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The sunsets (especially the hazy summer ones) are amazing from here.
The sunsets (especially the hazy summer ones) are amazing from here. 2019-06-07More
I have many times wished I had my laptop with me for writing longer emails. While I like compact cellphones, sometimes I really wish for a proper keyboard. But hauling a laptop around - even the small 10-inch laptop I have - is a bit of a bother. So I decided to try this foldable, super-compact bluetooth keyboard and see if it plus my cellphone could be some kind of in-between step between only carrying a cellphone and carrying a laptop. 2019-06-01More
After Blindsight, I went on a Peter Watts spree and after reading his masterful short story The Island I ended up with The Freeze-Frame Revolution. 2019-06-01More
High up on the Swiss alps, you'll find... a camel? 2019-05-18More
I think it's a tulip. 2019-05-18More
Hansta has wood anemones, Akalla has dandelions that shoot up at about the same time. 2019-05-18More
Since last, the Layali Show Group have been touring Europe and picked up first prize in every competition. 2019-05-18More
About a month after their blue siblings, the wood anemones cover the ground in Hansta. 2019-05-18More
This year's cherry blossoms - a bit later than usual but just as beautiful. 2019-05-18More
A beautiful sunset. 2019-05-18More
I decided to get a better flash for better portraits, and with the Godox TT350 being available for only $120 at the local photo store, I took the plunge. 2019-04-17More
I knew I wanted a big diffuser to go with my Godox TT350. The salesman at the camera store recommended a $140 Joe McNally Ezybox Speed-Lite 2 Plus, but given that the flash unit itself only cost $120 I balked. Would a $25 diffuser do the job? Turns out it did, and very well indeed. 2019-04-17More
The same low price as Amazon's Glacier, but with instant retrievals and a cost structure that you don't have to be a superhuman AI to understand? Backblaze's B2 Cloud Storage has a very compelling offer. 2019-04-10More
An old military cemetery. 2019-04-09More
Spring is here - and it's the blue siblings of the wood anemones that are first up through the layer of last year's dead leaves. 2019-04-07More
I think Peter Watts is trying to tell us that he isn't conscious. Besides being a science-fiction version of The Ego Tunnel by Thomas Metzinger, Blindsight is a story that sets out the author's argument that consciousness is an evolutionary mistake and that we would be much better if we would just let our unconscious get rid of that slow and unnecessary awareness. The book is good enough that I'd be willing to buy that argument if he'd reveal that it was written unconsciously. 2019-04-05More |