Unfortunately Google was a good one to resurface from this day in 2006, and of course the original inspiration is still up. I played again, and the results were not nearly as interesting or varied as they were all those years ago.
A space for mostly short form stuff and responses to things I see elsewhere.
Just wow! https://www.c82.net/natural-colors/
The Natural System of Colours: Recreating Moses Harris’ color wheels from the eighteenth century.
h/t https://anhvn.com/posts/2025/weeknotes-29/
Eat This Newsletter, for your delectation.
- 16,000 calories per calorie: isn’t that rather inefficient?
- NuFood: ready for water lentils?
- Marmalade, membrillo: what’s the difference?
And more, at https://buttondown.com/jeremycherfas/archive/etn-265-past-and-future/
I think my problem with Douthat and this essay is that I just don't find myself attracted to systems of belief, any systems of belief. To be a part of life, yes, but no more than a part, and a part with no special talents beyond self-destruction -- which is easier maybe if life eternal beckons.
Latest episode: Food facts are not the answer to fear of foods
Charlotte Biltekoff, author of Real Food, Real Facts: Processed Food and the Politics of Knowledge, on how industrial food and real food talk past one another.
https://eatthispodcast.com/real-food
I got over the grave disappointment of Apple’s Books messing my Notes and Highlights for long enough to discover that a solution had been close at hand all along: Calibre!
https://www.jeremycherfas.net/blog/a-farewell-to-books
Grave disappointment. Cleanfeed has removed the ability to record left and right channels from its free tier, and there's no way I can afford €28 a month for separate tracks. I guess I need to rewrite my podcast instructions for guests. Pity, it worked well.
I bought a pair of “cycling" insoles for my non-cycling shoes (trainers) and on the first two rides, coming up the long hill to home seemed a lot less effort. Can that possibly be the result of the insoles? Or self-delusion? Not just a jump in fitness, I am sure.
Thanks to improved crop varieties, “From 1961 to 2015, global crop output was higher by 226 million metric tons”. Is that a lot?
Eat This Newsletter runs the numbers and is not impressed. Or might just be mistaken. You be the judge.
https://buttondown.com/jeremycherfas/archive/eat-this-newsletter-264-curated/
As I continue to mull over Pixelfed, these suggestions from Matt Haughey make a lot of sense. Will they still do as after I am there? I expect so.