A post over on Freakonomics let me discover Science Hobbyist on Traffic Jams -- much of which I already knew, but the experiments he describes are just wonderful. I often try the “evaporate jam” thing myself, by idling along as slowly as I can in traffic; the problem is that Italians, like natur...

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Tuesday 21 November: Oh, the exquisite irony of it, part II; to be on a plateau and to have discovered Jim Lahey’s recipe for no-knead bread. Ah well, the novelty will wear off soon, I hope. Except that I have a second sourdough loaf bubbling away now,...

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European Cities Do Away with Traffic Signs.

"The many rules strip us of the most important thing: the ability to be considerate. We're losing our capacity for socially responsible behavior," says Dutch traffic guru Hans Monderman, one of the project's co-founders. "The greater the number of pr...

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Oh no! KLM and Air France deny iPod integration plans.

I know that everyone and her cat has already blogged Jim Lahey’s No-knead bread, as seen last week in the New York Times. That won't stop me adding my take on the matter, late through no great fault of my own. That is, I’ve been snowed under at work, one reason why posting here has been slight o...

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