I caught this video recently about the diminishing market for so-called “graded” comics, which are comic books that have been professionally evaluated by a neutral third party and then encased within an ultrasonically-welded plastic case to preserve their condition. Apparently, sellers can’t offload these anymore, because no one wants them. If this video is accurate, … Read More
Well the Olympics are over and I get to replay the same quadrennial nonsense that I always do: casual dismissal prior to the games, followed by growing emotional investment as I watch more and more events, followed by a crash after the closing ceremonies. You’d think I’d learn my pattern and change, but it’s my … Read More
A look at some of the places that all the people who were smart enough to leave Twitter ended up (that I’m aware of): Mastodon. My first impression of Mastodon was not favorable, though I’ve come around to it in the last year or so. When I first started using it, it reminded me of … Read More
I took this back in 2009 in Portsmouth, NH with a Canon PowerShot A560
Like many people, I departed Twitter after Musk purchased the company, since it seemed like as good a time as any to make a break with the service. The user experience predictably tanking shortly after also helped. Despite many predictions of its impending demise, it’s still chugging along thanks to the twin forces of habit … Read More
The San Fernando Cascades, where water from the Los Angeles Aqueduct enters the Valley. The small one on the left is where Mulholland famously told a crowd of 30,000 people at its opening in 1913, There it is, take it. The larger Cascade on the right was completed in 1970 and feeds the Foothill power … Read More
In the growing quest to finally turn one of my Raspberry Pis into a multi-functional machine, I installed Calibre and Calibre-Web on the Pi 5, along with a FreshRSS installation. I initially was going to use Docker to do this, but I could not for the life of me figure out how to get Docker … Read More
The final two 3D Prints for my succulent planters. One is a neat little model reminiscent of a Greek building, complete with a little reservoir at the bottom that fills with water that flows down from each of the planter areas through internal plumbing. The other is a Mario mushroom that was far larger than … Read More
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