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Pick one of your photographs. Now describe it. How many words did you need? How easy was it to describe clearly the essence of the picture? Now pick a well-known photograph and do the same. Was it easier to describe? Were you able to be more concise and to describe the exact essence of the picture? This might tell you that a good picture has a clear theme or narrative. …

Over the last few years, I've become very interested in modular synthesis. I've played instruments since I was a child, and as a programmer, the composability of a modular synthesizer has always been very attractive to me. One early form of synthesis technology that has fascinated me for years is the Trautonium. When I first heard recordings of the instrument, its rich harmonic textures and gliding tones captured my imagination. …

If you’ve been captivated by the starling murmurations this winter, you may be wondering how many birds are in those vast swirling flocks. There’s no easy way to count them on the wing, but you if you can get a decent photo with the bulk of them in the frame, there’s a simple technique to get a rough estimate that will give you a good idea of numbers A grid …

Tucked down a little side-street called Martlett Court near Covent Garden you will find the entrance to the Bow Street Police Museum. Opened in 2021, it is one of London’s newest and smallest museums and is only open Friday-Sunday 11am-4.30pm, so it is important to get the timing right with this one. Housed in part […] The post A Visit To The Bow Street Police Museum appeared first on Living …

Guaraldi’s full score for 1974’s It’s the Easter Beagle, Charlie Brown will be available for purchase on on March 21. The album can be pre-ordered on CD or black vinyl at Amazon and the MVD Shop, as well as other online retailers and your favorite brick-and-mortar record store. (As always, it also will be available digitally.)A full press release from Lee Mendelson Film Productions remains pending, as is any information …

So you’ve decided to leave London. You’re leaving because the millionaires are being priced out by billionaires. You’re leaving because every high street is boxy, bland, and identical. You’re leaving because the Tories are in charge. You’re leaving because the weather is shit. You’re leaving because it’s the enemy of all human life. You’re leaving because those… Source

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 …

Random pondering: can people take quotes way out of context and use them on book covers? For example, if I wrote a review that said “Simply nothing worth reading in this book”, could the author publisher write ‘“WORTH READING” — Andrew Doran’ and slap it on the book?

Hi Darling Ones, Some days I am not in the mood to hear how lucky and fortunate I am. Being the chirpy, very special episode guest star sucks and sometimes I don’t want to play the role. Yesterday at the neurologist’s office I couldn’t fake it. Hot on the heels of the disability denial, I was not having any of Dr. S’s A++s and Gold Stars. I did not want …

Marianne Jean-Baptiste delivers a major performance in director Mike Leigh's Hard Truths, a piercing drama set in a British working-class milieu as seen through the lens of a Black family with Jamaican roots. Jean-Baptiste, who appeared in Leigh's Secrets & Lies (1999), provides the bitter glue that keeps Hard Truths on track. It's a bumpy ride, distinguished by Baptiste Pansy's biting resentment, which turns mean when directed outward. Pansy doesn'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 …