mrg
@mrg.name
Just some guy with a camera.
Also, I've got a {Chinese, classical Chinese, Italian, Japanese} dictionary and I'm not afraid to use it.
Also, I've got a {Chinese, classical Chinese, Italian, Japanese} dictionary and I'm not afraid to use it.
OPHANIM אוֹפַנִּים (Optical Photon and Antimatter Imager) is a 3800 megapixel camera used in the AEgIS αἰγίς high-energy physics project at CERN. In this blog post The Owlet of Minerva tries to pick apart the scientific, biblical Hebrew, medieval European and Buddhist iconography of the instrument.
November 10, 2025 at 7:16 PM
OPHANIM אוֹפַנִּים (Optical Photon and Antimatter Imager) is a 3800 megapixel camera used in the AEgIS αἰγίς high-energy physics project at CERN. In this blog post The Owlet of Minerva tries to pick apart the scientific, biblical Hebrew, medieval European and Buddhist iconography of the instrument.
I just finished the Duolingo Mandarin to Cantonese course.
I am a little annoyed that there wasn’t a nice achievement screen to screenshot and share.
Wonder what to do next, Glossika, perhaps? I’m still far from being able to handle native content like movies and podcasts.
I am a little annoyed that there wasn’t a nice achievement screen to screenshot and share.
Wonder what to do next, Glossika, perhaps? I’m still far from being able to handle native content like movies and podcasts.
September 7, 2025 at 3:50 PM
I just finished the Duolingo Mandarin to Cantonese course.
I am a little annoyed that there wasn’t a nice achievement screen to screenshot and share.
Wonder what to do next, Glossika, perhaps? I’m still far from being able to handle native content like movies and podcasts.
I am a little annoyed that there wasn’t a nice achievement screen to screenshot and share.
Wonder what to do next, Glossika, perhaps? I’m still far from being able to handle native content like movies and podcasts.
Somehow there wasn't room in my life for a @lrb.co.uk subscription, a full-time job and a full-time family.
Still thinking perhaps I should have cancelled the family instead...
Still thinking perhaps I should have cancelled the family instead...
May 9, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Somehow there wasn't room in my life for a @lrb.co.uk subscription, a full-time job and a full-time family.
Still thinking perhaps I should have cancelled the family instead...
Still thinking perhaps I should have cancelled the family instead...
Age yourself with your first computer.
I still have it in storage somewhere, including CRT monitor, tape deck, original packaging and manuals.
I still have it in storage somewhere, including CRT monitor, tape deck, original packaging and manuals.
January 14, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Age yourself with your first computer.
I still have it in storage somewhere, including CRT monitor, tape deck, original packaging and manuals.
I still have it in storage somewhere, including CRT monitor, tape deck, original packaging and manuals.
Hedda Morrison's Photographs of China from the Harvard Yanching Library.
More than 8500 photographs from China 1933-1946.
curiosity.lib.harvard.edu/hedda-morris...
HT: glammr.us/@overholt/11...
More than 8500 photographs from China 1933-1946.
curiosity.lib.harvard.edu/hedda-morris...
HT: glammr.us/@overholt/11...
November 13, 2024 at 3:43 PM
Hedda Morrison's Photographs of China from the Harvard Yanching Library.
More than 8500 photographs from China 1933-1946.
curiosity.lib.harvard.edu/hedda-morris...
HT: glammr.us/@overholt/11...
More than 8500 photographs from China 1933-1946.
curiosity.lib.harvard.edu/hedda-morris...
HT: glammr.us/@overholt/11...
What? I just cancelled my Washington Post subscription but didn't get a chance to tell them why. Ah, well, I suppose they'll figure it out.
🙉
🙉
October 27, 2024 at 11:16 AM
What? I just cancelled my Washington Post subscription but didn't get a chance to tell them why. Ah, well, I suppose they'll figure it out.
🙉
🙉
The YouTube subtitles of The Long Season referred to the main character as “vigilante” which struck me as not very appropriate in the context. (I don’t recall the Chinese term used though).
Perhaps people are using cc-cedict and just lazily picking the first meaning listed.
Perhaps people are using cc-cedict and just lazily picking the first meaning listed.
June 18, 2024 at 8:12 AM
The YouTube subtitles of The Long Season referred to the main character as “vigilante” which struck me as not very appropriate in the context. (I don’t recall the Chinese term used though).
Perhaps people are using cc-cedict and just lazily picking the first meaning listed.
Perhaps people are using cc-cedict and just lazily picking the first meaning listed.