One hundred years ago, L. M. Montgomery published _The Blue Castle_. I just finished reading it and I think it's pretty great! #BookSky oylenshpeegul.gitlab.io/blog/posts/2...

I just finished my second Niall Williams book that takes place in Faha and I'm ready for another. Thankfully, there's one more! #BookSky oylenshpeegul.gitlab.io/blog/posts/2...

I just finished _Exiles_ (2022) by Jane Harper. I read this gorgeous North American edition printed by Flatiron in 2023. It came out in paperback in 2025, but this hardback is luxurious. #BookSky oylenshpeegul.gitlab.io/blog/posts/2...

I might say _Time of the Child_ is the best thing I've read all year, but that doesn't mean much in January! :) #BookSky oylenshpeegul.gitlab.io/blog/posts/2...

In _The Heir of Redclyffe_, Charlotte Yonge suggests you can attract a mate by giving them an algebra book. A lot has changed since 1853! #BookSky oylenshpeegul.gitlab.io/blog/posts/2...

Nineteenth century Deepfake™! #BookSky oylenshpeegul.gitlab.io/blog/posts/2...

I really enjoyed _A Brightness Long Ago_ by Guy Gavriel Kay! #BookSky oylenshpeegul.gitlab.io/blog/posts/2...

I finished reading _On the Calculation of Volume III_ while I was away on holiday. oylenshpeegul.gitlab.io/blog/posts/2... #BookSky

I finished reading _Under Two Flags_ while I was away on holiday. oylenshpeegul.gitlab.io/blog/posts/2... #BookSky

*advertising that my food truck has "4 Michelins"*

I just finished _Queen Demon_ (2025) by Martha Wells. So fun! #BookSky oylenshpeegul.gitlab.io/blog/posts/2...

Perl was first released 38 years ago today! perldoc.perl.org/perlhist Happy birthday, Perl!

Today is the 250th anniversary of Jane Austen's birth! What shall I read today? #JaneAusten250 #BookSky oylenshpeegul.gitlab.io/blog/posts/2...

I wondered why the 2020 adaptation of Emma styled it in all caps with a period - EMMA.

Wow, @palmyradelran.bsky.social just said that J.J. O'Neill, the guy who wrote Teenage Kicks (on the right, with the tobacco les paul), never thought it was all that great. Can you imagine? This song is amazing! www.youtube.com/watch?v=PinC...

"Mitchum!" with an exclamation point in the poster makes me think of #MST3K ("Mitchell!") oylenshpeegul.gitlab.io/blog/posts/2...

I really enjoyed this talk! A nice reminder to keep these ideas in mind no matter what programming language you're using.

Still disturbed by _Tender is the Flesh_? Why not try _The Unworthy_! #BookSky oylenshpeegul.gitlab.io/blog/posts/2...

I love spotting actors from other adaptations I've seen! #Booksky oylenshpeegul.gitlab.io/blog/posts/2...

If you're wondering how long it takes to read the Jane Austen canon two chapters a day, the answer is about four and half months! #Booksky #SlowReading oylenshpeegul.gitlab.io/blog/posts/2...

Thanks to Zim and his Halloween costume for inspiring me to finally watch Superman 2025. It was fun!

I just finished _The Payback_ by @kashana.blacksky.app . Really fun! #Booksky oylenshpeegul.gitlab.io/blog/posts/2...

I really enjoyed the #Victober read-a-long! I'm a little sad it's over. #Booksky oylenshpeegul.gitlab.io/blog/posts/2...

FURZE n. another term for GORSE. Thank you, dictionary. Before there was one word I didn't know. Now there are two.

TIL: Creepshow-style is called a frame story. #Booksky oylenshpeegul.gitlab.io/blog/posts/2...

TIL Cees Schrama, who played the cool keyboard part on Venus by the Shocking Blue, also played with Golden Earring! In return, several members of the Golden Earrings played on his records! www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3AB...

I just finished _Lorna Doone_ (1869) by R. D. Blackmore. Very disappointing. No mention of cookies at all. #Booksky oylenshpeegul.gitlab.io/blog/posts/2...

Sometimes you go to a programming meetup and you learn about food from another part of the world! oylenshpeegul.gitlab.io/blog/posts/2... #Rust #ayran

I just finished _On the Calculation of Volume II_ by Solvej Balle. I found it very surprising, so I don't want to say any more for fear of spoiling it. I will say that book III cannot come out too soon! #Booksky oylenshpeegul.gitlab.io/blog/posts/2...

I just read book I of _On the Calculation of Volume_ by Solvej Balle. There's eventually supposed to be seven books in all. We'll see how long it takes! #Booksky oylenshpeegul.gitlab.io/blog/posts/2...

I think it might be fun to start a band called The Freaks of a Cold-blooded Vanity just to see who gets it. #JaneAusten #MansfieldPark #SlowReading #Booksky oylenshpeegul.gitlab.io/blog/posts/2...

A little light reading for summer vacation! oylenshpeegul.gitlab.io/blog/posts/2... #Booksky #Rust #Programming

I loved the television adaptation of Washington Black! #Booksky oylenshpeegul.gitlab.io/blog/posts/2...

I really enjoyed _Whale Fall_ (2024) by Elizabeth O'Connor. Thanks for the tip, Ros and Tilly! #Booksky oylenshpeegul.gitlab.io/blog/posts/2...

I just loved _Klara and the Sun_ (2021) by Kazuo Ishiguro. Thanks, @ellecordova.bsky.social and Grace! #Booksky oylenshpeegul.gitlab.io/blog/posts/2...

This month I re-read _Emma_ and watched a bunch of adaptations! #JaneAustenJuly #Booksky oylenshpeegul.gitlab.io/blog/posts/2...

"She keeps going over her essay with a thesaurus; I find it annoying, abrasive, irritating, ..." -- Ham, #TheGreatNorth, S5E12

This year marks the 250th anniversary of Jane Austen's birth. Consequently, lots of neat things are happening. One pleasant surprise is _The Novel Life of Jane Austen_, a fun graphic biography that came out earlier this year. #Booksky oylenshpeegul.gitlab.io/blog/posts/2...

I just finished _Cecilia_ (1782) by Frances Burney, apparently an inspiration for Jane Austen. A paragraph near the end starts off “The whole of this unfortunate business,” said Dr Lyster, “has been the result of PRIDE and PREJUDICE. #Booksky oylenshpeegul.gitlab.io/blog/posts/2...

I loved the Murderbot show! It's a shame Apple TV+ is so firmly ensconced in the Corporation Rim that it has contempt for those of us in Freeholds. oylenshpeegul.gitlab.io/blog/posts/2...

I think _King of Ashes_ by @blacktopkid.bsky.social is a perfect summer read! oylenshpeegul.gitlab.io/blog/posts/2... #Booksky

Lawd, I loves me a good simile! "Yellow crime scene tape stretched from one end of the sidewalk to the other, like decorations for a harvest festival." _King of Ashes_ -- @blacktopkid.bsky.social‬

I just watched "Topper" (1937). Mrs. Topper is played by Billie Burke (Glinda the Good Witch). Holy shit, the Glinda voice is her real voice!

"It must be disturbing for humans, knowing that their operating system is just a random shuffling of DNA." -- #Murderbot

#TIL Van is short for Ivan! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Van_Mor... #PalmyraDelran #UndergroundGarage #TodayILearned

I loved _A Lady's Guide to Scandal_ by Sophie Irwin! oylenshpeegul.gitlab.io/blog/posts/2... #Booksky

I loved /We Are Satellites/ (2021) by @sarahpinsker.bsky.social! oylenshpeegul.gitlab.io/blog/posts/2... #Booksky

Hey, you can use #PyO3 to call #Rust from #Hy! oylenshpeegul.gitlab.io/blog/posts/2...

Two things I love are Rust programming and the Murderbot Diaries. Therefore, I was disproportionately pleased to see a bunch of delightful little crabs on the latest Murderbot adaptation.

I understand that Claudia Lin is a fictional person, but I also really need to know what happens to her next! oylenshpeegul.gitlab.io/blog/posts/2... #JanePek #Booksky