Great Falls, Montana, and Cascade CountyI have never been to Montana. Save for the occasional competitive U.S. Senate race, Montana is also not a common election hotspot. Thus, I never thought much about counties in Montana. I just learned …social.emucafe.org·1d ago·1 min readFollowmontanapokémonThings I Learned in 2026 (NAF)
No Grand Slam Winners in 2026 French Open Men’s R16I watched a good amount of most of tennis' grand slams from about 2000 through 2013 or so. I was a Roger Federer fan, and for a good chunk of that period, you could always count on Mr. Federer playing…social.emucafe.org·2d ago·2 min readFollowfrench openjunitedlearning (2026)sports
Disabling AI in WordPress 7.0This site is (as of the publication of this post) on WordPress 7.0. I became aware that WordPress added some AI features through articles and blog posts instead of the WordPress admin area. The fact t…social.emucafe.org·May 29·1 min readFollowailearning (2026)wordpressThings I Learned in 2026 (NAF)
Pink Tea With Baking SodaMy friend told me that she was making "Kashmiri chai" tea this morning. She correctly anticipated that I did not know what Kashmiri chai was and sent a link to the recipe she was using. I read the rec…social.emucafe.org·May 26·2 min readFollowbaking sodagreen tealearning (2026)tea
Moina Michael and the Remembrance PoppyInspired by Col. John McCrae's poem, In Fladers Fields, Georgia resident and professor Moina Michael championed the remembrance poppy following World War I. Sara Freeland, writing for UGA Today, expla…social.emucafe.org·May 25·1 min readFollowflowerslearning (2026)memorial daypoppy flowers
Weighing Large OwlsI have never had to weigh an owl before, much less a large owl. But in the event I were ever called upon to weigh a large owl, I learned from MARS Wildlife Rescue, via Owls in Towels (see Owls in Towe…social.emucafe.org·May 14·1 min readFollowanimal rescuebirdslearning (2026)owls
Learning About Preserving Strawberry FreshnessI came across a blog post by Chris Glass titled Strawberries were on sale. Having not long ago published an article about once purchasing out-of-season cherries on sale. I had to open. While Mr. Glass…social.emucafe.org·May 8·1 min readFollowanecdotesfruitlearning (2026)strawberries
Banned Trees and Plants in New JerseyI read an April 18, 2026 report in the New York Post titled After holding its nose for decades, NJ finally bans stinky Bradford pear tree: Under a new law, the Bradford pear tree and 29 other non-nati…social.emucafe.org·Apr 30·3 min readFollowinvasive specieslearning (2026)new jerseyplants
Learning About Cassette FuturismI recently read Mike Piggott's blog post A love letter to cassette futurism (HT Dragonfly BSD Digest). I did not recall having seen the term before, but Mr. Piggott's definition of it being "a retr-fu…social.emucafe.org·Apr 29·1 min readFollowcassette futurismcyberpunkdefinitionsfuturism
Development of the Anglerfish LureI am a long-time admirer of the anglerfish, one of the ocean's most aesthetic creatures. The University of Kansas news service published a news release about an open access study vt Alex J. Maile and …social.emucafe.org·Apr 21·1 min readFollowanglerfishdeep sea fishevolutionfish
Yellow-Capped Passover Coca ColaI never paid much attention to the color of caps on bottles of Coca Cola. In fact, I do not think I bought a bottle of Coca Cola in almost two years. But thanks to a 2014 article in Food & Wine, I lea…social.emucafe.org·Apr 16·2 min readFollowcoca colalearning (2026)passoversoda
Unique Individual Scoring Games in NBA HistoryI recently published a new NBA research project inspired by Bam Adebayo’s 83-point eruption on March 10, 2026. Noting that Bam Adebayo is a modest scorer in the pantheon of NBA players who scored 60 p…social.emucafe.org·Apr 15·3 min readFollowlearning (2026)nbanlj addendasports
