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I Don’t Know
The death of Ozzy Osbourne seems like the perfect opportunity to highlight an up-and-coming doom metal band.
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Laura Groves – Sky At Night
Though Laura Groves “Sky At Night” was released as part of her album *Radio Red* in 2023, it may be my favorite “new to me” song this year.
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Friends of Mt. Athos
I enjoyed this trip through Mt. Athos from the lense of an outsider. Of special interest to me were the descriptions of the icons, their history and their presence. I expected I was the only person in the space, until I sensed another presence emanating, inexplicably, from the icon of St. Anne. Her face was…
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I had a lot of skepticism about the Spinal Tap sequel, but I’m more inclined to see it after watching the trailer. Those guys just inhabit the characters so well.
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A New Reading Partnership
I was starting to get down about the fact that my read-it-later digests from Matter were causing crashing errors on my Kindle. The issue has been pretty consistent lately and I don’t have much hope of getting help since it’s not really a supported integration. A few years ago, I enjoyed the Kobo and Pocket…
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I never expected to, nor did I want to, read the phrase “a gritty Pac-Man reboot.” https://www.theverge.com/games-review/708833/shadow-labyrinth-review-gritty-pac-man
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Moon Shots
The creator’s expectations for the adoption of a new software tool are now part of my evaluation criteria for that tool.
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I think we are starting to see how Ghost with ActivityPub will work for self-hosted sites. It will be interesting to understand how PikaPods will support this as it seems right up their alley.
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The Decline of Design
Sean Heber of Iconfactory brings the harsh realities of maintaining steady design work in the era of AI dominance. I am sorry to read about the challenges Iconfactory is facing. The first product I worked on after I got into software development used icons created by the studio. Their Twitter client, Twitterrific was what lured…
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Demon Haunting
Thoughts about how our culture deals with the supernatural.