I went to a brilliant event last night at Arup in London. After a talk from Michael Pawlyn for the launch of the third edition of his book Biomimicry in Architecture, he joined a panel (Charlie Warwick, Jo da Silva, Andy Chalmers & Tom Lloyd) to discuss how to push beyond a ‘sustainable’ building industry […]| Smithery
Popular Ghanaian comedian and skit maker, Abdul Waris Umaru, popularly known as Comedian Waris, has stated that skit makers are currently having a greater impact on society than musicians. Speaking in an interview with Kwame Dadzie on 11 October 2025, Waris noted that while music entertains, comedy skits have become a daily source of joy …| Zed Multimedia
What if the best part of game night isn’t always the victory but the moments spent building the world together? Turning crafting into part of the experience can transform an ordinary game into something personally meaningful. Whether it’s shaping clay into miniatures, piecing together Lego terrains, or repurposing old c oins as tokens, creating together […] The post How Making the Game Can Be Just as Fun as Playing It appeared first on New York Weekly.| New York Weekly
I was the guest on the recently released 34th episode of the ‘Watcha Doing?’ Podcast, hosted by Matt Caulder. We talk about the vicissitudes of self-promotion, David Foster Wallace, Miffy the Rabbit, trying to find out where my ENNIE award actually is (it did show up at my house eventually), what I would bring to… Continue reading Guest Spot on ‘Watcha Doing?’ Podcast→| VAULTS OF VAARN
By Sarah Peters Kernan Listen here, or subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts! Sarah Kernan speaks with Sara Charles, a medieval book historian at the University of London. Sara recently published The Medieval Scriptorium: Making Books in the Middle Ages (Reaktion Books, 2024). She incorporates “historical remaking” into her research practices and she shares her knowledge with broader audiences through workshops, social media, and her website, teachingmanuscripts.com. Follow Sara on B...| The Recipes Project
By Sarah Peters Kernan Listen here, or subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts! Sarah Kernan has a conversation with Marissa Nicosia, an Associate Professor of Renaissance Literature at Penn State Abington. She teaches, researches, and writes about early modern English literature, food studies, book history, and political theory. Marissa speaks about her work making and updating early modern English culinary recipes, especially for her public food history website, Cooking in the Archives: ...| The Recipes Project
By Sara de Blas Hernández Since starting my Ph.D. journey at UC Davis, I have collaborated with Prof. Daniela Gutiérrez-Flores to enhance medieval and early modern Spanish literature classes using multisensory pedagogical approaches. The goal is to help students connect with the literary production of the time, one that often feels culturally distant, through tangible … Continue reading Chocolate, Poems, and Virtual Kitchens: Reconstructing the Early Modern Experience →| The Recipes Project
By Sarah Peters Kernan Listen here, or subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts! Sarah Kernan talks to Alexandra Makin, a textile archaeologist specializing in early medieval embroidery. She is a professional embroiderer, trained at the Royal School of Needlework at Hampton Court Palace and also holds a PhD in Anglo-Saxon Studies. Alex is a Third Century Fellow at Manchester Metropolitan University. Her publications include Textiles of the Viking North Atlantic: Analysis, Interpretation, Re...| The Recipes Project
By Sarah Peters Kernan Listen here, or subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts! A content warning. Please note that this episode contains a detailed description of the death of eels in preparation for a meal. In this episode, Sarah Kernan speaks with Neil Buttery, a historian of British food. He is an award-winning author of several books, including A Dark History of Sugar; Before Mrs. Beeton: Elizabeth Raffald, England’s Most Influential Housekeeper; The Philosophy of Puddings; and Knea...| The Recipes Project
By Sarah Peters Kernan Listen here, or subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts! In this episode, Sarah Kernan speaks with Crystal Dozier, Associate Professor and anthropological archaeologist at Wichita State University in Wichita, Kansas. She is Chair for the Department of Anthropology, Director of Wichita State’s Archaeology of Food Laboratory, and City Archaeologist for the city of Wichita. Crystal describes researching food and foodways using archaeological approaches, including expe...| The Recipes Project
By Anna Marie Smith and Tom Cook, Fatto a Mano Project Into the depths of Italian culinary history, there remains a search for the most exotic pasta shape; a culinary journey into transitory perfection and ephemeral uniqueness. Then, lies the humble gnocchi. A lump. A dumpling shaped and formed by old hands crooked and weathered … Continue reading Retracing our Roots →| The Recipes Project
By Sarah Peters Kernan Listen here, or subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts! In this episode, Sarah Kernan talks to Victoria Flexner, food historian and founder of the historical dining collective, Edible History. She is the author of A History of the World in 10 Dinners: 2,000 Years, 100 Recipes, published by Rizzoli in 2023. … Continue reading Around the Table Podcast: Edible History with Victoria Flexner →| The Recipes Project
It's been very slow stitching week at my house... very, very slow! One would think that a basic shape like the double doors of the spring "house" would be one of the easiest bits of the entire project. Ha... it might be if the stitcher could count correctly! (and gentle readers... that is a big| As Kat Knits
Hello all, as you read these words the Vaults of Vaarn 2E Backerkit campaign will have already launched and been funding for 24 hours. You know how the campaign is going while I, writing this in the past, do not. I envy your privileged position. Hopefully it’s all going well and I’m currently bathing in… Continue reading Interview with OSR Rocks→| VAULTS OF VAARN
A post on a minimal iPhone/iPad stand reminded me that I never shared my secret to making an excellent and cheap iPod/iPhone holder. (This should also be compatible with most Android devices; however, Windows Phone users are on their own.)| beesbuzz.biz
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How to pick a tool, language, or framework when real money and the business is at stake. What to consider when faced with this kind of situation.| Alexandru Burlacu
Joe Deville, Mattering Press / Lancaster University / Open Book Collective Talk given on 17th September 2024 at the OASPA 2024 Conference, Lisbon, as part of a panel on ‘Open Access and Precarity in the Academic Landscape: Learning from the Experiences of Authors and Scholar-led Publishers’. The panel also included presentations from Dr Judith Fathallah...Read more| Mattering Press
Instructions on how to make a simple paper bag jellyfish with your toddler or preschooler. Ideal for developing fine motor skills and more.| Laughing Kids Learn
Over the last 8 months my work has understandably taken a back seat while I adjust to a life I didn’t anticipate and certainly wouldn’t have chosen. As many of us have had to accept, so…| jeanettesloan.wordpress.com
A tutorial outlining 3 approaches for connecting and authenticating Node.js with the Google Sheets API (v3 and v4), along with utilizing the data in an express application.| Steph | Smith
A personal story about the shifts that allowed me to put development in an accessible place, allowing me to learn and launch four projects within a year.| Steph | Smith
After polling 300+ people, it's clear that many people associate different meanings to the idea of when you "become a developer". Perhaps that's the beauty of an industry that is continuously growing and open in nature.| Steph | Smith
