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Ah yes, another thrilling episode of "Firmware Follies" where hackers play peekaboo with #SecureBoot, and OEMs scramble to patch holes they forgot they had 🤦‍♂️. #Hydroph0bia, the latest buzzword, sounds more like a fear of water than a security flaw, but who cares as long as the patch notes are longer than the fix? 🚀🔒
https://coderush.me/hydroph0bia-part3/ #Firmware #Follies #cybersecurity #patchnotes #hacking #HackerNews #ngated

Ah yes, another thrilling episode of "Firmware Follies" where hackers play peekaboo with #SecureBoot, and OEMs scramble to patch holes they forgot they had 🤦‍♂️. #Hydroph0bia, the latest buzzword, sounds more like a fear of water than a security flaw, but who cares as long as the patch notes are longer than the fix? 🚀🔒
https://coderush.me/hydroph0bia-part3/ #Firmware #Follies #cybersecurity #patchnotes #hacking #HackerNews #ngated

"Losing My Mind"
Named for one of my favorite songs in “Follies,” & also because my voice actor head-canon for Prince Sapphire is Bernadette Peters.
Here she is missing the abducted Alastor, before she goes up to his radio tower in vain hope that her song of loss and longing might reach his ears.
#hazbinhotel #hazbinhotelfanart #hazbinoc #princesapphire #originalcharacter #ballpointpen #gelpen #follies

The Abandoned Engineering TV Documentary Series

Reading Time: 2 minutes

Recently whist playing with Galaxus TV which is just free to air television, made available via Galaxus rather than a satellite dish I have been able to revert to the habit of watching niche documentaries, as I used to years ago, when I lived in a house with a satellite dish.

The beauty of broadcast television, in contrast to streaming services, is that you have high quality content that was good enough for broadcast. The other advantage is that content is available two to three episodes per day, rather than all at once as is the case with Netflix, among other platforms.

The Series

Abandoned Engineering is a documentary series that explores abandoned buildings, complexes, aircrafts and more. It looks at places of interest on every continent. It covers citadels, cave cities, castles, follie, hospitals and many more buildings. Some are ancient and some are modern. Yet more are being given a new lease of life.

For many of the places and sites you have subject matter experts providing specific information about a place, and their link to it. In other cases you have three to six people commenting on various aspects of each site.

On Style

In some cases the reality TV style presenting feels kitsch and that detracts from my interest in the series. It would be fine without the sensationalism.

I also question whether those that are seen commenting on every bit of engineering have visited the sites that they are talking about, or if they're just reading their script. The background for these interventions is always the same. It gives the impression that they just read their script for each epside at once, in a studio, and then went about doing other things.

Still in Production

The series is 14 seasons strong so far, and has been going since 2016. New episodes are still being created at the time of writing.

The Value

For me, the value of such a series is that it presents us with three to four interesting bits of abandoned engineering each episode. We learn about castles with deep underground tunnel networks. We learn of a castle with more than twenty kilometres of walls.

We also learn of hotels and palaces that thrived until a natural disaster, or government policy change. With these documentaries we might be inspired to travel more. We might even find out about interesting places that are not far away.

And Finally

With Netflix, YouTube and other sites, you see what algorithms think you want to see. With Galaxus TV and broadcast TV you see what is being broadcast when you're curious and this provides you with interesting suggestions. It encourages you to watch content that you would not, otherwise, come across.

I have around four seasons left to watch. I don't know how many I already watched.

#ambitious #architecture #follies #history #science #war #worldwide

The Abandoned Engineering TV Documentary Series

Reading Time: 2 minutes

Recently whist playing with Galaxus TV which is just free to air television, made available via Galaxus rather than a satellite dish I have been able to revert to the habit of watching niche documentaries, as I used to years ago, when I lived in a house with a satellite dish.

The beauty of broadcast television, in contrast to streaming services, is that you have high quality content that was good enough for broadcast. The other advantage is that content is available two to three episodes per day, rather than all at once as is the case with Netflix, among other platforms.

The Series

Abandoned Engineering is a documentary series that explores abandoned buildings, complexes, aircrafts and more. It looks at places of interest on every continent. It covers citadels, cave cities, castles, follie, hospitals and many more buildings. Some are ancient and some are modern. Yet more are being given a new lease of life.

For many of the places and sites you have subject matter experts providing specific information about a place, and their link to it. In other cases you have three to six people commenting on various aspects of each site.

On Style

In some cases the reality TV style presenting feels kitsch and that detracts from my interest in the series. It would be fine without the sensationalism.

I also question whether those that are seen commenting on every bit of engineering have visited the sites that they are talking about, or if they're just reading their script. The background for these interventions is always the same. It gives the impression that they just read their script for each epside at once, in a studio, and then went about doing other things.

Still in Production

The series is 14 seasons strong so far, and has been going since 2016. New episodes are still being created at the time of writing.

The Value

For me, the value of such a series is that it presents us with three to four interesting bits of abandoned engineering each episode. We learn about castles with deep underground tunnel networks. We learn of a castle with more than twenty kilometres of walls.

We also learn of hotels and palaces that thrived until a natural disaster, or government policy change. With these documentaries we might be inspired to travel more. We might even find out about interesting places that are not far away.

And Finally

With Netflix, YouTube and other sites, you see what algorithms think you want to see. With Galaxus TV and broadcast TV you see what is being broadcast when you're curious and this provides you with interesting suggestions. It encourages you to watch content that you would not, otherwise, come across.

I have around four seasons left to watch. I don't know how many I already watched.

#ambitious #architecture #follies #history #science #war #worldwide

@Devonkiwi
There's a Foundation, and before COVID they had it running as a nice wedding venue.
It was a folly, built above the Lord Haldon hotel when it was someone's house, by them or their adjacent. But it works.

I suspect one could still hire it for a polite party, if one asked.

The rather simpler Belvedere on the hill above Powderham Castle has recently been renovated, and I think is more or less in action. Good view from there.

#Folly #Follies #VeryEnglish #Devon

Musical Interlude: OK, yesterday was my sixtieth birthday. I'm not sure I feel it, and wonder if I should...you know how that goes. But, anyway....I love this song, and I dedicate this to myself and anyone else kind of amazed that they're still around.

"I'm Still Here," performed live by Yvonne de Carlo.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79TNvSSv0I4

#MusicalInterlude #ShowTune #Sondheim #YvonneDeCarlo #Diva #BeltItOutGirl #Follies #Survival #GettingOlder

Musical Interlude: OK, yesterday was my sixtieth birthday. I'm not sure I feel it, and wonder if I should...you know how that goes. But, anyway....I love this song, and I dedicate this to myself and anyone else kind of amazed that they're still around.

"I'm Still Here," performed live by Yvonne de Carlo.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79TNvSSv0I4

#MusicalInterlude #ShowTune #Sondheim #YvonneDeCarlo #Diva #BeltItOutGirl #Follies #Survival #GettingOlder

Clayton’s Tower in Bollington, England

Once thought to be a decorated air shaft, it might just be a castle-shaped folly.#follies #towers #section-Atlas
Clayton’s Tower

Clayton’s Tower in Bollington, England

Once thought to be a decorated air shaft, it might just be a castle-shaped folly.#follies #towers #section-Atlas
Clayton’s Tower

Tried to make this look like it was hand-painted as a Ziegfeld Follies recreation #model #vitnage #reto #ziegfeld #ziegfeld #follies #redo #ziegfeldfollies #fun #nsfw #nude #modeling #naked #erotic #erotica

Vintage retro recreation. The model in Annie #model #vitnage #reto #zeigfeld #zeigfeld #follies #redo #zeigfeldfollies #fun #nsfw #nude #modeling #naked #erotic #erotica

Printed colour postcard showing The Four Stones at Clent Hills in Worcestershire, a folly constructed in c.1750. Published by John Price & Sons, Bilston. Not numbered. Postally unused, but is c.1910.

#StandingStones #Follies #ClentHills #Postcards #StandingStoneSunday

Printed colour postcard showing The Four Stones at Clent Hills in Worcestershire, a folly constructed in c.1750. Published by John Price & Sons, Bilston. Not numbered. Postally unused, but is c.1910.

#StandingStones #Follies #ClentHills #Postcards #StandingStoneSunday

Little Ellingham Clock Tower in Little Ellingham, England

A unique clock tower in the garden of an elegant Victorian hall.#follies #clocks #section-Atlas
Little Ellingham Clock Tower

Little Ellingham Clock Tower in Little Ellingham, England

A unique clock tower in the garden of an elegant Victorian hall.#follies #clocks #section-Atlas
Little Ellingham Clock Tower

Ziegfeld follies recreation, the early tease pictures were the best #ziegfeld #follies #nude #fineart #fineartnude #fun

The Follies Of Blind Faith In AI Image Generation #ai #artificalintelligence #blunder #editorial #features #follies #generativeai #imagegeneration #overreliance

https://www.lowyat.net/2025/348713/the-follies-of-blind-faith-in-ai-image-generation/

The Follies Of Blind Faith In AI Image Generation #ai #artificalintelligence #blunder #editorial #features #follies #generativeai #imagegeneration #overreliance

https://www.lowyat.net/2025/348713/the-follies-of-blind-faith-in-ai-image-generation/

Twin Cities Gardens in Bordeaux, France

These gardens whisk you away to Japan and Morocco—without leaving Bordeaux.#trails #naturepreserves #nature #follies #landscapes #public #japanesegardens #sistercities #parks #gardens #section-Atlas
Twin Cities Gardens

Twin Cities Gardens in Bordeaux, France

These gardens whisk you away to Japan and Morocco—without leaving Bordeaux.#trails #naturepreserves #nature #follies #landscapes #public #japanesegardens #sistercities #parks #gardens #section-Atlas
Twin Cities Gardens

Spire of Lloyd in Kells, Ireland

“Ireland’s only inland lighthouse” is not actually a lighthouse at all.#follies #lighthouses #towers #section-Atlas
Spire of Lloyd

Spire of Lloyd in Kells, Ireland

“Ireland’s only inland lighthouse” is not actually a lighthouse at all.#follies #lighthouses #towers #section-Atlas
Spire of Lloyd

National Monument of Scotland in Edinburgh, Scotland

A never-finished memorial to the heroes of the Napoleonic War has become "Scotland's Folly."#follies #architecture #architecturaloddities #section-Atlas
National Monument of Scotland

National Monument of Scotland in Edinburgh, Scotland

A never-finished memorial to the heroes of the Napoleonic War has become "Scotland's Folly."#follies #architecture #architecturaloddities #section-Atlas
National Monument of Scotland

David Edward Byrd Dies: ‘Follies’ Artist Whose Iconic Psychedelic Posters Spanned Rock And Broadway Was 83
#News #Obituaries #Broadway #DavidEdwardByrd #Follies #Godspell #Obituary

https://deadline.com/2025/02/david-edward-byrd-dead-1236278266/

David Edward Byrd Dies: ‘Follies’ Artist Whose Iconic Psychedelic Posters Spanned Rock And Broadway Was 83
#News #Obituaries #Broadway #DavidEdwardByrd #Follies #Godspell #Obituary

https://deadline.com/2025/02/david-edward-byrd-dead-1236278266/

Musical Interlude: My 59th birthday was Saturday. I fell in love with this song during the COVID lockdown and it's never been completely out of mind ever since. I dedicate this to myself for making another year.

"I'm Still Here," performed by Yvonne De Carlo.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79TNvSSv0I4

#MusicalInterlude #Broadway #YvonneDeCarlo #StephenSondheim #MyBirthday #AnotherYearDown #Follies

Musical Interlude: My 59th birthday was Saturday. I fell in love with this song during the COVID lockdown and it's never been completely out of mind ever since. I dedicate this to myself for making another year.

"I'm Still Here," performed by Yvonne De Carlo.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79TNvSSv0I4

#MusicalInterlude #Broadway #YvonneDeCarlo #StephenSondheim #MyBirthday #AnotherYearDown #Follies

#Sunak attacks #Farage

#UK #Follies #Tory #Shambles 🤣

Philosopher's Tower in Wimborne Saint Giles, England

A small tower where a philosopher once speculated on human nature and morality.#follies #philosophy #buildings #towers #section-Atlas
Philosopher's Tower

Philosopher's Tower in Wimborne Saint Giles, England

A small tower where a philosopher once speculated on human nature and morality.#follies #philosophy #buildings #towers #section-Atlas
Philosopher's Tower

Monochrome real photographic postcard of "Druid Circle (?) near Winchester", though actually shows a 20th century folly near Bramdean in Hampshire, created as a monument to a horse. Publisher or photographer not stated, not numbered. Postally used in 1913. #Follies #Hampshire #Bramdean #Postcards #StandingStoneSunday

Monochrome real photographic postcard of "Druid Circle (?) near Winchester", though actually shows a 20th century folly near Bramdean in Hampshire, created as a monument to a horse. Publisher or photographer not stated, not numbered. Postally used in 1913. #Follies #Hampshire #Bramdean #Postcards #StandingStoneSunday

White Nancy in Bollington, England

A strange Georgian folly sits atop a lonely hill.#folliesandgrottoes #follies #monuments #memorials #hiking #warmemorial #section-Atlas
White Nancy

White Nancy in Bollington, England

A strange Georgian folly sits atop a lonely hill.#folliesandgrottoes #follies #monuments #memorials #hiking #warmemorial #section-Atlas
White Nancy

The Faringdon F.U.N. and Folly Tower in Faringdon, England

The eccentricities of a former lord include painted pigeons of his manor house, a series of pointless plaques, and a folly built simply to peeve the public.#architecturaloddities #towers #follies #section-Atlas
The Faringdon F.U.N. and Folly Tower

The Faringdon F.U.N. and Folly Tower in Faringdon, England

The eccentricities of a former lord include painted pigeons of his manor house, a series of pointless plaques, and a folly built simply to peeve the public.#architecturaloddities #towers #follies #section-Atlas
The Faringdon F.U.N. and Folly Tower

The sun comes up
I think about you
The coffee cup
I think about you
I love you so
It's like I'm losing my mind

The morning ends
I think about you
I talk to friends
I think about you
And do they know
it's like I'm losing my mind?

#Sondheim
#Follies
#MusicalTheater

The sun comes up
I think about you
The coffee cup
I think about you
I love you so
It's like I'm losing my mind

The morning ends
I think about you
I talk to friends
I think about you
And do they know
it's like I'm losing my mind?

#Sondheim
#Follies
#MusicalTheater

I went to watch a christmas themed show at the local theatre. SO OF COURSE I ATE A MINCE PIE

🎁 😘 ⭐ 🎄 🍰

and then wrote a blog post about it, because that's what I do now!

https://cms.weblog.lol/tiny-theatre-pie

#pie #blog #blogging #mincepie #omglol #follies

As follies go, this one is pretty good :)

#architecture #follies #lancaster