Excitement Lost posts I just went through the list of drafts I abandoned by some point and there's quite a few.
tech-stuff The state of blogs There's a great write-up on The Guardian about the state of the blogosphere (I think we might be allowed to use that term unironically now). From the piece: The furore over social media and its impact on democracy has obscured the fact that the
videos The Comet Millions of pictures taken by the Rosetta spacecraft, of a comet they accompanied for about two years. Created by director Christian Stangl, soundtrack by Wolfgang Stangl. via kottke.
Snapshot The introduction of the Snapshot I've been thinking about how to use this place more, even for the more mundane writings. Stuff I'd usually post to Twitter: no title, no hashtags, nothing but a few
tech-stuff Blank VHS Covers The times of the video cassettes is long gone. But what remains is the artwork on the covers of the blank ones you could buy to tape, you know, television or pirated versions of films, if you were lucky enough to have access to
Books Book of the month: "Red Sparrow" In which I praise the book RED SPARROW, and do the opposite with the film RED SPARROW.
Food Beef roast in the making 24 hours to soak in wine and herbs from the balcony. My significant other wants me to add that among those are three different types of thyme.
tech-stuff My current feed-reader setup In which I describe how I read RSS (or ATOM) feeds. With pictures.
Food How to make Cacio e Pepe In which I link to a comprehensive run-down of the pasta dish named Cacio e Pepe.
Book of the month Book of the month: "Voltaire Almighty" In which I praise Roger Pearson's most readable Voltaire biography.
Travel A list of noteworthy things in 2017 A short, incomplete rundown of what 2017 was like. With pictures.
tech-stuff Twitter and 280 characters A few thoughts about Twitter and its 280 character limit which slowly devolves into a semi-rant.
Martini The Martini Chronicles Pt.15: The Graham Greene Ever since cleaning up some of my posts on here, I've been thinking about my Martini Chronicles and whether I should add yet another update. For those who aren't familiar
tech-stuff Spring cleaning We're deep into spring, which was a great excuse to go ahead and do some spring cleaning on here and with all the other stuff I tend to self-host lately.
Aurora Aurora's "Nature Boy" For some reason I missed the trailer to the new Alien: Covenant picture. It looks alright by me, but what I really liked about it was a subdued cover version
Music The obligatory end-of-year post So, 2016, right? What a roller-coaster. Leonard Cohen died. Fortunately, he managed to release one final album, out of which emerged my personal song of the year. I hope you
Books Through a "River of Ink" "River of Ink", the debut novel of Brit Paul M.M. Cooper, is a marvel. I'd not heard of the man until he did his Reddit AMA a
