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Obscurity enthusiast. https://www.asfarasicantell.com/
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The best analysis I’ve read on the deal between the USA, Denmark, and Greenland. overthecircle.com/2026/09/27/c...
Comment: The Art of the Capitulation
In this OtC Comment: In the wake of the new security deal between Greenland, Denmark, and the United States, who were the real winners and what ultimately was the point?
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September 28, 2026 at 1:16 AM
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Have you ever wanted to listen to music privately but hate having things in/on your ears? You need a bone conducting lollipop! obsoletemedia.org/tastysounds-...
TastySounds audio lollipop (2025 - ) | Museum of Obsolete Media
The TastySounds audio lollipop is produced by the US company Amos Sweets Inc. and consists of a sugar-free sweet on a stick that plays music via bone conduction into the listener’s inner ear…
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September 20, 2026 at 1:57 PM
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The Apple Reference Image format on iPhone 18 Pro creates images that verifiably not manipulated/generated. It does this by cryptographically tying the image data to device hardware, not the photographer (enabling anonymity). Impressive! security.apple.com/blog/apple-r...
Apple Reference Image: A New Approach for Verified Photography - Apple Security Research
Introducing Apple Reference Image, a new solution for verifiable photography on iPhone. This new, opt-in camera mode lets a photographer create a securely timestamped reference image that accurately d...
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September 18, 2026 at 1:01 PM
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At the Vintage Computer Festival Midwest last weekend I ran into my first computer, the IBM PC Convertible, which inspired me to write about it and why it was important to me.
My first computer: IBM PC Convertible
My first computer was a luggable. That was the name for the awkward adolescent phase of a reverse growth spurt computers were making in the late 1980s. The era of room-sized computing was over, and ea...
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September 15, 2026 at 4:04 PM
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TIL that there is an official USD coin featuring a Cray supercomputer. www.usmint.gov/american-inn...
American Innovation $1 Coin 2026 Rolls and Bags – Wisconsin | US Mint
Collect 2026 Wisconsin American Innovation $1 Coin rolls and bags celebrating Badger State ingenuity. Limited mintage available. Order today before it's gone!
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September 14, 2026 at 3:23 PM
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@aresluna.org This feels like a detail I'd find on your blog. More of a workaround for MacOS notch shortcomings, but the first time I've seen an app detect and warn about this. It's a menu bar only app, so without this message it would have seemed like it just didn't launch.
MacOS pop-up from the app WiFi Signal that reads: "The WiFi Signal icon is currently hidden in the menu bar. The WiFi Signal icon is hidden due to limited space in the menu bar. to make it visible, rearrange or remove some of teh other icons to free up space."
September 5, 2026 at 12:48 PM
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Nostalgic white noise generator.
Windows 98 Disk Defrag Simulator
The classic Windows 98 Disk Defragmenter, free in your browser. Pick a drive, cue the HDD sounds, and relive 1998.
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September 1, 2026 at 2:24 PM
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Restoring TCUP
Digital decay is inevitable. Zeros and ones might not fade, or rust, like their material counterparts, but without maintenance and care digital systems break down over time just the same. Some of this gets swept under the rug, because Google might stop linking to a broken website, reducing the chanc
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August 24, 2026 at 1:01 AM
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Iceland: Week 52
One year later, this is my last full day in Iceland. It's been more than a year on the calendar, but somehow my time in Iceland ended up being exactly one year when accounting for various trips. My ap...
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August 16, 2026 at 6:49 PM
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My review of Tim Ecott's latest book — Eva and the Island — about life on Stóra Dímun in the Faroe Islands. Available in hardcover today in the UK and on November 17th in the US. lookingnorth.blog/2026/08/eva-...
Eva and the Island
In reviewing Tim Ecott’s previous book, The Land of Maybe: A Faroe Islands Year, I concluded that he likely had more stories to tell about the Faroe Islands. He had clearly fallen in love with the pla...
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August 13, 2026 at 12:24 PM
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not to be confused with quesadilla
Ķ From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Not to be confused with Quesadilla. Ķ (k-cedilla) is the 17th letter of the Latvian alphabet.
August 10, 2026 at 2:15 AM
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Iceland: Week 51
Things have gotten very minimal. As I enter my last week living in Iceland, I've had success in selling all of my larger pieces of furniture, which is a relief, but that also leaves me with a very spa...
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August 9, 2026 at 6:42 PM
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New addition to my list of engineering marvels I hope to visit someday. The Falkirk Wheel is the world's only rotating boat lift: www.reddit.com/r/megalophob...
From the megalophobia community on Reddit: The Falkirk Wheel in Scotland is the only rotating boat lift in the world.
Explore this post and more from the megalophobia community
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August 7, 2026 at 9:33 AM
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Iceland: Week 50
I'm down to my last fortnight in Iceland and it has a symmetry of undoing, mirroring the steps I took last July as I figure out how to cancel accounts, sell my things, and say goodbye to my adopted co...
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August 2, 2026 at 5:51 PM
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New essay from me on Looking North about my trip to Stóra Dímun, a remote North Atlantic island with only two full-time inhabitants.
Visiting Stóra Dímun
A day spent on Stóra Dímun, the Faroe Islands' smallest and most remote inhabited island.
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July 28, 2026 at 7:44 PM
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Faroe Islands: Week 2
After an unusually sunny first week in the Faroe Islands, my remaining time exhibited the more typical Faroese pattern of unpredictable rain, fog, and wind. This wasn't nearly as bad as it seems thoug...
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July 28, 2026 at 12:02 PM
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Faroe Islands: Week 1
I've been in Tórshavn for a week, long enough to settle into a routine of sorts. I've been writing at Williamshús in the morning, then out exploring the city and nearby islands by bus and boat in the afternoon. I've made progress thinking through some upcoming projects, but have also been drawn to c
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July 19, 2026 at 10:56 AM
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Williamshús
This morning, I woke up at 5am to the sound of crows and kittiwakes, the July sun already fully risen but still bathing Tórshavn in a pink haze that flattened the outline of Nólsoy, visible from my kitchen window. The shape of the island in shadow is like a cartoon snake that has swallowed something
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July 14, 2026 at 6:45 PM
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Iceland: Week 49
Tomorrow I fly to the Faroe Islands for my residency at Williamshús, the former home of William Heinesen, a Faroese writer and composer. I'll be living in an apartment on...
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July 12, 2026 at 3:43 PM
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Heads up: another situation where the default choice is what nobody would want. You need to go in and turn this off. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/08/t...
How to Prevent Meta From Using Your Instagram Images in A.I.
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July 9, 2026 at 7:54 PM
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Iceland: Week 48
The numbering of these weekly blog posts doesn't include the three weeks I spent in the US around the new year, so while typing "48" into the header, it caught me off-guard to realize that this coming week will cap the one-year mark of my arrival in the country. It has been dawning on me in other wa
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July 5, 2026 at 4:37 PM
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Iceland: Week 47
Back in Week 4, I hiked the Laugavegur trail, a 55 km path from Landmannalaugar to Þórsmörk in the Icelandic highlands. The starting point, a series of rhyolite mountains surrounding a massive lava field, was a magical spot that I knew I wanted to go back to before I left Iceland. This week, just th
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June 28, 2026 at 4:36 PM
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Iceland: Week 46
There are lots of parades in Iceland. This week's parade was in honor of Icelandic National Day, when the country officially broke ties with Denmark to form an independent republic on June 17, 1944. Not to be confused with Sovereignty Day, when Denmark first recognized Iceland's autonomy on December
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June 21, 2026 at 4:51 PM
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Iceland: Week 45
This week brought the kind of summer sun that garners local headlines about an "epic heatwave," which in Reykjavík means 68° Fahrenheit. On Friday, I took a long walk around the city and the mood was ebullient, with Nauthólsvík beach full of sunbathers midday and most people opting to soak in the se
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June 15, 2026 at 12:17 PM
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Great article on building trails, and now I want to own a clinometer. www.nationalgeographic.com/adventure/ar...
How the world’s greatest trailbuilders create the perfect hike
Around the world, trail designers are quietly employing surprising techniques to engineer awe. You’ve probably felt it without even knowing why. Inside the creative science that’s transforming your ti...
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June 12, 2026 at 8:39 PM