# anniversary edition (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 5 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover anniversary edition. Page: Feed: --- ## [The Art of Life](https://newescapologist.co.uk/2026/08/17/the-art-of-life/) _2026-08-17 · Robert Wringham · Blog – New Escapologist_ The reason I post so many quotes from literature is to show that the desire to escape is neither uncommon nor certifiable. On the contrary, it’s perfectly normal and has been with us since, oh, around the time of the industrial revolution. But I’m sure that’s just a coincidence. Here are some diary entries from \[…\] ## [Honed](https://newescapologist.co.uk/2026/08/17/honed/) _2026-08-17 · Robert Wringham · Blog – New Escapologist_ From a history book I’m reading: He drew charcoal portraits for extra money, but talent didn’t save him from \[unpleasant work in\] the tannery. After work, he would lie down in a corner of the shirt factory where some apprentices slept. He would hide beneath a sheet and try to ignore the rats as they \[…\] ## [Letter to the Editor: Scary but Thrilling in Equal Measure](https://newescapologist.co.uk/2026/08/12/letter-to-the-editor-scary-but-thrilling-in-equal-measure/) _2026-08-12 · Robert Wringham · Blog – New Escapologist_ To send a letter to the editor, simply write in. You’ll get a reply and we’ll anonymise any blogged version. Reader A writes: Hi Robert, Firstly thanks for all you do for the escapologist movement, I’ve loved reading all your newsletters and magazines since I stumbled across a copy in a Hackney coffee shop. It \[…\] ## [Still Possible](https://newescapologist.co.uk/2026/08/11/still-possible/) _2026-08-11 · Robert Wringham · Blog – New Escapologist_ did it even make sense to compose an anti-technology manifesto on an internet-connected device? Would I be able to resist the pull of email, news, and “research” in a time of unbearable stress? No, I needed to write my book the old way. I needed to prove it was still possible. The artist and writer \[ \] ## [What Was All That in Aid Of?](https://newescapologist.co.uk/2026/08/10/well-what-was-all-that-in-aid-of/) _2026-08-10 · Robert Wringham · Blog – New Escapologist_ I just read Black Bag by Luke Kennard. It is funny and good. The book s about an actor who must wear a black leather bag over his whole body (except for his feet) after precariat desperation leads him to take work as the subject of a psychological experiment. Anyway, these quotes aren t particularly representative of \[ \] ## [Collaborators](https://newescapologist.co.uk/2026/08/04/collaborators/) _2026-08-04 · Robert Wringham · Blog – New Escapologist_ Well then. I ve just updated our lists of stockists (places you might be able to buy New Escapologist in the wild) and contributors (people who write or draw for us). This was a fiddly business and I probably made mistakes. If I ve missed you out, misspelled your name, used the wrong link to your website, \[ \] ## [12 Golden Country Greats (Deluxe Edition)](https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/ween-12-golden-country-greats-deluxe-edition/) _2026-08-01 · Stephen Thomas Erlewine · Best New Reissues_ Time has been good to Dean and Gene’s kidding-not-kidding country pivot, recorded with seasoned Nashville pros, and this triple-disc reissue helps contextualize its joy and incongruity. ## [USR 15th Anniversary Edition](https://dragonsarereal.bearblog.dev/usr-15th-anniversary-edition/) _2026-07-27 · dragonsarereal · Dragons Are Real_ USR (Unbelievably Simple Role-playing) was first published early January 2012 on 1km1kt and DriveThru RPG by Scott Malthouse of Trollish Delver Games Scott has now released a 15th Anniversary Edition on both Itch and DriveThru RPG for the reasonable price of £1.67/£1.88 respectively. There have been various editions over the years, third edition changed some of the mechanics quite substantially,… ## [Dark Sun for EZD6 - Priest Hero Paths](https://dragonsarereal.bearblog.dev/dark-sun-for-ezd6-priest-class/) _2026-07-19 · dragonsarereal · Dragons Are Real_ Athas is a world without true gods, however, they look at calling on miracles from the elements or from spirits of the land. The Priest Hero-Path introduces new Spheres of the Elements, which replaces the Elementalist Circle of Sorcery from EZD6 Core. Spheres of the Elements Bolts of elemental energy fired at a target inflict one strike (or two if they are susceptible to this element). They also… ## [Dark Sun for EZD6 - Rogue Hero Paths](https://dragonsarereal.bearblog.dev/dark-sun-for-ezd6-rogue-class/) _2026-07-11 · dragonsarereal · Dragons Are Real_ Athas is a world of intrigue and treachery, of shady deals and secretive organizations. In short, it’s a rogue’s paradise. There are three Rogue hero paths Bards A member of a bizarre class of entertainers and storytellers prized by the aristocratic city dwellers. Health : 3 Strikes Armour : Medium (Save vs. wounds on a 5+ / miraculous save 6) Boon : Lore tasks and performance Inspiring - You can… ## [profullstack on Ko‑fi (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/eQTeqxkIzrZ4) _2026-07-11 · **Sponsored**_ Open the creator's Ko‑fi page. ## [Complete B Sides: 1988-97 (Remaster)](https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/pixies-complete-b-sides-1988-97-remaster/) _2026-07-11 · Ben Cardew · Best New Reissues_ Originally released in 2001 and newly remastered, the collection of B-sides testifies to the alt-rock icons’ trademark eccentricity while cranking up the deviance. ## [Dark Sun for EZD6 - Warrior Hero Paths](https://dragonsarereal.bearblog.dev/dark-sun-for-ezd6-warrior-classes/) _2026-07-10 · dragonsarereal · Dragons Are Real_ There are three different warrior Hero Paths: Fighter, Gladiator, and Ranger. Fighter A trained warrior, a soldier skilled in mass warfare. Every society on Athas maintains an army of fighters to protect itself from attack or to wage wars of plunder and annihilation against its neighbours. Fighters are both the commanders and soldiers in these armies Health : 3 Strikes Armour : Heavy (Save against… ## [The Escape of Moitessier](https://newescapologist.co.uk/2026/07/10/the-escape-of-moitessier/) _2026-07-10 · Robert Wringham · Blog – New Escapologist_ Oh, this is wonderful. Reader K writes to us: On reading your June 19th email exploring the lives of back-to-back cruiseniks, I was reminded of these passages from The Strange Last Voyage of Donald Crowhurst , which elegantly combines Escapological ideas with the desire to live differently. Moitessier a contestant in the 1968 race to \[ \] ## [Vanlife Photography](https://newescapologist.co.uk/2026/07/07/vanlife-photography/) _2026-07-07 · Robert Wringham · Blog – New Escapologist_ Heather Delaney of the Dirtbag Dao has a great piece about US vanlife in Issue 18 and a review of a classic 1982 text on the subject, Blue Highways, in Issue 19). Check out these pics taken by Heather. They make a decent case for it. \* New Escapologist Issue 19 and the anniversary edition \[ \] ## [Trespasser](https://newescapologist.co.uk/2026/07/04/trespasser/) _2026-07-04 · Robert Wringham · Blog – New Escapologist_ Further to yesterday s post, here s Dickon Edwards (in his diaries) on work: I ve tried Normal Life on so many occasions. By which I mean, doing a job you utterly feel at odds with purely for the money. It seems to work for many people, and I admire them immensely. But for me it s living a \[ \] ## [Why Don’t You Just Get a Job?](https://newescapologist.co.uk/2026/07/03/why-dont-you-just-get-a-job/) _2026-07-03 · Robert Wringham · Blog – New Escapologist_ A gem from Dickon Edwards diaries: A frequently asked question: Why don t you just get a job? Answer: Because I ve got too much else to do. Answer: Because I m too busy to get a job. Answer: Being unemployed is a full-time job in itself, involving skills and time in order to survive. So I do \[ \] ## [Signs](https://newescapologist.co.uk/2026/07/02/signs/) _2026-07-02 · Robert Wringham · Blog – New Escapologist_ Friend J, who is travelling in Kyoto, sends this with the single sentence, saw this and thought of you. \* New Escapologist Issue 19 and the anniversary edition of Escape Everything! are both available now. ## [I’m Just Not Creatively Fulfilled in Retail](https://newescapologist.co.uk/2026/07/01/im-just-not-creatively-fulfilled-in-retail/) _2026-07-01 · Robert Wringham · Blog – New Escapologist_ A moment from a brilliant sitcom called Such Brave Girls. Mum: Good morning! Time for work. Josie: I don t think I m up for it. I m just not creatively fulfilled in retail. Mum: Josie, we ve talked about this. Work isn t about fulfilment. It s about making money to buy stuff that will make you feel fulfilled. Josie: \[ \] ## [Resolve To Serve No More](https://newescapologist.co.uk/2026/07/01/resolve-to-serve-no-more/) _2026-07-01 · Robert Wringham · Blog – New Escapologist_ This comes from Étienne de La Boétie, boyfriend of the essayist Montaigne: You can deliver yourselves if you try, not by taking action, but merely by willing to be free. Resolve to serve no more, and you are at once freed. I do not ask that you place hands upon the tyrant to topple him \[ \] ## [Dark Sun for EZD6 - Species](https://dragonsarereal.bearblog.dev/dark-sun-for-ezd6-species/) _2026-06-30 · dragonsarereal · Dragons Are Real_ I have already run a short campaign using EZD6 in the Dark Sun setting. Now some time has passed since we completed it, I thought some more and here are my ideas for adapting the Dark Sun Setting to the EZD6 rules. This work is based on the Original Dark Sun by Troy Denning and Timothy B. Brown; Dark Sun for OSE by Lixu; Dark Sun for Shadowdark by Zqquu. You will require EZD6 core rules and EZD6… ## [AI Summaries & Audio Briefings (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/lotzCLklxOHr) _2026-06-30 · **Sponsored**_ Read AI summaries and listen to concise audio briefings for the latest stories. ## [Synthesizing: Ten Ragas to a Disco Beat](https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/charanjit-singh-synthesizing-ten-ragas-to-a-disco-beat/) _2026-06-27 · Vrinda Jagota · Best New Reissues_ A new reissue revisits the Mumbai composer’s 1982 album of Roland TB-303 and Indian raga, which uncannily anticipated the sound of Chicago acid house by five years. ## [Miles ’56: The Prestige Recordings](https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/miles-davis-miles-56-the-prestige-recordings/) _2026-06-19 · Natalie Weiner · Best New Reissues_ A new box set, assembled for Davis’ centennial, collects a casually superlative set of recordings from the icon and his all-star quintet that seems to distill jazz’s past and peer into its future. ## [Images of Life](https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/ted-lucas-images-of-life/) _2026-05-23 · Grayson Haver Currin · Best New Reissues_ In 1975, the Detroit singer self-released a perfect document of private-press folk. A rich new box set finally reveals more of his story in psychedelic sound. ## [Buy-In Before Implementation](https://emmer.dev/blog/buy-in-before-implementation) _2026-05-21 · Christian Emmer · Christian Emmer_ Shifting the discussion left causes outside contributions to have a higher acceptance rate. ## [Monitoring PostgreSQL Index Creation](https://emmer.dev/blog/monitoring-postgresql-index-creation) _2026-05-09 · Christian Emmer · Christian Emmer_ PostgreSQL has the ability to monitor the progress of index creation, which is very helpful for long-running queries. ## [Super Mario Galaxy / Super Mario Galaxy 2](https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/mahito-yokota-koji-kondo-super-mario-galaxy-super-mario-galaxy-2/) _2026-05-09 · Billie Bugara · Best New Reissues_ Fusing whimsical electronics and a full symphony orchestra, the Galaxy soundtracks channeled the wide-screen ambition of Hollywood scores, marking a new era for game music. ## [Shell Command Throttling](https://emmer.dev/blog/shell-command-throttling) _2026-05-08 · Christian Emmer · Christian Emmer_ You can restrict how often a command executes by remembering its last execution time. ## [Confidence is a Requirement](https://emmer.dev/blog/confidence-is-a-requirement) _2026-05-06 · Christian Emmer · Christian Emmer_ You should not ship changes that you aren't confident in. Full stop. ## [Out of Our Minds: 25th Anniversary Edition is out now!](https://sirkenrobinson.substack.com/p/out-of-our-minds-25th-anniversary) _2026-05-01 · Sir Ken Robinson Foundation · Sir Ken Robinson Foundation's Substack_ Sir Ken Robinson's Daughter, Kate Robinson, Opens the 25th Anniversary Edition of Out of Our Minds ## [The Power of Community: Key Takeaways from Our Live Chat with Kate Robinson](https://sirkenrobinson.substack.com/p/the-power-of-community-key-takeaways) _2026-04-17 · Sir Ken Robinson Foundation · Sir Ken Robinson Foundation's Substack_ Join The Revolution: Creative Change Starts Now! ## [One platform, from silicon to agent (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/PWJqRvD1dQNw) _2026-04-17 · **Sponsored**_ Serverless inference plus Inference Router to optimize cost and latency at scale. ## [Oracles and Tables](https://dragonsarereal.bearblog.dev/oracles-and-tables/) _2026-03-30 · dragonsarereal · Dragons Are Real_ Some of the most useful tools for a GM are tables and oracles. In it's most basic form random tables can aid a GM to make decisions or perhaps throw the adventure in a different direction. This can spur the GM on to think of new scenarios or problems for the players. The most basic tables are percentage tables, for examples of their use see the Weather in Games post. It's quite easy to create them… ## [Custom Calendars](https://dragonsarereal.bearblog.dev/custom-calendars/) _2026-03-25 · dragonsarereal · Dragons Are Real_ I have run a couple campaigns where I decided to design a custom calendar, I find it quite rewarding to develop a list of names for days and months that gives a flavour to the world. The Southlands of Blackmarsh Back in 2025 I was running a Shadowdark campaign set in Rob Conley's Blackmarsh Days of the Weeks I quickly decided I wanted a standard 7 days and I did not want to stray too far from the… ## [Weather in Games](https://dragonsarereal.bearblog.dev/weather-in-games/) _2026-03-20 · dragonsarereal · Dragons Are Real_ I am currently running a Fantasy rpg using the simple free d100 rules Hack 100 and Rob Conley's setting of The Majestic Realms using the expanded Blackmarsh setting. I wanted the weather to play a big part in the Campaign as the players are active in the Northern Reaches particularly around the Great Glacier. So first job was to find a comparable place here on Earth and I settled on Finland with… ## [Out of Our Minds: The Power of Being Creative, new and fully updated 25th Anniversary Edition](https://sirkenrobinson.substack.com/p/out-of-our-minds-the-power-of-being) _2026-03-19 · Sir Ken Robinson Foundation · Sir Ken Robinson Foundation's Substack_ Pre-order Your 25th Anniversary Edition Today! ## [If It Doesn't Page Me, I'm Not Looking at It](https://emmer.dev/blog/if-it-doesnt-page-me-im-not-looking-at-it) _2026-03-17 · Christian Emmer · Christian Emmer_ If an alert isn't important enough to wake me up at 2 a.m., then it isn't important enough to interrupt my working hours. ## [African Skies](https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/kelan-phil-cohran-and-legacy-african-skies/) _2026-02-03 · Mark Richardson · Best New Reissues_ Long a collectors’ holy grail, this searching, atmospheric soundtrack recorded for Chicago’s Adler Planetarium in 1993 mixes spiritual jazz with avant-garde pan-Africanism. ## [Completely Necessary](https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/the-necessaries-completely-necessary/) _2026-01-31 · Linnie Greene · Best New Reissues_ Arthur Russell and Ernie Brooks’ late-’70s rock group has been rendered a historical footnote, but a new anthology captures the nervy brilliance of its guitar-driven new wave. ## [The Return of the Durutti Column (Expanded & Remastered)](https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/the-durutti-column-the-return-of-the-durutti-column-expanded-and-remastered/) _2026-01-24 · Brad Shoup · Best New Reissues_ Reissued with demos, live performances, and early recordings, the full-length debut by the mercurial Factory project is as beautiful as it is cerebral, a work of radical non-provocation. ## [His Legacy. Your Name.](https://sirkenrobinson.substack.com/p/his-legacy-your-name) _2026-01-20 · Sir Ken Robinson Foundation · Sir Ken Robinson Foundation's Substack_ Introducing the Community Archive Box ## [A 'Finding Your Element' Special](https://sirkenrobinson.substack.com/p/a-finding-your-element-special) _2025-12-24 · Sir Ken Robinson Foundation · Sir Ken Robinson Foundation's Substack_ By way of thanks to the Sir Ken Robinson community ## [Your Service Should Make a Sound When it Flatlines](https://emmer.dev/blog/your-service-should-make-a-sound-when-it-flatlines) _2025-12-19 · Christian Emmer · Christian Emmer_ When (not if) your service dies, do you have an EKG to tell you so? ## [The Rings of Legacy Code](https://emmer.dev/blog/the-rings-of-legacy-code) _2025-11-29 · Christian Emmer · Christian Emmer_ It's easy to see the growth of a tree in hindsight by cutting it down and measuring its rings. Software at your company has growth rings, too. ## [Career Gratitude in 2025](https://emmer.dev/blog/career-gratitude-in-2025) _2025-11-27 · Christian Emmer · Christian Emmer_ What I'm thankful for in my career in 2025. ## [Five Sir Ken Moments That Made Us Stop and Think This Week](https://sirkenrobinson.substack.com/p/five-sir-ken-moments-that-made-us) _2025-11-26 · Sir Ken Robinson Foundation · Sir Ken Robinson Foundation's Substack_ In this week’s highlight reel, we revisit five of Sir Ken’s most powerful moments shared this week across our social platforms. ## [What is a Script "Shebang"?](https://emmer.dev/blog/what-is-a-script-shebang) _2025-11-26 · Christian Emmer · Christian Emmer_ No, it's not a Ricky Martin song. ## [Defensive Shell Scripting with Shell Options](https://emmer.dev/blog/defensive-shell-scripting-with-shell-options) _2025-11-25 · Christian Emmer · Christian Emmer_ Unlike typical programming languages, Bash doesn't terminate when it encounters a variety of exceptions. ## [Be an Engineer Who Invites Collaboration](https://emmer.dev/blog/be-an-engineer-who-invites-collaboration) _2025-11-23 · Christian Emmer · Christian Emmer_ I don't care if you're a 10x engineer, I care if we can build great things together. ## [One, Few, or Many: A Guide to Rapid Impact Assessment](https://emmer.dev/blog/one-few-or-many) _2025-11-23 · Christian Emmer · Christian Emmer_ Stakeholders love this one simple trick. ## [Is it us?](https://sirkenrobinson.substack.com/p/is-it-us) _2025-11-22 · Sir Ken Robinson Foundation · Sir Ken Robinson Foundation's Substack_ If your organisation lost 50% of the people it served every year, you'd ask: "Is it us?" ## [Let It Be (Deluxe Edition)](https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/the-replacements-let-it-be-deluxe-edition/) _2025-11-21 · Mitch Therieau · Best New Reissues_ Packaged with live recordings and studio rarities, the Mats’ 1984 masterpiece gets a thoughtful new box set that illustrates the precarity and magic of their unlikely breakthrough.