“We are Forerunners. Guardians of all that exists. The roots of the Galaxy have grown deep under our careful tending. Where there is life, the wisdom of our countless generations has saturated the soil. Our strength is a luminous sun, towards which all intelligence blossoms… And the impervious shelter, beneath which it has prospered.”
No messing about today, lads – I missed the weekly poast last Friday, because reasons (mostly legitimate and to do with a crushing workload), so you get a double-scoop today. I will eventually have some deep thoughts – as opposed to deep thots – to...
It has been a quite mad few days, which put a serious spanner in my ability to do anything much other than go to meetings, eat, sleep, and do my actual day job during very odd hours. A big part of that involves the stress and uncertainty of getting everything squared...
Yes, I know, it is not actually Friday. The past week was (of course) stupidly busy, and while I realise that is a rather worn excuse, the fact is, when you are up until past midnight trying to get an SQL script to run, because you have a severe and incurable case of...
Another week down, and what a busy one it was, eh? The assassination attempt on the Trumpasaur has been the dominant feature in all the headlines, and deservedly so. The more that we know about the shooting, the more that we realise it cannot possibly have been an...
Another week spent beavering away at work, with nary a chance to do anything other than eat, sleep, and go to the gym. Oh well. I thought it would be a relatively quiet summer – hooooo boy, was I ever wrong. It certainly has not been quiet on the political...
As you all know, this past week saw the 248th anniversary of the American Declaration of Independence – or, as Amerikhastan’s former colonial masters like to call it, “Treason Day”. I was rather too busy to do anything about it, so here we are,...
Things have been extremely busy this week, as I have pretended to be on vacation. I was also rather lazy yesterday, not to mention tired, after a couple of hours of hard skiing, so this one is again late. Nonetheless, I am slowly catching up on writing and poasting. I...
Yes, I know, this one is late again. It really could not be helped, due to significant exhaustion and a total lack of enthusiasm for writing on the part of Ye Graciouse Hoste. That tends to happen when you are working flat-out to finish up a project before you go on...
Seeing as how this week has been, yet again, rather busy, it is something of a miracle that any of us have been able to slow down and catch a breath. Things are moving far faster than any of us realise – I can scarcely believe we are nearly halfway done with...
For those who have never read Edwin Abbott’s mathematical fantasy, Flatland, it is well worth a look. You can read a lot of interesting and wacky ideas into it – one of the conventional takes on the book is that it is an oblique critique of Victorian...
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