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Speaking of titles that I played obsessively for a time, 2024 also saw the release of a new Creeper World game! But it occurs to me that I never posted about Creeper World IV here, so let’s talk a little about that first. Creeper World IV was the franchise’s foray into 3D, and it was fine. If you’re a fan of Creeper World, and you’ve wondered what it would be …

Icelandair’s first A321LR, TF-IAA, at a gate at Stockholm Arlanda Airport following its inaugural revenue flight from KEF Icelandair has, other than their domestic/feeder airline, long had an all-Boeing mainline fleet consisting of 737 MAX-8 and MAX-9, 757-200, 757-300, and 767 jetliners. That all changed on Dec. 10, 2024, when the airline placed an A321LR into service as TF-IAA, named Esia, per their protocol of naming aircraft after Icelandic volcanoes. …

I had a great conversation recently with Katie Wilde about the reliability space. (You can see or hear the conversation here). She made a wonderful observation about reliability work: all of the incentives in the reliability space are wrong. Doing the right thing in reliability is almost always the thing that isn’t rewarded. In the discussion, I found some lessons and techniques that I think are worth sharing, not just …

Everything old is new again and now that things aqueous and lightly transparent, with a mist of cool fresh air like Drop d'Issey, are making ripples, it's time for a comeback for those musky, airy, cool and dewy fragrances that defined an era. The presentation for Oxygène by Lanvin followed the trend for diaphanous or light blue (Light Blue anyone?) bottles that dominated the 1990s and

You left me departing from the Red Lion at Rusthall, and heading for the nearest bus stop. My intention was to catch the 14:27 service from Rusthall Church, which would safely see me back in Tunbridge Wells ahead of the school rush. Not only did I achieve this, I also managed to jump off the 291 Metrobus outside Tunbridge Wells station, and then hop onto an Arriva bus service that …

This is a sculpture to our taste. We see a reader because reading is Kb’s favourite pastime. Not while standing, but comfortably in his rocking chair. But reading is reading… Dina, Siri and Selma also need reading like others need their coffee. Das ist eine Skulptur ganz nach unserem Geschmack. Wir sehen hier einen Leser ...

Hop on a Greater Anglia train from Liverpool Street for forty minutes and you will see the density of central London gradually start to dissipate away. The train takes you up the valley of Lea River and eventually over the border into Hertfordshire. You will arrive at a stop called Rye House, on the outskirts […] The post A Journey Through The Centuries At Rye House appeared first on Living …

I have been growing mangelwurzels for over 27 years, mostly to make wine from the roots and use the greens, which resemble chard, in meals. This statuesque easy to grow […] The post Mangelwurzel Curry Recipe appeared first on Stephanie Hafferty.

Sad to hear that Tony Slattery has died, and it inevitably prompts a slew of posts, many incorporating clips from the TV show where most of us first encountered him, Whose Line Is It Anyway? This one, for example, which gives us a chance not only to mourn a mercurial talent, but also to gaze back at a time when a major channel would put out a show with the …

Note: This special Weather West article focuses on a new peer-reviewed scientific review article, recently published in the journal Nature Reviews: Earth and Environment, that I led with a fantastic team of collaborators from NSF NCAR, ETH Zurich, UC Merced, Desert Research Institute, Stanford University, WSU Vancouver, UMass Lowell, and UT Austin over the past several years. What is […] The post Hydroclimate volatility on a warming Earth first appeared …

On September 5, 1972, the Palestinian group Black September began its attack on Munich's Olympic Village. By the time the siege ended, 11 Israeli athletes had been murdered; five terrorists were killed, and one German police officer died. Movies have taken note. In 1999, One Day in September won an Oscar for best documentary. In 2005, Steven Spielberg released Munich, which dealt with fallout from the attack. Now comes September …

Years ago, during the 2016 Fort McMurry wildfire, I read an article that I should have bookmarked that discussed wildfire in physics terms – watts per square meter. Above some threshold, you literally and actually cannot douse the flames. Today, with the LA fires raging, I went searching and found this PDF by Joe H Scott. Seems that the standard is from Byram, G. M. 1959. Combustion of forest fuels. …

We’re brought up to say that the dual concept of injection is surjection, and of course there’s a perfectly good reason for this. The monics in the category of sets are the injections, the epics are the surjections, and monics and epics are dual concepts in the usual categorical sense. But there’s another way of looking at things, which gives a different answer to the question “what is the dual …

Saturday 4th January 2025 Boo! The eleventh year of BRAPA begins in the Black Country, as the cold snap returned to the UK and my authentic woollen Icelandic hat (which I don't like to keep mentioning) was forced to save the day once again. York to Brum New Street for something incredible like £32 suggested that people just don't travel in January, a blissfully quiet carriage, just the hardcore and …

‘At times I would be in tears seeing what these families have to face. But this was a gorgeous day during a weekend jaunt to the countryside’Defying the Myth is a project about three different families headed by single mothers who are the primary carers of children living with disabilities. I wanted to shine a light on these intelligent, courageous women, and how this role affects their day-to-day – and …