Updated 14-Oct-2026 See recent: Trump Cut Legal Immigrant Entries 2.7 Times More Than Illegal Entries (Cato Institute) How Trump Erased 29 Years of Growth America is undergoing a silent structural shift - a rapid transition into demographic stagnation. For generations, the United States avoided the economic sclerosis and population collapse haunting Western Europe and East ... Read more
Updated 12-Oct-2026 Most of these are not Halloween-themed, but definitely horror, and some have gore. Some are scary, but also silly. Watch with children. 28 Weeks Later AM1200 An American Werewolf in London Dawn of the Dead Frankenweenie Goosebumps Gremlins Haunted Mansion High School of the Dead (anime) I am a Hero (2016) I am ... Read more
Think small by Service and Gallagher is about how to accomplish medium-to-large projects with small thinking. This came out of the Behvioural unit of the UK government. Makes sense. I couldn't read the whole thing as it really is way too long-winded. So after reading the intro and first chapter I asked Gemini to give ... Read more
Updated 05-Oct-2026 I have a history with Peter Pan, since a young age. Even though Wendy is an invented (as a female given name, though it was used as a surname previously) which first appeared in Peter Pan (a musical theatre production) in 1904. In the summer of 1977 I was cast as Michael, the ... Read more
MIT How to Speak, IAP 2018 Instructor: Patrick Winston Students shouldn't go out in life without the ability to communicate. That is because your success in life will be determined largely by your ability to speak, your ability to write, and the quality of your ideas, in that order. Quality = Function of knowledge, practice, ... Read more
Updated 12-Jul-2026 See also Audiobooks - Mono in a Stereo World OBS Studio Podcast Platforms Podcasts Introduction To be honest I looked into podcasting about 7+ years ago and never really got into it. Only recently have I found two podcasts that truly engaged me, and that I watch (on YouTube). But it is clear ... Read more
Updated 26-Feb-2026 I seem to have loved you in numberless forms, numberless times ... In life after life, in age after age, forever. My spellbound heart has made and remade the necklace of songs, that you take as a gift, wear round your neck in your many forms, In life after life, in age after ... Read more
Updated 21-Jul-2026 See also Ebooks and where to buy them which discusses DRM from each ebook seller. Kindle and Kobo ebook readers Calibre Ebook Library, De-DRM, Conversion Jailbreak Kindle KO Reader open source ebook reader Ebook formats Ebooks are ubiquitous, though generally the are in the form of pdfs, .epubs, .cbr (for manga), and a ... Read more
Updated 03-Aug-2025 Looks like Library Genesis has been hit hard by some courts. And so we turn to Anna's Archive. Libgen and related news Publishers Ramp Up Pressure vs. Anna’s Archive, Sci-Hub, Z-Library & Libgen (Torrentfreak) Pirate Libraries Are Forbidden Fruit for AI Companies. But at What Cost? (Torrentfreak) Copyright reform is necessary for national ... Read more
Updated 03-Aug-2025 Manga being a Japanese word, there are several other words (in other languages) for this kind of thing: Japanese: Manga Korean: Manhwa Chinese: Manhua English (US, CA, UK, etc.): Comics, Graphic Novels French: Bande dessinée Note the main differences between Manga, Manhwa, and Manhua. In Japan, the light novel -- akin to YA ... Read more
Updated 03-Aug-2025 Printing is easy but making a nice binding is not as simple or easy. Many people use comb binding / spiral bound, which also make it easier to lay the book pages flat and to turn them. Useful when using the book as a reference, or simply having multiple readers. Lumbeck Bookbinding Lumbeck ... Read more
Updated 12-Jul-2026 See also Audiobooks - Mono in a Stereo World OBS Studio Podcast Platforms Podcasts Introduction OBS (Open Broadcaster Studio) Studio is a popular, open source multiplatform broadcasting and recording control panel. Note: use of deb-multimedia apt source Currently I prefer to use the excellent 3rd-party apt repository dmo.sources, aka deb-multimedia as follows: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/dmo.sources ... Read more
Updated 03-Aug-2025 Exporting Images with Inkscape 1.1 The image export functions of Inkscape have improved significantly with the release of Inkscape 1.1. The menus for this feature are not elegant, and even image export is still labeled Export PNG Images. However, the functionality for a variety of export filetypes and settings are now in Inkscape, ... Read more
Updated 06-Apr-2026 Phantasms of past sins Slip into dreams shimmering Victory short-lived Procrustean chimes Punctuate the dawn enfolding
Updated 03-Aug-2025 Markdown Extra Unofficial is a WordPress plugin supporting Markdown Extra the parser by Michel Fortin. There are several markdown plugins for WordPress, however most require that markdown be put in a block or a shortcode. This plugin is meant to be used with the Classic Editor and parse all text in pages and ... Read more
Updated 03-Aug-2025 Nurtureshock by Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman is an amazing read that challenges so many preconceptions we have about children and child-raising. As the parent of a 3-year-old and a 5-year-old I can say that this book has had a big impact on my thinking. There are so many insights across the chapters, ... Read more
Updated 03-Aug-2025 Sibilant whispers Far afield the breeze beckons Rustling smiles sing Cold promises of seasons' Sussuration of sorrows
Updated 03-Aug-2025 Here are some highlights from my reading from 2020, though certainly the books were not all published in 2020. Because I didn't produce this list for 2019 I will cheat and include a few from the second half of the year in this list. I get my reading list from several sources: firsthand ... Read more
Updated 03-Aug-2025 To my daughter Amanda, > We can be knowledgeable with another man's knowledge, but we cannot be wise with another man's wisdom. -- Montaigne Is Advice Even Possible First off, it seems to me, reflecting on my own 25-year-old self (of thirty years ago), that advice is nearly impossible, unless one can actually ... Read more
Updated 03-Aug-2025 This book is badly in need of an editor. That is not surprising as it appears to be a collection of blog posts, but the redundancies and useless repetition truly get in the way of the important points. Also, stylistically the first person voice is also a bit pedantic. Agreed, the author points ... Read more