Jeremy Cherfas

Ayjay and lots of other good people wish Word would die in a fire. Me too.

Eat This Newsletter points the finger at

• alt-protein energetics: the sums don’t add up
• breastfeeding: formula looks “less like brain damage and more like a really bad kindergarten teacher”, and
• food allergies and intolerance: the immune system loses its mind.

buttondown.com/jeremyche…

“There are also tools to show me where my online images have been used so I can invoice people who use them without permission. But it’s a pain and I wish Flickr could do that with a click of a button. It might happen.“That would be a game changer, and maybe even profitable for Flickr on a small percentage. 

Is it possible, in my wildest dreams, that the latest XKCD from Randall was inspired by a recent episode of Eat This Podcast?

xkcd.com/2982/

www.eatthispodcast.com/water/

Twenty years ago today, I was impressed with WordPress, the new kid on my block. www.jeremycherfas.net/blog/gett…

It is still pretty impressive, if it gives you what you want.

A lot of Mark Nottingham’s post about improving feeds is plumbing and protocols I scarcely understand. The thing that disrupts my feed reading most is feeds that resend the latest 20 posts each time there’s something new. Might be related to doubled images. Whatever, I dislike it a lot.

• On bicycle* 41.861454, 12.464238* Thursday 22 August, 2024* 418.77 ppm CO2* OpenStreetMapNot exactly exploring. Just happened to notice this Rabbit right by my usual route for a long bicycle ride, so I had to bag it on the way home.

• On foot* 41.88934, 12.46280 approx* Friday 16 August, 2024* N/A ppm CO2* OpenStreetMapBagged this on Friday, and it had been so long since the previous Rabbit I clear forgot to take the screenshot that enables me to post a day later. Or three days later.

Rain at last, and it smells … like victory.