Pokhara Air Accident
A quick cursory search for Pokhara *International* Airport reveals that it opened for business on New Year’s Day and is too new to have a IATA code yet. (Anyone want to fact check me on this?) Stalling on finals, VFR approach on a fine day? I’m going to speculate, which I know I shouldn’t hence the CW. The pilots weren’t practiced enough in the approach. We’ll see in time if my amateur opinion is right. For all their sakes’ I hope not. 🙏
Do I love small acts of nature reclaiming man-made spaces? Unequivocally, yes.
Do I want it to be evidence of rain water seeping into the internal structure of third floor walkways at my place of business? Not particularly, no. #Mosstodon
Fascinating article about made-up languages, often but not always from movies like Avatar: The Way of Water, trigger similar MRI scans to real ones, from a #cognitive and computational #neuroscience point of view.
Since launch Jan. 1, my new collection Lilies on the Deathbed of Étaín is the third bestselling #poetry book on the marketplace my publisher uses, over 30 days
I am now crossing every limb to hope it can reach number one, even for a day. It would feel damned amazing.
If you dig #poetry, and want to try something pretty unique, and help it get to no.1:
It's the 10th bestselling book in 90 too.
#writingcommunity #poetrycommunity #art #writing #literature #poem
I counted them. Feynman’s total publications were about 48 or 49 papers throughout his career. Well, it is still below for most of us yet they are very impactful, launched new areas like nanotechnology and quantum computing. I need to slow down and focus on meaningful work and publications rather than rushing to generate and compile publications.
My church choir last night (without me)😊
I’ve just returned, tired but happy, from 4 1/2 hours’ filming. To hear the familiar sound of the boom stand rattling in the back of the car on the way home was music to my old photographer’s ears again. But these days, now I code, I’m not depending on each shoot for the next pay check. And that makes the world of difference. Filming, even with a stabilisation rig, is a young man’s game. Too physical to keep the camera movements smooth. Tonight I only had optical stabilisation. Too bad.
Good series so far: “The Dalai Lama’s Guide to Happiness” 5-part series on the Ten Percent Happier podcast. https://pca.st/episode/4ba67ff5-2902-4ce7-b35d-c62f9714f6dd #buddhism #DalaiLama #happiness
Please read and share. It’s time we stop talking about “how hard” it all is, and shift the discussion to “how important” it all is.
“Journalists (And Others) Should Leave Twitter. Here’s How They Can Get Started”
by @dangillmor@twitter.com via Techdirt
The best New Years Eve story is the English town of Scarborough cancelling its fireworks display in order to avoid disturbing a visiting walrus.
#NYE #NewYearsEve
A nice view of Clew Bay from Croagh Patrick. A holy site since pagan times.Some believe the older name for the mountain ( Cruachán Aigle) is connected to a pagan harvest deity, the dark god Cromm Crúaich, later known as Crom Dubh. #pagan #holymountain
Java & Web Development Trainer, London & virtual. Author: The Frontend Cookbook. https://FrontendCookbook.com 25+ years’ prior in photography, filmmaking, web development & design for print. Someday would like to do something humanitarian with codeforireland.org and codefortheuk.com. 🌐