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I first became aware of Talk Talk in 1990 when the re-release of ‘It’s My Life’, a single from their 1984 LP of the same name broke into the UK Top 20. This became my song of that summer and I bought the accompanying best of compilation album, ‘Natural History (The Very Best Of Talk Talk)’ as soon as I could afford it. Slowly but surely, I bought all of …

The engine in my 1969 CT90 K1 is not original and comes from an earlier (1967/1968) bike, which created a useful opportunity to see how the overhead-cam engine evolved over time.cam chain tensionerBikes from this era came with one of Honda's earliest attempt at a automatic cam chain tensioner (there were several other attempts after this one!). It is a simplified version of the mechanism used when they introduced their …

Following up on my previous post, I'm sharing my new professional direction. During the peak of my perfect storm over the past few months, I was reminded of how much I care about accessibility. While I have mostly lost interest in the UX industry in its current form, accessibility is a subject that continues to stir big emotions in me: I want to help make the web a better place …

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Not exactly, but there are signs on the path to After Capitalism. Back in 2018 I posted Degrowth: A Growing Issue in the Future? that asked “is it okay yet to talk about degrowth in polite society or mixed company yet? Last year I noted the growing opposition to degrowth is a sign of progress. […] The post Degrowth Approaching the Mainstream? first appeared on Hinesight....for Foresight.

Chance Miller of 9to5Mac reports that in the latest iOS 18.3 betas, Apple has changed how it handles summaries, presumably in response to criticism of inaccurate headline summaries: When you enable notification summaries, iOS 18.3 will make it clearer that the feature – like all Apple Intelligence features – is a beta. You can now disable notification summaries for an app directly from the Lock Screen or Notification Center by …

Last year, I published a woodworking year in review which you all seemed to really enjoy. 2024 was a relatively slow year for woodworking. With a laser focus on getting the OpenCTD project across the finish line, I ended up doing far more work on electronics and sensors than on wood. Fortunately, with my massive ... Read More "Canoe racks, goat shacks, and chicken scratch: My 2024 woodworking year in …

sit down, son A hypertext edition of the Essays of Michel de Montaigne Why does Santa play the saxophone in China? The biologic architecture of Eugene Tssui On the Old Believers of Siberia: The events that had excited the world were unknown here. The Lykovs did not know any famous names and had heard only vaguely about the past war. When in recalling the “first world war” with Karp Osipovich …

Jack Dorsey, former CEO of Twitter, ousted board member of BlueSky, and grifter extraordinaire to the tune of a $5.6B net worth, is giving a keynote at FOSDEM. The FOSDEM keynote stage is one of the biggest platforms in the free software community. Janson is the biggest venue in the event – its huge auditorium can accommodate over 1,500 of FOSDEM’s 8,000 odd attendees, and it is live streamed to …

Thanks to Charlie Horse 47 and Killdumpster for their sponsorship of this post, via the magic of Patreon. ***We may not have been rocking all over the world, this week in 1975 but we were, at least, rocking all over our living rooms, as unstoppable three-chord wonders Status Quo hit the top spot on the UK singles chart with their latest smash Down Down. I would tell you how that …

Following up on our previous posting: Editorial comments are from Bob Roncker. We are not able to transmit the photos from this piece. With regrets. [email protected] of the First Heart Mini-MarathonA few days ago you received an account describing the very first Heart Mini-Marathon (1978) through the eyes of Mike Boylan. Mike and The Clifton Track Club were responsible for overseeing the ‘finish line’ and ‘timing' procedures for the event. …

I thought my monthly mixtape project was complete, but I was wrong! Here is a new mix I really love: Spotify | Apple | Youtube I made it from a sealed, pre-recorded cassette I got for 99 cents at the record store. I taped over the cassette’s protection tabs and then I taped over the music and then I taped over the artwork. This one I wanted to have a …

Ethan Millman, Rolling Stone: One huge difference separates the two songs: a cover of “Uncontrollable Urge” soundtracks the comedy clip show Rob Dyrdek’s Ridiculousness, which can play on MTV for as much as 14 hours in a 24-hour period, nearly every day of the week. (At its peak in 2020, it played an astonishing 113 hours out of MTV’s entire 168-hour lineup, according to Variety) Over the past decade, through …

There are three seedling LSD Auto plants in Coco Coir 5gal fabric pots. Once the four RDWC plants start to crowd the tent the Coco Coir plants will move to the side of the tent and I hope eventually outdoors. Today was the first feed along with adding water to the pots. EC started at EC 0.67 pH 6.3 after adding Feed EC 1.23 pH 6.4.The three plants are an …

I just filled out an online survey after a positive interaction with an online chat representative (a human) because I wanted to give him a thumbs up. The survey was (to my relief) relatively short, so kudos to the design team. Sometimes, filling out these surveys gives the impression of a gift that keeps on giving - the more answers you give them, the more time they presume they can …