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Our last day on the Great South West Walk took us around a great many scenic overlooks of Nelson Bay, through a windfarm, past a gannet colony on Point Danger, and back into Portland to complete our loop. The morning started off sunny, though before CareFree and I left Mallee Camp, clouds blew in and a couple of raindrops fell. We quickly took down our tent to keep it from …

[Dr] Martin Luther King [Jr] Day was formally established as a federal holiday in the 80s, falling on the third Monday in January. This year, it happens to fall on 20 January — the first time it has been on Inauguration Day {ETC: of a new Administration}. So Dr King's commemoration coincides with… this. And this. And this. I think I'll have to shift to a new cliché-like aphorism,

Skilhunt EC500 WW Specifications Introduction Torch in use Build quality LED, bezel, lens, reflector and beam Size and comparison User interface Batteries and charging Powerbank Performance Beamshots Conclusion Price Product page Specifications Brand/model Skilhunt EC500 WW LED Luminus SFT40 3000K 95 CRI Maximum lumens 1,300 lm Maximum beam intensity 122,000 cd Maximum throw 698 m Battery 1*21700 Li-ion (button top) Onboard charging Yes (USB-C) Powerbank Yes (USB-C) Material Aluminium Modes …

So what’s on my plate this month, now that the holidays are over and we’ve recuperated from that respiratory illness that lingered about three times longer than it should have? The website redesign is almost done. I still have to settle on a layout for the front page, and then it’s a matter of optimizing the CSS (especially for mobile devices), making sure old pages redirect to the new ones, …

Blue-blue skies Riffles on the water transform the city seen.

I haven’t written a post like this in a while. The last one was in 2016. My work life got fractured, not entirely in a bad way, and harder to describe. I was speaking to a friend this week and mentioned working for the Flickr Foundation, a position I’ve held since 2023, and he asked “How many jobs do you have anyhow?” and I thought I’d spell them out. Both …

I don't know much about the works of Leiji Matsumoto, but obviously his stuff is well-known enough that a lot of it is recognisable just from natural cultural osmosis. That's how I can easily tell you that not only is this game a tie-in to a TV show of the same name, released in the same year (2001), but also a big crossover dealie with characters, locations, and other stuff …

This blog post accompanies part 3 of a three part series where we explore the CDS Plugin mechanism in CAP Node.js to find out how it works. In part 1 we looked at the plugin mechanism itself and how it worked. In part 2 we used the cds REPL to start our CAP service running and to introspect it. In this part we'll use what we learned and discovered in …

Game:ViolenceLuke Gearing. 2021# Additional Resources:Terror of the Stratosfiend - Cycle of the Snake-WolfOrbital Intelligence. 2020Terror of the Stratosfiend - Cycle of the Snake-Wolf 2 - Return to the Shattered WoodsOrbital Intelligence. 2022Terror of the Stratosfiend - Cycle of the Snake-Wolf 3 - The Scales of Hyper-Visor God or The Final Voyage of the Crab KingOrbital Ingelligence. 2023# Notes:Using Violence for rules and custom homebrew rulings when needed.Characters:1. U.S. Postal Inspecting …

Seated under the massive proportions of a handsome mausoleum erected to the memory of a distinguished citizen of Glasgow, we write the notes for this article on the Necropolis, a burying-place beautified by nature and art. It is a bright morning in January, and the bracing frosty air has quite a pleasant and exhilarating effect. From far down in the valley beneath comes the hum of busy city life, making …

The exhibition will include a total of 28 paintings by the artist, presenting both recent works and examples from the early stages of Venet’s career. The central axis of this exhibition is mathematics, which, in Venet’s words, encompasses “the greatest abstraction ever created.” The post Bernar Venet. Painting—From Rational to Virtual, 1966–2024 appeared first on Digicult | Digital Art, Design and Culture.

What caught my eye this week. A nice coincidence saw Joe Wiggins at the Behavioural Investment blog write about the downsides of friction-free investing in the same week that Freetrade was acquired by IG Group. IG does offer share trading, but it’s still known primarily as a spreadbetting firm. And while I’d argue Freetrade – in which I was a tiny early investor – provides a less gamified trading environment …

This week, we’re going to talk a bit about the brothers Tiberius (trib. 133) and Gaius (trib. 123-2) Gracchus, the famous Roman reformers of the late second century. There’s actually a fair bit to say about both of them, so we’re going to split this treatment over two weeks, talking about Tiberius this week and Gaius next week. Tiberius and Gaius Gracchus’ tribunates – both of which ended with them …

Caroline Strickland Prettiest Girl Of Heaven Originally hailing from Virginia, Caroline Strickland is a Brooklyn-based musician who focused on making music exploring the sense of self, self-actualisation, and ‘the tension between arrogance and tenderness’. Prettiest Girl Of Heaven is the final single to be lifted from Strickland’s forthcoming EP, Martha’s Calling. The song sees Strickland perform the kind of rousing vocal that reminds me of Florence Welch, setting it against …

A while back, I was surprised when I saw the writer of a well-researched webcomic assume that academics are paid for their articles. I ended up writing a post explaining how academic publishing actually works. Now that I’m out of academia, I’m noticing some confusion on the other side. I’m doing freelance journalism, and the academics I talk to tend to have some common misunderstandings. So academics, this post is …