A brief history of the “walking simulator,” gaming's most detested genre
As a non-gamer, I had no idea that this was even a thing. And some of these games are almost tempting. Found via Craig Mod's Ridgeline newsletter.
Thinking about the Land: A Personal Perspective on the Origin of Organic Farming – Rachel Laudan
Rachel Laudan is promising a personal look into some of the history of the organic farming movement in England. Looking forward to the rest of her series.
@khurtwilliams In the interests of science? I'll accept your report.
Currently reading: Kim by Rudyard Kipling
@usfoodpolicy I have a different question:
Who could eat a bacon ice-cream sandwich? I know I couldn't.
I realise the risk I run saying this, but I do believe that the amount of spiced ham this site has received has dropped off over the past six months.
Nah. Definite case of pebcac; it was the receiver, not the sender, that was at fault. https://stream.jeremycherfas.net/2019/somewhere-along-the-line-i-seem-to
Somewhere along the line, I seem to have lost a rather crucial line from the <HEAD>. Now, I hope it has returned.
If it has, please accept my apologies for spamming micro.blog.
So have I. And this time I am going to resist the temptation to ping the site to which I am replying.
I've been doing this for more than a month, and it works just fine.
Walk vs. Hike — Ridgeline issue 030
The clever distinctions Craig makes between "walk" and "hike" are subtle and important.
Here we go again, with New York City set to ban foie gras. https://newfoodeconomy.org/new-york-city-foie-gras-ban-gavage/
Nothing has changed that I can see, since I spoke to Michaela DeSoucey a few years ago. https://www.eatthispodcast.com/foie-gras/
If you want to understand webmentions in WordPress, might this be a good starting point for you? https://boffosocko.com/2017/12/15/threaded-replies-with-webmentions-in-wordpress/
The Grassroots Growth of Mechanical Keyboard Culture
Uh-oh. Keyboard envy ...
Maybe it's just me, @kewgardens, but I would have expected an article about interesting lettuces with lots of photos to at least tell me the names of the varieties pictured. https://www.kew.org/read-and-watch/lettuce-season-kew-kitchen-garden
@mapkyca Amen to that, and thanks so much for your invaluable help with all things WithKnown.
Just published the latest Eat This Newsletter at https://www.eatthispodcast.com/eat-this-newsletter-104/ and need to test this new Twitter plugin too.
So here goes.
Just upgraded my WithKnown site to the latest master. Slightly hair raising, but excellent help from @mapkyca got me over the hurdles. Only downside, currently, seems to be the plugin that syndicates to Twitter.
I’m being hit by a wave of spam to sign-up forms, rather than comments, and I cannot fathom what’s in it for the spammers. No clue.
Tim Harford — Article — How the Brexit debate was flushed down the drain
Far too reasonable to be taken seriously.
I like the idea of a "tryout" tag for new websites that seem interesting enough to subscribe to, so I am promptly starting to do just that.
