Chikara @chikara@qoto.org

This blog is going to be about what I don't know -- especially science and technology in the 18th century. #seismology #sismologie #volcanology #volcanologie #geology #géologie #metallurgy #métallurgie #agriculture #botany #botanique #garden #jardinage #potager #fishing #pêche

I make many mistakes, but maybe I'll get better by simply working at it. -- http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

"If I have the belief that I can do it,
I shall surely acquire the capacity to
do it even if I may not have it at the
beginning." -- Gandhi

My name -- Chikara -- comes from the Japanese Kanji Radical 19 力部 meaning "power." Maybe this blog will help me channel the power of Gandhi's words.

Pet peeve: I dislike admitting "it can't be helped" or "nothing can be done about it" (shikata ga nai 仕方がない; shō ga nai しょうが