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  1. Toomanywires, , more info

    Nintendo Bit Generations - Simple Pleasures
    If I could travel back to 2006, I'd buy the full set of Bit Generations games on the Game Boy Advance. Twice.I'd also grab that Sega Wondermega that sat in Akihabara Trader's cabinet for ages. I'd probably try to prevent some wars or whatever too.The Bit Generations series was once far more reasonably priced than it is now. Accessible for even the most cash-strapped of GBA owner. You'd spot them …
    By toomanywires, 1,101 words
  2. ordinaryangler, , more info

    16/01/2025 - Carpe diem
    Finally, some dry and settled weather! When the local rivers eventually started to fine down this week I dared to look forward to getting out again with the float rod. It had been a month since my last session and I was getting a bit desperate to wet a line. I'd normally be well into my winter grayling campaign by now, but it had hardly got off the ground with …
    By Toodle, 545 words
  3. Time's Flow Stemmed, , more info

    Thoughts on Paul Theroux’s Sir Vidia’s Shadow
    Good morning, Muse – what’s wrong? Something you saw last night is left in your hollow eyes; your colour’s bad, your cheeks are cold with horror, with madness! – and you don’t say a word.* Paul Theroux begins Sir Vidia’s Shadow as a work of fiction, only to interrupt himself: Wait, wait, wait. You know I’m lying, don’t you? This is not a novel; it is a memory. Both fiction …
    By Anthony, 298 words
  4. Trail Running for Life, , more info

    Planning Adventures for 2025
    Long time, no update. I feels like an age since I last wrote on my blog. I’ve struggled to find time among work and life in general. I now find myself ‘reset’ in a way, after having arrived in Sunny South Africa for a 2-3 month stay visiting family. This year I have a bunch of personal adventures on the cards, and I thought I would jot them down, similar …
    By Sean, 713 words
  5. Conscience Round, , more info

    Mean something, mean something, mean something
    I am feeling—not thinking—something so sad and so needy and as this feeling widens within me and begins to bubble at my edges, like the frothy tide, my hand jerks in reaction, toward the squareish tombstone of the keyboard where my fingers fidget over the plastic corners crusted with dust and begin then to speedily type out the name of that paradise where I can watch an unceasing parade of …
    By Emma, 569 words
  6. Maps Mania, , more info

    GeoGuessr for History Buffs
    Can you guess the date and location of the historical event taking place in these two AI generated videos? If you can then you might just become the Time Portal champion of the world.Time Portal is a fun and innovative online game that challenges you to pinpoint the time and place of significant historical moments. If you’re a fan of history and love games like GeoGuessr, this one’s for you.At
    By Keir Clarke, 74 words
  7. Speed Force, , more info

    Flash #17 Preview
    DC has posted four preview pages from next week’s issue of The Flash, and you can see them at Adventures In Poor Taste. The preview features Irey leading the Justice League on a mission to find another locale of the rage outbreaks, and they discover something significant in the ocean. Check it out at the link! THE FLASH #17 Written by SIMON SPURRIER Art by VASCO GEORGIEV Cover by MIKE …
    By Lia, 146 words
  8. Hardcore Gaming 101, , more info

    Sonic Rush Adventure
    American Cover Sonic Rush Adventure is noteworthy for being the last unique handheld Sonic co-developed by Dimps, before they began making companion versions of the main games. It’s also noteworthy for being a shockingly ambitious sequel, keeping the same gameplay but placing it within a huge sea-faring adventure (inspired by director Sakae Osumi’s fondness for such stories) where you explore the ocean, fight pirates, and discover all sorts of things. …
    By Apollo Chungus, 1,374 words
  9. Everyday Commentary, , more info

    Carry Scenario: Kid’s Birthday
    For an introduction to the Carry Scenarios series, look here. You know two things that are really incompatible? Espada XLs and kid’s birthdays. Please don’t decide to show your allegiance to the Second Amendment cause by cutting food that comes in sheet form (sheet cake, sheet pizza, sheet of brownies) with a CKRT XOC. The weird thing is, despite the sensitive to scary knives, I have never been to a …
    By Anthony Sculimbrene, 1,280 words
  10. Global Nerdy, , more info

    Saturday picdump for January 18, 2025
    Welcome to the another Global Nerdy Saturday “picdump!” It’s the weekly article where I post the technology- and work-related memes, pictures, and cartoons floating around the internet that I found interesting or relevant this week. Share and enjoy! WiFi Pineapple addresses typically start with 172.16.42. The post Saturday picdump for January 18, 2025 appeared first on Global Nerdy.
    By Joey deVilla, 65 words
  11. DNA Lounge: DNA Sequencing, , more info

    Wherein I have a time-machine fantasy
    We first started selling online tickets in 2005. We first started accepting credit cards at the bar in 2012. And If I could send a message through time to decades-ago past-me (and if for some reason it couldn't just be a Biff Tannen gambit) then that message would be: "CASH ONLY FOREVER, NEVER DO CREDIT CARDS OR ONLINE SALES". (And if I get a second sentence, "Don't date ████ or …
    By jwz, 395 words
  12. Between Sound and Space: ECM Records and Beyond, , more info

    Anna Gourari: Paul Hindemith/Alfred Schnittke (ECM 2752 NS)
    Anna GourariPaul Hindemith/Alfred Schnittke Anna Gourari pianoOrchestra della Svizzera italianaMarkus Poschner conductorRecorded December 2021, Auditorio Stelio Molo RSI, LuganoEngineer: Wolfgang Müller (RSI)Mixed January 2023 by Wolfgang Müller and Manfred EicherCover photo: Fotini PotamiaProduced by Manfred EicherRelease date: June 14, 2024 Since making her ECM debut with Canto Oscuro in 2012, Tatarstan-born pianist Anna Gourari has tread a distinct path. On that and two subsequent solo recitals, the breadth of her …
    By Tyran Grillo, 1,255 words
  13. CSS { In Real Life }, , more info

    Creating Static SVGs from GeoJSON
    Recently I’ve been working with map data to create interactive visualisations. When working with maps it’s common to receive data as GeoJSON, a JSON format for encoding geographic features, which specifies the type of geometry and co-ordinates for the features we want to display on a map. Javascript mapping libraries such as Mapbox GL are designed to consume GeoJSON to render features on a canvas. I’m fairly accustomed to using …
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  14. Sky River Dolls, , more info

    Hayk on the lakes coast
    Hayk comes with me on a road trip. Image-heavy - over 50 photos.
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  15. Dreams of Space - Books and Ephemera, , more info

    The Eager Beaver Space Book (1962)
    As I keep digging in my collection I have found Space Beavers! This was a promotional comic book from Cities Service gasoline. It probably was a give-away with purchase. It reflects the early 60s where the Mercury launches had taken place and we were looking ahead to the future. The whole premise is a beaver who is invited to go on one of the early space voyages. The twist is …
    By John Sisson, 134 words