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Good morning, I’ve been thinking about the “Goldilocks principle” lately. You know, how the correct amount of something is great for you, but too little or too much does nothing, or even ends up hurting …

Ah, September — one of the most beautiful months of the year, and one of the best months to travel. I definitely put this month to good use. This was a busy September for me, …

I’m running a bit behind getting this post written and uploaded this morning. It’s the last full day of PulpFest 2024. I didn’t make it to the Doc Savage gathering this morning at 7:30, but …

I did an excellent course on Strategy for Directors. On Monday, I shared some models we learned about and in this post I pull those together. Whether you are in leadership or not, you can …

The nightmares are coming from inside your house (it’s the Kinect) Developer: Sega (CS3) Publisher: Sega Release Date: September 6th, 2011 Available On: Xbox 360 Genre(s): Horror, Action, Comedy Before we begin, it’s worth mentioning …

The renowned portrait photographer reflects on his work, his relationship to philosophers, and the nature of portraiture. Continue reading → The post What the Photographer Who’s Taken Hundreds of Philosopher Portraits Really Thinks of Philosophers …

On 3rd October 1574, during the Eighty Years War, the Spanish who besieged the city of Leiden were routed by a band of Dutch rebels. Supplies of herring and white bread were brought to the …

At the core of traditional woodworking tools, the spokeshave moulding plane stands out as an exemplary instrument for shaping or moulding profiles onto the edges on timber. Nearly every woodworker becomes in love with this …

I tried some absolutely outstanding ice cream yesterday that reminded me of yet another reason I feel lucky to be part of Generation X: We are living in the golden age of ice cream. In …

Tsuzukiyamagata つづき山形 means “continuing mountain form” in Japanese. It’s called “mountain range pattern” by Daruma which sounds more lyrical than the literal translation.The tsuzukiyamagata pattern is a traditional Japanese pattern. It represents a geometric abstraction …

The Devil’s Hour (2022) s02e01 “DI Chambers” [2024] D: Johnny Allan. S: Jessica Raine, Peter Capaldi, Nikesh Patel, Benjamin Chivers. Given season one was a timey-wimey, multiverse of madness, it’s a little weird to see …

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Having dispatched punctuation and book news, we’re on to pocket calculators! Incredibly, half a century or more after their appearance, there is still news to be had on the subject. In the introduction to Empire …

Laboratory assays are central to much of biomedical research. My colleagues and I recently received a research grant to do better assays using Bayesian inference. Beyond the usual challenges of fitting nonlinear hierarchical models to …