Year: 2024
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It looks like a rainstorm is imminent this Twenty-First of Bleptember, but that won't stop this optimistic blepper from waiting near the front door in case anybody's willing to take for a walk.
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A French Bulldog wearing a harness lies on a rug in a hallway. Her tongue is sticking out.
(She hates the rain, but sometimes if she's found it to be pouring down out the back door she'll insist on checking out the front door to see if it's raining there too.)
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When she's in need of some love and attention, like this Twentieth of Bleptember, my dog will place herself underfoot at my desk. She won't necessarily put her blep away, though.
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A French Bulldog, her tongue sticking out and folded over itself by her underbite, stands under a desk while a hand pets her neck.
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Calculating the Ideal "Sex and the City" Polycule
When Juan Pablo Sarmiento thought to himself "couldn't Sex and the City's love triangles be squared-away by polyamory?" he didn't just sit down and write slashfic. No; he came up with a formula for idealised polycules, and open-sourced the algorithm. That's my kind of nerdity!
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She might not have completely slept through me serving her a dog treat this Nineteenth of Bleptember, but our dog was still dozy enough from her nap that she didn't notice for a while that I'd placed it directly onto her bleppy tongue. 😅
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I replied to Steve Faulkner's 2022 post about screen readers and emoji, highlighting the underlying interpretation problem with emoji, and sharing a topical joke that Chris McCausland made on Would I Lie To You? a few years prior.
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"Is is walkies time yet? How about now? Now? What about now?" Her blep partially-engaged, our doggo buzzes with excited anticipation as I put on my shoes.
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A French Bulldog, her tongue slightly out, looks up with interest in her eyes from a spot on a laminate wooden floor.
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More mlem than blep, but I ❤️ this picture of our happy pupper mid-playtime too much not to share it with you this Seventeenth of Bleptember.
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Close-up of a French bulldog, her tongue hanging completely out and her head cocked to the side, as she stands on a park bench.
Photo courtesy Lisa from Muddy Paws.
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Usually our dog ignores the television, but when a horse appeared it was interesting enough that she sat up to take notice.
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A French Bulldog sits on a sofa looking up, with her tongue sticking out. An inset picture provides a wider view, showing that she's looking at a television screen showing a scene from The Fellowship of The Ring with a horse in it.
Not interesting enough for her to put away her half-asleep blep, though.
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Found GC9XJDB WLMCP #2E Bridge The Gap
This checkin to GC9XJDB WLMCP #2E Bridge The Gap reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. A quick and easy cache-and-dash in-between errands. I've got gardening gloves; I've got supplies to make brunch... and I've got ten minutes spare, so I came to find this cache.
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"What'chu lookin' at?" our doggo appears to ask, this Fifteenth of Bleptember.
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A French Bulldog lies on a rug, facing the camera with her tongue sticking out. Her expression makes it look like one eyebrow is raised.
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If the most significant thing you achieve this Fourteenth of Bleptember is that you find a good spot to lie in a sunbeam... that's still a win.
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A French Bulldog wearing a teal jumper lies on her side on a doormat, in a sunbeam. Her tongue is sticking out slightly.
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Does there exist a more contented moment for this bleppy doggo than getting to lounge on the sofa with her favourite humans?
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A French Bulldog lies on a patterned sofa with her tongue sticking-out. A human is in the background.
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Some days... you're just so dog-tired you can't even find the energy to pull your head into your basket with the rest of you.
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A French Bulldog wearing a teal jacket lies half-asleep, half-in a basket, tongue half-out of her mouth (and half-on the floor).
This Twelfth of Bleptember's a bit like that for me, too. I feel you, dog.
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D20 with Advantage
D&D players spend a lot of time rolling D20s. Sometimes they 'roll with advantage' - that is, roll two dice and take the largest. Last night I dreamed I derived the probability matrix for such rolls, and it got me thinking... could you construct a single die that rolls 'D20 with Advantage'?
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How to Monetize a Blog
Tyler's written about How To Monetize A Blog, and it's excellent reading for anybody w̵͓͒h̶̤̉o̵̩͘ ̸̮̀h̷̗̓a̴̫͆s̶̢̓ ̷͔̏ȩ̴͛v̷͍̐ĕ̵̟r̷̤̈́ ̷͖̎c̴̟̓o̵͉̚ñ̴̮s̸͈̊i̴̞͆d̵̳̀ẹ̸̀r̷͉̃e̷̫͛d̶̘̈́ t̷̖͇̭̭̠͙̭̙̓̇̾̒̂͝ḩ̴̨̱͙͇͉̫̘̻̎̔į̴̛̲̪̜͈̜̻͉͖̲̰̥̘̩͕͒̈͑͂̔̆̆̍̊̕͜r̵̼͇̲͎̰̓̅͂͛̅͗͜d̷̞̃̀͊͜͝-̴̛̖̱̬̣͍͙̠̰̽̂͌̈̉̆͊̈́͘͝p̷̲̅̀̑̈́̕͝a̵̢̙͉̱͈̬͈̝̲̪͈͉̺̣̤̎̓͑͊͂͝r̸̹̳͇̦̫̿̽̈́̑͗̀͒̎̚͘͝t̵̢̖͈̺̺̻̳͔̹̩̀̐̀̿͛͛͒͂̂̌͝y̶̨̹̗̹̐͗̍͊̐̏̏̾͂̀͆͋̇̀͊ ̷̡̺̩̫̣̦̤̹͓̺̬̑͜ã̵̺͔̬̟̭̻͉̺̘̖͉̜̹̳͎̲̌͋̂͆͋̄͝d̸̢̨̢̳̗̭͍̞̣̗̯̖͚͇͔͊̉͒̓͂s̸̡̨̛̰̘̠̘̣̦̘̼͇̫͔̹͇͛̾͊͘͝͝ ̴̥̗͙̣̈́̐́̐͛̓͗͛̈́͋̇̊̐̕͘a̴̲̼͎͍̮̪͑̂̀̇̿̿͛͝ ̸̨̘̼̤̭̱̩̱̞͋̿̓̕͘g̷͉͇̰̰̰̰̻͖̫̠̹͖̅ơ̴̻̩̹̹͂̂́̇̈́̏͒́́̃̓͗͝͝͝͠ó̷̤̝͔̞͙̽̍̌͐́̈͘͠ͅd̵̼̂̀̃͒͂͐̏͌̅̈̈̒̈́ ̵̡̢͎̬̠̭̪̭̪̼̭̠̰͍̠̜̓̈́̓̀͑̍͒̏̌͂̀͂̀i̴̡̜͕͇͖̤̬̜̼̹̟͇̤̞̝̪͐́͑̋͠d̷̟̬͛͛̉̀̇̐͊̈͒͒̈́̅̽͝ę̸̛̛̹̦͇̰̱͚̮͎̟̞͇̙͖̎̐̂̌̅͊͑̐͛̈́͝ȁ̷̠̳͙̊̈̌͋͂̎́̌̌̐͝.̷͖͓͉̠͍̝̭̘́̋̈͛͒̔̂͝͝ͅ.