#Spooktober 30: The Shadow Bride

October 30, 2022

The Shadow Bride is a poem by J.R.R. Tolkien included in the little-known poetry collection The Adventures of Tom Bombadil.

We take a look at it today on my Patreon, alongside some possible inspiration.

books and literature

SciFi Friday — The Diamond Lens by Fitz-James O’Brien (1858) — Part 6

I arose the next morning almost at daybreak, and rushed to my microscope, I trembled as I sought the luminous world in miniature that contained my all. Animula was there. I had left the gas-lamp, surrounded by its moderators, burning when I went to bed

February 27, 2026 3:13 pm

books and literature

In the (Digital) Swarm

Byung-Chul Han is a contemporary German philosopher born in Korea whose work explores the transformation of subjectivity, power, and social relations in late modern and digital societies. In the Swarm fits within this broader inquiry, focusing specifically on the effects of digital communication on perception,

February 27, 2026 9:00 am

architecture, engineering and construction

One can easily say Dynamo

1. Prologue: The Add-On Debate (or, a False Choice) 1.1 “Use an Add-On” vs “Everyone Should Code” There are two stock answers that reliably surface whenever automation in BIM is mentioned: The second one is disarmingly simple: spend those five bucks and just use an

February 25, 2026 9:00 am