Mastodawn

Wa Conner Mar 27, 2025

An excellent essay by Paul Graham

The Origins of Wokeness

Wa Conner Feb 18, 2025

Happy 40th Anniversary to one of the greatest albums of the 1980s! Phil Collins NO JACKET REQUIRED which was released February 18th, 1985.

Wa Conner Feb 8, 2025

Happy 93rd Birthday #John Williams! Thank you for giving us some of my favorite music!

Wa Conner Jan 9, 2025

9to5Mac Jan 9, 2025

Want your Apple Watch to stop opening apps and just show the face? Here’s how https://9to5mac.com/2025/01/08/want-your-apple-watch-to-stop-opening-apps-and-just-show-the-face-heres-how/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Want your Apple Watch to stop opening apps and just show the face? Here's how - 9to5Mac

Wish your Apple Watch would always show your watch face when you glance at it? Be default, Apple Watch will...

9to5Mac

Wa Conner Oct 14, 2024

Excelsior EUROPA CLIPPER!

https://www.space.com/news/live/europa-clipper-mission-updates

NASA's Europa Clipper mission to Jupiter: Live updates

See the latest updates for the launch of NASA's Europa Clipper to Jupiter's icy moon here.

Space.com

Wa Conner Sep 21, 2024

Researcher Wins Award For Debunking Longer Life Expectancies in Blue Zones

https://science.slashdot.org/story/24/09/21/065251/researcher-wins-award-for-debunking-longer-life-expectancies-in-blue-zones?utm_source=feedly1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed

Researcher Wins Award For Debunking Longer Life Expectancies in 'Blue Zones' - Slashdot

Slashdot first covered Saul Justin Newman's work in 2019. Now a senior research fellow at the Centre for Longitudinal Studies at University College London, Newman was recognized last week for research finding that most claims of people living over 105 are wrong. Newman's research was honored wit...

Wa Conner Sep 8, 2024

Couldn't have said it better myself...

https://daringfireball.net/2024/09/ios_continental_drift_fun_gap

The iOS Continental Drift Fun Gap

As it stands, fun side is not the EU. But hope springs eternal.

Daring Fireball

Wa Conner Aug 28, 2024

Laura Helmuth Aug 28, 2024

Scientific American is the oldest continuous publication in the U.S. and it's our birthday! We're 179 years old. Here's a gif showing how our logo has evolved from 1845 to today:

Wa Conner Aug 6, 2024

Totally agree with Sly Flourish's take on how to survive a DnD move to an all digital future:

https://slyflourish.com/survive_a_digital_dnd.html?rss=1

How to Survive a Digital D&D Future

Hasbro may be hurling D&D towards a digital future but we already have everything we need to enjoy this game for the rest of our lives. Hasbro is super-excited for a digital D&D future. They're tired ...

Wa Conner Aug 5, 2024

Dale at Wyrmworks Publishing Aug 5, 2024

Someone needs to make a new #WotC Paladin Class: Oath of the Takebacksies. One of the abilities is to shoot yourself in the foot. #DnD