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Jeremy Cherfas

Very nice idea. @croptrust is offering to help seedbanks in less well-off countries financial help to duplicate their collections and store them safely in Svalbard.

What are you waiting for? Apply now. https://www.croptrust.org/svalbard-grant-call-for-proposals/

Jeremy Cherfas

How to help someone use a computer

I just rediscovered this page, which I first linked to on this day in 2004. Timeless advice that I try to follow when I give and appreciate when I receive.

In my ignorance, I didn't know who Phil Agre was; now that I want to know more, it is hard to do so.

Jeremy Cherfas

Hey @marcoarment Has something changed in Overcast back end? I am getting errors like `file_get_contents(): Failed to enable crypto` from my all data XML file. Maybe part of that root certificate thing, which I confess I do not fully understand.

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

@Economicbotany This six-week online course on Country Houses and the British Empire looks like it would be great, based on previous lectures from @corinne_fowler. I hope I can make time for it.

Jeremy Cherfas

@ajspadial What made you remember?

Jeremy Cherfas

Giving up on Defeated on Netflix after two episodes. Too dark, too violent, too one-dimensional.

Jeremy Cherfas

Opting Out of TurnItIn – Terence Eden’s Blog

Not sure I can be bothered to expend the effort, but the reasoning is sound.

My argument is "Fuck You. I don't want you to hoover up my content and then sell it without my permission."

 

Jeremy Cherfas

The terrace is still being very generous.

The terrace is still being very generous.

The terrace is still being very generous.

Jeremy Cherfas

Godwit – Music of Sound

Wonderful in so many ways, from the natural to the highly technical.