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Jeremy Cherfas

2023-12-19

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Storefront of a mini-market, the owner peering suspiciously out of the door

rabbit_quest geohashing 20231219-W-AY68OD. 

  • On foot
  • 41.881408, 12.454396
  • Tuesday 19 December, 2023
  • 421.73 ppm CO2
  • OpenStreetMap

 

Jeremy Cherfas

2023-08-30

Ready for the shake-down cruise

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Aluminium handlerbars ready to be wrapped with tape.
Before

After

Handlerbars wrapped more or less neatly with black tape.
Final work on fixing up my 1979 steel bicycle. 

Jeremy Cherfas

2023-07-30

1 min read

Always a thrill when I have to delay publication of Eat This Newsletter to respect an embargo. Sign up now to have it drop into your inbox at 17:00 CEST tomorrow and be the first to read about the truth of microbiome studies.

Jeremy Cherfas

2022-03-15

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I find it strange, and deeply ironic, that a year on, an otherwise fine article still boasts an obviously doctored photograph of NI Vavilov. Seriously, who thought that was a good idea? See Nikolai Vavilov as he never was: A true scientist does not deserve a fake photo.

Jeremy Cherfas

2021-12-09

On Wikipedia

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John Naughton's online diary contains a good piece on Wikipedia.

Me: “So you’ve found a glaring error on a subject you know about?”

Critic: “Yes. Elementary mistake”.

Me: “So why haven’t you corrected it?”

Critic: Flustered (sometimes), irritated (often), defensive (much too busy)

But there's another aspect to this, which is the wiki-zealots, who are all-too-ready to block the Critic who does have expertise on a topic precisely because they are not members of the Wikitribe.

Eventually, those people give up and keep their expertise to themselves, doing Wikipedia and the world a disservice.. Well, Wikipedia is doing itself a disservice, but let's not quibble.

Jeremy Cherfas

2021-10-01

International Coffee Day

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It's , the whole point of which is promotion, right? So here's a link to all previous episodes of Eat This Podcast on coffee https://www.eatthispodcast.com/coffee/

 

Jeremy Cherfas

2021-09-09

1 min read

Correctly attired for editing next weeks episode with @dianaegarvin on some fascinating aspects of coffee history. 
Wearing a T-shirt from tazza d’oro

Jeremy Cherfas

The horror, the horror

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Dirty keyboard with key caps removed.


21 months worth of filth. 

Jeremy Cherfas

Jeremy Cherfas

2021-05-18

Higher blood levels of omega-3 fatty acids from prescription fish oil showed no effect on CV events

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Bummer! Or maybe not. Hard to say.

Higher blood levels of omega-3 fatty acids from prescription fish oil showed no effect on CV events

"Fish oils increase the risk of atrial fibrillation substantially, and there is no solid evidence that they help the heart in any way ... It's a sad story for cardiology."