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TinyJet[1] is a game I've been working on. Left and right arrows control thrust. Pick up cargo and carry it to the terminal at the other end. It's very difficult. Almost entirely A…

This article reminded me of a story I heard second hand. In the Karoo of South Africa, sheep farmers provided lambs with feed containing the ground up stomaches of older sheep who …

I've been polishing my story/book about travelling by bus from Seattle to Atlanta: https://goeiebook.ca/story/bussing2

"Intervals", "Scales", and "Chords" are good terms to search for. They are elementary concepts present in a lot of music. Ten Steps use six notes of the C Major Scale, all of which…

Diamond anvil cells are amazing tools. If you find this stuff interesting, check out Emma McBride's public SLAC lecture[1], "New Materials at the Pressures of Earth's Core" [1] htt…

Video is highly engaging, and moving images are very useful. I wanted to include videos in an electronic book, but it turned out that auto-playing videos are too interesting and th…

Location: Atlanta Remote: Yes Willing to relocate: No Technologies: HTML/CSS/ES6+, Go, Python, C#, Rails, Devops Resume/CV: Please contact. Or visit github.com/abrie Email: hiring@…

In other words, you need to write more than just words. This has certainly been my experience over the last decade or more of chasing the thing. At this point I've written some fai…

In Len Beadell's book "Blast the Bush", he describes a solution (pun?) developed while building the Woomera Rocket Range. Apparently the groundwater had a terrible taste; so they b…

The Issus genus of jumping insects (planthoppers)[0] have a gear mechanism connecting their rear legs. The gear synchronizes the motion of the two back legs; thereby reducing 'yaw …

There was also a converse experiment: a population of dogs was un-domesticated by breeding for a strong wild response. I don't have the exact reference, but recollect that the proc…

The posted article lacks substance, but I read "Over the Top" because of your comment. It is excellent. Thank you. I found my copy on archive.org[0]. I read it alongside "The Arms …

This comment is a personal anecdote. People respond to text in different ways. But they respond to visual motion more predictably. That has been my observation over the course of a…

Hello, I've developed a custom toolchain while writing an electronic book[0]. The toolchain automates the conversion of markdown and media into a scrollable "app-novel". Initially …

My knowledge about this topic comes from a single source[0], but your argument also seems to apply to Venice. It found its beginnings as Rome was being sacked, when people fled the…