Economist Covers
I've had a print subscription to the Economist for a while, though off and on. I grew weary of having piles of unread issues stare at me, as though reproachfully, until I learnt the (obvious) ans…
Harry Potter and the 90s
The world of Harry Potter feels charming, with its bits of magic strewn everywhere, but also nostalgic. It is an alternative world, but for those growing up in today’s world —- it's more of a cou…
The Ring (completed)
I had mentioned earlier about the graphic novel I was reading. I finished reading it in a week (would've read it in less than a day, but these days I have to "chunk everything up"). Th…
Understanding Art, lol
Came across this randomly today when my daughter said "did you know Fluttershy is secretly an artist?" and showed me this. "... the symbolism inherent in the chaotic juxtaposition of m…
The Ring
I hadn’t been to the library “proper” for over two years. It had been closed for over a year. It opened earlier a few months ago, and we have been going once every six weeks or so, since then. I go…
Monthly recap (Jul 2021)
Major updates * Week-long trip to Gualala * Airbnb * included a Foosball table that we used a lot * time at the beach * an old record player that ... only briefly worked * 1-nig…
Random post #743447
Came across this article from six years ago, on the hilarity, or seriousness, and the need, or abuse, of "emotional support animals". The author managed to get an exemption for carrying aro…
Fantastic Fungi
I saw a poster for Fantastic Fungi somewhere (can't remember where now) last year, and since I'd just seen The Hidden Life of Trees, I was immediately curious. I found https://fantasticfungi.…
Generally interesting links - Jul 2021
History * Stone age art “in a new light” Concave stone lamps filled with animal fat, on the other hand, are smokeless and can offer more than an hour of focused, candlelike light. Science * “Wh…
On the "unix philosophy"
There's this talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Ea3pkTCYx4 There's this blogpost about an aspect of the talk: https://blog.deref.io/unix-and-microservice-platforms/ There's this disc…
A poetic paradox
Caveat: I like poemhunter.com, but it's extremely ad-riddled, and the only way it's tolerable to me any more is in "reader-mode" that strips out all the distracting fluff. I read ra…
The World of Tomorrow
I came across the old footage of the 1939 World's Fair, which was promoted, at the time as "the world of tomorrow", talking about the magnificent world of twenty years from now, of 1960!…