Notes, 2024-02-05.
Natasha Balwit-Cheung on the enduring appeal of Antarctic exploration.
Project Notes
Things learned in the course of work.
Notes, 2024-01-29.
Spencer Wright on adoquines, the Nacirema, and public benefit corporations.
On Documentation
Here’s a partial list of surprising things about human technology: * Throughout history, when someone has learned something that they really wanted to pass on
Tallow to Margarine
TW Lim on how we went from mining nature for particular fats, to mining fats for their components.
How Slow Scan TV Shaped The Moon
lee wilkins on slow scan TV, the technology that brought the moon landing to the masses.
Notes, 2023-12-11
James Coleman on the complexity of incentive structures around negative emissions technologies.