New issue of Eat This Newsletter, with farmed fish, potentially pricy pasta, space spaghetti, and an optimistic analysis of agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa. Plus longer reads on vanilla and forest gardens.
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Demise of The Wirecutter, and Trusted Reviews in General – The Brooks Review
What's a person to do?
I enjoyed Peter's link to a search for images of Bromptons in aircraft overhead lockers but I keep reading reports of airlines that refuse them passage even though they fit. Is there a master list, I wonder? And is airline free to refuse an object that fits?
Well, that seems to have done the trick.
I'm none the wiser, but switch it off and then on again is almost always golden advice.
Finished reading: English Food: A People's History by Diane Purkiss, ISBN: 9780007255566
#Non-fiction
I appreciate that syndication is hard, and appreciate the work you are doing to make it easier. If I understand correctly, your plugin now sends mf2 to Bridgy and Bridgy makes the final decision as to what to send to, eg, Mastodon. If I knew how Bridgy used mf2, I could tweak my theme to suit.
Watch SE started losing charge very quickly, waking up to 18% rather than the usual 45–55% three days in a row. So, step one: hard reset. Tomorrow will tell.
Amazing how much crud buildup there is after 40 years. #mbsept
The inner side of a very grubby bicycle crankset.
Day 1 September Photoblogging Challenge: abstract
Red, black and light gray. (Close up of barbecue charcoal)
Gordon's Notes: Mass disability - dysfunctional web sites, apps for everything
I'm sure there is something to this.
2023-08-30
Ready for the shake-down cruise
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Before
After
Final work on fixing up my 1979 steel bicycle.
Currently reading: English Food: A People's History by Diane Purkiss, ISBN: 9780007255566
#Non-fiction
Wow; what a great piece weaving together so many strands into a cohesive skein. Thank you. (I'd still like to read your version, if you ever write it.)
against apps, for wander lines – The Homebound Symphony
Long, and fascinating, preamble to the essential point.
Interesting to see someone else dithering about how to present smaller, stream-like notes and longer articles. I have not resolved this to my own satisfaction, nor have I found a home I control for my newsletter. I have a domain, I just don't know how best to make use of it.
Top tip from a Park Tool video: use an old toe strap to keep centre-pull brakes close while you fasten cable. Worked a charm. We now can stop. Next: new chain and gear setting so we can go.
When Naomi Klein Realized People Regularly Confused Her With Naomi Wolf, She Went Down a Rabbit Hole | Vanity Fair
My treating Wolf like a branding problem would be about as off-brand as I could get.
Fascinating read, and now I am trying to think whether I have ever mistaken the Naomis.
Thanks to Ton for the reminder about isochrones. I have been thinking along similar lines and may well try to adapt the isochrone mapping tool to my needs.
Barbie was great, apart from the ending before the ending.
Currently reading: Weatherland by Alexandra Harris, ISBN: 9780500292655
Currently reading: Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan, ISBN: 9780571368709
2023-07-30
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