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Last week the whole time I sat on the beach in front of the pounding waves my mind wasn’t on what I was doing. I wasn’t thinking about how to combat the conditions and winkle out a fish, in my head I was in the valley sitting beside a quiet, tree lined river. I tuned out the roar and rush of the breaking waves and in my head could only …

Just one quote from This Is a Philosopher on Drugs by Justin Smith-Ruiu, Wired, Mar 7, 2023: “Early in my new life as a late-blooming pothead, one thing that struck me was just what a crummy deal we in the West had been given, whereby all mind-altering substances had been prohibited and stigmatized, except for the one that has such negative medical and social consequences in its overuse as to …

I’ve got to say, I’m lurking in various pregnancy/“new parent” subreddits and it’s weird to me how often I see comments like “in our parents’ generation breastfeeding was discouraged” or “dads didn’t change nappies then” or whatever. I was born in the early 90s and my mum/aunts absolutely felt the same enormous pressure to make breastfeeding work as exists today… and the men did their fair share of active baby …

The vast majority of public race events build upon the help of unpaid volunteers. This had been obvious to me since the first running races I did and it didn’t take much longer for the urge to form to one day start “paying back the favor”. I figured when I’m old and grey, possibly injured or for some other reason couldn’t or wouldn’t run myself anymore, that would be a …

Apostle of Noncomformity “I’d say you’re always involved personally with the biography you’re writing, no matter how hard you work to muss the trail.” That’s what friend and fellow author James Marcus told me some time ago.He ought to know. He’s the celebrated author of Glad to the Brink of Fear: A Portrait of Ralph Waldo Emerson, newly out with Princeton University Press. I’ve been following James’s long labor for …

L— was away for most of the week at a conference in Vienna and then taking a long route back on trains via Zurich and Paris. I entertained myself by cooking unreasonably spicy food and attempting to render some of Bashō’s haiku into English while still being haiku (according to an English concept of syllables). Some were more successful than others. 物いへば 唇寒し 秋の風 You might say it— but your …

Some details of AIS tracking data around some of America's busiest waterways. Data: NOAA; Map: Jon Keegan / Beautiful Public Data As we run, drive, bike, and fly, humans leave behind telltale tracks of movement on Earth—if you know where to look. Physical tracks, thermal signatures, and chemical traces can reveal where we’ve been. But another type of breadcrumb trail comes from the radio signals emitted by the cars, planes, …

Want a lowkey way to not only bring your coffee o the next level, but also give your espresso machine some happiness? Get a water filter! The post Water Filters Saved My Espresso Machine appeared first on CoffeeGeek.

Where time allows this year, I have been doing PC build projects for Compaq LTE Elite laptop (486), IBM Aptiva (AMD-K6 500), Compaq DeskPro (P3-1Ghz), Core i7 PC I built back in 2011, and Pentium 200MMX setup on IBM PC300GL with OS/2, plus adding a parallel ZIP, HP iPAQ, Sony Clie Palm into the mix.Whew.This work has been ongoing since May, being done in small chunks when I had time. …

It’s humbling that way every September, without fail, knocks me on my rump. One week, you’re breezy and unscheduled, reading books on a beach and tearing lobster apart with your bare hands (indeed, we were in Maine) and the next you’re realizing a certain fetid backpack was never emptied on the last day of school in June, scrambling for after-school care, and despite the fact that I work every week …

“It’s about giving everyone (everyone) an equal voice. Our ground is level and our table is round. It’s as simple as that. Story Games Seattle is about participation. We want to hear what you have to say and we want you to hear what everyone else at the table has to say too.” This is (to me at least) a very interesting time capsule, outlining our philosophy and principles from …

900 3rd St SE: Loftus Lofts (186 units) under constructionThe New Bohemia neighborhood, located on the east side of the Cedar River south of downtown, was largely decimated by the 2008 flood. What had once been an industrial area with some working class housing and artists' studios suddenly became a tabula rasa. When I started spending serious time here in 2016, several historic buildings had been functionally rehabbed, joined by …

Here’s Part 3 of my updated sunscreen recommendations – these are the new Korean sunscreens I’m adding to my list. Part 1: Japanese sunscreens Part 2: European sunscreens Part 3 (this one): Korean sunscreens Part 4: Australian sunscreens The video is here – keep scrolling for the text version. See Part 1 for the full background information – here’s a ... Read more Source

In the realm of young changemakers, Claire stands out as a courageous leader with a plan. As a recognized winner of the Next Generation Foresight Practitioners - Young Voices (NGFP-YV) Awards for 2023, Claire has been making waves with her project, Eduqette. Eduqette Eduqette, Claire's long time project, is more than just a platform—it's a vision for a more inclusive and accessible higher education landscape. Recognized for its alignment with …

Researching another piece of writing, I discovered today with great sadness that the American composer and instrument builder Chas Smith died earlier this year, on 13 May. I can’t say that I knew a huge amount about Smith’s life before today – although he found success in Hollywood, particularly through his work on Dune, he … Continue reading Delayed memorial: Chas Smith →