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“A mathematician’s reputation rests on the number of bad proofs he has given. (Pioneer work is clumsy.)” — A. S. Besicovitch I’m sure I’ve written about this quote somewhere, but I can’t find where. The …

I’d like to share a few things I’ve learned about conducting skip level 1-1s. What is a skip level 1-1? Skip level 1-1s are a way to sense what is happening in your organization. The …

Ezra Klein makes the argument that what is wrong with Donald Trump is his complete lack of inhibition. It’s a long essay, and I encourage you to listen instead of read, because the audio clips …

It’s been a while…and summer has gone, it’s getting stormy and cold outside here in Germany. As I went through my recent sketchbook pages with a cup of tea in hand, I rediscovered this page …

UPDATE 5 October 2024: in addition to the pretty printing pdf version of the “Nonviolent personality” by Giuliano Pontara that I translated from the Italian original, the booklet is now also available for free in …

I’ve had a few blogs over the years - when I was younger I had a bad habit of starting a blog, and then occasionally throwing it away to move to a new platform. There’s …

Traditionally, biltong was dried by hanging it in a cool and dry space with good ventilation, but nowadays, modern technology has introduced more efficient ways of drying biltong. One of these methods is using a …

When it comes to AI, Apple CEO Tim Cook dismisses critics who claim Apple has come late to the party, even those inside his own company. Speaking to the Wall Street Journal he argues that …

I think it's a pretty prevalent stereotype of 8-bit console RPGs that they're ugly, difficult, and just generally hostile to the player. It's not a completely unfounded stereotype, and I know there are people reading …

The Cross Keys, Penkridge, Staffordshire ST19 5HJ An old pub standing by the Staffordshire & Worcestershire Canal to the south-east of the village centre, it was originally isolated in the middle of open fields, but …

The Crown, Nuneaton, Warwickshire A handsome three-storeyed redbrick pub on the approach to Nuneaton station. It is one of a pair of closed pubs with the Railway Tavern, which will be featured in a later …

The Sunday Telegraph reports that pub licensees will be turned into “banter cops” under proposed reforms to workers’ rights. Provisions in the Employment Rights Bill mean equality laws will be updated to make employers liable …

Last time, I talked about what I called the poor man's saddle sander. I promised we'd look at the other end of the spectrum this time around. I want to talk about some really bloody …

5/5 golden merles Variety’s “Plover” is Texan avantpop rock composed of compelling narrative subversion, sticky melody and tone. The hook is a compacted material derived from descriptions of naturalistic imagery, the conflict of the domesticated …

Picture, if you will, a mountain with a perfectly round base. It juts up out of the pastoral farmlands of New Zealand’s North Island, surrounded by lush vegetation, including ferns and moss so majestic it …