Astronomers Determine that Exoplanets Around Barnard's Star are Extremely Uninhabitable - Universe Today https://www.universetoday.com/articles/astronomers-determine-that-exoplanets-around-barnards-star-are-extremely…
The Rugby League History Podcast
Reflecting what is going in during each stage of the season, renowned historians Andrew Ferguson (Aus) and Prof. Tony Collins (UK) join host Lee Addison to reflect on all that happened in rugby league history around the time each podcast is released...
Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: h…
Bats Around our Home aka 16WW (2021) - Learn how my shiny new AudioMoth will help monitor these night-flying insect chompers! - https://www.earth.org.uk/bats-at-16WW-2.html
Wife comes in while I'm working on my computer. I'm there looking very satisfied. She asks me what I'm smiling at.
"Oh, I lit this street portrait perfectly."
That's what counts as excitement around here. I love using speedlights and I'm just so happy when I nail the lighting in the wild.
#photography
NFL news roundup: Latest league updates from Thursday, Aug. 20 https://www.nfl.com/news/nfl-news-roundup-latest-league-updates-from-thursday-aug-20
The Trump administration’s push to expand oil and gas extraction across the US
is set to bring drilling near cherished natural and cultural sites,
raising alarm among conservationists and prompting questions from the UN’s heritage body.
Unesco said it has received information on the administration’s plan to
scrap a drilling-free buffer zone around the Chaco Culture national historical park in New Mexico,
a world heritage site and one of the most important cultur…
Source: Vox.com laid off four employees on Thursday; the source said cuts were not connected to James Murdoch's acquisition about six weeks ago of Vox (A.J. Katz/The Wrap)
https://www.thewrap.com/industry-news/business/vox-website-layoff…
Digitally destroying your computer desktop https://spacetimetech.wordpress.com/2026/09/20/digitally-destroying-your-computer-desktop (inspired by @…
My Acorn BBC Master 512; that's a BBC Master with an added 80186 copro (which is the board in the middle).
Hmm first time I've had the top off in ages, I guess I should check it's batteries and PSU; there doesn't seem to be any crud around the batteries.
It's got a little board from CJE which I think lets you switch in the extra EPROM sockets vs extra RAM.
#retrocomputing
Documents: WSJ planned a six-series streaming video slate, including an interview series by EIC Emma Tucker; it also talked with Feed Me creator Emily Sundberg (Business Insider)
https://www.businessinsider.com/wsj-planning-big-push-into…