The legend of giants

Fantastic work from Natalia Rak in Bialystok, Poland. See more on her blog, http://nataliarak.blogspot.com/.

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Some thoughts from Kilifi

In the past 24 hours, I’ve had live video calls with people on the other side of the planet, and sent computing jobs to a cluster a continent away to run simulations that will finish by tomorrow but would take 3 months on my laptop. My handheld GPS is not quite as accurate in Kilifi—only […]

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Dishoom, London

I passed through London again today, and again went to this place called Dishoom, which they describe as a Bombay Café. It serves the best dal that I’ve ever had in my life. In the upper left corner, the menu reads: The last line’s triple entendre is perfect, and matches the food as well. Complex, clever, […]

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We look good side by side

I mean, they say you die twice. One time when you stop breathing and a second time, a bit later on, when somebody says your name for the last time. – Banksy Or, in Randall’s words:

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