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Fixing an Expensive Seagate LaCie Hard Drive Array

After the [Slow Mo Guys] acquired a 168 TB Seagate LaCie Thunderbolt 3-based RAID storage system back in 2019 to store their video footage, they were obviously slightly miffed when …read more

VIP: Very Inconvenienced Person

Read VIP: Very Inconvenienced Person Customer: *Handing over a bank card.* "I want to withdraw $1,000." Me: "Can I see some ID, please?" Customer: "I'm a VIP member of the bank; don't you know who ...

Sean Combs (P. Diddy)'s Defamation Suit Can Go Forward (Including Against NewsNation)

From Judge John Cronan (S.D.N.Y.) today in Combs v. Mitchell: Plaintiff Sean Combs is a well-known musician who uses the… The post Sean Combs (P. Diddy)'s Defamation Suit Can Go Forward (Including ...

You Can Bill $2,000 An Hour And Still Flunk The Discovery Rules — See Also

Turns Out 'I Forgot' Isn't A Great Discovery Strategy: Just ask Skadden and Kirkland. She Don't Lie/She Don't Lie/Cocaine: Missouri legislative candidate arrested for trying to plant cocaine on pri...

Daily News Stuff 4 September 2026

Tigana Edition Top Story Bernie Sanders (Stalinist-Vt.) is calling for a ban on AI superintelligence, having spent his life erasing the regular kind. (The Hill) Fortunately AI doesn't yet reach the...

Weekly Notes 36/2026

It’s been a good week and a busy one too. I have started contributing to Pucar as a technologist. I will blog more once I settle down. It’s been a busy week, and it looks like September is going to...

Starbucks Japan releases new coffee table book featuring 18 of the most unique stores around the country

Photo book takes you on a journey through some of the most iconic Starbucks stores in Japan. Japan is home to some of the most beautiful and distinctive Starbucks stores in the world, and now there...

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...

Claude Code Release Pulse

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...