Wednesday, July 31, 2024

Books read in July 2024

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Rest is Resistance by Tricia Hersey
Sunday, June 30, 2024

Books read in June 2024

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1. City of Brass by S. A. Chakraborty 2. Coronation Year by Jennifer Robson
Thursday, June 20, 2024

Magic words: "come across as"

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Sometimes you want to guide people away from a particular word choice because it sounds racist or otherwise hateful. But if you say "Du...
Saturday, June 08, 2024

When writing alt text, answer the question: "What am I looking at here?"

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A common piece of advice when writing alt text is "How would you describe it to a friend?" Building on this, a variation I've ...
Sunday, May 19, 2024

Things They Should Invent: web interface for Too Good To Go

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I recently learned about an app called "Too Good To Go", which lets you buy food that's close to expiry at a discount, to help...
Tuesday, May 07, 2024

Things They Should Invent: "What should I grow in my garden?" calculator

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The question of what to grow in your garden is complex.  What foods do you like? What quantities of them are you feasibly going to use? What...
Tuesday, April 30, 2024

Books read in April 2024

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 New:   1. The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune 2. Pyramids by Terry Pratchett   Reread:   1. Faithless in Death
Saturday, April 13, 2024

How I excised dessert forks from my life and from my memory

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I was recently pondering why a standard silverware set has two sizes of spoons, but only one size each of forks and knives. Googling around ...
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Sunday, April 07, 2024

Hotel Hollywood (elementary school play)

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When I was in elementary school (so sometime between 1985 and 1990), my school put on a school play called Hotel Hollywood. I wasn't in ...
Sunday, March 31, 2024

Books read in March 2024

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 1. How She Read by Chantal Gibson

Another approach for Captain Awkward #1422

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Dear Captain Awkward, I’m in a relationship for the last year. We started out as best friends for two years and it slowly evolved into a r...
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Sunday, March 17, 2024

"Movie star, gonna drive around in a fancy car"

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 I have a song in my head and the internet is failing me.  The line I remember is something very similar to "I'm gonna be a movie s...
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Tuesday, March 12, 2024

Wanted: a shared experience that makes it feel like life is getting better

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When our library accounts finally came back online, I could feel a frisson pass through both Internet Toronto and Real-Life Toronto. The new...
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Thursday, February 29, 2024

Books read in February 2024

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Reread:   1. Golden in Death 2. Shadows in Death
Saturday, February 03, 2024

The best way to make children grow up to write thank-you notes is to send them thank-you notes

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  From a recent Miss Manners : Dear Miss Manners: Should I send thank-you notes to my pre-K religion class students for the Christmas gifts...
Wednesday, January 31, 2024

Books read in January 2024

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 Reread: 1. Vendetta in Death
Saturday, January 06, 2024

How to buy a gift for someone whose love language is gifts

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From a recent Carolyn Hax chat : My MIL’s love language is gifts. I have begged her to stop giving me/the kids so many presents - to no ava...
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Sunday, December 31, 2023

Books read in December 2023

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Reread:   1. Leverage in Death 2. Connections in Death
Friday, December 22, 2023

Horoscopes

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My birthday horoscopes stopped being accurate with the pandemic, but here we go anyway Toronto Star You take great pride in your intelligenc...
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