Credit: STScI / NASA Images of a very “boring” star are making waves across the astronomical world today – they are the first sent back from NASA’s James Webb telescope, and they have exceeded all hopes and expectations. Having completed … Read more
The DevTerm, from Clockwork, is a “slabtop” computer that I have lusted after for quite some time. With a form factor inspired by the legendary TRS-80 Model 100 “slab” style computer, it’s hard to not immediately fall head over heels … Read more
Update 2022-03-10: I’m quoting a few insightful tweets at the end of this blog post. The ECMAScript proposal “Types as comments” (by Gil Tayar, Daniel Rosenwasser, Romulo Cintra, Rob Palmer, and others) is about adding type annotations to JavaScript (there … Read more
Two babies have received the first-ever gene therapy for Tay-Sachs disease after over 14 years of development. Tay-Sachs is a severe neurological disease caused by a deficiency in an enzyme called HexA. This enzyme breaks down a fatlike substance that … Read more
Three months ago, during my first Think Week, I realized that consistently working out would meaningfully improve my long term health and happiness. After a quick overview of the research on exercise and longevity, 45 minutes of cardio per day … Read more
New research from Boston University suggests that tonight while you sleep, something amazing will happen within your brain. Your neurons will go quiet. A few seconds later, blood will flow out of your head. Then, a watery liquid called cerebrospinal … Read more
Stories from February 19, 2007 Go back a day. Go forward a day, month, or year. 1. Seven steps to remarkable customer service (joelonsoftware.com) 83 points by beau on Feb 19, 2007 | hide | 8 comments 2. On Having Balls, … Read more
My First Three Months with a Nokia Dumb Phone as a Daily Driver Thu, Jan 20, 2022 12-minute read Nokia 2720 Flip in all its glory. In my previous post, I discussed Apple’s controversial plan to add on-device photo scanning … Read more
The Fairy Tellers: A Journey into the Secret History of Fairy Tales Nicholas Jubber John Murray, pp. 336, £20 Stories are fundamental to humanity and no one can guess how far back they go — long before they were first … Read more
14th Jan 2022 The Rust 1.58.0 update today bought a very nice addition, this is a feature that’s often missed by the growing number of dynamic language users that are giving Rust a try, and it’s now available in stable! … Read more