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In the Book Notes series, authors create and discuss a music playlist that relates in some way to their recently published book. Previous contributors include Jesmyn Ward, Lauren Groff, Bret Easton Ellis, Celeste Ng, T.C. Boyle, Dana Spiotta, Amy Bloom, Aimee Bender, Roxane Gay, and many others. Jennifer Spiegel‘s nonfiction collection Kids Without Horses evokes the highs and lows of the authors life vividly and honestly throughout the book. Katherine …

The Nextorch TA21 portable tactical flashlight is an updated version of the TA20, a light I enjoy! This one has two white and one red emitter. Read on! 🔦Nextorch TA21 Portable Tactical Flashlight Review first appeared on ZeroAir Reviews. Please click through for full testing and many photos! RSS feed managed by AIOSEO.🔦

Ignition (WARNING story discussed in explicit detail--though how comprehensible details may be is a matter of debate, with both discussion and debate an exercise in futility) The episode's putative title-- "Got a light?" sounds odd on first reading (online you see it under the episode's thumbnail pic) gains significance later on. Starts off plottily enough: Evil Mr. C (Kyle MacLachlan) and less evil Ray (George Griffith) have blackmailed their way …

Sometimes a sudden change in one's life is all one needs to reevaluate what gives life purpose, meaning and most importantly joy.I am now retired. It was planned for this year, but came six months earlier than anticipated. I was made an offer I couldn't refuse, so to speak. In the past two weeks I have had to fast forward all my planning that I was going to spread out …

Found photo The woman’s long fur coat marks this as a very prosperous couple, even more so than the man’s expertly matched plaid suit. Fur has long been a status symbol for American women, and especially older women according to fashion historian Patricia Millbank. “They seek to offset the creeping appearance of crow’s-feet and gray hairs by wearing more expensive clothes, bigger jewels, and flattering furs.” (New York Fashion, 202) …

On a note similar to my previous post, I uninstalled Duolingo from my phone this evening.

Here are eight new literary agents actively seeking clients. New agents are a boon to writers. They are actively building their lists, and will go the extra mile for their clients.All of these agents work for established agencies with good track records. They are looking for all genres.Always check the agency website and agent bio before submitting. Agents can switch agencies or close their lists, and submission requirements can change. …

I have another new arXiv preprint: “Computational geometry with probabilistically noisy primitive operations”, arXiv:2501.07707, with Mike Goodrich and his student Vinesh Sridhar. Many computational geometry algorithms are designed around the use of primitives, subroutines that access the coordinate data of the input and convert it into combinatorial information, with the assumption that all access to the input goes through these primitives. For instance, a key primitive often used for computing …

This is an old post which I'm re-posting because David Lynch died. A stray observation here--that his work frequently nailed the distinctive spot where you don't know whether to laugh or be terrified, has come up for me over and over in the years since it went up.Mood and MoralityThis is about achieving a mood in a game (or in a movie or book or whatever).A basic rule of aesthetics …

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In the Andes Mountains today, water managers are using both ancient and modern approaches to improve supplies of this vital resource. Novel methods, including those based on Indigenous knowledge, are needed to help meet the challenges of population growth and a warming climate. I’ve been interested in water supply issues for decades, starting in my teens when I began whitewater kayaking in California rivers. Those years, during the 1960s and …

RIP, David Lynch. Too soon, dreamer.

LLevo tiempo desarrollando una serie de herramientas en Python para automatizar mi trabajo. Lo que empezó como un simple script con unas funciones ya lleva más de 500 líneas. Cada vez se hace más grande y salen más problemas porque tengo que usarlo en muchos proyectos, cada uno con sus particularidades. Al final ha ocurrido lo inevitable decenas de scripts parcheados y que cada vez que tengo que modificar , …

Nature photography is one of life’s most enjoyable and rewarding passions, but it can also be incredibly challenging and, at times, bearably frustrating. I’ve dedicated many years of my life to an endless pursuit of capturing stunning images of the natural world, and over that time, I’ve learned a lot. After making countless mistakes and […]