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with words, wonder
17 Aug 20:45 • with words, wonder

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...

with words, wonder
17 Aug 20:45 • with words, wonder

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...

Dan’s Polaroids
17 Aug 20:02

16.08.2026

A girl trying a handstand in front of a wacky building. — Designerhandstand

with words, wonder
17 Aug 11:54 • with words, wonder

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...

Tilman
17 Aug 09:54

Just write ––– At the moment there are two initiatives running in the world of weblogs and blogging: Blaugust and 100 Days to Offload. They differ in the details. The first is about a month of posting, the other about a hundred posts in a year. But the aim is the same: to get people writing on their personal weblogs more. Read on: https://knot.tilman.me/post/just-write/

Tilman
17 Aug 09:48 • https://tilman.me

Just write

At the moment there are two initiatives running in the world of weblogs and blogging: Blaugust and 100 Days to Offload. They differ in the details. The first is about a month of posting, the other about a hundred posts in a year. But the aim is the same: to get people writi...

Tantek Çelik
17 Aug 04:54

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:/...

ArtLung
16 Aug 20:03 • Joe Crawford

Moving Water

Yesterday I went to the beach. Water is always in motion. I have many opinions and intuitions about the motion of water. I go to the beach when I am likely to be able to ride waves. I make myself aware of time and tide, wind and the size and shape of water. James mentioned...

with words, wonder
16 Aug 19:27 • with words, wonder

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...

Dan’s Polaroids
16 Aug 07:29

15.08.2026

Me in the mirror of an elevator. — Snap in an elevator

ArtLung
16 Aug 04:24 • Joe Crawford

Been quite a while. Not feeling good is the worst. On the mend, I think.

with words, wonder
15 Aug 17:42 • with words, wonder

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 ...

with words, wonder
15 Aug 15:24 • with words, wonder

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...

Daniel Pietzsch
15 Aug 09:22

🎬 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.

Daniel Pietzsch
15 Aug 09:22

🎬 Backrooms

letterboxd.com/danielpietzsch/film/backrooms-2026/

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…

Dan’s Polaroids
15 Aug 08:12

14.08.2026

The river Rhine in sunshine. More riverbed than river is seen. And two folding chairs stand by the water edge. — Two chairs by the river edge. That edge should be where the grass is.

Tantek Çelik
14 Aug 16:27

🌋 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

Tantek Çelik
14 Aug 16:27

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...

Tantek Çelik
14 Aug 16:27

▶️ 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

with words, wonder
14 Aug 14:09 • with words, wonder

questions, ii

(what if) home pages (were, are) ever-changing poems(?)