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WEBAyrton Senna’s Heel-and-Toe Braking Technique. There’s a driving technique called heel-and-toe where the driver uses all three pedals (brake, clutch, throttle) at once to make deceleration smoother, especially in the turns.. Heel-toe or heel-and-toe double-declutching is used before entry into a turn while a vehicle is under braking, preparing the transmission to be in the optimal range of ...
The Ten Rules of Golden Age Detective Fiction - kottke.org
WEBNov 23, 2021 · The Ten Rules of Golden Age Detective Fiction. The Golden Age of Detective Fiction describes a period between the world wars in which a certain style of murder mystery novel took hold, led by the prolific and talented Agatha Christie. Scott Stedman explains about the rise and fall of the genre in today’s issue of Why is this interesting?. It wasn’t until Agatha Christie introduced the ...
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WEBA growing number of posts on kottke.org have been "tagged" with keywords. Some of the tag pages have dozens or even hundreds of entries, almost like they're slow-moving topical blogs. Warning: you will get lost down some rabbit holes with these. Some recommended starting points. Recently popular topics. All-time popular subjects.
An online collection of high-res scans of M.C. Escher’s prints
WEBMay 8, 2018 · The Boston Public Library has digitized their collection of M.C. Escher prints; browse the whole collection here. The level of zoom you can get to with these images is amazing. Traveling to Spain in 1936, Escher visited the Alhambra for the second time and visited the mosque in Córdoba.
Using Nuclear Energy to Stop Climate Change - kottke.org
WEBApr 13, 2021 · Rebecca Tuhus-Dubrow wrote about climate change activists who are embracing nuclear energy for the New Yorker back in February. In the course of years, Hoff grew increasingly comfortable at the plant. She switched roles, working in the control room and then as a procedure writer, and got to know the workforce — …
Maps of US linguistic patterns - kottke.org
WEBJun 6, 2013 · Maps of US linguistic patterns. Joshua Katz has been studying American dialects and has made more than 120 maps of some of the differences in American speech.Here are a few examples: (thx, everyone) Update: As he notes on the site, Katz’s maps are based on the research and work of Bert Vaux…Vaux’s maps of the same data can be found here. (thx, molly, margaret, & nicholas)
“For the Colonel, It Was Finger-Lickin’ Bad” - kottke.org
WEBAug 26, 2016 · “For the Colonel, It Was Finger-Lickin’ Bad” Here’s a gem from the archive of the NY Times. One day in September 1976, NY Times food critic Mimi Sheraton and Colonel Harland Sanders stopped into a Manhattan Kentucky Fried Chicken.The Colonel, then estranged from the company he founded, strolled into the kitchen after glad-handing some patrons and proceeded to tear into the quality of ...
Chaka Khan’s Tiny Desk Concert - kottke.org
WEBJun 12, 2024 · Chaka Khan’s Tiny Desk Concert. NPR recently welcomed Chaka Khan into the office for a Tiny Desk Concert. When the “Queen of Funk,” Chaka Khan, began to sing her hit “Sweet Thing” at the Tiny Desk, she seemed surprised at how the audience enthusiastically joined in. It’s just one example of how ingrained her work is …
The etymology of “orange”: which came first, the color or the fruit?
WEBAug 2, 2018 · There is only orange, and the name comes from the fruit. Tangerine doesn’t really count. Its name also comes from a fruit, a variety of the orange, but it wasn’t until 1899 that “tangerine” appears in print as the name of a color-and it isn’t clear why we require a new word for it. This seems no less true for persimmon and for pumpkin.
“I Know That Place, It Sounds Like Vermont.” - kottke.org
WEBOct 1, 2018 · Adam Driver hosted the premiere episode of the newest season of Saturday Night Live this weekend and one of the sketches featured a Neo-Confederate meeting where a group of white nationalists debated setting up a “Caucasian paradise” free from minorities and immigrants. They settled on Vermont. This place sounds nice!