# desert island (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 5 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover desert island. Page: Feed: --- ## [What Happened Here?](https://acadiaadventures.substack.com/p/what-happened-here) _2026-08-21 · Acadia Adventures_ You can find out with Mount Desert Historical Society’s App ## [Reading Isn’t Quite Over Yet. At Least Not Here.](https://acadiaadventures.substack.com/p/reading-isnt-quite-over-yet-at-least) _2026-08-21 · Carrie Jones · Acadia Adventures_ While national studies show Americans reading fewer books, MDI’s annual library sales offered a weekend-long argument for the enduring appeal of the written word. ## [From a Pipette in Bar Harbor to the Frontiers of Kidney Research.](https://acadiaadventures.substack.com/p/from-a-pipette-in-bar-harbor-to-the) _2026-08-21 · Carrie Jones · Acadia Adventures_ The statewide program that began at MDIBL 25 years ago has helped launch thousands of scientific careers and transformed the laboratory itself. ## [How to Volunteer in Acadia National Park August 24-29!](https://acadiaadventures.substack.com/p/how-to-volunteer-in-acadia-national) _2026-08-21 · Acadia Adventures_ Subscribe now Share Share Acadia Adventures Leave a comment ## [A rather special guest is joining us in Devon](https://theliteraryedit.substack.com/p/a-rather-special-guest-is-joining) _2026-08-21 · Lucy Pearson · The Literary Edit_ Plus: a NEW Rosamunde Pilcher, and the book that just got an absolute spanking... ## [This Week in Acadia Adventures.](https://acadiaadventures.substack.com/p/this-week-in-acadia-adventures-517) _2026-08-17 · Carrie Jones · Acadia Adventures_ Thank you so much for being a subscriber to Acadia Adventures! ## [Baker Island Lighthouse Has Weathered Almost Everything. Can It Survive Time?](https://acadiaadventures.substack.com/p/baker-island-lighthouse-has-weathered) _2026-08-17 · Carrie Jones · Acadia Adventures_ Friends of Acadia has raised more than $400,000 to begin stabilizing the historic Baker Island tower. ## [Rachel Khoo's Desert Island Books](https://theliteraryedit.substack.com/p/rachel-khoos-desert-island-books) _2026-08-16 · Lucy Pearson · The Literary Edit_ Featuring the novel she read during her first summer in Sweden, and a book that makes her so furious she has to read it in stages... ## [Great White Shark Spotted in Frenchman Bay Near Mount Desert Island.](https://acadiaadventures.substack.com/p/great-white-shark-spotted-in-frenchman) _2026-08-16 · Carrie Jones · Acadia Adventures_ An Ellsworth man said the shark was feeding on a seal when he spotted it Thursday. ## [How to Volunteer in Acadia This Week!](https://acadiaadventures.substack.com/p/how-to-volunteer-in-acadia-this-week) _2026-08-16 · Carrie Jones · Acadia Adventures_ Looking to give back to Acadia National Park? ## [Point once, get highlights (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/L8O96ev3q8qg) _2026-08-16 · **Sponsored**_ Get minutes worth watching from a whole game — point once ## [Twenty-one failsafe recommendations to get you out of a reading slump](https://theliteraryedit.substack.com/p/twenty-one-failsafe-recommendations) _2026-08-14 · Lucy Pearson · The Literary Edit_ Books so good they'll work for almost anyone... ## [IN PRAISE OF BAKED BEAN SUPPERS](https://acadiaadventures.substack.com/p/in-praise-of-baked-bean-suppers) _2026-08-13 · Acadia Adventures_ GUEST CONTRIBUTOR: Bill Horner ## [After Nearly a Century, Deer Hunting Is Officially Coming Back to Tremont.](https://acadiaadventures.substack.com/p/after-nearly-a-century-deer-hunting) _2026-08-12 · Acadia Adventures_ State wildlife officials approved a three-year special hunt despite questions about the island’s deer population, enforcement and the legal basis for the exception. ## [Bears in the Woods and What You Should Do](https://acadiaadventures.substack.com/p/bears-in-the-woods-and-what-you-should) _2026-08-12 · Carrie Jones · Acadia Adventures_ I’ve been lucky enough to see bears out in the wild quite a few times. ## [Psychics and Mediums](https://acadiaadventures.substack.com/p/psychics-and-mediums) _2026-08-11 · Carrie Jones · Acadia Adventures_ There have been many local psychics and mediums, those who say they have a closer connection to the dead and metaphysical here in Downeast Maine. ## [This Week in Acadia Adventures](https://acadiaadventures.substack.com/p/this-week-in-acadia-adventures-4c2) _2026-08-10 · Carrie Jones · Acadia Adventures_ Thank you so much for being a subscriber to Acadia Adventures! ## [For Ernest Thompson, the Story Isn’t Finished When He Writes It](https://acadiaadventures.substack.com/p/for-ernest-thompson-the-story-isnt) _2026-08-10 · Carrie Jones · Acadia Adventures_ The “On Golden Pond” writer returns to Bar Harbor August 13 with “Out Clause” and a longstanding belief that readers and audiences bring their own dreams, fears, and memories to every story. ## [Acadia Quakers Launch Outreach Initiative.](https://acadiaadventures.substack.com/p/acadia-quakers-launch-outreach-initiative) _2026-08-10 · Acadia Adventures_ New attenders welcome starting Sunday, August 16 ## [Chloë Ashby's Desert Island Books](https://theliteraryedit.substack.com/p/chloe-ashbys-desert-island-books) _2026-08-09 · Lucy Pearson · The Literary Edit_ Featuring a beloved classic, and her favourite Ali Smith novel... ## [THE GALLERY AT SOMES SOUND’S LARGEST SHOW OF THE SEASON: August 19 – October 17, Opening Reception August 19 5-7 pm](https://acadiaadventures.substack.com/p/the-gallery-at-somes-sounds-largest) _2026-08-07 · Carrie Jones · Acadia Adventures_ It’s Not What You Look At, But What You See: William Hoyt, Ernest McMullen, Rett Sturman and David Vickery ## [CLI-first decentralized GPU compute (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/2xyy0NwZTKTZ) _2026-08-07 · **Sponsored**_ Pay workers or run your GPU for FFmpeg transcode and AI inference. ## [A Moose Recently Appeared in an MDI Backyard. It Wasn’t the First.](https://acadiaadventures.substack.com/p/a-moose-recently-appeared-in-an-mdi) _2026-08-07 · Carrie Jones · Acadia Adventures_ From moose and bobcats to a small population of black bears, Mount Desert Island has more elusive wildlife than many people realize. ## [Lower Hadlock Pond](https://acadiaadventures.substack.com/p/lower-hadlock-pond) _2026-08-05 · Carrie Jones · Acadia Adventures_ First off, a confession, I have lived here since college and it was only this year that I hiked around lower Hadlock Pond. ## [Amid whale surge, boaters encouraged to share sightings, safely](https://acadiaadventures.substack.com/p/amid-whale-surge-boaters-encouraged) _2026-08-05 · Carrie Jones · Acadia Adventures_ As humpbacks move into coastal waters, College of the Atlantic Allied Whale researchers urge boaters to prioritize safety. ## [Boar Heads, Boar Heads, Everywhere a Boar Head](https://acadiaadventures.substack.com/p/boar-heads-boar-heads-everywhere) _2026-08-04 · Carrie Jones · Acadia Adventures_ Random Strangeness ## [This Week in Acadia Adventures](https://acadiaadventures.substack.com/p/this-week-in-acadia-adventures-1ab) _2026-08-03 · Carrie Jones · Acadia Adventures_ Thank you so much for being a subscriber to Acadia Adventures! ## [On Golden Pond Oscar Winner Ernest Thompson Comes to Bar Harbor with his New Literary Thriller](https://acadiaadventures.substack.com/p/on-golden-pond-oscar-winner-ernest) _2026-08-03 · Acadia Adventures_ BAR HARBOR — The Academy Award-winning writer of the iconic film On Golden Pond, Ernest Thompson, will make an appearance at the Jesup Memorial Library at 5:30 p.m. ## [Built From the Ground Up: Sanborns Open Acadia Timber Cottages in Trenton.](https://acadiaadventures.substack.com/p/built-from-the-ground-up-sanborns) _2026-08-02 · Shaun Farrar · Acadia Adventures_ Morgan and Colton Sanborn's newest venture reflects both confidence in Maine tourism and a commitment to year-round community ## [Bar Harbor Historical Society Hosts Free Night at the Museum](https://acadiaadventures.substack.com/p/bar-harbor-historical-society-hosts) _2026-08-02 · Carrie Jones · Acadia Adventures_ Free, special ,monthly admission at LaRochelle is August 10, September 10, and October 10. ## [Lucy Mangan's Desert Island Books](https://theliteraryedit.substack.com/p/lucy-mangans-desert-island-books) _2026-08-02 · Lucy Pearson · The Literary Edit_ Featuring the children’s classic she simply couldn’t bear to be without, and her favourite Jane Austen... ## [Joanna Rakoff's favourite campus novels](https://theliteraryedit.substack.com/p/joanna-rakoffs-favourite-campus-novels) _2026-07-30 · Lucy Pearson · The Literary Edit_ A guest edit by the author of My Salinger Year ## [Meet Claude, the AI assistant (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/NwE0b6HEVfZx) _2026-07-30 · **Sponsored**_ Conversational AI to answer questions, brainstorm ideas, and help with tasks. ## [Chiara Barzini's Desert Island Books](https://theliteraryedit.substack.com/p/chiara-barzinis-desert-island-books) _2026-07-26 · Lucy Pearson · The Literary Edit_ Featuring a book that feels almost destined for a desert island and a collection of stories she found almost by accident... ## [An invite to my festive reading retreat, and what happened in Hay (part deux)](https://theliteraryedit.substack.com/p/an-invite-to-my-festive-reading-retreat) _2026-07-24 · Lucy Pearson · The Literary Edit_ Christmas in the countryside and a rather belated story about my encounter with Miriam Margolyes… ## [Beth Brower's Desert Island Books](https://theliteraryedit.substack.com/p/beth-browers-desert-island-books) _2026-07-19 · Lucy Pearson · The Literary Edit_ Featuring a childhood favourite, and a series she adores with all of her story-loving heart... ## [Eugenia Ladra's Desert Island Books](https://theliteraryedit.substack.com/p/eugenia-ladras-desert-island-books) _2026-07-13 · Lucy Pearson · The Literary Edit_ Featuring her favourite Uruguayan book, and the novel she's completely obsessed with... ## [Dawn O'Porter's Desert Island Books](https://theliteraryedit.substack.com/p/dawn-oporters-desert-island-books) _2026-07-05 · Lucy Pearson · The Literary Edit_ Featuring the book that made her want to be a writer, and the classic she thinks everyone should read... ## [SQLite improving performance with pre-sort](https://andersmurphy.com/2026/06/07/sqlite-improving-performance-with-pre-sort.html) _2026-06-07 · anders murphy_ ## [The perils of UUID primary keys in SQLite](https://andersmurphy.com/2026/06/05/the-perils-of-uuid-primary-keys-in-sqlite.html) _2026-06-05 · anders murphy_ ## [Why I Shut Down Trailway](https://www.peterblanco.com/startup/why-i-shut-down-trailway/) _2026-02-05 · Peter Blanco · Peter Blanco_ I started Trailway to solve a pain I’d felt as a Product Manager: spending about 20% of my time testing features before release. I believed automation could reduce PM workload and accelerate shipping. ## [100000 TPS over a billion rows: the unreasonable effectiveness of SQLite](https://andersmurphy.com/2025/12/02/100000-tps-over-a-billion-rows-the-unreasonable-effectiveness-of-sqlite.html) _2025-12-02 · anders murphy_ ## [The Quiet Crisis in QA: More Code, Same Old Problems](https://www.peterblanco.com/startup/quiet-crisis-in-qa-more-code-same-old-problems/) _2025-11-18 · Peter Blanco · Peter Blanco_ Most have noticed the explosion of AI-driven software development. Engineers are planning, writing, and shipping code faster than ever. But, if AI means more code, shouldn’t it also mean more testing? And if there’s more testing, where are all the new breakthrough quality assurance (QA) companies? ## [River view from the Grundy Library](https://mattlydonwrites.wordpress.com/2025/10/29/river-view-from-the-grundy-library/) _2025-10-29 · Matt Lydon, author · The Matt Lydon Projects_ I grew up in a suburb, I ve lived in two major cities, and I ve been back in a suburb since 2018. Today I returned a book to my local library, the Grundy Library, right here in Bristol Borough. I paused to take this view in. I love this little town! -Matt ## [Audio Post](https://mattlydonwrites.wordpress.com/2025/10/08/audio-post-3/) _2025-10-08 · Matt Lydon, author · The Matt Lydon Projects_ [Listen](https://mattlydonwrites.files.wordpress.com/2025/10/audio-post-2025-10-08-172440.mp3) ## [The night orchestra.](https://mattlydonwrites.wordpress.com/2025/09/19/audio-post-2/) _2025-09-19 · Matt Lydon, author · The Matt Lydon Projects_ [Listen](https://mattlydonwrites.files.wordpress.com/2025/09/audio-post-2025-09-19-185149.mp3) ## [The Writer’s First Audio Post](https://mattlydonwrites.wordpress.com/2025/09/09/audio-post/) _2025-09-10 · Matt Lydon, author · The Matt Lydon Projects_ [Listen](https://mattlydonwrites.files.wordpress.com/2025/09/audio-post-2025-09-10-035142.mp3) ## [Thirdspaces – We Found a Problem, But Not a Business](https://www.peterblanco.com/startup/thirdspaces-we-found-a-problem-but-no-business/) _2025-07-25 · Peter Blanco · Peter Blanco_ What was the idea? A marketplace for booking NYC bars and restaurants for group events, starting with large-party events like birthdays. Think “Opentable for large groups” where you select the packages and sign the contract up-front, rather than via forms and emails. ## [Friendship breakups happen, too.](https://mattlydonwrites.wordpress.com/2025/06/23/friendship-breakups-happen-too/) _2025-06-23 · Matt Lydon, author · The Matt Lydon Projects_ Recently, I, for the lack of a better term, broke up with a friend. Maybe it s more correct to say that I ended an acquaintanceship. You might say to yourself, 'Lydon, WTF? Why not just leave it alone? Who has time for that?' Well, that s precisely the point, you see. Dig it: I know it s Continue reading Friendship breakups happen, too. ## [Clojure: SQLite C API with project Panama and Coffi](https://andersmurphy.com/2025/05/20/clojure-sqlite-c-api-with-project-panama-and-coffi.html) _2025-05-20 · anders murphy_ ## [Why you should consider using brotli compression with SSE](https://andersmurphy.com/2025/04/15/why-you-should-use-brotli-sse.html) _2025-04-15 · anders murphy_ ## [Clojure: Realtime collaborative web apps without ClojureScript](https://andersmurphy.com/2025/04/07/clojure-realtime-collaborative-web-apps-without-clojurescript.html) _2025-04-07 · anders murphy_ ## [Trip to Argentina](https://www.peterblanco.com/travel-guides/argentina-travel-guide/) _2025-01-09 · Peter Blanco · Peter Blanco_ tl;dr Tips for Traveling to Argentina in November (Shoulder Season)