Jamie xx – Dafodil (feat. Kelsey Lu, John Glacier + Panda Bear)
Jamie xx flips a couple of ‘70s samples – a soulful J.J. Barnes joint + Astrud Gilberto’s dreamy OG classic -- into a breezy summer night banger, featuring 3 of our long-time favorites… [Continue reading…](https://www.gorillavsbear.net/jamie-xx-dafodil-feat-kelsey-lu-john-gl … ⌘ Read more
** You, and me, and the HTML5 canvas, pixel art, and quest logs **
As we start to round out the summer I haven’t been reading as much, so I don’t have much to report on that front, but I have been keeping busy!
I made yet another pixel art drawing tool, pixel pixel pixel pixel pixel pixel allows folks to draw chonky pixel art creations on pretty much any sized canvas. This was fun to make. I’ve spent so much time with the HTML5 canvas lately that I’m rea … ⌘ Read more
** I wrote some APL at work and I like historical fiction **
This summer my oldest kid — 8 years old — asked to learn more about programming. They’ve already got about a full time job’s worth of experience with Minecraft’s red stone, Super Mario Maker 2, Logo, and Scratch so I knew we weren’t starting from nil, but, despite having done a bit of teaching about programming with kids in the past, I hemmed and hawed. After hemming and hawing for a bit, though, I realized that I was hemming and hawing abou … ⌘ Read more
iOS 17.6.1 & iPad 17.6.1 Released with Bug Fixes
Another day, another round of system software updates, such is the life of a modern Apple device user in this particular era of the two thousand and twenty fourth summer on planet Earth, Anno Domini. As the globe rotates to register a new day, you will be excited to learn that iOS 17.6.1 and ipadOS … Read More ⌘ Read more
The XMPP Standards Foundation: The XMPP Newsletter July 2024
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Welcome to the XMPP Newsletter, great to have you here again!
This issue covers the month of July 2024.
If you are interested to join the XMPP Standards Foundation as a member, please apply until August 18th, 2024!.
XMPP and Google Summer of Code 2024… ⌘ Read more
Summer vacation ‘24
A week ago, we returned from our summer vacation: This year, just like four years ago, when there weren’t many other options due to COVID, we went for 1.5 weeks to my grandmother’s vacation apartment in Lübeck-Travemünde. ⌘ Read more
Post-vacation bike tour
Today was my first workday after summer vacation, and with the weather being pleasant – not too hot, and no rain – I decided to finish work a bit early and go for a 39-kilometer bike tour through the surrounding area. ⌘ Read more
Erlang Solutions: Meet the team: Nico Gerpe
Welcome to our first-ever “Meet the Team” series! In this first edition, we’ll be shining the spotlight on Nico Gerpe, the Business Unit Lead for the Americas team at Erlang Solutions.
Nico discusses his role at Erlang Solutions, his latest explorations in the IoT and machine learning space and most importantly- fun Argentinian summer traditions!
About N … ⌘ Read more❤️ 🎶: Summer Beach by Yukiko Okada
The XMPP Standards Foundation: The XMPP Newsletter June 2024
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Welcome to the XMPP Newsletter, great to have you here again!
This issue covers the month of June 2024.
The XSF has been accepted as a hosting organisation at GSoC in 2024 again!
These XMPP projects have received a slot and have kicked-off with … ⌘ Read more
Cloud Native Computing Foundation and Linux Foundation Release Line-up for KubeCon + CloudNativeCon + Open Source Summit + AI_dev China 2024
In Hong Kong this summer, cloud native enthusiasts from across Asia and around the world will convene to move forward cloud native, open source, and AI technologies Hong Kong – June 12, 2024 – The Cloud Native Computing… ⌘ Read more
WIN A 3D PRINTER - SUMMER 3D DESIGN CONTEST #elegoo href=”https://we.loveprivacy.club/search?q=%23all3dp”>#all3dp** ⌘ Read more
My May ‘24 in Review
May is now also over and we are getting closer and closer to summer and the middle of 2024. Time to take a quick look back. ⌘ Read more
In the summer of ‘22 I upgraded my perfectly working soundcore Liberty 2 Pro to the Liberty 3 Pro because they have ANC and have been using them ever since. But since the L2P are still working perfectly, I connected them to my phone again and use them sometimes. Too sad to let them rot in the closet, and I guess nobody wants to buy used in-ear headphones. ⌘ Read more
A short story.
In mid 2020 I took a break from work. I was burnt out and exhausted, both physically and mentally, and — in the midst of Covid19 — wanted a break before starting on my new role as CTO of a Blockchain network analytics company. During those sweet couple of months of Summer 2020, I was […] ⌘ Read more
Speedsters’ big summers thrill Giants
GWS vice-captain Josh Kelly is confident the Giants can avoid a trough like the last time they pushed deep into September and says a pair of speedsters entering 2024 off uninterrupted pre-seasons could help them take a step forward. ⌘ Read more
Cook County man charged in fatal expressway shooting in Dolton
A Matteson man was charged in a deadly expressway shooting that resulted in a two-car crash on I-94 in Dolton last summer. ⌘ Read more
I was just looking at SSD prices and wow, have they gone up! Last year in May I ordered a Crucial P5 Plus with 1 TB for 79,99 €. In the late summer of last year, the price was as low as 59,90 €. But now the lowest price I can find is 92,81 €, the second lowest is 134,28 €. 😱 Seems like I should wait a bit before buying a new drive to back up all the tape videos… ⌘ Read more
Jessica Pratt announces new album Here in the Pitch + shares lead single “Life Is”
Jessica Pratt’s incredible new album Here in the Pitch -- her first in over five years and our favorite since her all-time-classic, self-titled 2011 debut – is coming in May on Mexican Summer/ [City Slang](https://cityslang.com/artists/jessica-pratt … ⌘ Read more
Wet summer threatens to create a shortage of Australian-grown dried fruit
Lovers of dried fruit could face shortages of some Australian-grown products this year as unfavourable weather conditions create a global decline in production. ⌘ Read more
Supply in doubt for summer favourites like plums, peaches and nectarines as storms ravage stone fruit season
Wild weather in Victoria could mean less stone fruit on the shelves after hail and heavy rain smash Australia’s main production regions. ⌘ Read more
If snow fall on the mountains is reducing so much, and this snow acted as a water reservoir formed in Winter to get through the warmer, dry summers, then we should start creating huge water reservoirs on top of mountains; pumping the water up there when it rains.
Worried you won’t find cheap mangoes this summer? Here’s some other tropical fruit you can buy
The much-loved Bowen mangoes won’t be overflowing on supermarket shelves this summer due to a warmer than average winter. So, without as many mangoes on the market, what else will be in store? ⌘ Read more
JMP: Newsletter: Summer in Review
Hi everyone!
Welcome to the latest edition of your pseudo-monthly JMP update!
In case it’s been a while since you checked out JMP, here’s a refresher: JMP lets you send and receive text and picture messages (and calls) through a real phone number right from your computer, tablet, phone, or anything else that has a Jabber client. Among other things, JMP has these features: Your phone number on every device; Multiple phone numbers, one app; Free as in Freedom; Sh … ⌘ Read more
** Updates from the end of summer **
Today was the last real day of summer for us. Tomorrow the kids go back to school.
You know those last few weeks before the dark of autumn — the ones that hold the last bursts of summer? Those days where you try to squeeze in as many chill summer vibes as humanly possible?
I’ve bee … ⌘ Read more
gorilla vs. bear modern yacht rock 2023 summer mix
Presenting the 8th annual installment in our series of modern yacht rock summer mixtapes. Even when it’s not, it’s still kind of yacht… Continue reading… ⌘ Read more
The hottest 21 days ever recorded on Earth were the last 21 days.
There are climate scientists saying that this summer will be the coolest summer of the rest of our lives. It won’t get cooler.
They can say that with confidence because Earth’s energy imbalance–the difference between how much energy comes in versus how much is radiated back to space–has been positive since around 2010. Prior to that, the balance would shift negative sometimes, so Earth would radiate a bunch of energy back into space. Not anymore. Earth is an energy sponge now. And net positive incoming energy means temperatures go up.
Climate disaster has been here for awhile, but it’s kicking into high gear now. This will not change until we take drastic action.
Lee Gamble – She’s Not
More dreamlike disembodied pop from the great Hyperdub… Continue reading… ⌘ Read more
listen to Burial’s new track “Unknown Summer”
Taken from his new split 12” with Kode9 for Fabric Originals… Continue reading… ⌘ Read more
Sea Lemon – Vaporized
Seattle’s Natalie Lew aka Sea Lemon follows up the dream pop banger of the summer, as she confronts her fear of death on another dreamily buoyant and impossibly catchy anxiety anthem… Continue reading… ⌘ Read more
** summer’s lease hath all too short a date **
After the excitement of last summer I was hopeful for a chill one this year. So far, so good.
We visited the island where we used to live and started our family. We saw a few friends, and visited some fa … ⌘ Read more
Freak Heat Waves x Cindy Lee – In a Moment Divine
Freak Heat Waves unite with their summer tourmate Cindy Lee on the gorgeous “ In a Moment Divine”, taken from the new Freak Heat Waves LP Mondo Tempo, coming July 12 via Mood Hut… Continue reading… ⌘ Read more
Summer Solstice
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The obligatory photo, this time on a summer evening. 😊 ⌘ Read more
hrxi: Windows support for Dino
Hello, I’m back!
It’s been four years since I participated in my first Google Summer of\
Code. I’m hrxi, a mathematics student from Germany. I got accepted
into this year’s Google Summer of Code program with the XMPP software\
foundation as the mentoring
organisation. I chose the extended\
timeline, so I am
going to work on [ … ⌘ Read more
** week notes **
Last year I set out to rekindle my reading habit. That went well. This year’s reading has been enjoyable, but I’m not cozy with the ratio of non-fiction to fiction I’ve read this year…non-fiction (especially of the computing persuasion) far out balances the fiction I’ve read. I think this is mostly because I’ve been mired amidst a fiction book that I’ve found to be a slog…but enjoyable, too. I’d have abandoned it and moved on, elsewise. Onward!
Spring is quickly making way to summer h … ⌘ Read more
Tensnake x Jessy Lanza – Keep It Secret
With her incredible new album coming this summer and a scene-stealing turn on this Tensnake collab, it’s now officially Jessy Lanza season… Continue reading… ⌘ Read more
Being Dead – Daydream
Austin’s Being Dead share the glorious and timeless new single/summer jam from one of our favorite albums of 2023, the band’s Bayonet debut When Horses Would Run, out July 14th… Continue reading… ⌘ Read more
Sofie Royer – Mio
Sofie Royer follows up one of our favorite albums of last year with a new single that she calls “a sweet summer jam about the performance of self in everyday life,” out today on Stones Throw, complete with a very sick Kyle Keese-directed video… [Continue reading…](https://www.gorillavsbear.net/so … ⌘ Read more
claire rousay + Helena Deland – Deceiver
claire rousay + Helena Deland hook up on the glowingly tender and lucid “plea for kindness” “ Deceiver”, out today as part of Mexican Summer’s Looking Glass singles series… Continue reading… ⌘ Read more
Julie Byrne – Summer Glass
Julie Byrne shares the glowing lead single from her new album The Greater Wings, coming in July on Ghostly International… Continue reading… ⌘ Read more
Hayden Pedigo – Elsewhere
Amarillo’s own Hayden Pedigo shares a soothing, gorgeously meditative low-key stunner from his new album The Happiest Times I Ever Ignored, coming June 30th on Mexican Summer. Fittingly cinematic and transportive video direction / Wim Wenders vibes courtesy of **Matt … ⌘ Read more
Jess Williamson – Hunter
Jess Williamson shares the beautiful first single from her new album Time Ain’t Accidental, coming in June on Mexican Summer. Video by Rocco Rivetti + Gilles O’Kane… Continue reading… ⌘ Read more
Mega Bog – Love Is
Mega Bog drops my current favorite track – featuring backing vocals from the great Westerman! -- from her stellar new album End of Everything, coming in May on Mexican Summer… Continue reading… ⌘ Read more
PYNKIE – Crushed Out
New Jersey songwriter + RN Lindsey Radice aka PYNKIE is back with the dreamy and swooning lead single from her new album Songies, coming this summer… Continue reading… ⌘ Read more
The XMPP Standards Foundation: XMPP at Google Summer of Code 2023
XSF and Google Summer of Code 2023
The XSF has been accepted again as hosting organisation at the Google Summer of Code 2023!
Now both students and open-source newcomers are invited to consider and review a participation and
prepare for the application phase. We would like to invite you to review XMPP … ⌘ Read more
Mega Bog announces new album End of Everything + shares lead single “The Clown”
The great Erin Birgy aka Mega Bog’s announces her new, James Krivchenia-co-produced album End of Everything, coming in May on Mexican Summer, with the self-directed video for lead single “ The Clown”… [Continue reading…](https://www.gorillavsbear.net/mega-bog-announces-new-album-end-of-everything … ⌘ Read more
I’ll visit South-East Europe (Greece, Albania, Montenegro, Constantinople) this Summer
I’ll be in south eastern Europe this summer (of 2023) in late June and early July.
Specific plans are still in the air, but I’ll be visiting Greece, Albania, Montenegro and possibly the European side of Turkey.
I’ll also be in Kosovo, and while I know I have some fans in Serbia, I’m not sure I can cross into Serbia proper easily since the US accepts Kosovo as independent, but I believe that being there would be a … ⌘ Read more