Between eight and nine local time, last night. I don't think I've watched anything so keenly since the moon landing. > 1.15am GMT: @polarben [https://twitter.com/polarben] & Tarka officially complete their world-record breaking journey to S. Pole & back following in footsteps of…
Makes for quite a change from the prosthetic hand highlighted yesterday! > Prosthetic Legs in 1900 pic.twitter.com/9fQgGmln6Z [http://t.co/9fQgGmln6Z] — History In Pictures (@HistoryInPics) February 7, 2014 [https://twitter.com/HistoryInPics/statuses/431581390405369856]…
PillPack [https://pillpack.com] is an idea that sounds like it makes so much sense I can't believe I haven't heard of it before (never mind that it's supposed to be in common use at nursing homes and the like). I like the idea…
Here's another example of an attitude towards rehab—this one from a story much seen on the web recently about a prosthetic hand that will allow the user to experience sensation [http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-26036429] > The super-functioning bionic hand of science fiction films remains…
Two days away from completing Scott's route in Antarctica, Ben and Tarka are struggling with exhaustion and a harsh climate. Ben writes [http://scottexpedition.com/blog/closer-to-home-closer-to-home] > Objectively, we're both in no doubt that our extreme physical fatigue is dragging our emotional states down, but…
Thanks to Ghost for Beginners [http://www.ghostforbeginners.com/how-to-add-google-analytics-to-ghost/] for showing me how to get Google Analytics working on my site, and thanks to Hannah at Ghost for everything else. Awesome service!…
Via Brain Pickings [http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2014/02/04/jeanette-winterson-on-art/], Jeanette Winterson on the value of art. > What art does is to coax us away from the mechanical and towards the miraculous. The so-called uselessness of art is a clue to its transforming power. Art is…
Brian Eno in his diary— > "Changing ourselves. Surely that must be what we’re after when we look at pictures & watch movies & listen to music." http://t.co/ajt2SsXM3t — Explore (@Explorer) January 31, 2014 [https://twitter.com/Explorer/statuses/429270121367228416]…