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https://www.dnalounge.com/backstage/log/2026/02/11.html

Any time I see my staff taping a paper flyer to one of our walls, what I hear is, "You are telling me there should be a flyer screen there." So we finally did that in the pizza alcove. I think they look pretty good! We just stuck the monitors into the same style of picture frames we use in the DNA Pizza dining room gallery.

My vendetta against tape on the walls is endless. I just think it looks really tacky. Plus, one of the things about paper that it is famous for is always showing the same thing. Whereas these screens have all kinds of complications. (In watchmaking, anything that a timepiece does beyond showing hours, minutes and seconds is called a "complication", and I love that term.)

For example, they are sensitive to the room they are in and the genres of the show that is currently happening, so if it's a metal night, they're going to show flyers for other metal shows much more often. They are likewise skewed toward showing shows happening sooner than later.

And another recent complication is the dancing QR codes. I put a bunch of work into making the underlying URLs as short as possible so that the QR codes have big chunky pixels that you can scan from across the room (or from space.)

We also use a couple of screens in the Pizza checkout lane to hype our appetizers.

In summary, digital signage is a land of complications.

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cosmolinguist

This morning I got to call one of the candidates we interviewed yesterday and offer her the work placement. That felt nice.

But also weird. I've never done anything like this before! I am in a very technical sense her line manager, in that her actual manager, my manager, is now on leave for the next week and a half and he asked me to take care of this. Which meant not just the fun phone call but doing paperwork, and that meant having to write down my own name and contact details where it said "Manager."

Wild.

The less said about the rest of the work day the better, but the rest of the day was good. I went for a nice long walk in the warm(ish) drizzle with Teddy, who drank from so many muddy puddles that he had a big dirty circle on his snout. Like the dog equivalent of a kid with a milk mustache. The air smelled amazing, the plants and the soil are starting to wake up.

Then angelofthenorth invited us over for cheesy toad in the hole, which is a genius idea and I think I might have to make it in future. It was great to see her, and Mr Smith.

And since we'd all planned to go to the gym, she and I walked there while D drove V home and then came back to join me (Miriam having gone swimming). The gym is so much more fun with him there.

sineala

What I Just Finished Reading

Nothing, because I still don't have the brain. I guess technically I reread Iron Man: Crash for Book Club. Maybe I should go give myself credit on Goodreads for that. I mean, it's a graphic novel, so it should count. It's really bad.

What I'm Reading Now

Comics Wednesday!

( Alien vs. Captain America #4, Ultimate X-Men #24 )

What I'm Reading Next

I am really hoping for more brain soon.

Current Mood: tired

kaberett

a shelf fungus at the base of a tree, shading from brown in the centre via rich orange to pale yellow at the edge

a clump of purple crocuses, nestled between tree roots

a clump of snowdrops, with the green tips of the inner petals clearly visible

(Which last I took in part because A only discovered last week that many snowdrops have decorative green bits on their frilly inner noses, courtesy of a waist-high planter outside one of our local pubs!)

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Posted by Tony Finch

https://charlesleifer.com/blog/cysqlite---a-new-sqlite-driver/

https://dotat.at/:/5SYKW.html

2026‑02‑11 - cysqlite: a new SQLite driver for Python.

https://charlesleifer.com/blog/cysqlite---a-new-sqlite-driver/

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Posted by jwz

https://www.jwz.org/blog/2026/02/jwz-mixtape-257/

https://jwz.org/b/yk3T

Please enjoy jwz mixtape 257.

https://www.jwz.org/blog/2026/02/jwz-mixtape-257/

https://jwz.org/b/yk3T

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Posted by jwz

https://www.jwz.org/blog/2026/02/peter-thiel-bad-vampire/

https://jwz.org/b/yk3R

This is not the language of a man who fears death. This is the language of a man who solved it in the 1400s and is tired of pretending.

The one thing the longevity-vampire community has not yet learned from Dracula is operational security.
Dracula operated in silence for centuries. He didn't have a podcast. He didn't track his erection quality on a public dashboard. He didn't appear on Netflix. He understood that the fundamental rule of being a vampire is: don't talk about being a vampire.
Johnson, Thiel, and their cohort have broken this rule comprehensively. Whether this represents a new era of transparency or a catastrophic strategic miscalculation remains to be seen.

Previously, previously, previously, previously, previously, previously, previously, previously.

https://www.jwz.org/blog/2026/02/peter-thiel-bad-vampire/

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halfamoon

Title/Link: Partners
Fandom: Hey Arnold!
Character(s): Phoebe Heyerdahl, Helga Pataki
Rating: G
Prompt: The Explorer
Summary: When Phoebe and Helga decided to collaborate and pool both their talents, they were unstoppable.

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Posted by Salo linkspam

https://www.datarescueproject.org/data-infrastructure-isnt-just-technical/

https://linkspam.dsalo.info/shaare/VwaUDA

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conuly

How much do you love me, a million bushels?
Oh, a lot more than that, Oh, a lot more.

And tomorrow maybe only half a bushel?
Tomorrow maybe not even a half a bushel.

And is this your heart arithmetic?
This is the way the wind measures the weather.

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Link

chickenfeet

https://operaramblings.blog/2026/02/11/deception-and-delusion-in-the-copperbelt/

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Posted by John Kovalic

https://www.dorktower.com/2026/02/11/distraction/

https://dorktower.kovalic.com/?p=19935

Most DORK TOWER strips are now available as signed, high-quality prints, from just $25! CLICK HERE to find out more!

Also, here’s last June’s comic, so you don’t need to seek it out:

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ffutures

This is a repeat offer of the cyberpunk RPG Neon City Overdrive from Peril Planet, last offered in May 2022

https://bundleofholding.com/presents/2026NeonCity

Last time I said "Since I received this at about midnight and it only runs for a week I haven't had much time to take a detailed look. It's a system that looks reasonably playable, it's drawing on all the usual cyberpunk sources, and it's pretty cheap. I'm not sure I actually NEED another cyberpunk game, given how many I already own, but if you just want to dip your toes in the water I think it's worth a look. The usual caveat - I get to see this stuff without having to pay for it, if you don't your mileage may differ."

Since then I've taken a more detailed look - artwork is good (and credited to humans, not AI), and mostly avoids the tropes of the genre. Layout is a bit flashy but readable, and there is an emphasis on story-telling rather than rules. I think it's definitely a good one for a quick look at the genre.

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Posted by Salo linkspam

https://www.bbc.co.uk/future/article/20260210-tiktok-is-tracking-you-even-if-you-dont-use-the-app-heres-how-to-stop-it

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Posted by Salo linkspam

https://www.techpolicy.press/from-age-gates-to-accountability-in-ai-design/

https://linkspam.dsalo.info/shaare/W7VDBQ

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conuly

What the hell sort of question is that? Of course I'd pay up! I have money, pride, and my teeth, and of the three, I can least afford to lose the last. Wouldn't almost anybody submit to the shakedown? That's how protection rackets work, after all - everybody does the same math and comes to the same conclusion as I just did.

(Of course, the context was "I think this company was rude to me over the phone, therefore I decided to live without hot water and heating because I have my principles" so, you know, I guess we have different approaches to life?)

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NetNewsWire 1.0 for Mac shipped 23 years ago today!

Amazing. I remember this, too. My records show that I was using Lite in 2002 and that I bought a full license in March 2003, so a month after release. Still using it daily — in fact, I read this news in it.

🔗

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halfamoon

For today I have a self-rec of a fic I did centering Saki from Sukeban Deka that I feel fits into the prompt of "The Explorer".

Title: Whims of Youth
Fandom: Sukeban Deka
Pairing/Characters: Saki/Jin
Rating: T
Word count: 1466
Content Notes: Age Gap, Non-Consensual Kissing Initiated Via Saki, Canon-Typical Mentions of Teacher/Student Relationships, Teen Crush, Complicated Feelings, Developing Feelings, Introspection
Summary: This was a gamble. Saki didn’t know how Jin was going to react.

Read on Ao3

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agonyaunt

DEAR ABBY: It seems that everywhere I go, people expect tips. Yesterday, I pulled up to the drive-through at a cookie store, and before I paid or was handed my cookies, the clerk asked, "Would you like to leave a tip?" My niece recently told me that after she left a tip at a restaurant, the server followed her outside and asked if she hadn't been a very good server because the tip was small. I can give you more examples just from my family regarding their experience with tipping.

In this economy, I don't feel the 20% rule should apply. For the price of a lunch for two at a sit-down restaurant these days, the tip costs as much as a small entree. When I go through a drive-through, I don't feel I need to tip because I'm not inside using their facility. But if I don't, I get a disappointed look from the gal who gets paid to make and hand me my drink. What are your thoughts? -- TIPPED OUT IN IDAHO

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Ian Jackson

DNA Lounge: Wherein we have more flyer screens

The manager type

Wednesday Reading Meme

[picspam] from yesterday's trudge in the rain

cysqlite: a new SQLite driver for Python.

jwz mixtape 257

Peter Thiel, Bad Vampire

Day 11: Fic - Hey Arnold! - Phoebe Heyerdahl, Helga Pataki

Data infrastructure isn’t just technical

How Much? by Carl Sandburg

An everyday story of mining magnates

It’s Groundhog Day Again…but Worse – DORK TOWER 10/02/26

Another Repeat SF Bundle - Neon City Overdrive

TikTok is tracking you, even if you don't use the app. Here's how to stop it - BBC Future

From Age Gates to Accountability in AI Design | TechPolicy.Press

Copic Marker Layout for Practicality

"Would you give money to a bully to keep him from beating you up every day?"

NetNewsWire Turns 23

Day 11: Fic Self Rec - Sukeban Deka - Saki/Jin

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