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How the African Risk Capacity (ARC) helps protect African countries following extreme weather events. This year marks the 10th anniversary of ARC Group, a specialised agency of the African Union. It provides technical assistance and …

I write a lot about how I see hope. I have poems about how hope doesn’t feel positive to me – I know its effect is positive, but it’s not a nice feeling. It hurts. …

I believe Matt Mullenweg's abuses of his unilateral, unchecked powers prove that it is in the best interest of the entire WordPress community that he be removed from power immediately.

I’m consistently impressed with how Our British Cousins rewarded American R&B and disco during these years, some of which is unfamiliar (Tom Browne) or came to me secondhand (“You Gave Me Love” as an uncredited …

Double Maths First Thing is to maths news what the noticeboard outside the coffee shop is to theorems Hello! My name is Colin and I am a mathematician on a mission to spread delight and …

I changed the page on my shop calendar the other day and saw this quote from Bill Coperthwaite – sent it to my wife Maureen right away. Bill Coperthwaite calendar I’ve never learned knitting, but …

I’m amused by the fact that a company would go to the effort of printing this notice on hoardings and also feel like this could make valuable feedback for an awful lot of written reports …

Chibitronics asked me to participate in a #LightUpPopUpTober project they are coordinating with prompts from @5am_popup. My prompt was “reverse.” Thus, the switching mechanism for this card works by reversing the covers of the card, …

don’t claim to know what will happen about the “Internet” archive of books. If you have not used them, why? While in general the scanning of old books, magazines, and manuals isn’t perfect and doesn’t …

Tempe à Pailla from the air Although Eileen Gray designed over forty buildings in her career only two were built both by her and Tempe à Pailla is the other one. Anyone not familiar with …

Woah, I missed September! That's what I get for leaving the house, I guess. I've been giving astrid a tour of the real world, which has been fun and sometimes disheartening when everything breaks down. …

Two weeks ago, I published my article UV – I am (somewhat) sold. Since then, a lot has changed for me. I switched all my personal projects to uv from poetry. I have set up …

Of course we’ve got them. This is of course an homage to an epic fantasy adventure. A finish on the voided falcon panel. Foreground first in double running stitch, using black thread. Background then worked …

Over recent months there has been an increase in the number of mountain incidents across Scotland, and now autumn is in full swing we’d like to remind people venturing into the hills to check your …

In a hurry? Jump to the relevant section: Create a new Django project with uv Add uv to an existing project Dev dependencies Running uv in production Running uv in CI Upgrading dependencies What is …