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I wrote Interpinkie, a basic Finger client in Interlisp that runs on the Medley environment. This is the main window of the program: It was a fun challenge considering I couldn't use Medley's TCP/IP stack. I always wanted to do some network programming with Medley. But the bitrot of its TCP/IP stack left it in a non working state since before the Medley Interlisp project, and the revival effort hasn't …

A half-marathon lead to some unexpected discoveries in Taiwan's industrial heartland.

It's the depths of winter now, but an exciting sign of the forthcoming spring has arrived - the complete original Vince Guaraldi soundtrack for the 1974 television special It's the Easter Beagle, Charlie Brown will be hatching on March 21, 2025.The album is available for pre-order on CD and black vinyl at Amazon and the MVD Shop, as well as other online retailers and your local record store. It will …

This is 163⋆*･ﾟ:⋆* by Tony, featuring: Stina Nordenstam, Durutti Column, Reymour, Pretty V, Archy Marshall & Jack D'Cruz, Juliana Hatfield, 6 pigbaby, Baba Stiltz, UA, Joseba Irazoki, Raphael Roginski, Taylor E. Burch, Salon Music, Mori mori, Belong, Mouse on Mars, Frank Zappa

In her work exploring notions of plant intelligence, Zoë Schlanger speaks to Tony Trewavas, emeritus professor of plant physiology at the University of Edinburgh, who says: “Everything is intelligent. When people say they can’t see it, they’re talking about academic intelligence. They assume what they’ve heard in school about IQ and human intelligence is what it is.…[But that] academic achievement, that’s not about survival. What I’m talking about is not …

In physical descriptions, you may come across the terms el, palm, duim, and streep. You may see these in military records, prison records, or other types of registers that recorded the person’s height. The English translations are: El (abbreviation: e.) – ell Palm (p.) – palm Duim (d.) – inch Streep (str.) – line. How much is meant by these depends on the date of the record. Before 1816, measures …

An avidly spinning globe for the Commodore PET — and some bit-vectors. Well, I made another thing — in #6502 code and #PETSCII. Continue reading…

I have updated the Phraser word and phrase lists. Those of you who find these lists handy for solving/designing word puzzles, rejoice! This update incorporates an epiphany! (It also has updated content from Wikipedia, etc, but you already expected that.) tl;dr I fixed many many mistakes, and I like the quality improvement. If you want the details, read on… You may recall a quandary: Crossword constructors have hand-crafted lists of …

Some writers track word count to see how much work they’re getting done. I spend as much, if not more, time erasing things I’ve already written. And then *maybe* rewriting them. Maybe.

Looking Under the Street Light

Have I said on here that I’m doing Project 24 again in 2025? I think I’ll do it ever two or three years, to try and stem the flow of books into my house – and to read more books from my shelves. For those not in the know, Project 24 is simply a self-imposed rule to only buy 24 books throughout the year. Well, for myself. I can buy …

This is the third and final post in my three part series on blogging. It was due last year but I got a little busy!Part 1: Why BlogPart 2: In NumbersPart 3: For HumansPart 3: For HumansI don’t blog for robots. I find it quite alarming how many people do. I write for humans.I’ve never given thought to SEO on my personal websites. SEO can be done effectively but I …

Thank goodness this book exists. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve been attacked at a suburban backyard barbecue by some crazed IT guy with a wrench and thought, “Damn, if only I had studied techniques for severing his femoral artery with my drop point knife!” It’s like a heart-pounding form of l’esprit de l’escalier. Well, next time I’ll be ready.

Blazing fast implicit surface evaluation