Roger BW 😷

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Roger BW 😷11h ago
Chimes at Midnight (1965) #Movies #BlogFiredrakeOrg https://blog.firedrake.org/archive/2025/07/Chimes_at_Midnight__1965_.html
Chimes at Midnight (1965)

<p>1965 Shakespearean adaptation, dir. and starring Orson Welles: <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059012">IMDb</a> / <a href="https://www.allmovie.com/movie/am6864">allmovie</a>. Falstaff!</p>

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Roger BW 😷1d ago
Nemesis of Mars, Glynn Stewart #Books #ScienceFiction #BlogFiredrakeOrg https://blog.firedrake.org/archive/2025/06/Nemesis_of_Mars__Glynn_Stewart.html
Nemesis of Mars, Glynn Stewart

<p>2023 SF, thirteenth of its series. After the attempted kidnapping of the Mage-Queen of Mars,the authorities are trying to find out who did it and how people loyal for decades were compromised. Meanwhile, Mage-Commander Roslyn Chambers is coming to the end of a teaching stint at the Naval Academy when an old friend from her disreputable days gets in touch…</p>

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Roger BW 😷2d ago
The Weekly Challenge 327: I Miss My Mind the Most #RustLang #PerlWeeklyChallenge #BlogFiredrakeOrg https://blog.firedrake.org/archive/2025/06/The_Weekly_Challenge_327__I_Miss_My_Mind_the_Most.html
The Weekly Challenge 327: I Miss My Mind the Most

<p>I’ve been doing the <a href="http://theweeklychallenge.org/">Weekly Challenges</a>. <a href="https://theweeklychallenge.org/blog/perl-weekly-challenge-327/">The latest</a> involved sets and combinations. (Note that this ends today.)</p>

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Roger BW 😷3d ago
Midsommar (2019) #Movies #Horror #BlogFiredrakeOrg https://blog.firedrake.org/archive/2025/06/Midsommar__2019_.html
Midsommar (2019)

<p>2019 horror, dir. Ari Aster, Florence Pugh, Jack Reynor: <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8772262">IMDb</a> / <a href="https://www.allmovie.com/movie/am203722">allmovie</a>. After the tragic death of her family, Dani goes along with her boyfriend and other anthropology students to visit a commune in Sweden…</p>

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Roger BW 😷4d ago
Demon Daughter, Lois McMaster Bujold #Books #Fantasy #BlogFiredrakeOrg https://blog.firedrake.org/archive/2025/06/Demon_Daughter__Lois_McMaster_Bujold.html
Demon Daughter, Lois McMaster Bujold

<p>2024 short fantasy novel in the World of the Five Gods (formerly known as Chalion). A girl washes up in a fishing village, and promptly sets things on fire. Penric is sent to deal with it.</p>

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Roger BW 😷5d ago
The Joy Of Text #Typst #BlogFiredrakeOrg https://blog.firedrake.org/archive/2025/06/The_Joy_Of_Text.html
The Joy Of Text

<p>I have noticed the same thing happening twice in my interaction with software, and two data points makes a straight line.</p>

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Roger BW 😷6d ago
The Vampire and the Case of the Hellacious Hag, Heather G. Harris and Jilleen Dolbeare #Books #Fantasy #BlogFiredrakeOrg https://blog.firedrake.org/archive/2025/06/The_Vampire_and_the_Case_of_the_Hellacious_Hag__Heather_G__Harris_and_Jilleen_Dolbeare.html
The Vampire and the Case of the Hellacious Hag, Heather G. Harris and Jilleen Dolbeare

<p>2025 paranormal fantasy, fifth novel of its series. Bunny Barrington, now a trained police officer in the supernatural town of Portlock, looks into a mysterious death at the town's mine…</p>

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Roger BW 😷Jun 24
Rear Window (1954) #Movies #BlogFiredrakeOrg https://blog.firedrake.org/archive/2025/06/Rear_Window__1954_.html
Rear Window (1954)

<p>1954 suspense, dir. Alfred Hitchcock, James Stewart, Grace Kelly: <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0047396">IMDb</a> / <a href="https://www.allmovie.com/movie/am6560">allmovie</a>. Laid up after an accident, photographer "Jeff" Jefferies becomes suspicious of the goings-on in the apartment opposite.</p>

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Roger BW 😷Jun 23
Small Miracles, Olivia Atwater #Books #Fantasy #BlogFiredrakeOrg https://blog.firedrake.org/archive/2025/06/Small_Miracles__Olivia_Atwater.html
Small Miracles, Olivia Atwater

<p>2022 short stand-alone modern fantasy novel. Gadriel, the Fallen Angel of Petty Temptations, has a debt to pay off, so ends up having to tempt Holly Harker. Just a little bit.</p>

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Roger BW 😷Jun 22
The Weekly Challenge 326: Day of the Decompression #Perl #RakuLang #RustLang #Postscript #CrystalLang #Typst #PerlWeeklyChallenge #BlogFiredrakeOrg https://blog.firedrake.org/archive/2025/06/The_Weekly_Challenge_326__Day_of_the_Decompression.html
The Weekly Challenge 326: Day of the Decompression

<p>I’ve been doing the <a href="http://theweeklychallenge.org/">Weekly Challenges</a>. <a href="https://theweeklychallenge.org/blog/perl-weekly-challenge-326/">The latest</a> involved a date calculation and run-length encoding. (Note that this ends today.)</p>

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