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“I am losing precious days. I am degenerating into a machine for making money. I am learning nothing in this trivial world of men. I must break away and get out into the mountains to learn the news.” · JOHN MUIR

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Posts from blogs I read written in the last few days.

  • West of England Design Forum 🇬🇧 Elliot Jay Stocks

    See the full details on the event’s website…

    The Other Day · 12:00
  • On the experience of the long haul flight . “The... Jason Kottke

    On the experience of the long haul flight. “The meal cart appears two hours in. You can hear it banging into passengers’ knees before you see it, and the sound causes the entire cabin t…

    Yesterday · 15:56
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    • “ The Booker Prize 2026 longlist has now been...
    • Please Use AI . “Be sure to use AI when planning that...
    • Where Do European Country Names Come From?
    • 30 notable sales of rare books by AbeBooks over the past...
    • 19th Century Japanese Woodblock Prints Creatively...
    • All US Cities Which Used to Have More Than 100,000 People But Don’t Anymore
    • How the Words We Teach English Language Learners...
    • Don’t use AI until you’re 40 . “We have been so...
    • We Used to Be Able to Buy Things in This Country ....
    • A Shortlist of Potential Future Euro Banknote Designs
    • “ Datatype is an OpenType variable font that turns...
    • The Batman Effect : people in an experiment acted more...
    • Once Upon a Time in Space
    • An Uncomplicated Man , Emily Wilson’s review of Nolan’s...
    • Astronauts returning from long missions report a “jet...
    • Trump’s Assault on Science Continues
    • Welp, right at the top of the CDC page on autism and...
  • Before I go: Double your business with companies you like Dave Rupert

    I’ve had the pleasure in my career of sitting in tons of different board rooms talking with executives and getting a rundown on different charts and graphs they care most deeply about. As expected,…

    Yesterday · 09:29
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    • The new yet familiar CodePen 2.0
  • tweet Derek Sivers

    I write to see what I can write. I code to see what I can code.…

    Two Days Ago · 09:56
  • Studio Notes #94 Dan Cederholm

    Hey there, Friends. Here are this week’s Studio Notes™—quick bits delivered to you each Friday. 📞 iPhone charging docks that look like old pay phone enclosures. Complete…

    The Other Day · 07:58
  • You lost me at “infielder.” Jeffrey Zeldman

    The instant a business guy uses a sports metaphor to make his most important strategic point, I am lost. If you want me to understand your business idea, try wrapping it in Wendy Carlos’s secrets of…

    The Other Day · 05:38

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