Andrew.
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The vibes are out of joint— O cursèd site,
That ever I logged on to poast them right!
That ever I logged on to poast them right!
Do you want a vocalist who sounds like vintage Morrissey, a band that sounds like… well, a lot of '80s influences, really, and lyrics that name-drop Blue Velvet? Well, then do I have a recommendation for you.
And if you don't, then what they hell do you want?
And if you don't, then what they hell do you want?
Slumber Party
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January 14, 2026 at 2:15 AM
Do you want a vocalist who sounds like vintage Morrissey, a band that sounds like… well, a lot of '80s influences, really, and lyrics that name-drop Blue Velvet? Well, then do I have a recommendation for you.
And if you don't, then what they hell do you want?
And if you don't, then what they hell do you want?
Going to have to disagree with the Court here.
Guy Burgess, one of the Cambridge Five, was notorious for getting drunk & telling anyone around that he was a Soviet spy.
Guy Burgess, one of the Cambridge Five, was notorious for getting drunk & telling anyone around that he was a Soviet spy.
January 11, 2026 at 3:52 AM
Going to have to disagree with the Court here.
Guy Burgess, one of the Cambridge Five, was notorious for getting drunk & telling anyone around that he was a Soviet spy.
Guy Burgess, one of the Cambridge Five, was notorious for getting drunk & telling anyone around that he was a Soviet spy.
#RandomGameSaturday
This is it. One of the best games on the Master System, and the pinnacle of the Wonder Boy series: the 4th entry, Wonder Boy III: The Dragon's Trap.
(Wonder Boy numbering is complicated, OK? And I haven't even gotten into the spin-offs.)
This is it. One of the best games on the Master System, and the pinnacle of the Wonder Boy series: the 4th entry, Wonder Boy III: The Dragon's Trap.
(Wonder Boy numbering is complicated, OK? And I haven't even gotten into the spin-offs.)
January 10, 2026 at 2:27 PM
#RandomGameSaturday
This is it. One of the best games on the Master System, and the pinnacle of the Wonder Boy series: the 4th entry, Wonder Boy III: The Dragon's Trap.
(Wonder Boy numbering is complicated, OK? And I haven't even gotten into the spin-offs.)
This is it. One of the best games on the Master System, and the pinnacle of the Wonder Boy series: the 4th entry, Wonder Boy III: The Dragon's Trap.
(Wonder Boy numbering is complicated, OK? And I haven't even gotten into the spin-offs.)
Every now and then I remember how many works Simenon wrote during his career and I am momentarily dumbfounded by how he ever found the time for all that.
January 10, 2026 at 12:30 AM
Every now and then I remember how many works Simenon wrote during his career and I am momentarily dumbfounded by how he ever found the time for all that.
In my younger and more vulnerable years my father gave me some advice that I’ve been turning over in my mind ever since.
“Whenever you feel like criticizing anyone,” he told me, “just remember to use NordVPN to increase your privacy online."
“Whenever you feel like criticizing anyone,” he told me, “just remember to use NordVPN to increase your privacy online."
Many years later, as he faced the firing squad, Colonel Aureliano Buendia was to remember that distant afternoon when his father took him on a Bally Casino Cruise to Aruba, with $150 off by booking before the end of January
In my younger and more vulnerable years my father gave me some advice that I’ve been turning over in my mind ever since.
“Nothing hits like home cooking," he told me, "and that's why HelloFresh is the easiest way to plan meals. Get 1 Free Breakfast Item Per Box with Active Subscription."
“Nothing hits like home cooking," he told me, "and that's why HelloFresh is the easiest way to plan meals. Get 1 Free Breakfast Item Per Box with Active Subscription."
January 9, 2026 at 1:28 AM
In my younger and more vulnerable years my father gave me some advice that I’ve been turning over in my mind ever since.
“Whenever you feel like criticizing anyone,” he told me, “just remember to use NordVPN to increase your privacy online."
“Whenever you feel like criticizing anyone,” he told me, “just remember to use NordVPN to increase your privacy online."
Reposted by Andrew.
Dec 29, 1977: the TTC introduces the first Canadian Light Rail Vehicle to media assembled at the Hillcrest Shops. The CLRV had just been unloaded from a railway flat car on the CN service track, on the north side of CP's North Toronto Subdivision. 1/3
December 30, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Dec 29, 1977: the TTC introduces the first Canadian Light Rail Vehicle to media assembled at the Hillcrest Shops. The CLRV had just been unloaded from a railway flat car on the CN service track, on the north side of CP's North Toronto Subdivision. 1/3
Reposted by Andrew.
But by the time it reached English it had already been filtered through other European languages, so it's hard to say.
What we do know for sure is that it doesn't derive from the curry tree & spices from it. That didn't get called that until almost a century after the word was already in common use
What we do know for sure is that it doesn't derive from the curry tree & spices from it. That didn't get called that until almost a century after the word was already in common use
January 6, 2026 at 6:27 PM
But by the time it reached English it had already been filtered through other European languages, so it's hard to say.
What we do know for sure is that it doesn't derive from the curry tree & spices from it. That didn't get called that until almost a century after the word was already in common use
What we do know for sure is that it doesn't derive from the curry tree & spices from it. That didn't get called that until almost a century after the word was already in common use
Reposted by Andrew.
Anyway, for some food trivia: no one's 100% certain on the origin of the word "curry".
It likely is derived from a word in the Dravidian family of languages. (Right now "kari", meaning "blackened" is considered one of the strongest contenders.)
It likely is derived from a word in the Dravidian family of languages. (Right now "kari", meaning "blackened" is considered one of the strongest contenders.)
January 6, 2026 at 6:27 PM
Anyway, for some food trivia: no one's 100% certain on the origin of the word "curry".
It likely is derived from a word in the Dravidian family of languages. (Right now "kari", meaning "blackened" is considered one of the strongest contenders.)
It likely is derived from a word in the Dravidian family of languages. (Right now "kari", meaning "blackened" is considered one of the strongest contenders.)
Reposted by Andrew.
The Godfather Pt. I and II predate Ciabatta.
January 6, 2026 at 6:25 PM
The Godfather Pt. I and II predate Ciabatta.
Reposted by Andrew.
Good thing they got rid of that aggressive angry bird logo
At his introductory press conference in Toronto just now, Kazuma Okamoto says his daughter helped him choose the Blue Jays because she liked their logo the best of all the MLB teams 👍
January 6, 2026 at 6:25 PM
Good thing they got rid of that aggressive angry bird logo
Anyway, for some food trivia: no one's 100% certain on the origin of the word "curry".
It likely is derived from a word in the Dravidian family of languages. (Right now "kari", meaning "blackened" is considered one of the strongest contenders.)
It likely is derived from a word in the Dravidian family of languages. (Right now "kari", meaning "blackened" is considered one of the strongest contenders.)
January 6, 2026 at 6:27 PM
Anyway, for some food trivia: no one's 100% certain on the origin of the word "curry".
It likely is derived from a word in the Dravidian family of languages. (Right now "kari", meaning "blackened" is considered one of the strongest contenders.)
It likely is derived from a word in the Dravidian family of languages. (Right now "kari", meaning "blackened" is considered one of the strongest contenders.)
Until it became a liability during Me Too, Taibbi's response to criticisms of the Exile book used to be...
...throwing coffee at the interviewer & then following them down the street.
...throwing coffee at the interviewer & then following them down the street.
January 6, 2026 at 3:52 PM
Until it became a liability during Me Too, Taibbi's response to criticisms of the Exile book used to be...
...throwing coffee at the interviewer & then following them down the street.
...throwing coffee at the interviewer & then following them down the street.
[while setting up a 200km long lethal electric fence to stop refugees from escaping into the neutral Netherlands]
"Hey Hans, are we the baddies?"
"Hey Hans, are we the baddies?"
Oh. The First World War was broadly speaking a battle that had a clear good and bad side, Britain declaring war wasn’t an imperialist excuse but motivated by a genuine public and moral need to defend Belgium.
Here’s a fun top five: things that are consensus among historians but are essentially unknown by the public. Richard I, a bad king of England. Roman Empire, fell in 1453. Paul, more important than Jesus. Witch burning, a modern phenomenon not a medieval one. Britain last invaded in 1688. Yours?
January 6, 2026 at 2:36 PM
[while setting up a 200km long lethal electric fence to stop refugees from escaping into the neutral Netherlands]
"Hey Hans, are we the baddies?"
"Hey Hans, are we the baddies?"
You'd think, given the prevalence of spanking/paddling/whipping in Shuster's fetish art that he was the one who introduced spanking to the Superman strips.
But nope, that seems to have been Siegel & either Wayne Boring or Paul Cassidy. And there's a notable amount of it.
But nope, that seems to have been Siegel & either Wayne Boring or Paul Cassidy. And there's a notable amount of it.
January 6, 2026 at 1:50 PM
You'd think, given the prevalence of spanking/paddling/whipping in Shuster's fetish art that he was the one who introduced spanking to the Superman strips.
But nope, that seems to have been Siegel & either Wayne Boring or Paul Cassidy. And there's a notable amount of it.
But nope, that seems to have been Siegel & either Wayne Boring or Paul Cassidy. And there's a notable amount of it.
Your standard reference witch hunt, for lack of a better term, occurs in Central Europe, in the late 16th or early 17th century, in an area with a weak central authority — be it civic or religious
There's a lot of attention on Salem & English witch trials because, well, we're anglophones. But they were minor in the scheme of things.
On the other hand, woooo boy Germany & surrounding areas.
On the other hand, woooo boy Germany & surrounding areas.
January 5, 2026 at 11:39 PM
Your standard reference witch hunt, for lack of a better term, occurs in Central Europe, in the late 16th or early 17th century, in an area with a weak central authority — be it civic or religious
To the witch burning, I'd also add: more a bottom-up phenomenon than a top-down one, and far more likely to be found in areas where church control — whatever the denomination — was weak rather than strong.
Here’s a fun top five: things that are consensus among historians but are essentially unknown by the public. Richard I, a bad king of England. Roman Empire, fell in 1453. Paul, more important than Jesus. Witch burning, a modern phenomenon not a medieval one. Britain last invaded in 1688. Yours?
As someone who wrote a dissertation on that damnable Frenchman; one can only hope.
January 5, 2026 at 10:25 PM
To the witch burning, I'd also add: more a bottom-up phenomenon than a top-down one, and far more likely to be found in areas where church control — whatever the denomination — was weak rather than strong.
I'm a fan of this one. It doesn't do anything special and I can't even argue with the missteps that Random Stranger brings up.
(No, seriously: this is probably the only shooter ever where taking the "option" power-up is a mistake.)
But it's a fun, almost relaxing little shooter.
(No, seriously: this is probably the only shooter ever where taking the "option" power-up is a mistake.)
But it's a fun, almost relaxing little shooter.
Did you know there's a lot of shooters on the PC Engine. I mean *a lot* of them. Like 1/6th of the library.
W Ring: The Double Ring sure is a shooter on the PC Engine. It has some really neat ideas like alternate forms of stages but it also has some missteps.
youtu.be/WOPYO3s1Sm4
W Ring: The Double Ring sure is a shooter on the PC Engine. It has some really neat ideas like alternate forms of stages but it also has some missteps.
youtu.be/WOPYO3s1Sm4
W Ring: The Double Rings (ダブルリング) - PC Engine Power 185
YouTube video by RndStranger
youtu.be
January 4, 2026 at 11:46 PM
I'm a fan of this one. It doesn't do anything special and I can't even argue with the missteps that Random Stranger brings up.
(No, seriously: this is probably the only shooter ever where taking the "option" power-up is a mistake.)
But it's a fun, almost relaxing little shooter.
(No, seriously: this is probably the only shooter ever where taking the "option" power-up is a mistake.)
But it's a fun, almost relaxing little shooter.
Reposted by Andrew.
Ugh. Forgot to throw a few pieces I need for a project onto my digikey order.
I could order them from ali, but I generally don't like getting electronics from there. So gotta hope the one store I know of nearby that stocks this stuff has some, I guess.
I could order them from ali, but I generally don't like getting electronics from there. So gotta hope the one store I know of nearby that stocks this stuff has some, I guess.
January 3, 2026 at 11:11 PM
Ugh. Forgot to throw a few pieces I need for a project onto my digikey order.
I could order them from ali, but I generally don't like getting electronics from there. So gotta hope the one store I know of nearby that stocks this stuff has some, I guess.
I could order them from ali, but I generally don't like getting electronics from there. So gotta hope the one store I know of nearby that stocks this stuff has some, I guess.
What I wouldn't give for a better class of tech critic
January 3, 2026 at 5:45 PM
What I wouldn't give for a better class of tech critic
#RandomGameSaturday Snake's Revenge
The other week I mentioned that though the NES port of Metal Gear is now considered bad, without it we wouldn't have Metal Gear Solid. And this game is the other part of that story.
The other week I mentioned that though the NES port of Metal Gear is now considered bad, without it we wouldn't have Metal Gear Solid. And this game is the other part of that story.
January 3, 2026 at 3:58 PM
#RandomGameSaturday Snake's Revenge
The other week I mentioned that though the NES port of Metal Gear is now considered bad, without it we wouldn't have Metal Gear Solid. And this game is the other part of that story.
The other week I mentioned that though the NES port of Metal Gear is now considered bad, without it we wouldn't have Metal Gear Solid. And this game is the other part of that story.
Someone made an interactive map of all the major conbini chains in Japan, and the regional differences are fascinating. conbini.kikkia.dev
ConbiniWars
This interactive map reveals the territorial battles between Japan's major convenience store chains. Discover which chain dominates each region and get insights into the competitive landscape of Japan...
conbini.kikkia.dev
January 2, 2026 at 4:56 PM
Someone made an interactive map of all the major conbini chains in Japan, and the regional differences are fascinating. conbini.kikkia.dev
Well, that's a first. Autocorrect just changed "ducking" to "fucking"...
...except I actually meant "ducking" this once.
...except I actually meant "ducking" this once.
January 2, 2026 at 4:06 AM
Well, that's a first. Autocorrect just changed "ducking" to "fucking"...
...except I actually meant "ducking" this once.
...except I actually meant "ducking" this once.