Dean W. Armstrong
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newspaper article about Billy Corgan's opera at the Lyric "A Night of Mellon Collie and Infinite Sadness" where the author does not know about that type of art
December 3, 2025 at 1:15 AM
newspaper article about Billy Corgan's opera at the Lyric "A Night of Mellon Collie and Infinite Sadness" where the author does not know about that type of art
"...so I came away none the wiser even on the basic question of whether the title of his album referred to a gourd or a sheep dog (or possibly both) or a sustained state of pensive sadless."
This. This is why I subscribe to the Hyde Park Herald.
This. This is why I subscribe to the Hyde Park Herald.
December 3, 2025 at 1:13 AM
"...so I came away none the wiser even on the basic question of whether the title of his album referred to a gourd or a sheep dog (or possibly both) or a sustained state of pensive sadless."
This. This is why I subscribe to the Hyde Park Herald.
This. This is why I subscribe to the Hyde Park Herald.
Good security practice is not to follow random QR codes but why does my tea bag send me to a dodgy named Swiss web site?
November 14, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Good security practice is not to follow random QR codes but why does my tea bag send me to a dodgy named Swiss web site?
At first I thought it could be the ISP plane, which is regularly here for a stolen vehicle taskforce. No ADS-B but is visible via radar transponder on TIS-B What's odd is the WGS84 Geoid altitude vs. barometric. Took off from DuPage county airport.
November 1, 2025 at 9:02 PM
At first I thought it could be the ISP plane, which is regularly here for a stolen vehicle taskforce. No ADS-B but is visible via radar transponder on TIS-B What's odd is the WGS84 Geoid altitude vs. barometric. Took off from DuPage county airport.
👨🍳😘 perfect timing Zoom
October 28, 2025 at 9:55 PM
👨🍳😘 perfect timing Zoom
Listening to video game music played on the carrilion at Rockefeller Chapel at the year of games symposium at UChicago
October 17, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Listening to video game music played on the carrilion at Rockefeller Chapel at the year of games symposium at UChicago
ran this image through an ALT text generator offered by the oncampus AI (sorry text was too long):
October 16, 2025 at 6:17 PM
ran this image through an ALT text generator offered by the oncampus AI (sorry text was too long):
It's a Holiday, not a major disruption. Jeez.
October 13, 2025 at 3:10 PM
It's a Holiday, not a major disruption. Jeez.
Just got this static SSTV image from the space station via a handheld receiver and Robot36 app. See the original ariss-usa.org/ARISS_SSTV/
October 5, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Just got this static SSTV image from the space station via a handheld receiver and Robot36 app. See the original ariss-usa.org/ARISS_SSTV/
Mmm... Sandwich Fault Zone
September 17, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Mmm... Sandwich Fault Zone
Now with 2 player Golden Axe 2
September 16, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Now with 2 player Golden Axe 2
My contribution to the Special Collections exhibit on Charting Imaginary Worlds: www.lib.uchicago.edu/about/news/c...
I produced the game demos of Adventure (1981), Golden Axe II (1991), and Dragon Age: The Veilguard Character Creator (2024).
I produced the game demos of Adventure (1981), Golden Axe II (1991), and Dragon Age: The Veilguard Character Creator (2024).
September 16, 2025 at 3:21 AM
My contribution to the Special Collections exhibit on Charting Imaginary Worlds: www.lib.uchicago.edu/about/news/c...
I produced the game demos of Adventure (1981), Golden Axe II (1991), and Dragon Age: The Veilguard Character Creator (2024).
I produced the game demos of Adventure (1981), Golden Axe II (1991), and Dragon Age: The Veilguard Character Creator (2024).
Google AI critics: ha ha it's stuck in the past with the last training date.
Google to engineers: Fix this.
Google AI:
Google to engineers: Fix this.
Google AI:
September 15, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Google AI critics: ha ha it's stuck in the past with the last training date.
Google to engineers: Fix this.
Google AI:
Google to engineers: Fix this.
Google AI:
I don't mind people financing health research. But also
September 7, 2025 at 2:38 PM
I don't mind people financing health research. But also
Doodles in the back of a 1810 latin grammar book
August 29, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Doodles in the back of a 1810 latin grammar book
Yeah I recently wondered and was only finding early 19th. The only 18th was this copy of Don Quixote. Earlier stuff was usually miscataloged and missing the fascimile field.
August 29, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Yeah I recently wondered and was only finding early 19th. The only 18th was this copy of Don Quixote. Earlier stuff was usually miscataloged and missing the fascimile field.
Not the same map? Maybe it's just the age of the housing and the not use of lead for big buildings?
August 29, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Not the same map? Maybe it's just the age of the housing and the not use of lead for big buildings?
