Thomas Hawk posted a photo:

handwritten on slide, “4 Generations"

Thomas Hawk posted a photo:

date stamped on slide July 1978

Thomas Hawk posted a photo:

handwritten on back of photograph, "Gary Lykins, John, roomate and friend"

Thomas Hawk posted a photo:

Greg Adams Photography posted a photo:

a little different from PA...

Peter Kernwein posted a photo:

IMP Packing has spent over five decades cultivating deep expertise in the tape industry, establishing production bases across Taiwan, China, and Vietnam to serve major markets in North America, Japan, and beyond. In an era of intensifying global competition and evolving customer demands, IMP faces a pivotal challenge: how to transform its profound manufacturing foundation into innovative services, evolving from a product manufacturer into a comprehensive solution provider for packaging needs.

In de rubriek 'eens kijken wat het land nu weer totaal ontregelt': de droogteramp. De watertekorten zijn feitelijk, de droogtecommissies hebben opgeschaald, water sproeien is verboden, het is chaos. Het gaat waarschijnlijk nog wel even duren, dus we moeten ons voorbereiden op het ergste. Ook uit de kraan komt straks geen water meer, dan wordt het knokken om het laatste pak Bar Le Duc, er komt een kliklijn om de illegale watervoorraad van uw buurman te verlinken, BN'ers gaan een lied zingen, velen van ons zullen het niet overleven. Om de ernst van alles vast op ons te laten inwerken, in drooggelegde Stamcafé (droge wijn mag wel natuurlijk), de fotoserie DROOGTE IN NEDERLAND. Houd u vast.

De middenberm, droog

Het land, droog

De Waal, droog

Almere, droog

De Zwarte Cross, droog

Tina Nijkamp, droog

Debby Gerritsen, behoeft geen uitleg

Het bos, droog

HEEL HOLLAND GORT- EN GORTDROOG

We zijn boos op de Duitsers. Dat zijn we best wel eens vaker geweest maar je kunt stellen dat ze het nu wel heel bont maken. Dat alles wat leuk is verboden of onmogelijk moet worden gemaakt zijn we in eigen land gewend, maar we konden altijd nog naar het oosten rijden om daar, enkele meters voorbij de grens, pallets peuken in te slaan voor weinig doekoe in zo'n gezellige, daar speciaal voor ons Nederlanderse paupers neergeplempte peukenplaza. Zo konden we tenminste betaalbaar alle crises van ons af roken, meespelen in de longkankerloterij zonder daar eerst een nier voor te moeten verkopen. Maar die hobby gaat dus: in rook op. Duitsland gaat de accijnzen stapsgewijs verhogen, in 4 jaar tijd worden de Duitse peuken bijna net zo duur als in Nederland. Althans, als de peukprijzen hier tegen die tijd niet rond de 80 euro per pakje liggen. Dit is misschien wel het ergste wat Duitsland ooit heeft gedaan. Wij zoeken wel een adresje op de zwarte (longen)markt.

Mooi was die tijd

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If each of your cars doesn't have its own tiny chandelier I don't think you can even call yourself an American. Rebecca Makkai is back with her series of Zillow snarks about the homes of some people who should be paying more taxes. (Warning: Substack.)

Makkai is the author of several books including Pulitzer finalist The Great Believers, I Have Some Questions for You, and The Hundred-Year House. Her Substack, SubMakk, also includes some insightful writing advice, like her breakdown of deep interiority and "You're Writing a Book. So Stop Writing a Movie."

In tribute to Kendall, {Matt} Pinfield wrote, "Dave was one of the true believers. Long before alternative music found its way into the mainstream, he was there every week on 120 Minutes, introducing people to bands that would go on to define an era. He didn't just host a show. He gave a home to music that deserved to be heard. He loved the music, respected the artists, and connected with fans in a way that always felt authentic. That's a rare gift."

Kendall had relocated to Bangkok in the past decade; obit from the Bangkok Post here. "By far the most important thing about 120 Minutes was that it acted as a distribution channel for organic musical produce, if you will," Dave Kendall, the show's former host and producer who first pitched the show to MTV, wrote via email. "The only other outlet for non-mainstream music at the time was a few local college radio stations, because unlike in the UK, mainstream US radio stations were not open to new ideas." I found a list of 120 Minutes episodes here!

Today, we're excited to announce the open-source release of Microsoft Comic Chat, the chat client that automatically turned conversations within Internet Relay Chat (IRC) into comic panels featuring illustrated characters, speech bubbles, and expressions, and helped introduce the world to a little font called Comic Sans.
[David "DJ" Kurlander], Tim Skelly, and David Salesin published a paper on the technology in Comic Chat at SIGGRAPH '96
The visual world of Comic Chat was the work of Jim Woodring, a highly regarded independent comic artist whose characters gave the software its distinctive look.

Building a World Map With Only 500 Bytes.

Money to burn, Alex Schaefer

From here to eternity, Mary DeVincentis

The deep end, Zack Rosebrugh

 

 

Ja mensen, soms duurt een liedje een kwartier, en soms maar een minuutje. Ik pis in je brievenbus, van The etters. Enjoy!

The European Commission has exempted wearables from upcoming EU rules requiring portable-device batteries to be removable and user-replaceable. The broader Batteries Regulation still takes effect in February 2027 for many consumer products, but the exemption means companies like Apple, Google, Samsung, and Meta won't have to redesign their wearables for the EU. Thurrott reports: Yesterday, the Commission announced that new product categories would be exempted from complying with its Batteries Regulation, including wearable devices such as smartwatches, fitness trackers, and smart glasses. This will likely be good news for companies like Apple, Google, Samsung, and Meta, which won't have to redesign their devices to include user-replaceable batteries for consumers in the EU market.

The EU's Batteries Regulation will come into effect in February 2027, which is when Nintendo plans to stop selling all models of the original Nintendo Switch in the EU. While Nintendo had no choice but to redesign its handheld console to keep selling it in the EU, it probably didn't make sense for the company to put in the same effort for the OG Switch, which will celebrate its 10th anniversary in March 2027.

Read more of this story at Slashdot.

Timon Wellenreuther vertrekt na vier seizoenen bij Feyenoord. De Duitse keeper keert terug naar zijn vaderland en gaat spelen voor Wolfsburg. Met Wellenreuther vertrekt de laatste speler van de kampioensploeg van 2023 en eentje die een flink aandeel in die behaalde titel had.