Small Web

Non-Commercial Writing, Personal Essays & Indie Weblogs

In This Issue

Windows Phone 7 supports VB.Net and F# — Kagi Small Web
Huevos Rancheros Breakfast Chili — Kagi Small Web
Want to Hear God’s Voice? (Parashat Lech Lecha) — Kagi Small Web
Have you ever wished God would speak to you the way he spoke to Abraham? Imagine how much easier life would be if God simply told you what to do and where to go. But while Abraham experienced some incredible encounters with God, those encounters were much less frequent than we might imagine. The goo
'Clayface' Ending Explained: Is This A Villain Origin Story, Or A Tragic Romance? — Feedle World
'Clayface' might be DC's first full-on horror movie, but its titular villain think he's in a romantic comedy.
iPhone Duo Support & Performance Upgrades — Feedle World
Darkroom is optimized for iPhone Duo on day one, for all poses. Plus 120fps editing on ProMotion displays, faster RAW rendering, 100MP RAW support, and better stability on older devices.
Startup equips genetically enhanced dogs with Palmer Luckey’s military tech — Feedle World
‘Man’s best friend deserves man’s best tech.’
Weeknote #2023 — Feedle World
I started on a project I have no idea how to do, museums, and a random smattering of other things
In India, an 8-foot snake turned a parked scooter into a 30-minute rescue scene — Feedle World
A snake catcher and a Forest Department team were brought in to deal with the situation.
Google translate is a better writer than me — Kagi Small Web
TFS2010 WP7 Continuous Integration — Kagi Small Web
Four Anima 2.9B Derivatives on M1 Max With a Character LoRA Remapped to 40 Blocks, All Kept the Hairstyles but Took About 1.4x as Long as Base — Kagi Small Web
Nova Anime AM, CottonAnima, AMIXA2.9B, and JANIMA 2.9B tested on an M1 Max 64GB in ComfyUI with an Anima-Base character LoRA remapped to 40 blocks. All four kept the hairstyles, but Kei's red ribbon tie turned navy in portraits. Also compares default style, background density, i2i, and speed.
Thinking about privacy and webmentions — Manuel Moreale
The Wildest Bet Is the Winning Bet — The Marginalian
We place life’s bets by countless calculations of probability, conscious and unconscious, only to discover over and over how short they fall of the wildest reaches of the possible, which alwa…
Ursula K. Le Guin on the Meaning of Life — The Marginalian
Nathaniel Hawthorne on How to Look and Really See — The Marginalian
The mystery is revealed, and after a breath or two, becomes just as great a mystery as before.
Introducing the Museum of Delight — The Marginalian
How to Hold Your Heart with Golden Hands — The Marginalian
The Dominican Baseball Factory — Longreads
Teams make handshake deals with players as young as 11 while moneylenders prey on their families. The industry is corrupt, but Major League Baseball and the players union have done little about it.
Apocalypse Now and Then — Longreads
Artificial intelligence is capitalism’s final destination.
Charnel Heart — Longreads
A bone chapel promised to teach me about mortality. It took a life-threatening illness for me to learn.
Quest for the Slappy Man-Hug — Longreads
I’ve been passing as male for six years, and I still have no idea how to do the Slappy Man-Hug.
Ghosts of the Grove — Longreads
Palmeros are the gutsy, highly skilled farm workers who harvest your medjool dates. Now climate change, immigration raids, and a push for mechanization threaten their 6,000-year-old tradition.
Have You Been to the Sixth-Worst McDonald’s in America? — Longreads
We have. It’s ruled by Stafford County teens.
Corrective for a Broken Heart — The Marginalian
“Life will break you,” Louise Erdrich wrote in her passionate insistence that “you are here to risk your heart.” It can happen with a shattering, or with a thousand small fi…
The Art of the Thousand Bloom Chrysanthemum — JSTOR Daily
How do horticulturists coax more than 1,000 flowers from a single plant? The answer lies in a centuries-old Japanese tradition.
“Earth Not a Globe”: Parallax’s Zetetic Astronomy (1865) — Public Domain Review
A book more or less responsible for the revival of Flat Earth theories in the modern period.
The Forgotten Stories Behind Presidential Campaign Buttons — JSTOR Daily
The race for the White House has always inspired unusual publicity stunts. A vast collection shows just how strange they could get.
The Search for the Next James Bond Is Down to Four Actors — Feedle World
Plus, Charlie xcx joins Martin Scorsese's gothic horror film 'What Happens at Night.'
Open Thread #Potato — Feedle World
Seems like it’s a good time for an open thread. I cannot remember what number we’re up to, so it’s “Potato”. I just had french fries for lunch and ate the longe
2026-10-23 11:56: I've never really tracked my #100DaysToOffload effort very well, so I decided to create a... — Feedle World
I've never really tracked my #100DaysToOffload effort very well, so I decided to create a page to help me track it. Turns out I've completed the challenge 7 times! https://kevquirk.com/100 Thanks for reading this post via RSS. RSS is ace, and so are you. ❤️ ...