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Island in the Net

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Personal thoughts, photos, and side projects. Since 2001

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Just last month a friend and I were commiserating about how much we enjoyed reading his work over decades. I’m truly saddened. Via Daring Fireball. https://www.facebook.com/bob.cringely/posts/hello-this-is-mary-alyce-bobs-wife-i-am-coming-to-you-with-immense-sadness-to-le/10165215021701061/

Kugler Falls after the rain

Slippery fall leaves, a tricky boulder field, and a couple of unexpected slips on my ass before calling it a day.

HikingHunterdon County

Just a bit of colour in the backyard.

Wow! That was a nerve wracking start. #F1 #SingaporeGP

Higbee Beach Wildlife Management Area

Last week I took a day off for bird photography. This week, I took another day off. #birds #ihigbeebeach #capemay

George and the wall. I almost cried. #F1 #SingaporGP

https://www.instagram.com/p/DeO69zsExjD/?dlrf=MXdzMzFyaHB6dnd3Zw== #F1 Instagram screenshot

Eastern Yellowjacket (Vespula maculifrons)

Close-up of an Eastern Yellowjacket gripping a white aster flower with its legs. #insects #macrophotography

Backyard WildlifeEastern Yellowjacket

about responsibility and long-term thinking. https://seths.blog/2026/10/our-genie-problem/

What the actual f**k! https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/117406176604364910

Must Read, Skim, Low Priority

I reorganised 287 RSS feeds in NetNewsWire under just three folders. #RSS #NetNewsWire #OPML

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A single life philosophy is pure fiction

Today’s WordPress.com prompt asks: What’s a personal mantra or philosophy you live by? I think that for most of us, our outlook on life, our philosophy, and the way we present ourselves in the world is shaped by all of our life experiences up to the point at which we’d be writing this post. There...

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