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Different Facelift Techniques

Aging is a natural part of life, but there may come a time when you decide that you want to get cosmetic surgery. Whatever your reason is, you need to know what kind of facelift can help you achiev...

Daily News Stuff 3 February 2026

Spinning Wheel Edition Top Story SpaceX has merged with xAI in an all-stock deal that values the combined company at $1.25 trillion. (CNBC) In a turnaround from recent nonsense, 80% of that valuati...

Sara Weiss’ Journeys to the Planet Mars (1903)

A forgotten bridge between Spiritualism and UFO encounters.

Make Memories First, Ask Questions Later

This post is excerpted from a letter to my daughter on her 18th birthday. What does a dad say to his beloved daughter on her 18th birthday? He probably starts with the obvious by wishing her a Happ...

Making the Wrong Things Go Faster at The Department of War

This article previously appeared in Defense Scoop The Department of War (DoW) senior Acquisition leadership (the people who decide what and how the DoW buys equipment and services) now is headed by...

Nipah in India, measles is the first building block to fall, flu increasing again, and US out but CA in on WHO

The Dose (Feb 3)

Itch.io Outdated TOTP 2FA App Recommendations

I noticed that Itch.io recommends TOTP 2FA apps for BlackBerry and Windows Phone. This is notable in that I noticed this on February 1, 2026.

characters for vampire: the masquerade

36 sketches of vampires for use in any vampire game

My Eighth Year as a Bootstrapped Founder

Eight years ago, I quit my job as a developer at Google to create my own bootstrapped software company. Every year, I post an update about how that’s going and what my life is like as an indie foun...

Professional Home-Building Teams

A quick post tonight because I should already be in bed. A lower-bound estimate for the number of calories the average adult American expends exercising a day is about ~150 calories per day (spent ...

Doctor Who: Sounds of the Eighth Legacy, Part 4

Last time I checked in on the Eighth Doctor’s audio adventures, I covered the first season of the Eighth Doctor Adventures, a run of stories which used the revived show’s 45-to-50 minute episode fo...

Making My First Visual Novel: Little White Lies

N.A. Ferrell discusses developing the first-ever New Leaf Journal visual novel, Little White Lies, in collaboration with singer-songwriter Victor V. Gurbo.

Daily News Stuff 2 February 2026

Strange Days Edition Top News Notepad++, a text editor used by every programmer in the world, got hijacked and used to install malware. (Notepad++) You're probably safe to click on that link. I thi...

Monthly update #0429 • January 2025

Posts The following posts were written last month. Books On Democracies and Death Cults by Douglas Murray End-to-End The Worlds Longest Train Journey by Scott Manson Toxic Empathy by Allie Beth Stu...

Polygenic Risk Score for Coronary Artery Disease "At Home"

Way back in the day I used 23andMe. So lets do some analysis with plink and PRSice-2 to calculate a polygenic risk score for coronary artery disease.

Shifting Light, Unchanging Haystacks - Fatbobman's Swift Weekly #121

Two weeks ago, taking the opportunity of attending iOS Conf SG 2026, I visited the National Gallery Singapore and had the pleasure of viewing the special exhibition "Into the Modern: Impressionism ...

Groundhog Day Meaning

Composing systems in an automated way with Ansible, Podman, and bootc

Yak Shaving

Or, how you sat down to send one email and ended up reinstalling your operating system.