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Sp,e years ago, netbooks were everywhere. Now they aren't. But for the dedicated fan they're still achievable.
"The Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate" is a short story by Ted Chiang that has been nominated for the 2008 Hugo Award for Best Novelette. It is about a fabric merchant in ancient Baghdad who discovers a time portal. Non-Spoiler Summary...
Étienne Klein's appropriation of a silly joke was of no consequence, but at the time I couldn't help wondering how someone who would do that might behave with things that actually matter. Now I know the answer, and it's more than...
I can’t quite remember when supermarkets and other shops started charging for their plastic bags, for the rather scurrilous reason that they were helping to save the planet and demanding payment for their bags would encourage people to...
Oscar Wilde and Noël Coward are often spoken of in the same breath: wit, polish, social satire, a shared instinct for turning manners into theatre. But seeing Wilde after last year’s woeful Private Lives at the Bristol Old Vic only...
Always here for that. Jane shares some of the leaflets from her Mum’s collection from various marketing boards and councils.“…the Mushroom Consumer Service and the British Farm Produce Council were both based out of Agriculture House in...
Always here for that. Jane shares some of the leaflets from her Mum’s collection from various marketing boards and councils.“…the Mushroom Consumer Service and the British Farm Produce Council were both based out of Agriculture House in...
Dual Maps, an old Maps Mania favorite, has undergone a bit of a makeover this week. As you may have heard, Google recently removed its classic 45° bird's-eye aerial imagery from the Maps JavaScript API. This oblique aerial perspective...
Links and notes from June 12, 2026.
I’m happy to rejoin the Sovereign Tech Fellowship! I was one of six participants in the 2025 pilot to pay maintainers of critical open source technologies in the public interest. By all accounts this first cohort was a resounding...
June 12, 2026 Our heroine the landscape architect is using this soft, subtle painting as the focus and inspiration for her wardrobe: At the end of May, she had 24 pieces in her wardrobe. Even though grey just doesn’t seem like it should...