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Turning the clock back to 2012, when volunteering with CRAMBA I worked with my friend Kristi and developed the Ride Dirt Trails, Not Mud Trails signage. Originally hosted on the CRAMBA page (Internet Archive) this has fallen prey to link rot, so I’m re-posting / re-hosting it here. Back when this was released we very intentionally made it available it under the CC BY-SA 3.0 license along with an Adobe …

My latest post on Now Smell This is a review of three gourmand fragrances: Régime des Fleurs Fleur Éclair (orange blossom and cocoa pastry!), Arquiste Almond Suede (bitter almond marzipan and leather) and Isabelle Larignon Milky Dragon (oolong tea with notes of stone fruits and cream). You can read it here.

A short example of using Grafana, Microsoft SQL Server, and Docker Compose - Tagged: Containers, Grafana, Microsoft SQL Server

Guavas don’t get as big as some other types of fruit trees. And they certainly get bigger in the tropics than they do here. The biggest guava tree I’ve ever seen was on a coffee farm in the Monteverde region of Costa Rica. That said, I have seen some guava trees that are many decades […] The post Old guava trees in Southern California appeared first on Greg Alder's Yard …

Leonin iconoclasts are zealots that believe the gods of Theros “are more likely to spread doom than peace and bounty,” and honestly, I can’t really blame them. The post Leonin Iconoclast Tactics appeared first on The Monsters Know What They’re Doing.

Mount Everest Region, Nepal glacier snow lines on Sentinel image from 11-12-2024. Mean elevation of snow lines is 5800 m. As the post-monsoon period progresses, glacier snow lines have been rising in the Himalaya. Will this be similar to last year and in 2020/21 when the snow line on many glaciers remained high right through much of the winter? Here we examine Sentinel 2 imagery from Kanchenjunga Glacier on the …

3 weeks ago I was busy building a workshop with my dad. It inevitably took more time and brainspace than anticipated. It is still not finished. But I had to stop as I had run out of dad time, I needed to get back to my life, and I needed a break. Of course I made a timelapse. Here it is: In August I did a casual 3 day bikepack …

Bob Dylan “The Groom’s Still Waiting at the Altar” “The Groom’s Still Waiting at the Altar,” written and recorded in the tail end of Dylan’s Christian era, is a chugging, manic blues rock song with scattered images and anecdotes that add up to a sense of impending apocalypse. And not “apocalypse” as we tend to think of that word today, but more in the original sense – apocalypse as the …

BOGOTÁ, Colombia (AP) — A team that played in a basketball tournament in Russia usurped the colors and name of the Colombian national team, the country’s basketball federation said Thursday [August 22]. The federation said it will take legal action “for the improper use of our image and logo” and that it never received a formal proposal to participate in the tournament in the Russian city of Perm. [emphasis added] …

One of the houses I grew up in as a kid in what is now called “Midtown” Toronto, but was known as Chaplain Estates back in my day, named for the farmer who sold the land for houses at the edge of Toronto back in the early 1900s. On the road again, and this year is starting to feel like my pre-pandemic travel schedule, one that I thought I might …

Henry Mancini – The Jazz Sound From Peter Gunn (Music Composed By Henry Mancini Arranged By Maxwell Davis, Pete Candoli & Bob Florence From The TV Series Peter Gunn)Peter Gunn is an American private eye television series, starring Craig Stevens as Peter Gunn with Lola Albright as his girlfriend, lounge singer Edie Hart. The series was broadcast by NBC from September 22, 1958, to 1960 and by ABC in 1960–61. …

I've been keeping batches of this Chicken Chile Verde in the fridge for the past couple weeks -- it's super easy to make and it can lead to all sorts of quick, no-thinking-involved meals. Perfect! Take a look at this pan of green goodness and tell me what potential you see: Loaded burritos? Tortas? Tostadas?... Read More The post Chicken Chile Verde appeared first on Mexican Please.

DNA Lounge is 39 years old today, having opened on November 22, 1985! Our oldest known flyer Photos from opening night Our "Legacy" plaque If you'd like us to stick around for the next four decades, or until the oceans boil, the stars weep blood, and the firmament shatters (whichever comes first) then please make a donation or contribute to our Patreon! We'd like to continue to be your port …

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24 years of the best oonts-oonts samples. The post Tracklib broke down 24 years of electronic samples, from 1990–2024 appeared first on Sampleface.