Jeremy Cherfas

Currently reading: The Last Grain Race by Eric Newby, ISBN: 9780007597833

                     #Non-fiction

@ThatPaddedChar You got it in one. Standards about things like microformats are exactly what allow a plurality of implementations to flourish.

Currently reading: Songbirds, Truffles, and Wolves: An American Naturalist in Italy by Gary Paul Nabhan, ISBN: 9780140239720

Currently reading: Sourdough by Robin Sloan, ISBN: 9781250192752

                     #Fiction

Finished reading: Alibi by Joseph Kanon, ISBN: 9780312425906

                     #Fiction

Finishing touches done for this week’s Eat This Newsletter, with the Catherine Effect, from @BienassisLoic, not the pizza effect, from @NPR, groundnuts in The Gambia, and the horrible Hamlet Fire, from @BryantSimon. Sign up at buttondown.email/jeremyche…

Thanks for the tip. My MIDI keyboard thingie already does a bunch of stuff that I have barely explored, so for now another soft synth would be overkill. One to keep in mind though.

I’ve never really been an outliner sort of person, although I know I should try harder. So I’m taking a look at bike and really liking it. Much more intuitive than things I’ve used before, so it may stick. Need to check that Save As script.

Our modern culture is good at heroic, high-tech mitigation of specific and immediate acute problems. It’s not very good at long-term, low-tech cultural adaptation that mitigates against these specific and immediate acute problems from arising.Is there time? Best to assume that there is, and start the transition now.

Oh, to be able to travel by Zeppelin. Meanwhile, I think the idea of never flying anywhere for less than a week is a good stop-gap, and more trains when possible.

Meanwhile

Lady Eva seems to have given up on Odessa. Sara left Odessa, now anchored at Bandirma, TR, cargo unknown (by me). Jasmin Queen and Noran loitering at anchor south of Istanbul, maybe still en route to Odessa or Chornomorsk.

New in Odessa: Ali S, Ganosaya, Zhe Hai

You go away for a few days and … nothing much changes.

Razoni could be anywhere, not reporting position. Navi Star got to Foynes an hour or so ago. Polarnet still anchored off Pendik, TR. Rojen left Italy, currently anchored off Cephalonia. Riva Wind still at Iskenderun.

Razoni, Polarnet, Rojen no change. Navi Star off the southern corner of Portugal. Riva Wind moored near Iskenderun.

No change in Odessa; six cargo ships in port (and one expected later today)

Razoni still not updating her position. Navi Star through Gibraltar to Foynes. Ireland. Polarnet still anchored. Rojen still in Ravenna Riva Wind entering Gulf of Alexandretta.

Sara joins 5 other cargo ships in Odessa.

On a related note, tracking the vessels is easy enough. How I can find out more about the cargo, what is loaded and unloaded and all that?

#shipping #bulk-cargo #commodities

Razoni is on the move, possibly to Egypt, but not updating her position. Navi Star in the Eastern Med, heading to Foynes, Ireland. Polarnet steaming to anchorage south of Istanbul. Rojen moored in Ravenna, Riva Wind expected in Iskenderun in a day or so.

Currently reading: Night Soldiers by Alan Furst, ISBN: 9780375760006

Riva Wind nearing Athens, Rojen passing Puglia on the way to Ravenna, Nav Star about to pass Sicily.

Razoni and Polarnet have not moved.

No change in the bulk carriers in Odessa.