Tired of Dystopian Sci-Fi? You Might Like Solarpunk. – Mother Jones

I’ve been intentionally browsing the web old school. Avoiding Facebook and Instagram, and reading blogs.

I currently have about 15 tabs open, which is rare. If I have been off the computer for more than an hour, old tabs are dead to me.

I realised it’s because blogs link to other content. Facebook and Instagram rarely links to other content. Or rather, posts that link to other content are torpedoed by the algorithm. Facebook doesn’t want that type of content. They want you to stay on Facebook, at all costs.

exempli gratia:

“Faking ‘realness’ on a computer doesn’t get us anywhere new.” – Elizabeth Goodspeed on imperfection as design strategy

Taxonomy

This is something that tickles my fancy. The taxonomy of breadclips. Gives me an idea also, which maybe I will post about in a while.

via: https://kottke.org/24/09/a-fun-taxonomy-of-bread-tags

via via: https://hyphen.art/p/bread-clips-are-the-new-bauhaus

Dear Mr Henry,

Thank you for your enquiry regarding “Gett Off”, the lead single from Prince and the New Power Generation’s 1991 album Diamonds and Pearls, specifically the lyric regarding “23 positions in a one-night stand.”

We can confirm that the song is factual, and is based upon a one-night stand that did indeed utilise 23 sex positions.

Prince’s records show that these positions were, in order:

• Doggy Style
• Missionary (Standard)
• Missionary (Crusades, sans Pillaging)
• Pitchforking
• Gilding The Lily
• Flying Beavers
• Reverse Traveling Salesman
• Mexican Amway
• Seated Meccano Set
• R.A.M.S Inspection
• 20% Overnighter
• The Three Wise Men
• Double Over Head Cam
• Glazed Ham
• Pickles
• Travelling Wilbury
• Tinted Mexicano
• Dual Sombrero
• 69
• 63
• 69169
• Leaning Tower of Pisa
• Illustrated Gardening Weekly

We hope this answers your question adequately.

Yours Sincerely,

Michelle Smith (Personal Assistant.)

A few years ago, before my dad died, he made me a new letterbox. Apparently he wasn’t lichen the old one.

I didn’t install it until after he passed, which I regret, but it has been up since July 2022, calmy collecting mail.

I think the wood may have been a little green, and so the finish started peeling off. Ultimately, the post rusted through at gound level, and the whole thing fell over in a storm on Friday.

I put in a new post (Concrete merit badge earned), and did some sanding, and applied new finish. The base of the box had also sagged, so I’ve made a new one. Fortunately that was only screwed in, so it was easy to replace.

I didn’t sand the old finish away completely, so you can still see the layers. Some mould in the wood, some bare timber, some old finish. Patina.

Spending time working on this, was spending time with dad, of course. Maybe one day I’ll make my kids a mailbox.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missionary_Church_of_Kopimism

The Missionary Church of Kopimism (in Swedish Missionerande Kopimistsamfundet) is a congregation of file sharers who believe that copying information is a sacred virtue

I’m on board.

Elizabeth Saloka’s Vibrant Painted Rocks Adopt the Personalities of Snacks and Pop Culture Icons — Colossal

Micrographics is a type of design, as shown below. The type of things you might see on a glass window, maybe incorporated into the frit band, if you’re lucky.

I think it’s a cool aesthetic, especially mixed with some cyberpunk. I think it could make for a good album cover.

This site is a nice interface for sorting by various film ratings.

Paris Ciné Info – Le programme cinéma complet et sur mesure