standards - Not so obvious

A photo of a small, metal weight within several layers of protective glass cloches. A pair of tongs are placed next to the outermost cloche. The background of the photo is black.

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My love affair with measurement

The brief story of how I came to love the topic of metrology, the study of measurement. Why are such basics as centimetres or kilograms really things of wonder?

Photo of a beach and a bright but cloudy sky. There is a ship far away on the horizon, and a yellow sign in the foreground that says "Danger Soft Mud."

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At The Hare

This week, I'm breaking from the norm. Instead of an essay, a piece of short fiction about exoskeletons, logistics centres, and darts. It's called "At The Hare."

Full-screen image of letterpress type, showing both upper-case and lower-case letters.

Friday bonus: On not capitalizing my name

A brief explanation of the choice to not capitalize my name, where it came from, and what it means to be a common noun instead of a proper noun.

A dog-eared paperback book on a concrete floor. The book is called Standards and their Stories, and it has a pink post-it note sticking out of its side.

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Bookpile 3: Standards and their Stories

Bookpile is short posts on Fridays about what I’m reading now and what I’m liking about it. This week, it’s Standards and their Stories, a collection edited by Martha Lampland and Susan Leigh Star.