As modern commerce unfurled,
transport and manufacturing were twirled.
What I mean to say
is that they had to change ways,
for the box that changed the world
The Box: How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller and the World Economy Bigger
by Marc Levinson
My Side of Every Story
Friday 30 September 2016
Thursday 29 September 2016
Atlanta United FC News
Brilliant academy performance. For such a young team the U18s showed great team work, lovely strategic play. Add some speed and they have a winning formula.
And, now, we have a coach: Gerardo "Tata" Martino, who brought Argentina in to the Copa America final.
Ready for 2017
And, now, we have a coach: Gerardo "Tata" Martino, who brought Argentina in to the Copa America final.
Ready for 2017
Monday 26 September 2016
Hello Kafka my old friend...
I had to fill in a form.
In order to get a number
that would allow me to
fill in a form
in order to be registered
in a database with the same information
as the database of the original form
which matches any incorporation document/Companies House registration.
This all failed when
the second form did not recognize the information from the first form
which I re-added manually
both typing, and copying and pasting.
I phoned.
Telephone support is not allowed for specific queries.
Government, Kafka, whatever.
In order to get a number
that would allow me to
fill in a form
in order to be registered
in a database with the same information
as the database of the original form
which matches any incorporation document/Companies House registration.
This all failed when
the second form did not recognize the information from the first form
which I re-added manually
both typing, and copying and pasting.
I phoned.
Telephone support is not allowed for specific queries.
Government, Kafka, whatever.
Monday 12 September 2016
US Open 2016
With two of the best finals, Women's and Men's.
Respect. And yay Stan Wawrinka.
That is all.
Respect. And yay Stan Wawrinka.
That is all.
Monday 5 September 2016
Boats on the beach
Big props to Lake Lanier Islands resort - 45 minutes out of Atlanta and you're in another - well managed - world.
Question to the boat-owners: you were all there, sitting on your speed boats, with drinks and music and friends. And you didn't move. At all. All day. Which is what I did. On the beach. Without having to pay for a boat. So my question is: why do you have a boat?
Question to the boat-owners: you were all there, sitting on your speed boats, with drinks and music and friends. And you didn't move. At all. All day. Which is what I did. On the beach. Without having to pay for a boat. So my question is: why do you have a boat?
Tuesday 30 August 2016
Cleverness in search of a subject
For the series of "Sentences I like":
The list breathes satisfaction at its own supposed cleverness and profundity, but it is cleverness in search of a subject and profundity without anything to be profound about.
Monday 29 August 2016
The Knife Man
There once was a young Scottish farmer,
who, though neither graceful nor a charmer,
proved an in-born ability
for scientific inquiry.
Of anatomical studies, he was a reformer.
who, though neither graceful nor a charmer,
proved an in-born ability
for scientific inquiry.
Of anatomical studies, he was a reformer.
The Knife Man: Blood, Body Snatching, and the Birth of Modern Surgery
by Wendy Moore
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