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New Design for Sept 2026

I decided I was bored with the previous design, but wanted something that was in keeping with the previous design (brutalist and using a monospace font) yet different. I abandoned the yellow accent...

Fireside Friday, September 4, 2026

Hey folks! Fireside this week! Last week’s post was a monster (over 10,000 words compared to our more typically ~6,000) which left me with some non-blog catching up to do. Next week, we’ll be start...

Long Before Rome, Etruscan Civilization Engineered Tombs to Alter the Mind

Two tombs, two very different experiences. Walk into one and the space narrows around you, guiding your eyes along a fixed sequence of images. Walk into the other and the sound itself seems to come...

MiniMax H3 unifies 2K video, stereo audio and multimodal input

MiniMax has recently launched H3, a multimodal generation model that uses text, image, video, and audio context to create and edit content. It generates video up to 15 seconds long at 2K resolution...

The Failure at Milan

The insubordination of John the Sanguinary that led to the division in the Byzantine army between the divisions commanded by Belisarius and those commanded by Narses created further problems. The S...

Renderings: Riverfront Plaza Hotel & Residences

Gateway Jax seeks DDRB conceptual approval for its Riverfront Plaza Hotel & Residences project at the former Jacksonville Landing site. Let us known what you think! -

Loading from tape again

A couple of days ago we decided to repeat the experience of loading games from tape, but this time with my ZX Spectrum+. It is evidently a different system. Which is a funny thing to say because wh...

Asteroid Mission

Serendipitously Stupid

Yeah, I'm stupid—serendipitously stupid. Oh, life's rigged? Okay then, just be so stupid that you come out on top; that's easy enough. People talk about horseshoe theory regarding political radical...

It’s Time To Stand Up For Judges — See Also

New Report Begs Lawyers To Defend Judges -- Ask The Florida Bar How That's Going: A new study wants the profession to step up for a judiciary under siege, a nice idea, if the bar could be bothered....

How to Avoid Getting Arc Flashed

After getting called out in the field to troubleshoot a large PV solar installation, [Derek] found himself suddenly in the midst of an arc flash, causing burns all over his …read more

Even A Wrong Customer Is Right Twice A Day

Read Even A Wrong Customer Is Right Twice A Day Customer: "Aren’t you sure you're not supposed to be in school?" I look down at the clock and see it’s 6 PM. I look at him, confused, and say: Me: "N...

If You Replace the 13 Arrows on the U.S. Great Seal with a Modern Rifle, Make Sure You Depict a 50-Round Magazine

Plus Mozambique.

Daily News Stuff 3 September 2026

Fonted Edition Top Story A group called Nexus is advertising 153 million US drivers licenses for sale on Russian exploit site Exploit. (Krebs On Security) They advertised this with a photo of the d...

Vivaldi 8.2 brings address bar calculator and easier PWA installation to its web browser

Vivaldi has released version 8.2, arriving three months after the browser's major 8.0 update. The release adds address-field tools and makes progressive web app installation more visible. For calcu...

Kyoto temple bans visitors from wearing kimono

Visitors to 600-year-old temple prohibited from wearing traditional garment following problems caused by those prioritizing cool social media photos over basic manners. Seiraiin is a temple in Kyot...

Nazi Ahnenerbe Organization Made More Than 200 Exact Copies of Scandinavian Bronze Age Rock Art: What Were the Casts For?

In the 1930s, the German Nazi regime launched an ambitious archaeological research program with a clear goal: to prove that Germanic culture was the oldest and most superior in the world. To achiev...

2026-09-03 14:47: Why do so many calendar apps offer Sunday as the first day of the week?...

Why do so many calendar apps offer Sunday as the first day of the week? It's not the first day of the week, it's the last. Why is that even an option FFS? Thanks for reading this post via RSS. RSS ...

FOSS Weekly #26.36: Debian CERN Win, Faster Firefox, Free Bash Course, Grub Customization and More Linux Stuff

A faster Firefox is a better Firefox.

Belisarius and Narses

The outcome of the insubordination of John the Sanguinary created a dangerous precedent. General Narses disagreed with General Belisarius' approach to the conquest of Italy from the Ostrogoths, and...