17.08.2026
Plainsong by The Cure
Thamara and I are doing a collaborative writing challenge where we gave each person three songs from which we were to choose one to write about. I chose “Plainsong” by The Cure from Thamara’s list. Thamara chose Gimme Sympathy from my list. You can read Thamara’s post for th...
Miniatures, reference works, and writing
One of the works at the Stanley Cursiter exhibition I saw at the National Gallery of Scotland this week was a collection of miniatures he had painted. According to the gallery website, Cursiter, who served as keeper, and later director, of the gallery, painted “miniature wat...
I’ve got two improv shows coming up! Can you believe it? Is it to...
I’ve got two improv shows coming up! Can you believe it? Is it to be believed??
Saturday Aug 22nd @ 9pm at The Magnet Theater: The Level Up
Monday Aug 24th @ 9:30pm at The Rat NYC: Bizzo! & Friends
If you are in NYC or nearby, go ahead and come on out and do an lol or two!
Saturday Aug 22nd @ 9pm at The Magnet Theater: The Level Up Monday Aug 24th @ 9:30pm at The Rat NYC: Bizzo! & Friends16.08.2026
I’m Old Fashioned by Ben Paterson
Ruben and I are doing a writing challenge where we each gave each other three songs and we picked one to write about. From Ruben’s list, I chose “I’m Old Fashioned” by Ben Paterson. You can read about the song that Ruben chose from my list on his website.
The cover of the a...
Exactly What He Says (Quote)
Exactly what VFX Supervisor Marion Spates says here.
[…] I mean I hope everyone is excited as I am about what I do. The one thing I try to encourage every day is for us all to have fun. If people aren’t having fun, you are not going to get best work out of people.
CSF_03: today’s Cybersecurity Friday post: the effective security of small business websites has likely gotten worse due to LLMs and “AI agents” (with or without safeguards) and what actions you may want to consider.This article documents an instance of this problem:* https:/...
Inspiration from physical artefacts
This evening I was on a wonderful call about websites where, at two points, I reached for books that were around me as a visual reference. One of the books was “Mini Louvre”, a gift given to me that contains images and information about various artworks in the Louvre. We end...
Rabbit Quest Geohashing 20260814-W-AY68OD
* On foot
* 41.8877, 12.4554
* 14 August 2026
* 424.10 ppm CO2
* OpenStreetMap: https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=41.8877&mlon=12.4554#map=14/41.88772/12.45542&layers=H
Too hot to be out strolling just to get somewhere random, but when the algorithm delivers a rabbit just off the path of my customary morning jog, I was bound to bag it.
15.08.2026
Surf by Stanley Cursiter
The National Gallery of Scotland has a temporary exhibition of Stanley Cursiter’s artwork going on at the moment. Cursiter was both an artist and keeper (which I understand to be like a curator), later director, of the National Gallery of Scotland. The exhibition, in one of ...
Morning; walking; music
My first feelings outside this morning were of the chilly, refreshing autumn air; one for which I have been yearning for many days. I feel at home in cooler climates. In the grass, a rabbit hops slowly; other rabbits gather, too. A bird flies in front of me as I walk; many k...
🎬 Z-O-M-B-I-E-S 4: Dawn of the Vampires
letterboxd.com/danielpietzsch/film/z-o-m-b-i-e-s-4-dawn-of-the-vampires/
Well, that was not too bad. The songs were decent. But, yeah, it’s a kids movie. With bright kitschy images.
🎬 Backrooms
I really liked those Backrooms and the atmosphere and eeriness of it all; and the found footage, too. That is the first two thirds. Then the movie shifts and it’s like a new storyline in a TV series; where you’d also need another episode to resolve this. Hm…
14.08.2026
I'm back! (a note for feed readers)
RSS was broken since January — here's what you missed and what's next.
🌋 Kilauea volcano’s currently active eruption in Hawaii https://www.youtube.com/live/mKJ7ZyIdjeQThe bright orange eruptions, orange streaks of lava flow, orange lit clouds of smoke & steam all contrasted against the black sky and land are quite the visual ASMR. Paired with the ASMR wind from the mountain, the effect is quite calming and peaceful.Putting this on a projector is quite the night light to fall asleep to (requires YouTube Premium to avoid noisy ads interruptions that harsh your mellow)#Kilauea #volcano #eruption #Hawaii #orange #lava #lavaFlow #ASMR #wind #video #USGS#Blaugust #Blaugust2026
1982 TRON prescience: “Won't that be grand? Computers and the programs will start thinking and the people will stop.” — Walter2026 students:“How do you know an assignment is AI proof? Because when it is, students cannot do it.”* https://www.reddit.com/r/Professors/comments/1v...
▶️ watching NASA’s “2026 Total Solar Eclipse”, 1h28m44s on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/live/rSvCuSQhC3wHelpful links so far:* https://go.nasa.gov/EclipseSafety* https://science.nasa.gov/eclipses#NASA #eclipse #solarEclipse #totalEclipse #totalSolarEclipse#Blaugust #Blaugust2026