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We live in a world where data processing (mostly hidden) has become the major occupation; it has ended the distinction between “blue”- and “white”-collar workers. The rise of data processing to supremacy has also ended the distinction between work and entertainment. Our work force has become a show-business cast of role players. Jobs are disappearing, along with human identity. Unemployment becomes a curve on a chart like the DJ Index. …

“A true artist” Cukor called Judy Holliday. “She could interpret a text with the subtlest detail.” Their creative relationship brought out the qualities that made her a new kind of[...] The post A Fresh Face in the Crowd: Judy Holliday in George Cukor’s <em>The Marrying Kind</em> appeared first on Bright Lights Film Journal.

If you just want the answer to the question, scroll down to the second bold-faced line later in the article. However, you really need to get there via some set up, so I hope you read my whole treatise. ______________________________"It seems that we are in a period of time we reached the end of miniaturization! We can't go to smaller microchips, the strength of the currents inside the chips will …

loose ball steering head bearingsIf your bike has had a hard life you may find that corrosion or wear on the steering head bearings makes the steering feel notchy or stiff, in which case these parts will need replacing.the outer ring on my Ct90 shows signs of corrosion and needs replacingThe standard steering head bearings consist of two sets of 21 steel balls that are sandwiched between an inner ring …

Fleeing a ravaged Earth, humanity launched near-lightspeed arkships across a large part of the galaxy. Many have vanished, some established isolated colonies in remote systems, but the greatest success was in the Centauri Cluster, a group of millions of stars within a few hundred light-years of one another with thousands of habitable worlds between them. The Green Signal was sent across the galaxy to attract more arkships. But in the …

It’s been a long month already but the snowdrops have started to appear. Here’s a little selection from the garden. There’s not much else happening in the garden but I had identified this weekend as the time to use up the last of last year’s wonderful apple crop. There were two Howgate Wonders left and I wanted to make something nice with them. What would be the best way to …

First, let me say I have NO idea how this song got stuck in my head this week. This is by a prog/thrash rock band called Dream Theater, and it came out way back in the late 90’s, at a time when I was most adjacent to hair metal. I remember the metalheads at high school speaking reverently about the shredding skills of the lead guitarist. It’s the only song …

The lonesome foghorn blows. Some small wins at work this week, which I will take. I’m getting more sleep but have yet to brave the gym. Alice injured her foot last Sunday, immediately and rudely defying my wishes. Get well soon Alice. In the interests of Getting Out More, I went to DIY Magazine’s Hello 2025 on Tuesday night to see Chloe Slater. Unfortunately when I arrived shortly after 7pm …

I maintain that relative versus absolute risk is a concept that we absolutely must teach in intro stats.I have given some examples of this before (murder! COVID!) but here is another one that hits home for my fellow Great Lakers. In particular, this one is for my friends in Detroit, Toledo, Cleveland, and Buffalo Up here in Erie, a common point of discussion is how frozen Lake Erie is. Because …

On Monday, I played in Worthing D&D White's 100-45 home win against Worthing D&D Ballers. It took me until the second half to find a shooting rhythm but I eventually finished the game with 12 points, and for the second game in a row made four three-point shots. Much to my surprise, all of my shots were caught on video which is something I'm not used to. They weren't highlight …

As a Wikipedia article tells us, Alabama has 41 official state symbols. The postcard below only had room for six: the state flag, adopted in 1923; the state flower, the camellia, in 1959; the state bird, the yellowhammer, in 1933; the state tree, the long leaf pine, listed in Wikipedia as the Southern longleaf pine, 1997; coat of arms, 1939; state fish, the Atlantic tarpon, 1955. As you'll see on …

This week, Pax commits the perfect crime with only a few Glitches, Red Alert gets fridged and Windcharger has someone remember he exists.All in my look at the conclusion to Shadowplay!

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I ran 3 games of Shadowdark at Philly Area Games Expo (PAGE), a convention that seems to be gaining some traction in the area here in it's second year. There were plenty of YouTubers and ex-TSR era and WOTC designers at it. I sat in on some seminars, including OSR tavern keeper Tenkar talking about the jump from blogging to video. Interesting stuff.I ran 3 home dungeons 3 home dungeons …

Of all the obituary posts I’ve felt obliged to hastily bang out for this blog over the years, this loss is perhaps the one which has proved most difficult to process, or to find words for. When looking at a figure like Lynch - who has been a giant presence within any kind of art or culture I’d deign to care about, throughout my life - it would be all …