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Cart and Cwidder, Diana Wynne Jones 27 July 2026

1975 children's fantasy, first of a loose series but it stands alone. After the last king died, Dalemark was effectively divided between its Earls, and the South is more oppressive than the North, but that doesn't matter to Moril and his family of travelling musicians. Well, it shouldn't.

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The Weekly Challenge 383: Similar RGB 26 July 2026

I’ve been doing the Weekly Challenges. The latest involved list comparison and colour mangling. (Note that this ends today.)

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Entering accented characters in Linux 25 July 2026 - 4 comments

There are at several distinct ways of getting accented characters and other non-ASCII symbols in Linux. Confusingly, many of them seem to be called called "compose sequences" and none is apparently well-known.

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A Honeymoon of Grave Consequence, Stephanie Burgis 24 July 2026

2025 romantic fantasy novella, second of its series. Margaret Lady Riven is on honeymoon with her vampire husband, at an inn in the middle of the Black Forest…

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EMFCamp Envy 23 July 2026

I was not at this year's EMFCamp. But I'd like to have been.

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A Large eInk Tablet 22 July 2026

I had a specific desire: an A4-page-sized way of displaying song sheets, that would work well out of doors.

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Murder Crossed Her Mind, Stephen Spotswood 21 July 2026

2023 mystery, fourth in its series. Pentecost and Parker are engaged to look into the disappearance of an elderly woman with a photographic memory.

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Offline Translator for Android 20 July 2026 - 2 comments

The vast majority of translation programs need a network connection. This one doesn't.

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The Weekly Challenge 382: Questioning the Cycle 19 July 2026

I’ve been doing the Weekly Challenges. The latest involved a mathematical search and string substitution. (Note that this ends today.)

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Thirsty Meeples July 2026 18 July 2026 - 2 comments

Back to the boardgame café.

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