South Africa faces up to 300m litre wine lake
The impact of South Africa’s fight against the Covid-19 pandemic, including the imposition of prohibition, have left up to 300 million litres of wine unsold as the next harvest approaches. The closure
The Goopification of grapes: why 'clean wine' is a scam
Cameron Diaz gives a happy sigh. “I’m really excited,” she says to her friend Katherine Power. On the table are two bottles of their new wine, Avaline, launched mid-July. The Goop rush: why celebritie
'There's a gaping hole in our knowledge': the scientists studying why gamers invert their controls
I t is one of the most contentious aspects of video game playing – a debate where opposing sides literally cannot see each other’s perspective. When the Guardian ran an article asking why a large mino
How a New Hampshire libertarian utopia was foiled by bears
https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/21534416/free-state-project-new-hampshire-libertarians-matthew-hongoltz-hetling
On Wine Bitch – Tim Atkin – Master of Wine
A bunch of anonymous newsletters targeting the wine Twitter bubble started circulating anonymously during lockdown. The content was meant to be satirical. Some of it was amusing, some statements about
Quiet People in Meetings Are Incredible
Top highlight Knowing when not to talk is an art. Tim Denning Jul 28 · 4 min read Image Credit: fwo3.com/AMC As a corporate man by day, and an entrepreneur by night, I’ve attended my fair share of mee
Why is Apple’s M1 Chip So Fast
PC users may jump ship, but that is a slow process. You don’t leave immediately a platform you are heavily invested in.
Here we get a big problem with the Intel and AMD business model. Their business models are based on selling general purpose CPUs, which people just slot onto a large PC…
Opinion | A Politician Takes a Sledgehammer to His Own Ego
A Politician Takes a Sledgehammer to His Own Ego Just in time for Easter, the story of a blind state leader who is giving up his office to join the Jesuits. By Opinion Columnist April 11, 2020 Cyrus H
The No-Code Generation is arriving – TechCrunch
In the distant past, there was a proverbial “digital divide” that bifurcated workers into those who knew how to use computers and those who didn’t.[1] Young Gen Xers and their later millennial compani
Technical debt as a lack of understanding
Some time back, I was working on a project where it felt like the timebomb of technical debt was exploding in our faces. We couldn’t refactor the whoositz because of the whatsitz and when we asked abo
Taming the Mammoth: Why You Should Stop Caring What Other People Think
We made a fancy PDF of this post for printing and offline viewing. Buy it here. Part 1: Meet Your Mammoth The first day I was in second grade, I came to school and noticed that there was a new, very p
America's new power couple: Joe and Mitch
During Barack Obama’s presidency, Joe Biden’s propensity for cutting deals with Mitch McConnell became a running source of aggravation for liberals. Now it will be the key to getting anything done at
Beyond Jamaican Funk - Next Level Hogo - Cocktail Wonk
With the current era of rum gathering steam toward a golden age, an exciting by-product is the ready availability of full-throated, hogo-licious Jamaican rums. The intense, overripe banana and pineapp
Why Being Sore Doesn't Mean You're Getting Stronger | Mark Rippetoe
https://startingstrength.com/article/why-being-sore-doesnt-mean-youre-getting-stronger
Facebook’s Hate-Speech Rules Collide With Indian Politics
In Facebook posts and public appearances, Indian politician T. Raja Singh has said Rohingya Muslim immigrants should be shot, called Muslims traitors and threatened to raze mosques. Facebook Inc. empl
The Market For Cheese Has Changed in 2020 - OpenMarkets
https://openmarkets.cmegroup.com/16294/the-market-for-cheese-has-changed-in-2020
Jamaican Rum on Acid: How Vinegar Brings the Funk - Cocktail Wonk
The learning never stops. For several years I’ve endeavored to understand the flavor science and history behind Jamaican rum’s unique hogo. As part of that I’ve visited every Jamaican rum distillery,
How local 'fake news' websites spread 'conservative propaganda' in the US
‘It is always a bit troubling in the current environment when websites don’t really indicate what they’re all about,’ said Matt Gertz.Photograph: Étienne Laurent/EPA In March this year, the small Illinois town of Hinsdale, in the western Chicago suburbs, was facing a crisis. The village’s district…
Old money is sloshing through Indonesia’s tech industry
Since the early 2000s, Indonesia’s continuously growing internet economy has made the country one of Southeast Asia’s most lucrative markets. This has caught the attention of the nation’s wealthiest f
Ralfy's World - Whisky Magazine
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How cereal startup Magic Spoon milks nostalgia to sweeten its direct pitch to grown-ups
When it comes to shopping in a pandemic, turns out the two things people crave are comfort and convenience. It’s why Amazon sales are projected to see a year-over-year sales jump of nearly 22% in the first quarter. It’s why it feels like everyone with an Instagram account has been baking sourdough…
The real Lord of the Flies: what happened when six boys were shipwrecked for 15 months
A still from the 1963 film of William Golding’s Lord of the Flies.Photograph: Ronald Grant F or centuries western culture has been permeated by the idea that humans are selfish creatures. That cynical
Map Is Not Territory. Where to with Whisky Reviews?
Given the dozens of new bottlings released every month, the limited amount of alcohol our livers can (and should) take, as well as our all too narrow budgets, orientation is key when it comes to buyin
The America I Love Needs to Do Better
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/05/arnold-schwarzenegger-america-needs-do-better/612442/
The ultimate case against using shame as a management tactic
Earlier this month, what could have been the worst aviation accident in history was narrowly averted. An Air Canada pilot mistakenly lined up to land on a taxiway , instead of a parallel runway, at Sa
When Introverts Should Avoid Coffee
If you’re headed into some important meeting, you might down a cup or two of coffee without thinking much of it, hoping the caffeine will provide your brain with an extra boost. But in his new book on personality science, psychologist Brian Little suggests that for introverts, this strategy may…
The 2 Hour Rule: The Genius of Einstein, Darwin, and Nietzsche Applied
Albert Einstein was 16 years old when he first flirted with the idea of special relativity. He was a daydreamer. The pioneering theory that lead him to establish the foundation of modern physics was actually envisioned in one of his many famous thought experiments. He wondered, specifically, what…
An easier way to learn a language? This is what research says
Learning a new language is hard — especially if you're an adult, especially if you're busy, and especially if the language is based on really different sounds than your native tongue. Hard, but not impossible. In Scientific American , Veronique Greenwood highlights two recent studies that suggest…
How to Hire Without Getting Fooled by First Impressions
Leer en español Dr. James is a leading ophthalmologist at a major medical clinic. Passionate about medicine, he wanted to hire someone to run the business operations of his practice. He carefully revi
Dumpster diving to revive a crashing NetWare server? It was acceptable in the '90s
Who, Me? Today is Monday the 58th of March 2020. As a service to stop the days blurring into one, take a moment to enjoy a tale of NetWare, Blu Tack and a broken pencil in today's Who, Me? reader confession. This time we return to the 1990s, and to a region of Australia that our protagonist, a…
5 tips for incident management when you’re suddenly remote
Published March 23, 2020 in Statuspage We learned the hard way so you don’t have to. Published March 23, 2020 in Statuspage Product Marketing Manager A lot of teams are asking us about how to do incident management when you’re suddenly remote. We understand. Going remote can be scary, and few things…
A Bartender's Secret Formula to Create Countless Cocktails at Home | Wine Enthusiast
Bartending, from the outside, can seem incredibly complicated. With a dizzying array of cocktail names and corresponding recipes to memorize, obscure-sounding ingredients, infusions, equipment and for
Why filming police violence has done nothing to stop it
https://www.technologyreview.com/2020/06/03/1002587/sousveillance-george-floyd-police-body-cams/
The University Is a Ticking Time Bomb
N ews of the death of Margaret Mary Vojtko, an adjunct professor of French at Duquesne University, went viral in 2013. The circumstances of her final months painted a jarring picture of how dire a professor’s living conditions could be. Before Vojtko learned her semester-to-semester contract would…
Today I Learned That Not Everyone Has An Internal Monologue And It Has Ruined My Day.
My day was completely ruined yesterday when I stumbled upon a fun fact that absolutely obliterated my mind. I saw this tweet yesterday that said that not everyone has an internal monologue in their head. All my life, I could hear my voice in my head and speak in full sentences as if I was talking…
A little bit of slope makes up for a lot of y-intercept
"A little bit of slope makes up for a lot of y-intercept" 01/13/2012. From a lecture by Professor John Ousterhout at Stanford, class CS140 Here's today's thought for the weekend. A little bit of slope makes up for a lot of Y-intercept. [Laughter] So at a mathematical level this is an obvious truism.…
Remembering Michael Fogg – Conservator of Rum’s Legacy - Cocktail Wonk
“My suggestion is that you try to contact Michael Fogg… he is definitely the most knowledgeable living person regarding the early derivation of navy rum.” Historians live for the moment when the heavy
Feeling Ambivalent About Your Boss Hurts Your Performance Even More Than Disliking Them
https://hbr.org/2018/06/feeling-ambivalent-about-your-boss-hurts-your-performance-even-more-than-disliking-them
Dear Whiskey Brands, Please Stop Using Corks
opinion Photo Illustration by The Daily Beast I remember once reading another writer’s description of the sensory thrill in the opening of a new whiskey, the anticipation generated by the weight of the bottle in your hand, the sparkling play of light on the bubbles in the neck, the crisp snap of the…