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  1. Perfume Shrine, , more info

    Jean Paul Gaultier Le Beau Paradise Garden: fragrance review
    Le Beau Paradise Garden by Jean Paul Gaultier is "a tribute to the Garden of Gaultier, filled with vibrant flowers and enticing scents. It masterfully blends the salty coconut's freshness with the green fig's lushness and sandalwood's soothing warmth. Hints of zesty ginger, cool mint, and sun-drenched tonka bean enhance the fragrance's green aquatic and woody character, making it an ideal
    By Perfumeshrine, 70 words
  2. Aaron on Scouting, , more info

    Eagle Scout makes strides with lake restoration project, plus other news in Scouting this week
    Grant Schoel, an Eagle Scout candidate from Troop 229 in Harker Heights, Texas, created fish habitats in Stillhouse Hollow Lake near Belton, Texas, to address the environmental impact of drought. His project involved building 10 Georgia cubes — 3-foot PVC frames filled with gravel and drainage pipe to provide stable habitats for fish. These structures help restore habitats lost when water levels drop, offering shelter and promoting biodiversity. Grant coordinated …
    By Sheniece Chappell, 526 words
  3. Fishing Through Life, , more info

    Fly Fishing Bargains
    Hi GuysDo you prefer to find fly fishing bargains at a local fly shop or online? Personally, I haven't seen many great deals at fly shops. I dislike being overcharged for anything, and in today's world, you can often find products at lower prices online. Thanks to the internet, numerous bargains are available if you want to spend a little time searching for them. Let’s start with the two most …
    By Bill Trussell, 899 words
  4. Smashing Magazine, , more info

    Solo Development: Learning To Let Go Of Perfection
    As expected from anyone who has ever tried building anything solo, my goal was not to build an app but the app — the one app that’s so good you wonder how you ever survived without it. I had everything in place: wireframes, a to-do list, project structure — you name it. Then I started building. Just not the product. I started with the landing page for it, which took …
    By Victor Ayomipo, 2,574 words
  5. The Quietus, , more info

    Alastair Mackinven Has Died, Aged 53
    Artist and musician passes away after a long illness Alastair Mackinven, the musician, artist, painter, writer, and teacher, has died at the age of 53, following a long illness. In recent years Mackinven was best known for his visual art, but since the mid-90s he was a driving force in Country Teasers and The Male Nurse – bands beloved of art world, with the former going on to influence the …
    By Luke Turner, 141 words
  6. Austin Town Hall, , more info

    Publicity Department Share Two Little Birds
    We’ve been looking forward to the new record from Publicity Department ever since word came our way that they’d be Old Master in the new year. There’s a new single available out in the ether today, and it carries the same magic we got from the early single “Sheltered Life.” Sean Brook’s voice has this intimate tone to it, making
    By nathan.lankford, 66 words
  7. Silver Screenings, , more info

    Political Enemies as Friends: A Hollywood Fairy Tale
    Once upon a time, Hollywood produced a movie about Russians accidentally invading America. The movie, The Russians are Coming the Russians are Coming (1966), is a political satire made during the Cold War between the Soviet Union and the United States. It was a gutsy film, released five years after the ill-fated Bay of Pigs invasion, and only four years … Continue reading →
    By Silver Screenings, 70 words
  8. Adactio: Links, , more info

    Website Speed Test
    Here’s a handy free tool from Calibre that’ll give your website a performance assessment. adactio.com/links/21646
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  9. THE ANOMALIST, , more info

    New Documents Highlight Drone Sightings Near Nuclear Facilities The Black Vault
    Latest "UFO-related news" of course features an item about the current "drone dilemma," and John Greenewald presents and discusses a FOIA success on that matter. AARO's interest in the drone issue and "the critical need to address drone incursions at sensitive sites" are major takeaways. Keith Basterfield reports on his annual website check on the National Archives of Australia and the New Year. This year's search was highly disappointing, but …
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  10. The Well-Appointed Desk, , more info

    Product Review: Midori Paintable Stamps
    I wanted to test some of the Midori Paintable Stamps ($13.25 each). First, I wanted to understand what “Paintable” meant but also how well I could find a use for these designs. I chose four different designs to experiment with how I can use them. I picked up the Book, Wreath, Calendar and Cat. The first thing you need to know about the Midori Paintable stamps is that they are …
    By Ana, 726 words
  11. ianVisits, , more info

    The London Buzz – 10th January 2025
    Today’s London news round-up: Bromley council has been asked to apologise to the mum of a child with special educational needs (SEN) after they were wrongly suspended from school transport. South London Press A Greggs store in London has padlocked its drinks cabinet apparently in a bid to beat the army of shoplifters targeting the high street food chain. Metro Flash mob dance to Village People hit in protest at …
    By ianVisits, 513 words
  12. Adam Johnson, , more info

    Python: fuss-free use of Homebrew libraries for package dependencies
    Some Python packages require native libraries to be installed on your system when you install them. For example, mysqlclient requires libssl and libcrypto. If those libraries are missing at install time, clang, the C compiler, fails with a message like: $ pip install mysqlclient Collecting mysqlclient Downloading mysqlclient-2.2.7.tar.gz (91 kB) Installing build dependencies ... done Getting requirements to build wheel ... done Preparing metadata (pyproject.toml) ... done Building wheels for …
    By Adam Johnson, 780 words
  13. Prince Street, , more info

    Two weeks ago, always, and forever.
    The first of the two trains that arrive into the station this afternoon is one from Vaudreuil. Five minutes later a Candiac train lands.
    By Chris Mears, 30 words
  14. One Foot Tsunami, , more info

    Robots Shod in Moose Shoes
    [If you lose your job to AI, you can always apprentice as a robot farrier.] Estonian scientists recently published research on making robots more agile, by giving attaching moose-like hooves to their feet. The moose shoes could make robots more capable, by enabling them to: navigate in complex natural terrains to conduct sensitive environmental monitoring, aid in agriculture and participate in disaster response. Or attack enemies in war. Probably mostly …
    By Paul Kafasis, 77 words
  15. be the future, , more info

    if it’s not getting better it’s getting worse
    a rusty boat named Margaret sits on a small grassy hill with trees behind it. a few floaties and a mound of dirt sit nearby. i don’t know if she’s seaworthy, cap’n. Happy (Gregorian calendar) new year! I had a restful and quiet time off. It was exactly what I needed. I hope things are good with you, too. This week’s post is about boxed water. It sells well under …
    By josh, 780 words