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diaryof_samuelpepys_feedUp while the chimes went four, and to put down my journal, and so to my office, to read over such instructions as concern the officers of the Yard; for I am much upon seeing into the miscarriages there. By and by, by appointment, comes Commissioner Pett; and then a messenger from Mr. Coventry, who sits in his boat expecting us, and so we down to him at the Tower, and there took water all, and to Deptford (he in our passage taking notice how much difference there is between the old Captains for obedience and order, and the King’s new Captains, which I am very glad to hear him confess); and there we went into the Store-house, and viewed first the provisions there, and then his books, but Mr. Davis himself was not there, he having a kinswoman in the house dead, for which, when by and by I saw him, he do trouble himself most ridiculously, as if there was never another woman in the world; in which so much laziness, as also in the Clerkes of the Cheque and Survey (which after one another we did examine), as that I do not perceive that there is one-third of their duties performed; but I perceive, to my great content, Mr. Coventry will have things reformed.
So Mr. Coventry to London, and Pett and I to the Pay, where Sir Williams both were paying off the Royal James still, and so to dinner, and to the Pay again, where I did relieve several of my Lord Sandwich’s people, but was sorry to see them so peremptory, and at every word would, complain to my Lord, as if they shall have such a command over my Lord. In the evening I went forth and took a walk with Mr. Davis, and told him what had passed at his office to-day, and did give him my advice, and so with the rest by barge home and to bed.
slacktivist_feeddubiousquality_feedI talked to Eli 23.11 and he said what he learned from being at Wimbledon again is that there's a cheat code: the practice courts.
He saw some great matches on Court One (Sinner, Draper, Gauff, and Fritz), but everyone ignores the practice courts, and they were able to sit on benches and watch many of the greatest players in the world practice (Alcaraz, Djokovic, Sabalenka, Navarro, Auger-Aliassime, Monfils). They were so close they practically could have touched them.
He also said most of the players were locked in walking past the line of spectators to get to the practice courts, but Gaël Monfils was a clown in the absolute best way--cracking jokes, talking to people, taking pictures.
The Fritz-Perricard was suspended the day before Eli got there, so as a bonus, the fifth set was played on Court One. Perricard is the guy who hit a 153 MPH serve (a record). Eli said he was routinely serving in the 140s and that the ball sounded like a cannon coming off his racquet.
How much did a one-day pass and tickets to Court One cost him? About $110. The U.S. Open, in comparison, is over $400.
plover_feedSilent switches – We’re now making a version of the Ecosteno that has 20g Ambients Nocturnal Silent switches! While they aren’t completely silent, they are significantly quieter than the standard Pro Pink switches we’ve been using.
Javelin – While we’ve had this for a few months now, this is the first announcement we’ve made for it. We’ve moved to the RP2040 processor with extra storage which lets our new Ecostenos and Multistenos work with Javelin! This will allow you to store steno dictionaries to your keyboard, allowing you to plug it into any computer and start typing natively with steno. Note that we’re still shipping our boards with QMK, but the Javelin firmware builder makes flashing Javelin easy if you decide to do so.
Lighter springs – We’ve also had this for a while now, but haven’t formally announced it! Our standard and silent switches are rated at 20g of activation force, but if you’re ready to do some DIY work, you can bring that down to 12g with some SPRiT Kailh Choc 12g Springs! You will have to remove your keycaps and pop open your keyswitches, but once you do, you’ll be rewarded with the lightest keyswitches available anywhere!
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opusanglicanum_feedas we all know, it is highly unsafe to go on pilgrimage alone. due to the prevalence of bandits, footpads and other ne’er do wells one should always travel in as large a party as possible.
in other words, chaucer was lonely, and a little bit scared, so he needed a certain badass female to go along and hold his hand.
obviously, Alison here will probably hold other things as well if he buys her a large mead, because she likes a good time
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365tomorrows_feedAuthor: Brian Genua When the mirror-toxin was injected in the base of my skull, it rendered me paralyzed from my eyelids down. What happens when big-tech, big-pharma, and the NLP community come together to solve the national education crisis? The hybrid protocol known as Theraceuticals™. My first experience with a Theraceutical called mirror-toxin came after […]
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diaryof_samuelpepys_feedTo the office, and there we sat till past noon, and then Captain Cuttance and I by water to Deptford, where the Royal James (in which my Lord went out the last voyage, though [he] came back in the Charles) was paying off by Sir W. Batten and Sir W. Pen.
So to dinner, where I had Mr. Sheply to dine with us, and from thence I sent to my Lord to know whether she should be a first rate, as the men would have her, or a second. He answered that we should forbear paying the officers and such whose pay differed upon the rate of the ship, till he could speak with his Royal Highness.
To the Pay again after dinner, and seeing of Cooper, the mate of the ship, whom I knew in the Charles, I spoke to him about teaching the mathematiques, and do please myself in my thoughts of learning of him, and bade him come to me in a day or two.
Towards evening I left them, and to Redriffe by land, Mr. Cowly, the Clerk of the Cheque, with me, discoursing concerning the abuses of the yard, in which he did give me much light. So by water home, and after half an hour sitting talking with my wife, who was afeard I did intend to go with my Lord to fetch the Queen mother over, in which I did clear her doubts, I went to bed by daylight, in order to my rising early to-morrow.
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CSFFA (The Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Association) is proud to announce the 2025 CSFFA Hall of Fame inductees.
Clint Budd, fan, convention organizer, modernized CSFFA and created the CSFFA Hall of Fame
Charles R. Saunders, author, journalist, and founder of the “sword and soul” literary genre
Diane L. Walton, editor, mentor, and a founding member of On Spec: The Canadian Magazine of the Fantastic
More information here.
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"Sophia, will you pose with your brother for a photo?"
"I will, but I'm very angry about it!"
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