Kurt Degoede

“At the heart of our mental chess game lies a profound lesson: The difference between being content or distraught is a matter of perspective.” https://www.themarshallproject.org/2021/02/11/when-the-prison-banned-board-games-we-played-chess-in-our-minds

I just finished the outstanding biography of Leonardo da Vinci by Walter Isaacson (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34684622-leonardo-da-vinci). The book concludes with a list of lessons: “Be curious, relentlessly curious… Let the perfect be the enemy of the good… Think visually… Avoid silos… Let your reach exceed your grasp… Indulge fantasy… Create for yourself, not just for patrons… Collaborate… … Continue reading →

“As we move beyond the now-familiar reactive responses to reduce virus transmission risks, we can begin to explore how to better design buildings and building systems to promote wellness and reduce transmission of known and anticipated pathogens.” https://www.metalarchitecture.com/articles/salubrious-simulation-modeling-airborne-virus-dispersion-to-reduce-transmission-risks

“A small rocket billed as the world’s first commercial booster powered by biofuel has launched from Maine. The Brunswick-based startup bluShift Aerospace launched its first rocket prototype, called Stardust 1.0, on Sunday (Jan. 31), despite freezing temperatures and two false starts.” Story: https://www.space.com/blushift-aerospace-launches-stardust-biofuel-rocket? Video: https://videos.space.com/m/f5wGSwme/blushift-aerospace-rockets-use-bio-derived-fuels-meet-their-team?list=9wzCTV4g

“Solar photovoltaic (PV) technology has come a long way over the past two decades. Once a niche technology, it is now one of the cheapest, most efficient and easily deployable means of generating electricity. As the world strives to recover from the economic slump caused by the Covid-19 pandemic and simultaneously meet the climate and … Continue reading →

“How [photovoltaics transformed] from being an expensive, niche electricity source to the least costly power on the grid” (ASME) Also, see Levelized Cost of Energy (Lazard)

https://xkcd.com/1732/

Goofy Comedy from Canada: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0397138/?ref_=tt_mv_close