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Just a reminder that the best way to support the site is by buying a print from our online store, because you get something awesome in return! We’re having a Thanksgiving/Black Friday/Small Business Saturday/Cyber Monday sale with 15% off all prints. Choose from my original designs, or a wide variety of digitally restored vintage maps. Perfect gifts for the transit lover in your life! Shop Original Designs Shop Vintage Maps

Hey You,Wow, what a year it’s been! Standing on the far edge of 2024, we wanted to share our appreciation for your incredible work. You, the creative communities of Aberdeen, are the soul of this city, and your light and determination have inspired us all year.The landscape has been tough. Funding cuts more brutal than a North Sea wind at Pittodrie, eroding the foundations of our creative community. But here’s …

An insight from a non-manager perspective.

I wrote a book about service workers. It’s called Going Offline. It was first published by A Book Apart in 2018. Now it’s available to read for free online. If you want you can read the book as a PDF, an ePub, or .mobi, but I recommend reading it in your browser. Needless to say the web book works offline. Once you go to goingoffline.adactio.com you can add it to …

The philosopher George Santayana is reputed to have said “Those who fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it”. And it looks like the Welsh government are planning to test out this maxim in following the example of their Scottish counterparts in trying to go it alone with a recycling scheme for drinks containers. Last year, the Westminster government gave the go-ahead to the Scottish proposals for a …

Making nicer branch names on the fly.Assumed audience: People who use (or are interested in) jj and/or little command line tools in general. Last night and this morning I built a tiny new tool for my own purposes, called jj-gpc, where gpc is short for git push --create. You can find it on GitHub! Jujutsu is a modern, Git-compatible version control system. (I wrote a nice long introduction to it …

Bruce Springsteen’s “No Nukes” concert is one of the better early period surveys of his work. But what I’m really after, lately, is a middle-period summary of his discography. A live album highlighting the material from Born in the USA through The Rising. Two very different peaks in his career, with some of this most unique albums in between.

The rich traditions of eremitism in ancient India established several categories of hermits common to Hindus, Jains, and early Buddhists. This history is useful in considering the forms of eremitism that can be pursued in modern society. The trajectory of eremitism in ancient India can be charted in its highlights. The RigVeda is the expression of Brahmin culture, of the dominant religious and economic class. The era of the Upanishads …

Dear Mr. Newport, I listened to your podcast Episode 287 - Minimalist Notes with great horror and deep concern. I’m sorry, really sorry that you still don’t have a Zettelkasten. Interim note: Below are a few comments on Cal Newport’s podcast. I can’t hold on to fake outrage for too long. :) Reducing Friction Costs Is Part of the Zettelkasten Method Cal Newport’s initial thesis is that most systems are …

During the summer, E-Pulp published the tenth novel in P. Dieudonné's Rotterdam police series, Rechercheur De Klerck en de sluier van de dood (Inspector De Klerck and the Veil of Death, 2024), which is a double-sized politieroman to mark the series' first milestone – reason why its publication was delayed several months. So didn't expect them to keep to the customary schedule of two novels a year, but the eleventh …

Cape Hideous (USD$5.99) by Jake Clover Note: I received a copy of this game for free. Explore a fantastical ship about to sail into a dangerous storm in this textless adventure that stokes the imagination. Jake Clover’s rough-around-the-edges art style lends itself beautifully to the rich environmental storytelling of the characters and their lives upon the ship. Also featuring gorgeous sound design by magicdweedoo. Buy on Steam for USD$5.99 The …

This is quite a story. I'm not surprised Hollywood wants to turn it into a film. Fugees founder Pras Michel faces up to 20 years in prison after being convicted of conducting an illegal foreign influence campaign with Malaysian financier Jho Low. [direct link to source]

So what are the advantages of the Custom Elements API if you’re not going to use the Shadow DOM alongside it? Obvious Markup Instantiation is More Consistent They’re Progressive Enhancement Friendly adactio.com/links/21579

Milford drew deeply once again on the fat brown hand-rolled cigarette, breathing in its mysteries, its promises, and its secrets.The combo continued to play, and a man's thick voice carried over the music and with the music, singing strange words that meant nothing and everything.Here come the big king snake,don't you hear him moanin'?Here come my little gal,Don't you hear her groanin'?Come gather round this old camp fire,come gather round …

This song is one of twelve original songs Irving Berlin wrote for the 1942 film “Holiday Inn,” which also included “White Christmas,” the best-selling single of all time. In this film, the main character Jim, played by Bing Crosby, has given up a life in show business to work on his farm. He decides to turn the farm into a country inn, open only for holidays. As he goes through …