Technically, zuihitsu are longer reflections than what I tend to collect. But, the general idea is right. Here's this month's installment. If you want the complete set, please download the fortune file. Cocaine is a drug for the lonely.Problems that remain persistently insoluble should always be suspected as questions asked in the wrong way.—Alan WattsThere's … Continue reading Zuihitsu, 2022-06
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What’s The Best Lossless Image Format?
Looking at the test results, the bottom line is that most modern lossless image formats, like WebP and JPEG XL, provide big gains in efficiency compared to even the most optimized PNG.-Johannes Siipola, "What’s the best lossless image format? Comparing PNG, WebP, AVIF, and JPEG XL." siipo.la. July 27, 2021. I've been favoring png over … Continue reading What’s The Best Lossless Image Format?
Guacamole
Note: I'll add pictures after I make this today. Ingredients Fresh hot chilies, such as Thai, serranoes or jalapeñoes3 cloves of garlic1/2 medium white onion, finely chopped (~1/3 cup)6 oz. (1 medium or 2 plum) fresh tomatoes1/4 cup of coarsely chopped cilantro3 medium-large avocadossaltjuice of 1 limeslices of radish for garnishcorn oilcorn tortillas Preparation of … Continue reading Guacamole
Zuihitsu: 2022-05
Technically, zuihitsu are longer reflections than what I tend to collect. But, the general idea is right. Here's this month's installment. If you want the complete set, please download the fortune file. Architecture is what you do with the potential of life. —Sir Peter CookSpecialization tends to shut off the wide-band tuning searches and thus … Continue reading Zuihitsu: 2022-05
Seven Varieties of Stupidity
"1. Pure Stupidity...2. Ignorant stupidity...3. Fish-out-of-water stupidity...4. Rule-based stupidity...5. Overthinking stupidity...6. Emergent stupidity...7. Ego-driven stupidity...-Ian Leslie, "Seven Varieties of Stupidity." ianleslie.substack.com. May 21, 2022 It's a fun classification exercise. I'd say that 3 is a subset of 2, being in an unfamiliar environment is a variety of ignorance. However, if you think about the kinds … Continue reading Seven Varieties of Stupidity
Disabled But Able To Rock! The Danger Woman Story
https://player.vimeo.com/video/54153187 "'Disabled But Able To Rock' follows the life of Betsy Goodrich, a high-functioning autistic woman and her superhero alter-ego, Danger Woman. Danger Woman fights the Tri-phobes (Race-ophobia, Homophobia, and Disable-phobia) with her high-octave, karaoke crime-fighting superpowers.Meanwhile, the real Betsy contends with a severely autistic and schizophrenic older brother and a diabetic mother wrestling with … Continue reading Disabled But Able To Rock! The Danger Woman Story
America’s Modern Character: Paranoid Loser
"[Columbia professor Adam Tooze, writer of the definitive forensic analysis of the 2008 financial crisis in Crashed: How a Decade of Financial Crises Changed the World,] does not buy the line that America is roaring back at the head of a resurgent West, even if the autocracies have suffered a crushing reverse over recent months. … Continue reading America’s Modern Character: Paranoid Loser
The Top Idea In Your Mind
"I think most people have one top idea in their mind at any given time. That's the idea their thoughts will drift toward when they're allowed to drift freely. And this idea will thus tend to get all the benefit of that type of thinking, while others are starved of it. Which means it's a … Continue reading The Top Idea In Your Mind
Monkeypox
"Monkeypox causes a flu-like array of symptoms, but also comes with a distinctive rash; one telltale sign is the fact that lesions often appear on the palms of hands. So far it seems that the cases are being caused by viruses from the West African clade, which triggers milder disease than the other family of … Continue reading Monkeypox
Flyting
"Flyting or fliting is a contest consisting of the exchange of insults between two parties, often conducted in verse."-Wikipedia contributors, "Flyting," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Flyting&oldid=1066666401 (accessed May 17, 2022). Hipshitical and batshittery, complete coprolite words, drop like poop from a mouth, a sewer of deceit, ears, a sonar for the snoop. You're wealthy, you're pale are you eunuch or male? … Continue reading Flyting
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