Algae psychology

Neil Brown posted about what brought him joy in computers and the Internet this year. I agree that it could be a cathartic exercise among the gloom and doom, so I thought I’d give it a shot as well. As Neil qualifies, we are both lucky people, and these items should have “for us” appended. If you have different perspectives, that’s also fine. 1....

Hololive divas Hoshimachi Suisei and Houshou Marine had a collab with BE@RBRICK in October that I only just saw. The art is amazing! It looks like the BE@RBRICKs themselves are still available for sale if that’s your thing. And no, I wasn’t paid for this post. Maybe I was bribed by art though. By Ruben Schade in Sydney, 2024-12-28.

SciTechDaily reported on a new study published by researches at my Sydney alma mater about the impact surveillance, or the feeling of being watched, had on their sensory perceptions: Nori (Japanese: 海苔) is a dried edible seaweed used in Japanese cuisine, usually made from species of the red algae genus Pyropia, including P. yezoensis and P....

This has become a highlight of the season each year. I was going to say it’s an Easter Egg, but that’s another time of year. I almost don’t want to log out, because after Xmas they return to regular chests. Oh well :’). By Ruben Schade in Sydney, 2024-12-26.

I defer to the expertise of James and James when they say they approach coffee in a certain way. But I think I might be taking a different tack from how Hoffey Coffee brews with the Clever Coffee Dripper, the steep and release brewer from Taiwan for which I now harbour more than a slight obsession. I talked about the Clever Coffee Dripper at the...