2024

links, etc ISP Column - January 2024 addresses are sloshing around in the economy a little more than i would have expected. some great reading if you’re into the monetization of numbers making the internets tick.

links, etc BHA Podcast & Blast, Ep. 171: The Conservation History Of George Washington Carver With Mark Hersey this is one of the best episodes of this podcast that i’ve heard to date. there’s so much to unpack here and so much follow-up reading that it genuinely deserves. from the primacy of economics in so many things, to the post-civil war impacts on the environment because of the primacy of economics to the push for and against self-sustainability....

my winter climate malaise this article, “The feeling of losing snow”, in the the atlantic hit a little close to home for me. this has been an unseasonably warm winter for us. to be fair, we’d been expecting a little warmer weather this winter. el nino had us expecting that it would be a bit warmer than usual. but road biking on christmas day in Minnesota was not on my bingo card....

links, etc Opinion | Patagonia’s Yvon Chouinard On the High Stakes of Low Quality - The New York Times less, but better. this is really where we need to land on things overall. i’ll admit to buying into the patagonia hype a bit. on the other hand, few things have lasted as long as the stuff i’ve purchased from them over the years. it’s a bit of a well earned premium and if it’s in serviceable shape they’ll buy their stuff back....