The new book How to Distill: A Complete Guide from Still Design and Fermentation through Distilling and Aging Spirits may be of particular interest to the fans of my old @wisebread article How to Make Moonshine.
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2022-01-20 07:24
A long tedious pdf from those Davos guys. Only of interest because the topic is near to my heart. I may yet manage to plow through the whole thing, looking for the good bits. Via @bruces.
“The report also sets out how public and private urban leaders can utilise nature to both reduce the impact of their cities on biodiversity, increase their climate resilience, and secure significant economic benefits.”
Source: BiodiverCities by 2030: Transforming cities’ relationship with nature | World Economic Forum
Squid Games | sorrowbacon
I haven’t watched Squid Games, and I don’t expect I ever will, but this comic is a delight. @sorrowbacon
A comic about squids playing games.
Source: Squid Games | sorrowbacon
2021-05-15 06:40
I want one of these signs with the word “rentiers” swapped in for “renters,” but otherwise unchanged.
2021-04-18 11:33
Using the current book’s cover as lock screen on my Kindle doesn’t seem to be an option on my old, old kindle. Maybe just on new ones?
2021-04-17 08:29
I did not know there even was a National Postal Museum!
2021-03-23 15:08
This makes good sense.
Those sloggy, tired, tweaky, distracted, “blah,” or “ugh” feelings? These are signs that your body is working exactly as it should be.
Doesn’t mean it’s true, of course, but it’s plausible.
Source: Use the Science of Ultradian Rhythms To Boost Productivity, Energy, and Willpower – Blue Zones
2021-02-25 15:52
Bummer. I’ve been hoping to find a old wool coat cheap at Goodwill or a vintage clothing shop, but they’re getting all trendy. What to wear to Davos…
Why couldn’t he find a coat that had the warmth and performance features of his ski jacket with the tailoring and design of his wool coat?
Source: The Norwegian Wool Coat
2021-02-13 06:02
I expect we’ll see more and more of this (because cheap tech) even as I’ve gotten less and less likely to do it myself (because more risk-averse as I get older):
“an open-source vaccine design, made for self-experimenters, dead simple to make with readily-available materials, well-explained reasoning about the design,”
Source: Making Vaccine
2021-02-10 08:24
My whole life would have been better if there’d been social and financial support for letting people on the edge spend a few months away from the strains of workaday life. Bring Back the Nervous Breakdown