mid-montane coniferous forests of this "lower conifer zone," as it is known, occur at elevations just above the oak woodlands and chaparral of the foothills, and just below the upper conifer zone. Here, at this meeting place of plant communities, pockets …

For my oldest WIP, at least.I started with roughly 82-84k, but during my revisions, whittled that down to a solid 80k. Not bad, considering I've chopped and/or added more to previous books. This one needed a bit more work, as I have undergone several drafts to shape the story where it is today. There are still a few issues I need to address during the editing phase, but I'm much …

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Matt and Sam are joined by Curt Mills of the American Conservative to assess Trump’s national security team.

I had the great opportunity to go on the Syntax podcast and talk about web performance, web components, the Boston Globe project, JavaScript over reliance, Squarespace, my Web Components Course, and a lot more. It was fun to jump on a show I listen to regularly. That episode is live with an utterly linkbait title wherever you get your podcasts! PS: use the code SYNTAX for 30% off my Web …

I grew up with Swiss Army knives at home. My father and grandfathers were all in the Swiss Army, so the knives were ubiquitous at home. But not the red plasticky type ones, the real Swiss Army knives with the handles made of aluminum and four basic tools. There were two of them, and they always came with us, be it for camping or walking. I think in all those …