Scope of Work
Excellent writing about the physical world.
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Shoveling.
Spencer Wright on spade manufacturing, snow simulation, and the (apochryphal) Eskimoan snow vocabulary.…
Notes, 2024-02-16.
Scope creep, scope creep, and more scope creep.…
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Notes, 2024-02-12.
I think we had only been in Aberdeen for a couple of hours. Yes – we had landed in Aberdeen in…
Notes, 2024-02-09.
A few pithy threads to tug on at the end of the week.…
Notes, 2024-02-05.
Natasha Balwit-Cheung on the enduring appeal of Antarctic exploration.…
Notes, 2024-02-01.
Spencer Wright on cobblestone construction, tire dust collection, and File Filosophy.…
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…
Tallow to Margarine
TW Lim on how we went from mining nature for particular fats, to mining fats for their components.…
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