Carl Coryell-Martin

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Software Engineering and Family Biking in Victoria BC.

TIL: For any prime number p >= 5, p²-1 is divisible by 24.

That's cool.

Isn't it?

Yes it is.

@skinnylatte (I should probably blog post about this.) after spending a month traveling with a Tuareg family in Mali in 2005, I became obsessed with the 3 cups of tea ritual and have been searching for and refining a travel tea kit ever since. Transporting the glass cups safely is tricky, and a sorting a good, liquid fueled stove setup have been the hardest parts. Right now I’m using the small trangia stove because it’s so reliable and easy to use in any weather. I still want something smaller.
I've said it before, but Spencer Glendon is consistently the most thoughtful and articulate communicator of climate financial risk. If you're interested in climate science, financial markets or human behavior, he's a must read. https://probablefutures.org/perspective/equinox-greetings-greedy-for-the-new/
Equinox greetings: greedy for “the new” · Probable Futures

Spencer Glendon’s reflection on our drive for constant growth—challenging “greedy for the new” thinking in a world shaped by limits.

Probable Futures
the neverending story

"The most wildly successful project I’ve ever released is no longer mine. In all my years of building things and sharing them online, I have never felt so violated."

https://beyondloom.com/blog/onwigglypaint.html

Edit: I am not the author of this. Please go check out https://beyondloom.com/ for more of the author's work.

Dr. Is a #nonbinary title...
@alice @Lego_Bob All mechanical steel bicycles. With rim brakes.
Why, in the year 2026, is it so hard to search my timeline? 99% of the time I use search here it’s because I’m trying to find a post I saw in the last 72hrs or so. Don’t make me finally build the local timeline archive so I can search my timelines…

RE: https://social.bau-ha.us/@raganwald/116030265881884456

It’s like snow crash, but for cars.

The Mountain That Weighed the Earth. How scientists in 1774 used a Scottish mountain to estimate the mass of the Earth to within 20% of the modern number by measuring the mountain’s gravitational effect on a precision plumb line. https://signoregalilei.com/2026/01/18/the-mountain-that-weighed-the-earth/
The mountain that weighed the Earth

Suppose you want to find out how much you weigh. It’s easy enough – get a scale, stand on it, and read the number. Now suppose you want to know how much the Earth weighs. You get out a scale and…hm…

Signore Galilei