Like many things, the exacting attention to detail in doing something FIRST means it’s often the best version possible of something. Here this is clearly the case. A labor of love, talent, and incredible technical and artistic vision, from a very brave person.
I want to tell you a couple things about one of my most cherished things, a tool so useful and powerful that I honesty have come to look at it as a friend. Weird? Maybe. Read on:
At its simplest description, it’s a book of solutions to nasty sums and integrals. It has pages and pages of seemingly obscure and sometimes really daunting stuff. But that’s just scratching the surface…
In today’s world of symbolic tools and easy access to solutions all over the place is this even relevant? I’d argue it’s more relevant than ever. Because aside from its mind-boggling completeness, you get to see all the stuff you’re NOT looking for, all around, and sometimes…
So today, for Friday lunch, we decided to try “Cryo-Frying” some steaks! (And chicken and mushrooms). This technique utilizes LN2 to freeze a crust on sous-vided meats so they can be deep fried to finish without overcooking. Fist step this morning was the sous-vide...
I saw an article today about Spock, criticizing the character for not being sufficiently “logical.” It got me thinking about being a nerd in the 70s, and awkward. You’d get actually beat up for it then, not like now where nerds are heroes. Spock was our hero, and not for logic.
Aside from the author missing the key character drive, his half-humanity crippling his pure logic, there is severe temporal bias. There was a world where having a floppy disk in your notebook, or getting an A in math, could get you a tooth knocked out of your head.
Spock was effectively on the spectrum, and smart, and he was valued by the other characters despite his differences and oddness. That resonated with every nerd I knew. Gave hope, even though it was cheesy and outdated. Let’s not shit on that. No matter how many clicks it gets.
I have been trying for a year and a half to get @UnileverUKI and @marmite to talk about using yeast from our Ancient Egyptian Baking project to do a Special Edition Marmite whose profits would promote science and education. How excellent would this be?
(🙏@POPeART_ )
Even if you hate Marmite this would still be pretty cool! The bottle says “Marmite (ancient) Egyptian” in the cartouche in front, surrounded by “good” and “pure.” On the sides it says “old” on the right and “new” on the left, and prays for eternal life around bottom.
The pyramids used to have golden tops, which fits with the yellow topped Marmite bottle. That’s it!