Packstation awaits

Got an e-mail saying I had a new package at Packstation. Went to the Post Office with my card, typed in my ID, tapped the screen a few time...

hard not to love

Could hypnosis be a cure for hair loss? The placebo study for a hair growth drug called Propecia is interesting, because it shows that the b...

that clinking clanking sound

Came across the blog of a bookseller in Boulder. Back in December he had a post about trying to cut his orders by 20%. Wrote: The very fir...

why isn't life more like Unicode?

It's 12:03pm in Berlin. The sun is shining. Cars whiz up and down Hauptstrasse outside this café. Wherever Randall Munroe may be it i...

time warp

The worst thing about living in Germany. It's now 1.06 am in Berlin. By OUR time, the Wednesday xkcd should be out. But it's not. We...

found in translation?

OK, I don't get it. Every once in a while I check out Wyatt Mason's blog, Sentences, over at Harpers. Mason is consistently happy t...

OH MM!

Owen Hatherley's Militant Modernism can be pre-ordered on Amazon for the staggeringly paltry price of £7.49, £2.50 less than the cover...