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It's a tremendous advantage to be a CCS student (or local alum) and have access to their print lab. That allows one the chance to do, for example, an anthology with multiple cut-outs. That's the case with Hole, a ridiculously elaborate anthology that reminds me of the early days of CCS. It's a bit like the old Four Square anthology that would have four artists and a theme or something …

From: https://music.apple.com/gb/playlist/2024/pl.u-WMPzASRbk5vIf you checked my Apple Music Replay it would tell you that for the 3rd year in a row Taylor Swift was my post listened to artist, and who am I to argue with a data story like that? That stat was bolstered by her latest album — The Tortured Poets Department — which I thought was one of her best, especially the second disc (i.e. the one with …

I’m mid-career and I’ve just realised I have never received any mentoring on how to manage my workload, on how to explicitly recognise when I’ve taken on too much and how to proactively regulate the things I’m committed to. I have had conversations which touch on this, but the focus has tended to be productivity – how to manage your tasks. What about a system for working out when you …

We revisit Dec 30 when we visited tiki bars in the valley that we’ve never visited before. Intriguing to me due to their sushi offerings, we visited Kahuna Tiki and Kahuna Tiki Tu. Both are from the same team but there are significant differences in the restaurant type and cocktails. Kahuna Tiki is in the NoHo Arts District not far from Tiki No and features a large outdoor space anchored …

by Dennis Crouch In an important opinion exploring the relationship between patent validity and after-arising technology, the Federal Circuit has reversed a district court's invalidation of a pharmaceutical patent covering Novartis's blockbuster heart failure drug Entresto. Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp. v. Torrent Pharma Inc., Nos. 2023-2218, 2023-2220, 2023-2221 (Fed. Cir. Jan. 10, 2025). To continue reading, become a Patently-O member. Already a member? Simply log in to access the full post. …

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In Thailand I spoke to Florian Glatz, probably the first crypto focused lawyer in Europe and possibly the world and co-founder of Common Ground, an on-chain social network. Florian also helped author some part of the MiCA legislation in the EU which lays out the legal framework for cryptocurrences. We spoke about his experiences in the early days of the ICO boom, the unpreparedness of the legal system for crypto, …

As I often say around these parts, my favorite month of the year is August, when TCM serves up its Summer Under the Stars (SUTS) series, where a different classic film star is featured every day and the channel airs 24 hours of their movies. This year, you might recall, for each day of the series, I recommended a pick of the day, but for the first time, I also …

Welcome to the another Global Nerdy Saturday “picdump!” It’s the weekly article where I post the technology- and work-related memes, pictures, and cartoons floating around the internet that I found interesting or relevant this week. Share and enjoy! The post Saturday picdump for January 11, 2025 appeared first on Global Nerdy.

Toyah & Robert's latest Upbeat Moments, premieres today at 19:00 CET... ...and tomorrow at 13:00 CET, a vintage Sunday Lunch, Everlong:

Some years ago, when I was making some dungeon tiles, a guy gave me these.They'd taken all the miniatures out, but apart from that they appear to be complete.Fortunately, I have large numbers of plastic miniatures sitting around doing nothing, and although they won't match the Warhammerish minis that originally came with the game, they'll do the job just fine.So now, after years of basically doing nothing with these games, …

As artificial intelligence (AI) agents increasingly mediate our digital experiences, the role of human interaction with information is evolving. Machines are becoming our primary intermediaries for searching, synthesizing, and summarizing information, often performing these tasks faster and more efficiently than we ever could. However, not all interactions are equally suited to machine facilitation. There remain critical situations where direct human engagement—particularly visual interaction—is indispensable. I’d like to explore a few …

Now read on… Slow readers get eyestrain and a crick in the neck as BUCK ROGERS episode 2 (Tragedy on Saturn) begins with a STAR WARS type crawl recapping the previous installment. The letters seem to diminish more neatly and naturally than the ones in what I suppose we must call A NEW HOPE. I […]

FreedomlandMichael Tuviera's The Kingdom is that rarity in Filipino films, a high-concept production that in this case answers the question: what if the Spaniards never landed? What if the Philippines-- here renamed Kalayaan (Freedom)-- remained Malay in culture and tradition?An ambitious idea but not entirely original; in science fiction it's an entire subgenre, answering all kinds of what ifs: What if the Protestant Reformation never happened (Kingsley Amis' The Alteration)? …