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Knowing things is hard, even about the past. Over the years I have compiled pithy names for some of the reasons why this is. This week I decided to share them in the style of Andrew Gelman’s Handy Statistical Lexicon or Samuel Johnson’s dictionary. Right now many entries are blank or just link to other people’s websites and articles. If I ever turn these into a book, I will expand …

It's time for all Coffee Geeks to become fans of super automatics. Not for ourselves, but for the sake and benefit of capsule coffee users. The post Bean to Cup Machines: Nespresso Killers! appeared first on CoffeeGeek.

Hello friends! It has been a VERY long time since I’ve shown my face around these parts. But with the start of the new year, it is time to shake the dust off, pull my brain back together and get back to the business of canning and making connections with all of you. Enter the Community Canning Challenge! Twice in the past, I’ve hosted year-long challenges in which I would …

On my recent post about Things and other task management apps, Tom Atkins pointed out that Todoist recently satisfied both of my particular requirements: repeat tasks a period after their completion date and (in the paid version) have both “when” and “deadline” dates. It also has a Kanban board view of lists, which I’d either missed when I gave the app a try a few months ago, or had forgotten. …

In a lush, wooded pocket in Rouen, France, a meditation space rests on the forest floor. Designed by Linfeng Zhou of Vancouver-based LFZ Studio, “Le Monde dans un Gland,” or “The World in an Acorn,” invites visitors into its shell to have a seat and reflect. Diamond-shaped, interlocking panels of marine plywood nest together to create the scaled cupule of the nut, which allows light to pierce through and cast …

Dear RW readers, can you spare $25? The week at Retraction Watch featured: Meet Retraction Watch’s two new journalists Elsevier denies AI use in response to evolution journal board resignations Biotech company agrees to pay $4 million to settle data falsification allegations Science paper by Toronto lab retracted The 14 universities with publication metrics researchers say are too good to be true Our list of retracted or withdrawn COVID-19 papers …

Walking Lucie on a cold, clear late afternoon, the temperature hasn't risen above plus one all day and there's no doubt that tonight it will drop to minus four or five. Fishing plans have been suspended because every waterway in the Fens has a coating of ice. The was one piece of clear water I noticed the day before, it was under a tree, and I could see fish moving …

The Death Korps Veteran Kill Team was just the beginning. After a long wait, the new plastic Death Korps of Krieg range is finally here, kicking off with the army set. In our review, we'll be discussing the build options for all the new kits, including the new Death Riders and Combat Engineers. We'll also be taking a look at high-res sprue images and the new 10th Edition Warhammer 40,000 …

I have to admit that I’m a little proud of this one. It is the sort of mixtape I would have loved for someone else to have compiled - and for me to discover. Twelve compositions released in 2024 and two from 2023 is about as present tense that I’m capable of. Actually it’s way beyond my capabilities in that regard. I made a playlist titled «Strange Beauty», and somehow …

In our 89th episode, we talk about the wires that bring us the bits. And then Derrick the editor time travels. Enjoy it now, or download for later. Here’s a handy feed or subscribe via Overcast or iTunes. https://traffic.libsyn.com/rands/theimportantthing0089.mp3

A quick reminder to those interested that our first meeting of 2024 is on Tuesday 14th January at the Crosse Keys pub in the City of London. Normally at least a couple of us are there by 6.30 p.m. Join us anytime in the evening. The pub promises to be warm despite the outside temperatures – and an evening there may save you the cost of heating your home that …

I was at a ReThink event about Penn Station the other day; it didn’t talk about through-running but about Penn Station redesign, as Richard Cameron presented options for rebuilding the station in-place, of course without expansion a block to the south. The presentation was interesting, and I have no strong opinions about the architecture, certainly no objection. But something said in there, I forget if by Richard or one of …

Hello everyone and happy New Year! I am still working very hard on my novel and making progress on it, although progress in recent months has been slower than I had hoped. Despite being focused on writing my novel, I have also been working on a few drafts of posts for this blog, which I will hopefully post in the not-too-distant future. I am also now waiting to hear back …

The post fOKOS Magazine Wordmark appeared first on Smitho.graphics℠ All Original Content © 1996 – 2025 Smitho.graphics | Logo & Icon Designer fOKOS Photography Magazine Banner Logo & Masthead Photography Magazine Logo & Masthead: Project for a limited print run bi-monthly photography magazine, called: fOKOS. A subtly styled lowercase ‘f‘ precedes the uppercase OKOS, just adding enough visual interest to keep it from being too ‘normal’. The right-side of the …

Facebook and its sister companies have announced a strong relaxing of content moderation in the US (except for illegal activities). I have mixed feelings about it, but the feeling that wins out slightly is that I don’t like leaving it up to big tech companies to decide what we can talk about. David Heinemeier Hansson calls it a straight up victory. Read The social media censorship era is over (for …