(Published to the Fediverse as:
New Normal #photo#drought Photo of changes brought by the drought impacting San Francisco, California and the whole of the western United States. Get used to succulents.)
By Robert Ellison. Updated on Friday, February 24, 2017.
The Atrocity Archives (Laundry Files, #1) by Charles Stross
4/5
Seveneves by Neal Stephenson
4/5
I really enjoyed it but the timescale is so long and so much happens that it feels a bit rushed until the last section of the book. I wish this had been teased out into a trilogy.
It's a well known fact that whenever you go on holiday your home town experiences once-in-a-generation levels of good weather while you sit inside with increasingly insane children watching unseasonably torrential rain.
As this is a universal experience it has to be more than bad luck.
Every time anyone takes a vacation a parallel universe must be created where the traveler inflicts stormy weather on one branch and summer continues as normal on the other.
(Published to the Fediverse as:
A vacation based proof of the many-worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics #etc#quantum Is it possible to prove the many worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics just by going on vacation?)
By Robert Ellison. Updated on Wednesday, February 22, 2017.
Probably not.
I tore into Hulu last year for the miserable user experience, dreary ads and vanishing content.
Back then I estimated that Hulu could ditch the ads for another $6 a month. TechCrunch is reporting today (via the Wall Street Journal) that Hulu is considering an ad free tier for $12-$14 a month. $14 would be a $6 bump over current pricing. If they can fix the UX as well I'll be back in. And I still want my OTT TiVo.
(Published to the Fediverse as:
Hope for Hulu? #etc#hulu#tivo#ott I nailed the cost of an ad-free Hulu experience, but it's still the one streaming service I'll never pay for.)
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Doyle Drive: Before and After #photo#presidio Doyle Drive: Before and After in the Presidio of San Francisco, California - photos.)
By Robert Ellison. Updated on Thursday, November 12, 2015.
Pinnacles is the newest National Park which features various hikes to Talus Caves (formed by rockfalls into a valley) which are fun to scramble through as long as you don't think about the formation process while you do it.