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I think you are partly right, but I also think the mechanical advantage of the bicycle, even the velocipede, was significantly underestimated. You say it saves "a bit of energy goi…

I had a Ludlow, but sadly only have the mats now! Do you have any idea how easy they are to come across in the US these days (specifically NE)?

There are lots of Linotypes in use by hobbyists, and even commercial printers who don't do newspapers, but less regular, higher margin projects. DWRI letterpress in Rhode Island ha…

I hesitate to wade into this, since I have a lot of admiration for these two men, and I am only a mediocre speaker of Pulaar, the western dialect spoken by Fulani, whose eastern di…

the linked article in french from an Algerian website has more pictures: https://www.tsa-algerie.com/la-neige-tombe-a-ain-sefra-pour-... and the link to the page of the photographe…

I don't think it's that obscure in British english usage, even outside of cycling contexts (source: American living in the UK)

I just got back from Ghana, where I was evaluating an ICT in education project, and one of the people on the team that was implementing the project had this phone. At first I thoug…

This is a follow-up post by the author: https://medium.com/@alicezielinski/afterword-mit-blonde-engi...

how did they do this!?!