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10 Ways to Make Today Magical
Originally posted on A Magical Childhood:
Happy Monday! I’m popping in from the midst of our chaos to jot off a quick list of ways to make some memories this week, and to once more give myself a nudge to start posting more often. After a dozen or so years of doing this I tend…
10 Ways to Make Today Magical
Originally posted on A Magical Childhood:
Happy Monday! I keep meaning to get back to posting daily or near-daily, but life is still so busy here. We are finishing up the season of “putting things up” — making applesauce and apple cider from extra apples on friends’ trees, grape jelly from Grandma’s backyard grapevines, salsa…
Talk Like a Pirate!
Originally posted on A Magical Childhood:
Arrr! How could I nearly let International Talk Like a Pirate Day slip by without posting about it! Tsk! Never fear. I’ve assembled a few pirate goodies for you to take part with your wee pirates with what’s left of the day. You can check out the Magical Childhood…
Inspirational Wednesdays: Volume 8
Originally posted on Rather Be Runnin':
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Now Magazine is so, so wrong about space
Originally posted on WordsByNowak:
Ground control to Now Magazine: get a clue. Every now and then someone comes along and criticizes space exploration – and inevitably makes an ass of themselves in the process. Add Now Magazine to the list. In a wildly dumb piece that ran this week, the Toronto alt-weekly trashed both Commander…
Tiny robots could fly around no-kill rules
Originally posted on WordsByNowak:
A pair of intriguing-and-potentially-linked robot stories made the news this week, with the first being a United Nations report calling on a moratorium for automated killing machines. The report for the UN Human Rights Commission suggests a worldwide ban on the production, assembly, testing and deployment of fully or semi-autonomous weapons until…
From the BBC: how not to eat healthily for £1 a day
Originally posted on Aethelread the Unread:
The BBC have published an article by one Brian Milligan, which purports to show that it is possible to eat a healthy, varied diet for less than £1 a day. The article is – and I’m being polite here – a complete farrago of nonsense from beginning to end.…
I can’t wait for this patch to come out
Originally posted on Things Could Be Worse:
I’d be an early adopter of this patch. Things Could Be Worse View original post
New Adventures in Coding
I have taken it upon myself to start practising coding again after a long break from it. I assume it’s because I am under the mistaken impression that I have a huge amount of free time on my hands that I’ve decided to start doing this. One of the things I’m most proud of doing […]
I’m glad Microsoft’s creative director cares about the consumers.
I’m glad Microsoft’s creative director cares about the consumers. Remember..everything you have ever said online can be found and republished…



