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Mudhoney Every Good Boy Deserves FudgeGet It At DiscogsIn mid-1991, grunge was poised to make its entrance into the spotlight of global popular culture as Nirvana's Nevermind was being readied for release. But Mudhoney didn't know that as they began work on their second album, and they were starting to tire of the monolithic hard rock/metal side of their sound. Taking a detour back into the garage rock and early …

My drop-in time work used to be a lot of teaching basic skills. “Here’s how to click. Now here’s how to right-click.” Then for a time it was teaching people about software. “Here’s how a menu works in Microsoft Word.” Then it was more about social media, then mobile phones. Lately it’s still a bit of all of those things, but the major thing I do is something I call …

Here's an in-depth look at the UDO Super Gemini synthesizer.… Read More UDO Super Gemini Synthesizer In-Depth Review

I found out about this charming British mystery series because my Golden Age Mystery club read some Father Brown stories. I always look up media adaptations, and while I wasn’t interested in seeing more of the good padre, this 2021 spin-off did catch my interest, so I bought Season 1 on DVD. Sister Boniface Mysteries stars, unsurprisingly, Sister Boniface (Lorna Watson). Who is not only a nun but a mystery-loving …

I’m slipping in another Austin Philips story before Winter Tales season begins. “The Murder at Silchester Post Office” is a fictional reconstruction of the real-life case of George Fell, the caretaker of the Birkenhead Post Office, in Merseyside, England. Fell was brutally murdered on the job in September, 1900. The killer was never found. Philips had written extensively about the case in a previous article for The Strand, called “Crime …

We’ve had freezing weather all week, mostly dry and bright and rather beautiful. Here’s a frosty sweet pea, some frosted rose leaves and a ruby frosted rose hip: Today was forecast to thaw and turn to heavy rain but instead we woke up to heavy snow and the garden transformed again. Here’s a selection that I posted for #SixOnSaturday Including Bella’s little footprints as she padded across the snow to …

Here’s an excellent article from Christine Lemmer-Webber that takes a deeper technical look into some of the criticisms I had in my previous piece. The article is long, but very much worth a read. From the conclusion: Bluesky is built by good people who care, and it is providing something that people desperately want and need. If you are looking for a Twitter replacement, you can find it in Bluesky …

Laura Deming on understanding Interesting uses of AI The memes of the wealthy Elon dreams and bitter lessons Nabeel on Palantir Scott reviews Deep Utopia Meditation, considered harmful There is no placebo effect Dwarkesh interviews Gwern Restoring fertility with iMSC transplantation in monkeys Profile of James Fickel, a not very well known crypto backer of many impactful projects in the longevity space The King and the Golem, by Richard Ngo …

One of my fave beaches. And most of 2023 it had sand. All rocks again now but how lovely it was with the sand. I loved this photograph, so it's been a plan to cut it since I took the picture. The combination and strength of the foreground shapes makes it quite an unusual composition. I have found this my most confusing puzzle of a print so far. I got …

Sometimes, people ask me, “What’s your favorite swear word?” I don’t know why. Also, I don’t know what to say. I’m interested in profanity but not especially invested in one word over another. It’s not a competition. They all have their uses, or we wouldn’t use them. I’d have to say something like, “Well, Fuck! is best when I’m frustrated beyond words, and my favorite profane put down is probably …

Now What? Meanwhile, the BM’s political reporters decided that inflation was Biden’s fault because of all the government spending on COVID relief, infrastructure and bringing manufacturing jobs back to the US. This was a lie. This post-election analysis resonates with me. It does feel like many of my own habits, patterns, and assumptions need to change.

In my doctoral seminar last Monday, I started class as I always do – with a “This Day in History” moment. Essentially Nicole Oster and I spend a bit of time digging through that date’s Wikipedia page finding interesting nuggets that connect with topics we are discussing in the course. Since the course is a […]

DC has posted several preview pages from next week’s issue of The Flash, and you can see them at Adventures In Poor Taste. The preview features things going haywire on Earth and the Sun, and it may be connected to what’s going on in Skartaris…time will tell. Check it out at the link! THE FLASH #15 Written by SIMON SPURRIER Art by VASCO GEORGIEV Cover by MIKE DEL MUNDO Variant …

The Internet Archive was allegedly hacked1, and their crawler stopped updating conveniently prior to the election2. Although the Wayback Machine was partially restored, most of the archive’s services were down for a considerable amount of time3. The Internet Archive has recently gone through a substantial amount of legal trouble, and some of their content has disappeared after they restored all their services. For an organization that has preserved so much …

Sometimes it is hard to make direct eye contact with art. It is hard to meet it on its own terms, for many reasons. 1: I often know what I am going to see before I see it. It is rare that I walk into a gallery, into a room, and feel surprised by what’s in there. If I am surprised, I am surprised that I’m surprised. 2: the thing …