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The following guest post from curator and amateur radio enthusiast Kay Savetz is part of our Vanishing Culture series, highlighting the power and importance of preservation in our digital age. Read more essays online or download the full report now. A selection of cassette tapes from the “Ham Radio & More” radio show digitized by DLARC. Amateur Radio has been a hobby for well over 100 years. For as long …

(1968) Directed by Hajime Satô; Written by Kyûzô Kobayashi and Susumu Takaku; Starring: Teruo Yoshida, Tomomi Satô, Hideo Kô, Masaya Takahashi, Nobuo Kaneko, Eizô Kitamura, Yûko Kusunoki, Kazuo Katô and Kathy Horan; Available on DVD (included in the Criterion Eclipse set, “When Horror Came to Shochiku”) Rating: ***½ “There’s a theory that aliens actually exist… That somewhere, in this vast universe, there are creatures far more advanced than human beings. …

More than 8 years ago I created bibgetter, a tool that fitted perfectly in my workflow of dealing with bibliographies in LaTeX, which is a combination of citing arXiv preprints, papers with MathSciNet entries, and a few other things. I imagine that your workflow might be very different, and maybe you are looking for something like mathbib instead. So, about bibgetter. After the MathSciNet update a few years back it …

07-01-25 Another very similar set of photos from another similar trip to Warriston. I swithered about putting these up as it is virtually the same story as the previous blog with many of the same models. However on this occasion there was no kingfisher and the token exotic bird was the sparrowhawk. Which would have made a nice change (haven't seen it in ages) if it had hung about to …

Well.... if you want to know what living uncomfortably close to an uncontained wildfire is like, Joy Press has just written a piece about the last week in our lives. Our go-bags are packed and sitting patiently near the front door. Pretty unlikely we'll need to use them at this point - but then again, the winds pick up again on Tuesday, so who knows... Up the road from us …

Fandom is a wiki hosting service that hosts wikis mainly on topics like video games, TV shows, and movies. If you’ve ever looked up a show or game, you’ll probably have seen a Fandom wiki (formerly Wikia) at the top of the search results. It was founded by Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales and Angela Beesley but they sold it to a private equity firm called TPG Inc. Fandom was always …

Join us for an evening of storytelling and music at Nooks in Lancaster. Books will be available to purchase from the bookstore. Sean will be doing a meet and greet after the event to hug necks, sign books and take photos. The post An Evening with Sean Dietrich–Lancaster, Pennsylvania appeared first on Sean of the South.

Bonegilla is a rural area on the western shore of Lake Hume in N.E Victoria. The nearest large township is Wodonga Vic, 9 km to the west and c12 km from Albury NSW, on the southern bank of Murray River, the border between the two states. Bonegilla primary school opened in 1876, a railway connection (1889) to Wodonga, and 2 hotels in 1910. huts in Bonegilla Rd, BonegillaVHDChildren enjoy the …

Subscribe WordPress Facebook Twitter Instagram If you enjoy reading please consider “buying me a pint”, this will help to cover my hosting and image hosting and help to ensure further trips can go ahead!BUY ME A PINT Pubs and Taprooms in Peterborough: A Unique Exploration A day exploring various pubs and taprooms in Peterborough, each with unique atmospheres and histories. Starting at The Shed, which features vintage railway memorabilia, the …

The last time a book by Beverley Nichols featured on the Ramblings was back in 2023 when I shared my thoughts on the last of his five detective novels, “Murder by Request“. He’s long been a favourite author of mine, though I suspect he’s not as well known as he used to be and is probably mostly remembered for his house/gardening books. However, he’s made a good number of appearances …

Lighting is typically one of the last things people buy when it comes to their miniature painting setup. And just The post Redgrass Creative – R9 Solo Review for Miniature Painters appeared first on FauxHammer.

Oslo City Map Oslo is the capital of Norway and home to the greatest selection of restaurants in the country. The success and spread of the New Nordic cuisine, combined with chefs gathering inspiration from all over the world, has led to a revolution of the Oslo food scene. Unlike the other Scandinavian capitals, the city is more about affordable and accessible places, and less about fine dining and white …

Early January 2024: the blue stain of the tree-killing fungus is all over the big pine's sapwoodMy wife told me she could feel that big pine hit the ground from our house, maybe 200 yards away. I had had my eye on it as a firewood source for several years, and because I had been more the Grasshopper than the Ant during late 2024, I needed more wood now. And …

As one of the biggest days in my life nears I’ve been thinking a lot about Mom. How I’ll address and remember her, how I’ll honour her in a way that is appropriate to her, which will likely be a joke at her expense, a chink of glasses, and a tear in the corner of my eye. It has been ten years since she passed. Ten long years, and it …

This was more than just your average funeral. Brompton cemetery was filled with thousands of mourners. They crammed themselves in as the gun-carriage took the remains of a national hero to his last resting place. Another man whose life had been prematurely shortened by this dreadful war. His death was more than just a chance […]