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This post is about how organic chemistry and biochemistry got their names. The Swedish chemist Jöns Berzelius (1807-1882) appears to have introduced the name “organic chemistry” for the study of molecules derived from living things. This appears to imply that living stuff is different to non-living stuff. In post 16.18, I explain my reasons for believing that this apparent implication isn’t true. Even in Berzelius’ lifetime, many scientists appear not …

Sometimes the Economist’s book reviews are (probably) a just-as-good reading of the book’s primary thesis and subsequent chapters. And while I’m curious about the topic, I get the idea behind Infantalised: You may say that 1+1=2, but “my truth” is that it makes three. Post-modernists deem this way of thinking sophisticated. Keith Hayward calls it childish. He is right.

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It is the last day of the month, and that means: monthly End Notes! I’ve been scrambling to put these together since Shuwen and I just came back from a 10-day trip to New England* but thanks to coffee ☕️ ... Read moreThanks for following Alexander S. Kunz Photography via RSS & keeping independent websites alive. Buy me a coffee? Support @ $3/month. Visit My Print Store. Browse My Photo …

I look all around me and see people making bad decisions. Decisions that negatively impact their life. I see it in politics, I see it in money handling, I see it in car/home choice, I see it in all kinds of shopping. Let me start with a pretty clear example. It's impossible to get accurate information about gambling and lotteries—every supposed statistic seems to disagree with another—but suffice it to …

WowHaus 1970s David Shelley modern house in Ravenshead, Nottinghamshire 1970s David Shelley modern house in Ravenshead, Nottinghamshire (image credit: Fine & Country) I think the word ‘unique’ best describes this 1970s David Shelley modern house in Ravenshead, Nottinghamshire. (image credit: Fine & Country) Thanks to everyone who has sent this across, including David Anderson of the wonderful UKMOHO, which does an amazing job of keeping track of interesting modern houses …

Ridgeline subscribers — Hello from somewhere over the North Pole en route to England. Kevin Kelly and I are running another Walk and Talk with a classic ragtag crew of walkers. This is our … sixth or seventh or eighth (depending on how you count (we did a couple pre-Walk and Talks before transitioning into the Full Walk and Talk model)). We’ve walked Spain, China, Thailand, Indonesia, England, and Japan. …

What a hectic month, September went by so fast!! Here’s some things I did and posted~ Here’s how you can keep up on these newsletters (they’ll always be free) RSS | Mailing List | Patreon Public September Art I try my darndest to post something fun for free every Friday on tumblr, mastodon, pillowfort, bluesky and jpawlik.com/blog with sketches and thumbnails up early for Patrons and VIP members! Webcomic Updates …

As you can see from my monthly wrap-up post, September saw plenty of J-Lit on the blog, and it looks very much as if that trend will continue in October. There are a number of Japanese books I’m planning to get to this month, beginning today with a new release that’s something a little different. If you’re looking for a cutesy story (and cats…), I’m afraid you’re out of luck, …

Send a Guinness to the bathroom and let me know when we're on. Toasters N Moose (Estelle Piper, Tom Shaw) are a pop duo from 1970s, reunited to tour the cafes, launderettes, open mic nights and sidewalks of California. An extreme low-budget mockumentary that borrows a lot from Christopher Guest, but does find its own deep and weird groove. The couple bounce between whatever venue their manager can scrounge for …

update: Edmund Undead in comments points out this extension to the sample chain

For today’s article we have another video interview for you folks, this time with Ronak Singhal from Intel where we talk about Granite Rapids AP. Before we get into the video and the transcript, I would just like to give a massive thank you to all of you who have subscribed to the Chips and Cheese YouTube Channel. We now have over 1,000 subscribers which is mind blowing to me. …

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September is now almost gone and we’re diving deeper and deeper into the autumn. Despite a few problems here and there, I think it was quite a nice month, and it’s important to always try seeing things for their positive side, despite that now always being very easy. 🍄 Life At the beginning of the month, I went to Groningen for the first time. Groningen is the capital of one …