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The Christmas Tree Cluster
This beautiful image shows the so-called Christmas Tree Cluster. The blue and white lights are produced by young stars emitting X-rays, detected by NASA’s Chandra satellite. Optical data from the National Science…
By mcastel
Spring Cleaning in Winter
At the end of every momentous year (yes, I do consider every year to be momentous in its own way), I tend to mentally declutter or rather spring clean my mind. As I have often mentioned in the past, being an introvert…
Hilda - A Perfect Cartoon
I just finished watching the final series of the Netflix animated series "Hilda". It immediately became one of my favourite shows, and now that its finished I think it might be one of the most perfect cartoons…
By lonm
Whatever happened to ...
… Walt Disney and his pointer? This week, it’s a twofer, courtesy of this inspiration from Alfred Thompson. I don’t think I’ve ever done a twofer before.…
By dougpete
Writer's Log #1 — December 9, 2023 9:20 PM
These are the utterances of a writer's brain, my brain, put down simply to capture them, perhaps temporarily. While brushing my teeth tonight, I thought about what I would like to accomplish this coming year—2024. …
By daletucker
A Home Away From Home
It has been more than a year ( my first post was on the 27th of August, 2022, to be precise) that I have been blogging on Vivaldi. I began in last August and have not given up on blogging despite the regular hiccups of…
Be professional, man!
I am watching for some time the behavior of Mr. Musk, the owner of X.com (or Twitter). Watching can be useful especially when one wants to learn something from what one sees. And his recent involvement in the discussion…
By Cezar
My Silly Project
All over the Internet are people who spew their opinions and pretend that they are actual facts. And many of the same people review or "react" to pop culture is that is almost as old as I am. …
By mylesryden
Going Old School
Our lives seem to have radically changed with the advent of the smartphone. Personally speaking, I liked the dumb phone (the one with the typing keypad) much better. I still have one which I would love to carry with me…