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Imagine standing on a railway platform watching a trolley go past. A girl on the trolley drops a bright red ball. To her, the ball falls straight down. But from the platform, you see the ball traverse an arc before hitting the trolley floor. The two of you observe the same event, but from different reference frames: one anchored to the trolley and the other to the platform. The idea …

We welcome YOU once again to Mr Ripley's Enchanted Books 15th Annual Children's Book Cover Illustration Competition! This vibrant event showcases and celebrates the incredible talent and creativity of artists from all around the world. As we continue to foster a love for highlighting the unsung heroes/teams of our favourite book covers. Join us on this exciting journey and spread the word

Warm Currency is the duo of MP Hopkins and Mary MacDougall from Eora. Their first album arrived on Horn of Plenty in 2022, with sparse folk compositions and field recordings that would’ve been typical Altered States fare. Their new LP is also coming out in the UK though. Petals is out today, November 22, on the same label and it’s packed with 12 beautiful compositions that’ll no doubt make the …

🍿 Watched Christmas on the Ranch. I like this but he asks her to give up her life in New York and move to his ranch in Ohio before they even kiss. Bold.

I have stumbled into the season of crows. Still silhouettes watch my lethargic bones shuffle through leaf murk into the gloom. Issuing decrees in calls, they summon mist - uncertainty that lingers over my skin, our inevitable destination, dank and decay. I bow, of course. Reverence to the gatekeepers, the ones that wait between here and nowhere. Make peace with their shiny feathers of void, ignore their sharpened talons, their …

I put this on LinkedIn but thought I’d republish it here; I hit my target for the amount of newsletters I planned to send this year early so thought I’d do a bit of a review – especially as I’m not sending any in December. In 2024; 45 newsletters published/sent Subscribers went from 2082 → 2234 (net) target was an increase of 200+ Average open rate was 67% Average click …

This is the CYOBot V2: a modular, transformable robot that you can program with blocks, C++, and Python. It is powered by a ESP32 microcontroller and has Bluetooth, WiFi connectivity. You can quickly assemble it without any soldering. You can change its configuration in a flash. You get to further customize the robot by 3D printing your own components. You can also connect to external APIs. The mechanical designs for …

Editor’s note: This article first appeared in Wolfie Browender’s blog, Saint Paul By Bike — Every Block of Every Street. All images are by the author, except where noted. July 9, 2024 Macalester-Groveland, Midway, Summit-University, Frogtown, North End 23 miles Little Free Libraries are plentiful throughout St. Paul. They come in abundant designs, colors and sizes. Occasionally a library is void of books, but never before have I spotted a …

Imagine you have a web component that can show lots of different content. It will likely have a slot somewhere where other components can be injected. The parent component also has its own styles unrelated to the styles of the content components it may hold. This makes a challenging situation: how can we prevent the parent component styles from leaking inwards? This isn’t a new problem — Nicole Sullivan described …

The Board affirmed a refusal to register the mark ENDURELITE, finding confusion likely with the registered mark ENDUROLETE, both for dietary and nutritional supplements. The marks are "extremely similar," the goods identical in-part, and the channels of trade and classes of consumers for those goods are presumably identical. Applicant argued that, under Strategic Partners, its ownership of a registration for the mark ENDURELITE FUELING FAST & Design (shown immediately below) …

Although easily overlooked, the facades of many churches and public buildings show up iron rods or studs, carved shapes like the contours of feet or daggers, and even representations of bricks and floor tiles. These signs hark back to a time when standard measures differed from place to place.

Thanks for your questions – fielded this time with the able assistance of Jacob Goldstein, the author of Money: The True Story of a Made Up Thing.

On his final journey through Asia, Thomas Merton found some peace in the dialectic between refusing the world and loving it - by Drew Calvert Read at Aeon

Bit of an unusual move from me today. Collaboration beers aren't exactly rare on this blog, but I tend to group things together by the production brewery. Today's are centred around one of my locals, Rascals, but are all beers they've made with other breweries, and all share the Rascals fondness for whacking in the fruit purée.We start at HQ, and Pash 'N Fruit. A note of appreciation goes to …

We visited Vasquez Rocks Natural Area Park in Santa Clarita, California, about 25 miles from downtown Los Angeles. (Wikipedia info.) Being so close to Hollywood, it has long been a popular filming spot; you may recognize it from TV and films such as Star Trek and many more (see the Wikipedia page for a list). Visitor center: Star Trek diorama: Snakes: Map: Some movie usage: Vasquez Rocks: Distinctive.