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Scope of Work

Excellent writing about the physical world.
Excellent writing about the physical world.
Cans
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Cans

More than seventy-five years between the can and the can opener…
Spencer Wright
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Noodling.
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Noodling.

On the work that you do while it looks like you're not working at all.…
Spencer Wright
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Shoveling.
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Shoveling.

Spencer Wright on spade manufacturing, snow simulation, and the (apochryphal) Eskimoan snow vocabulary.…
Spencer Wright
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Spencer Wright
Spencer Wright
Spencer Wright
Spencer Wright is the (mostly accidental) founder of Scope of Work, which he started writing (as The Prepared) in 2013. Today he serves as its editor-in-chief and chief dilettante.
416 posts
Hillary Predko
Hillary Predko
Hillary Predko
Hillary Predko is an interdisciplinary artist and researcher who works across the boundaries of craft and computation with a penchant for trash.
63 posts
Scope of Work
Scope of Work
Scope of Work
Excellent writing about the physical world.
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