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loneliness, that controlled substance
i have to admit that i was recently, casually, & completely blown away by 1981’s Eki / Station.
in this film we have a hokkaido cop who gets sucked into a deep hokkaido winter, a season which is given nearly as much of a character role as the actors.
and, everybody kn...
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Super Dicey Action Hour! (Pascal Dice Roller Source Code)
Just a simple dice roller written in Pascal.
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How to Fix Freeplane's Slow Panning and Canvas Lag on Linux
This problem with Freeplane’s canvas performance was annoying to figure out!
First, I had some really simple mind maps that were way too jerky to pan around in.
Then, every method I tried in the “Preferences” menu, like toggling Anti-Aliasing (AA) or changing rendering hi...
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Zoom: How to recover non-converted .zoom files when they refuse to convert? (Disappearing Conversion Window)
This problem with Zoom recordings was really frustrating to figure out!
First, I had .zoom files from a meeting recording, that had failed to convert to video. Then, every method I tried to get them to convert, didn’t work.
The conversion screen would disappear every time,...
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What should I focus on in my career? Replies to recent emails
Some of you wrote very kind emails that I haven’t been able to reply to. Some of you wrote emails that I replied to, and then thought, “I should share this on the blog, or touch on it.”
Here are some highlights, from my intended responses and actual responses both:
Q: Wh...
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The Quiet Earth
Above: A still image from “The Quiet Earth” (1985)
Lately it’s been dark here. A dark time of year, a dark political era…hell, I am afraid I could just go on and on about darkness!
Everybody’s got their ways of coping with this, whether that’s done by the automatic / ins...