Archive: April 25th, 2015

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It was a busy week with lots of commuting up and down to London, so I’ve been looking forward to a weekend of unwinding.

Jessica and I like to spend our Saturday afternoons doing our shopping for the weekend, planning out some nice leisurely meals. Today we went down to the Open Market, a recently-renovated collection of stalls under one roof selling local produce and goods. The market is also home to an excellent Greek café, where we had lunch.

I guess it’s part of the gentrification of the London Road area. If this is gentrification, bring it on.

Faked potatoes—they taste like baked potatoes (with sour cream and chives) but they’re not baked.

Asparagus.

Asparagus.

Bavette.

Future Library – Framtidsbiblioteket

Here’s a lovely project with an eye on the Long Now. Trees that were planted last year will be used to make paper to print an anthology in 2114.

Margaret Atwood is one of the contributors.

DYNAMO | A Science Fiction Webseries by KarmaPirates

This web series is better than most big-budget hollywood films; witty, entertaining, and perplexing in equal measure.

Today’s book haul.

Mark at 36 Tidy Street, Brighton posts handy hints in his window for spotting the ISS. Thanks, Mark! — Mark at 36 Tidy Street, Brighton posts handy hints in his window for spotting the ISS.

Thanks, Mark!

Tips for speakers — Cennydd Bowles

As a speaker and a conference organiser, I heartily concur with just about every item in this list.

Project Kronos on Vimeo

A beautiful bit of design fiction.

100 × 100 ÷ 3 = ⅓ of the way there…

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Go Clearlefties!

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