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Reading Time: 36 minutes It’s been astonishing this week to see exactly how badly a political party’s comms team can handle something – FOR FCUK’S SAKE, LABOUR PARTY COMMS PEOPLE, IT SHOULDN’T BE THIS DIFFICULT. Also, the past seven days’ succession of embarrassing revelations and gift-related gaffes have somehow managed to achieve the unthinkable and made me feel genuine pity for the PM’s kid (I’m not a monster, it’s just …

The Three Investigators #5 The Mystery of the Vanishing Treasure by Robert Arthur, 1966. The Three Investigators don’t have a case at the moment, so Jupiter entertains himself and his friends with an intellectual exercise – figuring out how someone could steal the Rainbow Jewels from an exhibit at the Petersen Museum, an exhibit that has been promoted in the local papers. Pete and Bob object that they solve thefts, …

Here's what we looked at this week:New production method for quickly building walls: Impact printing with clay. The world's underwater fiber optic cables.From MIT, sustainable 3D-printed glass masonry.Caroline's Cart is a shopping cart designed for special needs individuals and caregivers.Product-based inspiration for spaceship designs by Eric Geusz.Designer on a sci-fi mission: Daryl Villanueva's EVE Odyssey.Master Forge: An ultra-fast chord keyboard with rather unfortunate aesthetics.Unusual product design: The BedBox, a wildly …

(Written by William) I’m not exactly sure what it is about LEGO Ideas projects, but I tend to forget what’s coming out right before they get released. This is especially true for the projects that don’t go through the normal LEGO Ideas project cycle. So, when LEGO offered the #21352 LEGO Ideas Magic of Disney […]

Nagoya, Japan, blends history, culture, and modern attractions. From Nagoya Castle to local cuisine and vibrant shopping districts, explore the best sights with this essential travel guide. READ: Nagoya Travel Guide

Selection: Introduction https://londonjazzcollector.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/henry-lowther-band_introduction_child-song_deram-sml1070-1970-ljc.mp3 . . . “Hey Henry, what do you want to call the first track, you know, the introduction?Yeah, that’ll do.” The rest are apparently word-pictures that relate to the theme of children’s play. Track List A1 IntroductionA2 Trav’lling SongA3 Plaything (Child Song And Anima)B1 3/4 Skip (Trip Up)B2 BetweenB3 Puppet Song Artists: Henry Lowther Band Daryl Runswick, bass guitar, double bass, percussion; Mike Travis, drums, percussion; Mike …

Jackson Lampe, a junior at Wahlert Catholic High School in Dubuque, Iowa, recently earned the rank of Eagle Scout, and was named the school’s student of the month for his efforts. For his service project, Jackson provided care kits to the burn unit at the University of Iowa Health Care Stead Family Children’s Hospital to support parents of pediatric burn victims. His own experience as a burn survivor at age …

Thoughtful and actionable paper from Johan Allspaw about engineering resilience—with principles and tactics applicable to other kinds of work, I think. Importantly, resilience as defined here depends on a number of different behaviors, including open and honest communication, reciprocity, and a lack of judgment. What I find notable about this framing is the sense that resilience is a collective, rather than individual, attribute. That is, it depends on sharing information, …

It’s a claim you will find repeated in dozens – possibly hundreds – of places: that the so-called “Hymn to Ninkasi”, a poem in the Sumerian language to the goddess of beer, at least 3,900 years old, known from three fragmentary clay tablets found in and around the ancient city of Nippur, which stood between the Euphrates and the Tigris, is “effectively a Sumerian recipe for brewing beer”, “the oldest …

Today, I have the Bauche Stargazer Carina Nebula in for review. It’s a new watch from a new brand, set to make its debut on October 18 on Kickstarter, and… The post Bauche Stargazer Carina Nebula appeared first on The Time Bum.

Wirehead Instruments Basilisk is a new hybrid bassline Synthesizer with digital oscillators, an MS-20-style analog filter, and a generative sequencer. In recent years, many small synthesizers from independent companies have come onto the market designed [...] The post Wirehead Instruments Basilisk, hybrid generative bassline Synthesizer appeared first on SYNTH ANATOMY.

Artist Talk with Krista Svalbonas Artist Consultation with photographer Michael James Hillman Founder and Curator: Douglas Marshall Marshall Gallery Current Exhibition Heidi: How long have you been doing portfolio reviews? Douglas: Well, I’ve been doing reviews overall close to a decade now I guess. I’ve done many of the review festivals around the country as well as looking at countless portfolios in the galleries over the years. But for the …

Previously: Part 1 We’ve just finished the second week of my undergraduate Axiomatic Set Theory course, in which we’re doing Lawvere’s Elementary Theory of the Category of Sets but without mentioning categories. This week, we covered the first six of the ten axioms: notes here. The data to which the axioms apply is as follows: some things called sets; for each set XX and set YY, some things called functions …

Happy (belated) Equinox! In honor of Fall Equinox, I've made an updated list of popular lights. Days are getting shorter in the northern hemisphere. It might be time for a new flashlight. The best flashlight There is no best flashlight, so this is an amalgamation of what enthusiasts have been buying and recommending to others lately along with the author's arbitrary preferences and biases. Please take note that prices and …

WowHaus 1960s modern house in Mapperley Park, Nottingham 1960s modern house in Mapperley Park, Nottingham (image credit: Holden Copley) This one isn’t a time capsule, but this 1960s modern house in Mapperley Park, Nottingham, is a very cool home. (image credit: Holden Copley) It was built in the sought-after part of the city back in 1968. The current owners are selling it after living there for the last twenty years …