Occasional links - 22.05.2021
Hello,
A week of biblical rain here in the UK and we still await the arrival of summer, hopefully this year. One day soon please. I skived off work on Weds afternoon and rode my MTB with a friend and this was possibly the best choice I've made in a while and really glad of the headspace. Sadly there's a mountain of things to clean as a result but that's cycling in the UK right now.
This week we go to 11, mainly as I had an extra link to share. I hope you enjoy the below links.
The cover of New Scientist is the only source of band names you'll ever need
Really good. And apparently the best link I'd ever sent Matt, quite the compliment. Via ProElbows.
A gobsmacking photo of a sunset thunder cloud
Not much else to say on that really. There are simple not enough superlatives to describe it.
A compilation of people destroying their cars by driving through the Rufford Ford in Nottingham
Highly enjoyable watch, especially when they think they've got away with it. It also says so much of the confidence that a big metal box gives people that they think they're invincible.
Stoned in Melanchol: Photographs of small-town teenage boredom by Megan Doherty
When I first saw these I thought they were from the American mid-west but it turns our they're all shot in Derry, Northern Ireland. More images on the photographers site. Original source.
What “Done” Looks Like When You Are Living at Work
Lots to like about this article. And the temptation to keep tinkering with something is always so appealing. Yet actually finishing something is even better.
The dog link
Sponsored this week by David Taylor, one of the nicest people in the construction industry (apart from Toby). And also dogs are great detectors of covid. Aren't they clever!
It's time for a summer slowdown
By far one of the most important essays I've read on our relationship with work throughout the pandemic.
A week of biblical rain here in the UK and we still await the arrival of summer, hopefully this year. One day soon please. I skived off work on Weds afternoon and rode my MTB with a friend and this was possibly the best choice I've made in a while and really glad of the headspace. Sadly there's a mountain of things to clean as a result but that's cycling in the UK right now.
This week we go to 11, mainly as I had an extra link to share. I hope you enjoy the below links.
The cover of New Scientist is the only source of band names you'll ever need
Really good. And apparently the best link I'd ever sent Matt, quite the compliment. Via ProElbows.
A gobsmacking photo of a sunset thunder cloud
Not much else to say on that really. There are simple not enough superlatives to describe it.
A compilation of people destroying their cars by driving through the Rufford Ford in Nottingham
Highly enjoyable watch, especially when they think they've got away with it. It also says so much of the confidence that a big metal box gives people that they think they're invincible.
Stoned in Melanchol: Photographs of small-town teenage boredom by Megan Doherty
When I first saw these I thought they were from the American mid-west but it turns our they're all shot in Derry, Northern Ireland. More images on the photographers site. Original source.
What “Done” Looks Like When You Are Living at Work
Lots to like about this article. And the temptation to keep tinkering with something is always so appealing. Yet actually finishing something is even better.
The dog link
Sponsored this week by David Taylor, one of the nicest people in the construction industry (apart from Toby). And also dogs are great detectors of covid. Aren't they clever!
It's time for a summer slowdown
By far one of the most important essays I've read on our relationship with work throughout the pandemic.
Currently, most organizations only implement boundaries, which are malleable (again, it’s up to you to take time, if you need it). Boundaries are personal — but guardrails are structural.
A free diver captured the moment when two bubble rings collided
Wait for it.
So, we ordered 51 trays of plants to install on our shed's new green roof
I just love these kinds of Twitter threads. You know the gist by now.
Fungi and problem solving
The mycologist Lynne Boddy once made a scale model of Britain out of soil, placing blocks of fungus-colonised wood at the points of the major cities; the blocks were sized proportionately to the places they represented. Mycelial networks quickly grew between the blocks: the web they created reproduced the pattern of the UK’s motorways (‘You could see the M5, M4, M1, M6’).
Sending an email on a train
We take so much for granted now.
That's it for this week. I'm off to ride my bike (in the rain probably).
Love as always,
Andy x
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