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Q: When I encountered “orthogonal” years ago in geometry class, it meant perpendicular. In recent years, I hear it used in everyday English to mean “irrelevant.” How did this happen? A:…

The iPad is the perfect device for enhancing any flying experience. Here’s how.

I like the general ideas on the YouTube channel Not Just Bikes, and Jason Slaughter, the owner of channel, has probably done more than anyone else to popularize the ideas…

Madoc Cairns on a new book on Simone Weil: Wallace’s subjects attempt to frame Weil’s antisemitism as an exception: a lacuna in her universal empathy, to be explained rather than…

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Highlights of the week: seeing my sister for the first time in a couple years, meeting internet friends in person Looking forward to: resting 😄 After our first real travel…

This is why I've been hesitant to add type hints to Fiona, Rasterio, and Shapely. David Lord on missteps and misgivings: I want a "start over" tool for type annotating…

I voted in Coasterbot‘s Votecoasters. You can too. As I did in 2021 The list goes beyond the 50 as I did spend time in Wallbi and some old rollercoasters…

On the blog this week, I’m figuring out why, despite dreariness and cold, this is a kinda sweet time of year for me. Add your perspective here. Pre-ordering links for…

Last Friday’s newsletter began: On a bike ride last weekend I chanced upon a neighborhood stop on the West Austin Studio Tour. One of the potters who makes under the…

It was the lad’s birthday this weekend, and as well as going out for a meal, or perhaps ordering a decent takeaway, to mark the occasion, Matthew informed me that…

It doesn’t sit very well with many modern readers, including myself, to put a high value on shame. We often …Continue reading →

A full week, in which my cold stayed around taking away energy and focus. Also a few urgent unexpected things to attend to. So I didn’t get around to my…

There is value in reasoning by first principles and there are different approaches you can take to discover the first principles at play in a given situation. I will leave…

Here on our homestead tucked in the mountains of Western Pennsylvania, we have a wonderful greenhouse made from recycled materials.  The base is a carport my friend had her farm…

We constantly hear that AI will free us up to work on more complex, strategic tasks. One of those tasks is building a landing page for docs. Why is this…

Over the past decade I tend to turn to books on buddhism whenever I feel down. I wouldn’t consider myself religious or a buddhist, and I don’t really fully agree…

Today's entry will be a bit short. I'm writing this ahead of time so hopefully my scheduled publishing works fine. The World I am trying not to pay too much…

Black Friday is quickly bearing down upon us. For those not in the know, Black Friday is the day after Thanksgiving in the US, and traditionally marks the official start…

I love it when a plan comes together. —"Hannibal" Smith, The A-TeamSequencing is an essential skill and one of the unsung benefits of real-world experience. Take cooking: If I'm following…