Generally interesting links - Sep 2021
Science * A trove of old Denisovan artifacts * Including the first ever stone bracelet ... * "Matter from light" aka a demonstration of the Briet-Wheeler effect…
Human origins
It's one thing to encounter this in some fringe blog or video and another thing to see it as front-page news. In my opinion, this is very very significant. These are people like us, anatomically…
Zeppelin repair
Came across this in a large coffee-table size book on the Hindenburg. Imagine doing repairs on the side of this giant airship, while in the middle of the ocean!…
Clips from the weekend newspaper
More graphic novels
I've decided to only check out graphic novels (for various reasons). I enjoyed the last one I'd read ("The ring of the Nibelung"), and moved on to something random yet promising (es…
Elephant and Piggie
We've had this series for a while now. It's the one set of stories that works for children before they can read, when they can read only a few words, and for adults too! Highly recommend :-)…
Missing blogs
The content I find online is largely crap, of the form * "10 ways to ..." * "How to ..." * or, with increasing regularity, "you should feel angry about ..." (These d…
An old car
Something about keeping this old car running seemed really inspiring.…
Monthly recap (Aug 2021)
Major updates * Trip to Aptos * Started out as a Santa Cruz day trip, expanded in scope to the weekend 😀 * Tara started school (in-person! first grade!) * Sadly, many of her form…
An old television
Saw this "for pickup" on the sidewalk recently. I can't imagine who would use something like this, but it was pretty high-end in its time! This is as old as me! The style then was to &…
Tale of two articles (2)
Saw these two articles side-by-side, the contrast was too much :-) On one hand, "we need to raise the debt ceiling, we're about to default, the Treasury will exhaust emergency measures"…
On Mark Fisher
This person's review of Ghosts of my life basically spoke my mind (and why, as someone who spent a few years being over-impressed with him, I should make him a bit more ordinary) The book feels l…