In Umbertide, and the only place open on a Monday night.
2026-03-15
Rabbit Quest Geohashing 20260315-W-AY68OD
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* On foot
* 41.8873, 12.4734
* 15 March 2026
* 428.94 ppm CO2
* OpenStreetMap
A fitting rabbit for the Ides of March, the Pope’s Tobacco Factory. I did walk past, much closer to the actual Rabbit, but could not pass up the opportunity to snap what might such a significant building.
Top Albums from last.fm on 15/03/26
1, Various Artists, Till The Night Is Gone: A Tribute To Doc Pomus, (14);
2, Soap&Skin, From Gas to Solid / you are my friend, (12);
3, Buddy Guy & Junior Wells, Play the Blues, (10);
4, Ry Cooder, Bop Till You Drop, (9);
5, Various Artists, The Rough Guide to Arabic Lounge, (9);
Ping! The WhatsApps that should have been an email | Tim Harford
Did I say that all these instant messages were like asking me to pick up your discarded chocolate wrappers? Let me change the simile. Your instant messages are like you eating the cheeseburger, while I have the heart attack.
Yes: Love it when Pacific has sprung forward and we have stayed where we are.
Finished reading: Ludwig Wittgenstein: Philosophy in the Age of Airplanes by Anthony Gottlieb, ISBN: 9780300180473
#Non-fiction
@help I keep getting Bad Request error trying to post from Sunlit to my Micropub enabled info site. I know the app is authorized. I can’t seem to get any extra info. Nor can I delete the existing external blog to start again. Anything else I can try?
Iceland • Joel Dueck
Really great set of photos and words.
2026-03-09
New episode: The unstoppable rise of extra virgin olive oil
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Extra virgin olive oil appeared in 1960, after a decade of scandalous adulteration. Then, it denoted quality. Today, not so much. “I would argue,” says Carl Ipsen, “that a bigger problem today than fraud is transportation and storage.”