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Robert Rackley

Mere Christian, aspiring minimalist, inveterate notetaker, budget audiophile and paper airplane mechanic. Self-publishing since 1994. Fan of the open web.

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Forgotten Favorite

Some good news came this week in the form of more Velocity Girl remastering. This time it's a compilation of non-album tracks from various places being released by Slumberland Records. The collection is called 1989-1992 and the contents are precisely what it says on the tin.

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I've been getting car sick when trying to read in a moving car since I was a kid. Little did I know, my favorite computer manufacturer has a solution for that, which was brought to my attention by this piece in The Verge. The technology is called Vehicle

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Datatapes

Louie Mantia offers some new drive icons based on the datatapes from Star Wars, and they're pretty fun. The Imperial data vault on Scarif contained thousands of datatapes, one of them being the plans for the Death Star. After the plans were broadcast to the Rebel fleet, they

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We Might As Well Be Strangers

The last few days have brought with them some serious nineties nostalgia. So it's fitting that Weezer released a video for their new single, "We Might As Well Be Strangers." The song represents a return to the form for the prolific but not always consistent band.

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Moses The Black Artist: Hunter Biden

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The repaving action around here has been insane. Spotted on the walk home.

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Chemicals Make You Small

Hammock invited unexpected collaborators to their latest recording.

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Jim Carol New Year

With Life in Small Spaces, the upcoming album from Black Marble, the project's creator, Chris Stewart, taps into one of my semi-obsessions. The album's description on its Bandcamp page has further details on the clue we are given with the album title. It is an

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Six Flags White House

Kevin D. Williamson writes for The Dispatch about the spectacle of setting up a UFC match on the White House lawn. It does not matter whether you live in a trailer park or a brick ranch house or something more grand and getting grander, it is all the same: Tornado

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The Pontiff vs. AI

The pope is so hot right now. Everyone is discussing the long-awaited Magnifica Humanitas papal encyclical from the Roman Pontiff. It makes sense. In a world where much of the responsibility for moral leadership has been abdicated, we are in much need of a figure who can provide that