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Evan Roth is the guest of the sixth episode of the podcast series I did with artists who 1. are among my absolute cultural heroes and 2. have exhibited at Aksioma Institute for Contemporary Art in Ljubljana. Evan Roth, Strand 47, 2022 For the past 19 years, Evan Roth has been making work in art institutions, in public spaces and on the internet, resulting in paintings, installations, videos and websites. …

Another piece of the 2025 puzzle fell into place on Wednesday, when Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing (RLL) announced they had signed the reigning Indy NXT champion, Louis Foster. Marshall Pruett, or Racer.com, reported this as a multiyear contract on a fulltime ride for Foster, but you would never know it from the very cryptic press-release […]

This comes a little late (work got in the way…), but as someone with an interest in Korean literature, I couldn’t let the announcement of Han Kang’s Nobel Prize go unmentioned on the blog. This is the first time I’ve ever really been invested in a Nobel winner, even more so than was the case with Olga Tokarczuk or Kazuo Ishiguro, other writers I was familiar with before their wins, …

Previously: Part 3 This phase of the course is all about building up the basic apparatus. We’ve stated our axioms, and it might seem like they’re not very powerful. It’s our job now to show that, in fact, they’re powerful enough to do just about everything with sets that mathematicians ever want. We began that job this week, with a chapter on subsets. For example, in the axioms, we only …

One of my many jobs within the local government was the manager of a city’s building department. The building department is responsible for the administration, review and inspection of construction to ensure that it's in compliance with the state building code. This department is also responsible for consumer protection by verifying that construction — whether completed by a licensed contractor or a property owner — has been constructed properly and …

It has been another busy week mainly still working on the [redacted] project which meant a trip to London on the 0700 from Bristol Parkway Monday morning. This train and the Tube were unnervingly quiet – I guess in the post-Covid, hybrid working world people don’t ‘do’ Mondays! The [redacted] project remains challenging but some of the fog is starting to lift and I have to say the work of …

1994 Mindscape Platform: Commodore Amiga CD32 MegaRace was an ambitious title due for release on the Amiga CD32 by Mindscape back in 1994, and was being developed by French programmers Cryo. Set in the future, the game revolves around a … Continue reading →

Back in 2009, I recorded a podcast about It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown. It was a childhood favorite and a podcast that many people have emailed me about over the years. So now that I am committed to revisiting some of my older episodes, this one went straight to the top of the list. It's a great subject to cover at this time of year, and I hope you …

Aberdeen is about to host a landmark exhibition that delves into Scotland’s queer history, giving voice to the experiences of LGBTQ+ individuals from the 1970s and 80s. ‘Queer & Now,’ organised by Shaper/Caper dance company and funded by the National Lottery, is a bold exploration of resilience, community, and self-expression. One of the ten featured artists is Gray’s School of Art alumnus, Bart Grabski, whose work captures the spirit of …

Tamia album According to the U.S. baby name data, the uncommon name Tamia jumped straight into the girls’ top 500 in 1996: 1998: 742 baby girls named Tamia [rank: 380th] 1997: 579 baby girls named Tamia [rank: 440th] 1996: 483 baby girls named Tamia [rank: 498th] 1995: 67 baby girls named Tamia 1994: 33 baby girls named Tamia 1993: 39 baby girls named Tamia Tamia went on to see peak …

A document disclosed to the Post Office Inquiry, and published yesterday, shows that the Post Office considered requiring that postmasters pay a fee before applying for compensation. The intention was to deter applications. Realising this would be criticised, the Post Office instead designed a scheme which achieved the same effect through stringent (and unrealistic) eligibility […] Source

A conversation about election mathematics inspired by a ballot. Presented by Katie Steckles and Peter Rowlett, with special guest Sam Hansen. For more from Sam and the Carry the Two podcast check out this episode about Mathematics and Voting.

One of the perks of speaking at conferences is that I get to travel to new and interesting places. I’d say that most of my travel over the past couple of decades was thanks to conferences. Recently though, I’ve been going places for non-work related reasons. A couple of weeks ago I was in Spain, making my way to the beautiful medieval town of Cáceres for a traditional Irish music …

The Architects’ Journal WW+P and Aecom picked for Bakerloo Line extension plans Transport for London (TfL) has selected Weston Williamson + Partners (WW+P) and Aecom to draw up a feasibility study for four new stations to be built as part of the Bakerloo Line extension in south London The post WW+P and Aecom picked for Bakerloo Line extension plans appeared first on The Architects’ Journal Gino Spocchia

Air travel is bad for us. Yes, yes, I know we need planes to take us long distances, but look at the downside: not only the carbon footprint, but also the anxiety. I used to feel pretty relaxed about flying, then — one day on a short European flight — there was a spot of turbulence and I glimpsed the faces of the cabin crew. And they were certainly not …