Tufted duck in the Altaussee lake, Styria, July 2026.
Tufted duck in the Altaussee lake, Styria, July 2026.
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The babies of great crested grebes are striped black and white, and like to ride on their parents’…
The babies of great crested grebes are striped black and white, and like to ride on their parents’ backs (mom and dad raise them jointly), peeking out from their hiding places underneath the feathers. (Altaussee, Styria, July 2026)
From a recent short trip to Styria, a white wagtail (Pogusch) and a sparrow (in Graz), June 2026.
From a recent short trip to Styria, a white wagtail (Pogusch) and a sparrow (in Graz), June 2026.
Tao Te Ching
There are hundreds of translations of the Tao Te Ching. My favorite one is by Alexander Ular, in German, from 1903, which is still known and considered relevant (and also controversial) in German-speaking countries, but was never translated into English. I have long wanted to do it, and now I did — here it is: https://dunyazad-library.net/authors/alexander-ular.htm I do not speak a word of Chinese…
Pheasant in a park near Vienna (same one where that frog was), Bruck an der Leitha, May 2026.
Pheasant in a park near Vienna (same one where that frog was), Bruck an der Leitha, May 2026.
Frog in a park near Vienna (Bruck an der Leitha), May 2026.
Frog in a park near Vienna (Bruck an der Leitha), May 2026.
There’s a minor update to my Hypatia RPN calculator for Windows, the new version is 5.2. I’m biased,…
There’s a minor update to my Hypatia RPN calculator for Windows, the new version is 5.2. I’m biased, of course, but it’s a really great tool for anything from the most simple arithmetic calculations to complex iterations or Monte Carlo experiments, and it’s free and open source. https://hypatia-rpn.net
We have the good fortune to live among squirrels. (They have the good fortune that we feed them.)…
We have the good fortune to live among squirrels. (They have the good fortune that we feed them.) This is one of them, seen from our balcony. (Vienna, April 2026)
Killing everyone as they protect pedophiles.
liberalsarecool : Killing everyone as they protect pedophiles.
A pair of magpies has moved into our neighborhood, and is busy collecting nest-building material….
A pair of magpies has moved into our neighborhood, and is busy collecting nest-building material. (Vienna, April 2026)
Photos brought home from a recent trip to blackbird territory. (Klagenfurt, Austria, March 2026)
Photos brought home from a recent trip to blackbird territory. (Klagenfurt, Austria, March 2026)
The moon, seen from our balcony, as she showed herself yesterday evening after a cloudy day.
The moon, seen from our balcony, as she showed herself yesterday evening after a cloudy day.
Visiting three nature reserves around Vienna in the last two weeks (one of them officially called…
Visiting three nature reserves around Vienna in the last two weeks (one of them officially called “bird paradise”) in the hope of seeing some birds, this was the closest thing to a bird that I got in front of my camera. Galloway cattle, Eckartsau (Lower Austria), March 2026. (They are employed there for grassland maintenance. Sadly, the good job they do will not save them from being…
Weird Fantasy (1950) #18 written by Al Feldstein and drawn by Joe Orlando, with editor Bill Gaines
alex51324 : about-faces : assortedinsanities : iconuk01 : velvetvexations : velvetvexations : Weird Fantasy (1950) #18 written by Al Feldstein and drawn by Joe Orlando, with editor Bill Gaines So he said it can’t be a Black. So I said, “For God’s sakes, Judge Murphy, that’s the whole point of the Goddamn story!” So he said, “No, it can’t be a Black”.…
I’m working on an English translation of Alexander Ular’s nearly untranslatable but fascinating…
I’m working on an English translation of Alexander Ular’s nearly untranslatable but fascinating German translation of the Tao Te Ching from 1903, and, while I’m at it, also of his French translation from 1900. Just in case (not likely, I know) that someone here sees this who might for some reason find it interesting, I’d be happy to hear from them.
Woodpecker? Wallpecker? Housepecker? Hammering noises drew me out onto the balcony, and precariously…
Woodpecker? Wallpecker? Housepecker? Hammering noises drew me out onto the balcony, and precariously bending over the rail I spied this bird pecking away at the house, over at the corner, high up near the roof gutter. (Vienna, January 2026)
LETTERS FROM AN AMERICAN
dreaminginthedeepsouth : LETTERS FROM AN AMERICAN January 9, 2026 Heather Cox Richardson Jan 09, 2026 Beginning in 1943, the War Department published a series of pamphlets for U.S. Army personnel in the European theater of World War II. Titled Army Talks, the series was designed “to help [the personnel] become better-informed men and women and therefore better soldiers.” On March 24, 1945, the…
Half a year after the last update, I’ve uploaded version 5.1 of my Hypatia RPN calculator app for…
Half a year after the last update, I’ve uploaded version 5.1 of my Hypatia RPN calculator app for Windows, https://hypatia-rpn.net It brings a minor new feature that may mostly be useful for those who want to create their own 3-argument user-defined operators — not sure how many (if any) will ever need it, but when (usually out of nowhere) an idea for how to improve Hypatia comes to me, I…
Seagull on a partially frozen pond in Vienna (Konstantinteich, if you want to know which pond…
Seagull on a partially frozen pond in Vienna (Konstantinteich, if you want to know which pond exactly), December 2025.
New on my free Dunyazad Library e-book website: Of Truth and Legend, a fantasy story that has deeply…
New on my free Dunyazad Library e-book website: Of Truth and Legend, a fantasy story that has deeply touched me, though I must warn that it is not for the faint-hearted. dunyazad-library.net/authors/a-k2-c.htm As all books in the Dunyazad Library in PDF, epub and plain text format. Just download, no DRM, no registration.