Tag: featured
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Green Acres vs. Lojban
Recently I have been reading about the constructed language Lojban, an offshoot of the “logical language” Loglan, developed in the 1950s. Unrelatedly, I have had the theme song from the 1960s TV show Green Acres stuck in my head. So naturally…
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Total solar eclipse of April 8, 2024
I had seen and enjoyed a dozen or so lunar eclipses before 2017, but it wasn’t until the Great American Eclipse of August 21, 2017, that I got to understand why people say that it’s impossible to appreciate exactly how amazing a total solar eclipse is until you see one yourself. Since then, I’ve been…
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Cats sticking their tongues out
So many cats have stuck their tongues out at me over the past couple of years that I thought it was time to make a gallery of pictures of them doing that.
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New (to me) Duck Attack play-throughs
I recently came across some cool Duck Attack playthrough videos. Here’s one from the Down the Rabbit Hole YouTube channel: I’ve added this one and some other new finds to the Duck Attack videos page.
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Unboxing the Atari 2600+
It was Christmas morning, 1980, and there were just two presents left under the tree. I had enjoyed the presents I’d opened so far, but there was one thing that I had wanted more than anything: an Atari.
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Critter Cam #3
Today’s guests include a rabbit, three cats, a bird, a groundhog, and a whole gaggle of raccoons. 1 minute 59 seconds.
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Halley’s Comet
Remember Halley’s Comet? Mankind didn’t really get a good view of it when it swung by our corner of the world in the 1980s, and it’s been heading farther and farther away from us ever since. That changes tomorrow. On December 9, 2023, the comet will reach its furthest point from the sun, then turn…
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Requiem for three hateful printers
Today was e-waste recycling day. It came at an opportune time, since I had just been dealing with Uncooperative Printer Syndrome and had finally given up on getting my Canon Pixma MG2522 to work. I had actually liked that printer, and it was a workhouse for several years. But the time came when it finally…
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Virginia and beyond
Perhaps the best time to see the Mill Mountain Star in Roanoke, Virginia, is when there’s a full moon directly behind it. Kudzu taking over the highway sign in Charlottesville. I stopped by the Ridgeway Service Station on US 250 in Afton, Virginia, to get a tall glass of cool, refreshing Teem, but it appears…
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The Periodic Table of U.S. Presidents
Today is election day here in Indiana, and I thought it would be a good time to mention my Periodic Table of U.S. Presidents. Read about it here, or visit my CafePress store for T-shirts, hats, and other swag.
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