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Refactoring English: Month 19

New here? Hi, I’m Michael. I’m a software developer and founder of small, indie tech businesses. I’m currently working on a book called Refactoring English: Effective Writing for Software Developer...

Forcing Prosecutors To Bring Cases To Keep Their Jobs? What Could Possibly Go Wrong? — See Also

DOJ Has A Cool New Way To Demoralize The Attorneys It Has Left Working For It: Mandatory case quotas. Read The Opinion… No, Not Like That: Amy Coney Barrett tells Congress that the Supreme Court do...

Tuta launches closed beta for One-Click email migration and new Tuta Drive apps

Tuta has launched a closed beta for One-Click Migration, allowing selected users and businesses to automatically move IMAP mailboxes from providers such as Gmail and Outlook into Tuta Mail. Users c...

European Commission President Visits Azerbaijan

Vasif Huseynov

Crying Over Non-Existent Milk

Read Crying Over Non-Existent Milk Me: "We don't carry that brand, sorry. It's just those three." Customer: "I was here last week, and you guys had it." Me: "Sorry, I've worked here for a few years...

Full Body VR Tracking Is Just Some Recycled Hardware Away

Full body tracking in VR applications involves attaching sensors to one’s body, and [Jaki] has a DIY method to do it on the cheap: the Vive Tracker Lite project repurposes …read more

Reviews of "House of the Dragon" and "A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms"

Catching up with developments in the cinematic Game of Thrones/House of Ice and Fire Universe.

📝 2026-07-14 23:24: I went for an 8km (5 mile) run this evening. I'm working my way up...

I went for an 8km (5 mile) run this evening. I'm working my way up to 10km, but I think this was a little too much, too soon. We'll see how my middle-aged joints are in the morning... Thanks for re...

On Calling It Capitalism

Calling it like it is!

Sandboxels v1.15: Update of the Century

Highly anticipated features such as Undo/Redo, Copy/Paste, and more are now in the game!

Sabbatical #18: Great Ocean Road

A travel journal from my visit to the Great Ocean Road, Australia.

Daily News Stuff 14 July 2026

The Origin Of Croissants Edition Top Story Big Three SK Hynix memory maker may achieve just one sixth of its planned increases in capacity by 2028. (WCCFTech) How surprising that a company massivel...

Hiker needs to be rescued from Mt. Fuji two times in two days, but system is working as intended

There have been a lot of dumb hikers needing to be rescued from Japan’s tallest mountain recently, but this time the circumstances are a little different. With June usually being a month of rainy, ...

Pook-Emu Bee: Links For 07-14-26

Two consecutive editions of Pook-Emu Bee daily links? What in the world is going on here? 1. Sega Dreamcast driver fixes appear in Linux 7.2-rc3 — fabled console remains in favor while iconic compu...

Facts About the Full and Semi Centennial Presidents

A collection of facts about the five Presidents who presided over America's full and semi-centennials: John Quincy Adams, Ulysses Grant, Calvin Coolidge, Gerald Ford, and Donald Trump.

Lincoln Colony

After 1066 there was more fighting to do. Once William the Conqueror took over England, he had to go about the island defeating various resistance groups. Part of his strategy was to build castles ...

Archie G. Norcross’ Maine Forest Fire Maps (1918–22)

Circular maps custom-made for the fire towers that once dotted the American wilderness.

Archaeologists Decipher an 8th-Century Inscription in Guatemala and Discover the Name of the First Known Maya Astronomer

Ancient civilizations around the world developed sophisticated systems of astronomical calculation, but while in Greece, India, China, or Iraq it is possible to attribute these advances to specific...

GNOME Wants to Let You Test Experimental Features Without Breaking Anything

Here's how GNOME plans to make testing safer and more accessible for everyone.