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  • May 21
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    Markdoc

    Markdoc core is a lightweight package containing everything you need to get started. If you want to get going even faster, check out our Next.js plugin and deploy a Markdoc documentation site with zero boilerplate.

    Markdoc | A powerful, flexible, Markdown-based authoring framework

    I’m blogging this mostly as a reminder to myself to look into this a little more. Seems very powerful and could be useful… though for what I’m not sure.

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  • May 20
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    He’s a lawyer and he owns a car

    Modern day television characters have too many dimensions and too many secret sorrows and not enough episodic adventures. When I was a boy, television characters had just one or two character traits and these were largely represented by intriguing costume choices. They also had new adventures every week and learned nothing from them

    Patrick Freyne: If he’s the Lincoln Lawyer, am I the Nissan Micra journalist?

    I don’t know if the Lincoln Lawyer is any good but this review is delightful.

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  • May 19
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    New glasses, who this?

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    I got myself some new glasses (pictured above!). I went in with one objective: getting a pair of orange frames. I failed at that, mostly because I didn’t like the orange frames on offer. I did try on a bunch of frames, and there were many that I deemed “too cool for my face:”

    The pile of rejected options.
    Seemed a bit too… much for me.
    I liked these, but not as much as the ones I ended up with.
    I really liked these, but I realized they basically were the same frames I’ve bought before. Though if these were orange I totally would have bought them.
    The winners! Yes, I did text these photos to Marisa and she liked this pair the most.
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  • May 18
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    When does a lake stop being a lake?

    When does a lake stop being a lake?

    Lake Mead, North America’s largest artificial reservoir, formed on the Colorado River between Nevada and Arizona, has shrunk to historic lows—dropping to about 30 percent of its capacity.

    Photos: Water Levels in Lake Mead Reach Record Lows – The Atlantic

    Climate change isn’t a thing, right?

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  • May 18
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    These are very silly and yet…

    These are very silly and yet…

    Engage in Star Trek Adventures roleplaying with the official Captain Kirk’s tunic themed roleplaying dice set.

    Star Trek Adventures Kirk’s Tunic Dice Blister

    Roll just like Capt. Kirk!


  • May 18
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    What an organ!

    When the morning light sneaks between midtown’s skyscrapers, the gilded mosaics of St. Bartholomew’s Church on Park Avenue seem to catch the sunshine and toss it indoors, making the recesses and woodwork gleam. Organ pipes shoot toward the ceiling, suggesting a structure held up by columns of air. But I’m here to look beneath the church’s resplendent surface to its respiratory system, the network of wires, ducts, switches, levers, and membranes that makes the building sing. Led by organist Paolo Bordignon, I ride an elevator to the top of the nave, skirt a rooftop playground, crouch beneath a stone arch, squeeze down a dark and curving passageway, climb an iron ladder, cross a catwalk five stories above the church floor, and duck into a domed chamber crammed with pipes. The smallest tubes would fit in a fist; the largest are long wooden boxes that lie on the floor and double back on themselves. We’re standing in what’s called the “celestial division.” Hidden by a wooden latticework in the dome and controlled by a console near the altar, it pumps out the music that flutters down to the pews from on high like a seraphic choir.

    The 18th Century’s Surround-Sound Machine

    Pipe organs are rather impressive.


  • May 18
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    New Outlook for all!

    New Outlook for all!

    With Microsoft Loop components everyone can edit and share their thoughts while staying in the flow of their work and the app they are using, Outlook or Teams –  Loop components can be copied and pasted across Outlook emails and Teams chats and they always stay in sync so everyone can stay up to date wherever and whenever they work. Learn more about Microsoft Loop. 

    The new Outlook for Windows helps you be more productive and in control of your inbox

    New Outlook for all!


  • May 18
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    That’s Thomas!

    That’s Thomas!

    Thomas the Tank Engine — the famous steam locomotive from the Island of Sodor — will pull your 45-minute excursion ride (4.5 miles east and 4.5 miles returning west on the same track) through the beautiful Lancaster County countryside.

    Buy Tickets | Ride Thomas The Tank Engine | Strasburg Rail Road

    I know some boys who would very much like this!


  • May 18
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    Don’t plan your (alleged) crimes on the internet

    Ms. Brophy said she was fascinated with gun parts and how her book character might acquire them. “It was for writing,” she said. “It was not to, as you would have it, murder my husband.”

    She Wrote ‘How to Murder Your Husband.’ Did She Do It? – The New York Times

    At the start of this article I was thinking maybe she didn’t do it. By the end… well I’m glad I’m not her defense lawyer!

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  • May 17
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    Trust the locusts

    The Locus Science Fiction Foundation has announced the top ten finalists in each category of the 2022 Locus Awards.

    2022 Locus Awards Top Ten Finalists – Locus Online

    If you’re looking for some reading material this list is a good place to find recent sci-fi/fantasy that’s sure to be interesting.

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Who is this Blankbaby fellow?

Scott McNulty is a writer and podcaster who lives in Philadelphia.

Want to hear his voice? Check out his podcasts (yes, they are mostly about Star Trek):

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  • Vulcan Hello
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