Writing

I listen to a lot of podcasts during my morning commute, including Radiolab. I was delighted when they published Italo Calvino's short story The Distance of the Moon. Such a wonderful story, and great to hear someone tackling the frankly ludicrous names!

I was recently reminded of, and re-watched, this presentation by friend and colleague Ian Smith (follow him on twitter, or visit his homepage). What struck me was

1. how good a presentation it is;
   
2. how bad most of the other presentations I'm subjected to are

Took a while to get this, but it's a new favourite xkcd comic. With apologies to all non-geeks reading.

Absolutely gorgeous long exposure image of moth flights at night...

© Emmet and Edith Gowin, Courtesy Pace/MacGill Gallery, New York

Actually, we used the heck out of the Harvey Karp book, and it seemed to work, but you’re willing to grasp at any straws in the moment...