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Android is belatedly getting a Bluetooth tracker feature which doesn't rely on proprietary apps. Long-time readers will know that back in 2016 I reviewed both the Chipolo and the TinTag. Both of those were adequate at finding things which were in range of your phone, but hopeless at finding lost items - because they required everyone to have a special app installed. But now, under pressure from Apple's incredible Find …

The theatre in the hills, Pitlochry Festival has announced a vibrant season of theatrical highlights. Beginning with a new play: 9-17 May STUDIO Presented by Byre Theatre and Pitlochry Festival Theatre WATER COLOUR by Milly Sweeney Winner of the St Andrews Playwriting Award Esme is at an all-time low, struggling with her studies and her art. She finds herself standing on the railing of one of the bridges that crosses …

In sports such as athletics and football there is need for a high degree of physical fitness. This fitness is very important, for it affects not only strength and stamina, but the athlete's skill and ability also.Angling, though seemingly less demanding, still requires a reasonable degree of fitness, and although, at first glance, it gives the impression that 'know-how' is the only factor controlling success, this is not so. To …

Check it out. I was amused by these posts: From 2014: Crap-free UO homepage From 2024: Provost Chris Long is paid $540K plus $130K per year start-up & alcohol budget Columbia should have a crap-free homepage too! And the alcohol budget reminded me of this story from Columbia a few years ago. UO Matters is run by economics professor Bill Harbaugh, who seems to be a busy person. Every city, …

An odd tension, getting on with life when the world is in chaos, isn’t it? But here we are. “Fire season in Southern California is generally thought to stretch from May to October. But as California Governor Gavin Newsom put it in a press conference on Tuesday, blazes are now a perennial issue. “There’s no fire season,” he said. “It’s fire year.”” Via the BBC’s live reporting of the wildfires …

The forecast was for storms but thankfully it was another beautiful sunny day at Bondi Beach! I had another volunteer shift at The Whale, helping hundreds of beachgoers have fun with this amazing installation of puppetry. Thanks to my fellow volunteer Christy for joining me, as well as the Waverley Council folks and the talented team from Spare Parts!

The acclaimed Dutch architectural studio Mecanoo excels at crafting renderings of unbuilt projects that faithfully convey the design and atmosphere of the project ultimately constructed. As modern rendering engines offer architects unprecedented capabilities to create dynamic imagery of design proposals from every angle, the firm is acutely aware of the dangers of overpromising and underdelivering, choosing instead to champion restraint and careful consideration. In the latest edition of Archinect In-Depth: …

I was feeling better today and almost at 90% but that changed as the day progressed. I had to help my wife out at the storage unit the dead people society rents to store their books and publications. I didn't pay attention to the foot and did what my wife wanted me to do. By the time I was back at the barn the foot was hurting again, I was …

This summary is about cities and towns I’ve posted about. I don’t tend to do these posts very often, so there aren’t many. Again, you can also see the attractions from 2023, from 2022, and from 2021. And you can see all of the attraction-related blog posts via the exploring category, with the earliest posts at the top, or the latest posts at the top, or more specifically the town …

As we head into the endgame, please review the Community Guidelines and take care to express yourself with appropriate respect for other players and their own view on their games. In particular I shall note that direct allegations of lying or deceit should be approached very cautiously - if the target of such an allegation does not believe themselves to have carried out a deliberate deceit then such an allegation …

Minus 3 all the way to the Prancing PonyThe cold snap offers unexpected advantages to the year-round rambler. The usually treacherous mud in the horse fields is frozen firm, sparing one from the threat of trench foot. On the frost-hardened ground, the ice holds the weight of a 14.5-stone man with just the faintest suggestion of splintering.But you've got to keep moving.Officially, I have finished the Rail Trails on the …

Good morning, everyone. Sunday Morning Uni Watch may be done for the season, but college football just keeps rolling along. Today I’m going to carry the proverbial ball all the … Source

Since 1939 when I entered first grade in a Pittsburgh elementary school until becoming a nonagenarian last year, three national movements swept across American public schools: the Progressive Era (1890s-1940s); Civil Rights movement (1950s-1970s), and business-inspired standards, testing, and accountability reforms (1970s-present). As a student (1939-1951) I was the object of Progressive education reforms. As a teacher and administrator in Cleveland (OH) and Washington, D.C. (1950s-1970s) I designed and implemented …

Candy is the penname of a doctor called Barbara Alison Neville (1925-1993) nee Boodson, who wrote several books, including three mysteries. Words for Murder is the final one, but the earlier two were: Which Doctor (1953) and Bones of Contention (1954). This was one of the books that I received from my Secret Santa. Synopsis ‘Little does Mr Roberts suspect, what he’s in for when he calls the roll for …

Looking back through the years, I have, more than once, used the terms "Super Bore" or "Stupor Bowl" to refer to the Super Bowl. The game is only a small part of what has grown to encompass special commercials made for the occasion, pregame and halftime concerts featuring superstar artists, and marathon analysis both before and after the game. (It doesn't hurt that there have actually been some pretty good …