Tragically, Emeritus Professor Robert Eric Frykenberg has still not seen fit to correct the egregious howler he perpetrated in 2008, to which I drew attention back then. Talk about being a non-influencer.
Sail Cargo Resurgence – Lucy Bellwood
Really great to see this little comic from Lucy Bellwood. A couple of panels to update some of the information would be the cherry on the cake.Is Ceiba operational yet? The website doesn’t say, but I don’t think so.
Eat This Newsletter 241, glancing askance at a Wikipedia edit war and the periodic table of food and more seriously at olives in Palestine, fascism and fish fingers, and metadata for culinary history. https://buttondown.email/jeremycherfas/archive/et
Latest episode: Palatable is not Potable Whatever you ...
Latest episode: Palatable is not Potable
Whatever you think about bottled waters, the story of supplying clean, safe water that people actually want to drink is a fascinating one. Christy Spackman talked to me about her new book, The Taste of Water.
Cockpit expanded! Handlebars of Brompton bicycle showing newly installed bridge between the two sides, creating additional space to affix gizmos.
Roman roads visualised as a tube map. ...
Roman roads visualised as a tube map. I cannot see any possible use for this in my own life, but I am thrilled beyond words that someone saw fit to make it.
Back in 2008, I asked why organisations ...
Back in 2008, I asked why organisations don’t get rid of people at random when they have to downsize. “Management would not be required to make difficult decisions that are almost certainly wrong in at least some cases”. Has any one tried, and if not, why not?
Home-Cooked Software and Barefoot Developers
Such a great talk and slides from Maggie Appleton. And from my own experience, barefoot developing for myself alone, I think she is absolutely right in her forecast and in the things the future she imagines will need.
Folds of green
rabbit_quest #geohashing 20240604-W-B1N8LG
- On foot* 43.149186, 11.449313* Tuesday 4 June, 2024* 423.81 ppm CO2* OpenStreetMap Not quite as close as I could be, but a better view. The quest is somewhere behind the bush on the left.