It’s the suburban amusement park. When I was a kid there was nothing as exciting as driving through the car wash with my dad. My sister Nina and I would jump up and down screaming as huge cloth rollers smacked the side of our station wagon like zombies. Jet streams of water splas … | Continue reading
Window snapping GNOME extension Tiling Shell —not that you need an introduction to it by now— adds a nifty new feature in its latest update. Tiling Shell v16 introduces Windows Suggestions, a feature the add-on’s author described as being able to “provide intelligent recommendati … | Continue reading
In 2025 we will see further electric vehicle (EV) development as part of the transition to a cleaner, greener economy. At the source of this innovation is the quest to continually enhance EV vehicle performance while also instilling public confidence in EV technology. The unique … | Continue reading
I’m usually only tangentially interested in the Consumer Electronics Show. It seems like so much of the stuff there will never reach customers and exists only to raise hype to woo investors. The year, however, I found myself getting excited for a number of cool gizmos and gadgets … | Continue reading
I am really struggling to get 2025 started. I’ve been pulling the starter cord over and over, but nothing is turning. The post Discipline Doesn’t Arrive On Its Own | Weeknotes appeared first on thejaymo. | Continue reading
A weekly list of interesting things I found on the internet, posted on Sundays. Sometimes themed, often not. 1️⃣ This artist makes drawing in 3D with Apple Vision Pro look spectacular and full of grace. [ threads.net] (Via Frostbyte) 2️⃣ Oh boy, Finn Voorhees showed off a Bluetoo … | Continue reading
Outside of the constant services Apple wants to push on users, or the fealty payments Tim Cook is making to the criminal insurrectionist president of the US, they charge stupid amounts for storage upgrades. At least there are options to avoid the Apple storage tax, even if you ca … | Continue reading
Overall it feels like we get less snow here in Bradford than we used to when we first moved in, but if the snowfall averages I’m looking at are correct, in the last few days we’ve gotten more snow (6+ inches) than we usually do for the entire month (4.9 inches). So, well done, Ja … | Continue reading
Cybercriminals are exploiting a trick to turn off Apple iMessage's built-in phishing protection for a text and trick users into re-enabling disabled phishing links. [...] | Continue reading
I’m playing with making cross-document view transitions work on this blog. Nothing fancy. Mostly copying how Dave Rupert does it on his site where you get a cross-fade animation on the whole page generally, and a little position animation on the page title specifically. To animat … | Continue reading
Pineapple? Pineapple. music for skeletons seeks suggestions for the whole pineapple, and gets some great ideas. Grill / roast caramelization sounds delicious! | Continue reading
This is a heartbreaking story about an IUD that caused suicidal thoughts so that’s a content warning. What really gets me is that her medical professionals ignored her at first. Although after reading Invisible Women this doesn’t surprise me at all because it documents so many wa … | Continue reading
The congestion charges that went into effect in New York City last Sunday will help clean the air of pollutants for better health. The post The Climate Benefits Of Congestion Charges In New York City appeared first on CleanTechnica. | Continue reading
Let’s start 2025, shall we? I’m happy to return with the first edition of 2025 of the Ephemeral Scrapbook newsletter. Enjoy. | Continue reading
Real-time AI subtitling is in the works for VLC, the phenomenally popular open-source media player. VideoLAN, the non-profit in charge of VLC development, demoed automatic subtitle generation in VLC during CES 2025 —where not using AI made you stand out this year— and shared a cl … | Continue reading
A few months ago, I wrote about a global peak ICEV fleet, and argued that we’re very close to it — perhaps even surpassed it by now. Despite the headline, I stand by that position, and that’s because the focus here is different: not about internal combustion engine vehicles (ICEV … | Continue reading
Researchers at the University of Michigan have devised a new electro-chemical process to make low carbon cement. The post Making Cement With Fewer The Carbon Emissions appeared first on CleanTechnica. | Continue reading
Recently, the EXPLORE Act was signed into law by President Biden. Unlike, say, the PATRIOT Act, this bill’s acronym is an honest take on what the law actually does! The Expanding Public Lands Outdoor Recreation Experiences Act actually helps all of us to explore the outdoors, eve … | Continue reading
A pastor at a Pasco, Washington, church has been indicted on 26 counts of fraud for allegedly operating a cryptocurrency scam that defrauded investors of millions between 2021 and 2023. [...] | Continue reading
It’s always fun looking at Tesla’s long-term sales trends, especially when I get around to plugging all of the numbers into a series of cool charts. Admittedly, though, at times it’s been a little boring. When Tesla sales were just up up up for several quarters (er, years), the s … | Continue reading
I think this is a good time to go over the meaning behind this journal. As a matter of fact, now is a good time to take a break from the questions and go over the purpose of this so-called action plan. So, you say you want to help people.Is that right?I think this is […] | Continue reading
The moral circle was first talked about by Stoic philosopher Hierocles in 2AD and is defined as the number and type of entities you give moral consideration. In the context of Right Thing Right Now, Holiday talks lots about justice and who justice applies to in society. Which of … | Continue reading
This is one of the dialogs you encounter when getting started with Bluesky. It's easy to see how new users might be led believe that Bluesky is federated, as Mastodon is. I'm a developer and I was confused by what it was saying. Is Bluesky is federated? | Continue reading
On the way to Berlin for the Eno premiere with Gary Huswit, Brendan Dawes and also looking forward to seeing Keir Whitaker. 🙌 #firsttripin25 Reply via Email | Continue reading
Crimes society refuses to deal with are the ones that go against some deep narrative of the age. I know it. I’ve seen it. | Continue reading
Java Type Annotations #1: What's Being Annotated? In the Java programming language, a type annotation is an annotation that can be applied to the use of a type. For example, when you declare that a class MyList implements the interface List, you are using the List type. In such c … | Continue reading
image via The Online Bicycle Museum There was vitabellosi's first cousin 3X removed ... It's remarkable how many woodchucks he killed. Was he eating them? vitabellosi has commented on a rather wonderful artifact — a 19th century diary belonging to their family and the stories jus … | Continue reading
Berry Gordy’s record label used the ‘sound of young America’ to bring people together | Continue reading
Every successful SNL sketch, every bestselling book, every landslide-winning candidate… every single one… had skeptics. Someone in the writer’s room, or on the editorial board or even an investor looked at what was on offer and said, “no.” Not just, “I’m sorry, this doesn’t match … | Continue reading
While I was setting up my new mac mini yesterday I noticed something interesting - Apple have stopped shipping the ancient Emacs 22.1 with macOS! As I was mostly using Windows + WSL2 in the past 5 years I had missed the exact moment when this happened, but after some digging I di … | Continue reading
Yesterday I’ve installed the newly released Ruby 3.4, but this caused an issue with Jekyll: | Continue reading
Yumeko is a half-human half-fox teenage girl, gifted with the magic of illusion and trickery. She has the mission to bring a powerful scroll to safety. The scroll grants its owner a single wish, granted by the almighty dragon god, who can only be summoned once every 1,000 years. … | Continue reading
What new e-readers will come out in 2025? Several brands will release new devices like clockwork, such as Pocketbook, Onyx Boox, Meebook, iFlytek, iReader, Hyread, and others. These guys, on average, issue 3-4 new devices each and tend to mix traditional black-and-white e-paper w … | Continue reading
Last year I wrote that I wanted to be able to do one pull up. This year, I just want the year to progress uneventfully. I first started using the word “uneventful”... | Continue reading
Enshittification is a work coined by Cory Doctorow in 2022. It seems to perfectly capture the mood of the United States today. The post Greenlash And The Enshittification Of America appeared first on CleanTechnica. | Continue reading
Montana Renewables is planning to expand their sustainable aviation fuel footprint with an assist from the US Department of Energy. The post Your Questions About Montana Renewables, (Partly) Answered appeared first on CleanTechnica. | Continue reading
Palmetto State Park. San Marcos River, trail, and old CCC building. | Continue reading
Kim Jong-un’s bizarre new ban for North Koreans:The hermit kingdom has outlawed popular items in recent months as part of a massive crackdown on Western cultural influences.Heath Parkes-Hupton, news.com.au (1/6/25) "Weird", as some attendees at the American Dialect Society's Word … | Continue reading
htmx is only one of many different libraries & frameworks that take the hypermedia oriented approach to building web applications. I have said before that I think the ideas of htmx / hypermedia are more important than htmx as an implementation. Here are some of my favorite other … | Continue reading
Even after it became obvious that Facebook was an invasive cancer on not just the Internet, but all society, I kept my account. There were too many ways it was ingrained into my life. It was the way my cycling club announced rides and planned events. Friends who moved away years … | Continue reading
The building electrification movement is getting another shot of adrenaline from new energy-efficient heat pump water heater technology. The post More Headaches For Natural Gas: Next-Gen Heat Pump Water Heaters Are Here appeared first on CleanTechnica. | Continue reading
My brother Tom came to me, and he and I to Mr. Turner the Draper's, and paid 15l. to him for cloth owing to him by my father for his mourning for my uncle, and so to his house, and there invited all the Honiwood's to dinner on Monday next. So to the... | Continue reading
Die Wintersaison ist gut angelaufen, der Schneesport in Österreich ein Milliardengeschäft. Wir müssen trotzdem (ernsthaft) reden. Derzeit führen wir zu oft Scheindebatten, was der volkswirtschaftlichen und sozialen Bedeutung des Skilaufs nicht gerecht wird. Wir müssen auch als To … | Continue reading
Asus has launched a new NUC which is unique in that it comes with an always-on E Ink display on top. Asus is also claiming the NUC 14 Pro AI+ is the world’s first Copilot+ Mini PC that comes powered by Intel Core Ultra processors (Series 2) having multiple CPU, GPU, and NPU archi … | Continue reading
Good piece and great headline by Charlie Warzel at The Atlantic: The social-media hall monitors have been so restrictive on “topics of immigration and gender that they’re out of touch with mainstream discourse,” Zuckerberg said with the zeal of an activist. He spoke about “a cult … | Continue reading
Click here to go see the bonus panel!Hovertext:The problem with college students these days is [insert any topic you wish to talk about]Today's News: | Continue reading
My wife and I work for the same private university. She's been there several years longer than I have, and she's the associate VP for finance and controller in charge of the finance department and some other stuff like the book store and the post office. She goes to meetings, has … | Continue reading
Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge ‘We view what we are doing as a public service,’ says the cofounder of the nonprofit that millions of people are relying on to stay safe. If you live in Los Angeles, you are probably already intimately familiar with Watch Duty, the free app that s … | Continue reading