A History of Coffee has released a second series of episodes. The first episode explores coffee houses and their impact on finance, science, arts and revolutions.
The latest Atlas Obscura podcast episode, Pack Your Bag(pipes), explores how bagpipes are an instrument originating in Egypt but that can found across the world. Here in Nova Scotia bagpipes pop up a lot because of our historic connections to Scotland, but it never occurred to me that the instrument could have a history stretching much further across the world.
Celestine will be 4 years old in 9 days. Parenthood has been an incredible experience, as thrilling as it has been exhausting. It’s hard to wrap my head around how much she has changed in these four years and how much she has altered our lives.
The soundtracks for Xenoblade Chronicles games are spectacular without fail. This battle track from the upcoming Future Redeemed DLC for Xenoblade Chronicles 3 lives up to the promise of more thrilling music.
The Endless Quest gamebook Light on Quests Mountain was my favourite gamebook growing up and my first introduction to Gamma World. The cover completely gripped my imagination.
Luxin creates Xeno* analysis videos that are thorough and fascinating. He has a new video available today on the upcoming Future Redeemed content for Xenoblade Chronicles 3.
I’ve been re-reading Cory Doctorow’s 2009 novel Makers this weekend. There are bits of the speculative fiction that don’t hold together a decade and a half after it was written, but it’s still such an engaging read.
