I just finished standardizing a bunch of application settings, which is about as exciting as it sounds. Then I went to get more coffee. This young man was in the kitchen, doing his best impression of Friday-afternoon-me. And now… it’s…. 5pm! Who has weekend plans? I will be doing the usual: seeing some friends, yes, …
Guerrilla Craft Alert (Open Thread)
Saw this on KQED, thought some of the crafty types here would appreciate it. I hadn’t seen these, but now I want to: The retired nurse has lived in San Francisco for 43 years. On a recent trek from BART, she spotted adorable knitted animals near City Hall: chameleons with leopard spots, brown fuzzy otters …
Recommended Reading #2: Her Majesty’s Extremely Secret Service(s)
It’s not a huge surprise when multiple works deal with the same basic idea. Some ideas are quite obvious: a robot renegade cop; a murder in a small town struggling with encroaching modernity; World War II time travel. What’s much more interesting is when the works share a very narrow scope. Sometimes a newer work’s creator …
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Local Boy Makes Good (Open Thread)
It’s always exciting to see a hometown hero in the news. I refer of course to Owen, seen here in a file photo from December: Owen works at local favorite Aardvark Books*. He’s great, and so is his store. So imagine my squees of joy when I saw that he’d been written up as part …
Omnomnom open thread
We rented some goats at work to help clear the grass. ‘Some’ being that many. One of them is a baby! Here is an open thread to disengage from the news of the day, and be like the goats.
Nerdy Open Thread
Several somebodies here recommended Hannu Rajaniemi’s The Quantum Thief to me recently. I just finished it, and–thanks! Just what I needed. I especially liked the artful lack of exposition, which always stands out in a genre known for the opposite. But it got me thinking about doing another book recommendation thread. I think this Saturday …
Late Night Open Thread
My needs-a-new-thread-dar is pinging. Current mood: Have at it.