Waiting for the 8AM train in Clonmel, County Tipperary, Ireland.

Remembering with Sunflowers

Spending time in a remembrance garden with acres of sunflowers.

The ultimate list of Japanese vegetable cutting techniquesNTS: We need a wider selection of knives in the kitchen.

We spent part of the weekend walking among sunflowers in aid of the Irish Cancer Society.

Scrolling through @geewiz' account to see if I know any other people from Ireland on MB.

I’ve lived in Ireland for more than 20 years. I first experienced a week-long run of temperatures above 75F during my first summer in Ireland. At this point, I feel for horses and cattle who have to graze without shade.

To survive longer than my father

I swim 200 metres several times a week and occasionally mention that online. Something about the Instagram algorithm is telling me I could live longer if I practice rising from a seated position on the floor, balance on one leg for 30 seconds, and briskly walk the half mile to our corner shop. None …

Convey the Core Message

Every idea has an essence: the heart and soul of what it is trying to communicate. It might take hundreds of pages and thousands of words to fully explain a complex insight, but there is always a way to convey the core message in just a sentence or two. – Tiago Forte, Building a Second Brain

I'm passing along some mobile journalism skills to my youngest. He [asked our green grocer a few questions](https://www.spreaker.com/episode/50885808) about fresh fruit and vegetables.

This was a fairly pretty girl, except thst she had legs like an Edward Ian grand piano. -- Kurt Vonnegut, Slaughterhouse-Five

I like getting notebooks with colour on the outside. Because I like to share passionate ideas through the things I think and write by hand on the pages inside.

Big respect for Artur Fischer for inventing the raw plug, erector sets, flash photography and more than 1000 other items

Peak Heat in Ireland

Planning for the hottest day of the year in Ireland. It may hit 86F under clear blue skies. No rain for the past week. My sunflowers are objecting.

Approaching 80F in Ireland

Sunbathing during the Irish Morning.

Meeting more and more families who have opted out of the stressful airport queue experience.

The Challenging Pivot to Clean Energy Jobs

Any country that tries to wean itself from dirty energy has to create industrial policies that invest in the creation of clean-energy manufacturing jobs, including in former coal communities. Ireland has been moderately successful in pivoting turf-cutting jobs into wind energy jobs. In the States, …

My Current Pen

I found a clever Mont Blanc knockoff. 🖋

Using Pelican 4001 ink today. ✒

How the Brain Stops Time

One of the strangest side effects of intense fear is time dilation, the apparent slowing down of time…survivors of life and death situations often report that things seem to take longer to happen, objects fall more slowly, and they’re capable of comple thoughts in what would normally …

Reading the sky in the morning

Enjoying the look of a warm day ahead.

Shared Experiences FTW

A metaverse involves some kind of shared space and shared experience across a networked medium. Not only is it more than just doing things in VR, a metaverse doesn’t even require VR. -- kibwen on Hacker News

One of the most interesting features of Buiding a Second Brain is discovering many of my existing PKM highlights reappear on the printed pages. That’s because I have read or listened to so many of Tiago Fkrte’s ideas and now they jump out in my Readwise, Roam, or Notion accounts.

Our brains were never meant to be overflowing storage depots. A Second Brai is a trusted and organised digital repository where you can store your thoughts, ideas, and notes so that they can be developed beyond a momentary spark and accessed when you most need them. It removes the mental strain …

Will AIs treat humans as pets?

I started making quick words to self by using Otter.ai to record my ramblings and then Samsung Smart Select to grab the text. Yesterday, I wondered what happens with AI when singularity occurs. How will AI treat humans? Will the AI know that humans will resist being oppressed? Knowing that, will the …

I learn technical ideas and content ideas from Evo Terra. His thoughts on what to share resonate with me.