Imperfect

Imperfect

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Imperfect episodes

  • 18: The Fog
    In 1952 a fog in London left 4,000 dead in just 4 days but many more would die before the causes could be rectified. Worse than that, it had happened before and it’s happening again right now, somewhere else.
    With John Chidgey.

    Links of potential interest:

    • Inversion (meteorology)
    • Great Smog of London
    • Battersea Power Station
    • Clean Air Act 1956
    • Trams in London
    • 1948 Donora Smog
    • Pollution in China

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      Episode Gold Producer:
      'r'.
      Episode Silver Producers:
      Chris Stone and Eivind Hjertnes.
      21 min
    • 18: Meetings
      Meetings can be valuable, but they can also be a huge waste of time. What kind of meetings will you hold?
      With John Chidgey.

      Links of potential interest:

      • Yes Prime Minister Meeting minutes: 1min 45sec into clip from Episode S02E01 Man Overboard

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        16 min
      • 17: Time
        There never seems to be enough time to get through everything that needs to be done. Or is there actually enough time and you're just looking at it wrong?
        With John Chidgey.

        Links of potential interest:

        • Marty McFly - Movie Quotes

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          10 min
        • 16: Perspective
          Getting perspective is one of those ideas that takes something quite complicated and condenses it into a singular expression. Let's unpack that and get some perspective on getting perspective.
          With John Chidgey.

          Links of potential interest:

          • Perspective Definition

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            13 min
          • 81: Boring Loops
            Elon Musk is considered by many to be a technological visionary. In this, the first in a series of shows about Elons projects, we look at Hyperloop and The Boring Company and the practicalities of what Elon's trying to achieve.
            With Vic Hudson and John Chidgey.

            Miscellaneous Links:

            • Hyperloop
            • TGV
            • Land Speed Record For Rail
            • What is the minimum air pressure the human body can tolerate?
            • The Boring Company
            • Elon Musk The future we’re building | TED Talk
            • Tunnel
            • Elon Musk Tweet 1 of 2
            • Elon Musk Tweet 2 of 2
            • Mego Micronauts Rocket Tubes Remastered Toy Commercial MegoMuseum
            • Roadheader
            • Shotcrete

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              Episode Gold Producer:
              'r'.
              Episode Silver Producers:
              Chris Stone, Eivind Hjertnes and Daniel Dudley.
              55 min
            • 15: Downtime
              What is downtime really? And just as importantly how about downspace?
              With John Chidgey.

              Links of potential interest:

              • Personal Space
              • Downtime Definition

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                12 min
              • 80: Mastodon
                GNU Social is gaining momentum recently with Mastodon leading the charge. It's a different way to micro-blog and it's not perfect, but it shouldn't be dismissed out of hand. Vic joins John to walk through where it stands today.
                With Vic Hudson and John Chidgey.

                Miscellaneous Links:

                • GNU Social
                • GNU Social and GNU FM
                • GNU Social Wikipedia
                • Mastodon Software
                • Mastodon Instances
                • Twitter
                • Micro.blog
                • Stormcrow
                • Mastodon<->Twitter

                  • iOS Apps I use for Mastodon:

                  • Mustor (Formerly called “Mastodon-iOS”)
                  • Amaroq
                  • 11t

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                    Episode sponsor:
                    Many Tricks:

                    If you’re looking for some Mac software that can do Many Tricks remember to specifically visit the URL below for more information about their amazingly useful apps.

                    Visit manytricks.com/pragmatic and use the Coupon Code (listen to the episode to get the code) for 25% off the total price of your order. Hurry it's only for a limited time!

                    Episode Gold Producer:
                    'r'.
                    Episode Silver Producers:
                    Chris Stone, Eivind Hjertnes and Daniel Dudley.
                    1 hr 11 min
                  • 17: Three Mile Island
                    On March 28, 1979 Unit 2 of the Three Mile Island Nuclear Plant in the United States of America an incident would lead to a partial reactor core meltdown. Many blamed the operators for stopping the reactor cooling system but the real root causes showed a known flaw in the design and alarm flooding had blinded the operators to what was actually happening.
                    With John Chidgey.

                    Related episodes:

                    • Causality Episode 3: Fukushima

                      • Links of potential interest:

                      • Three Mile Island accident
                      • Three Mile Island Nuclear Generating Station
                      • Nuclear Regulator Commission renews Three Mile Island Unit 1s License
                      • Nuclear accident and recovery at Three Mile Island
                      • Three Mile Island Accident
                      • Measuring Radiation
                      • Three Mile Island Engineering Report
                      • Three Mile Island Accident Health Effects
                      • Facts and Information About Radiation Exposure

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                        Episode Gold Producer:
                        'r'.
                        Episode Silver Producers:
                        Carsten Hansen, Eivind Hjertnes and Daniel Dudley.
                        33 min
                      • 14: Constraints
                        Constraints foster creativity apparently. Let's explore how if that's actually true and if the concept can help us.
                        With John Chidgey.

                        Links of potential interest:

                        • Creative Definition

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                          Episode sponsor:
                          Many Tricks:

                          If you’re looking for some Mac software that can do Many Tricks remember to specifically visit the URL below for more information about their amazingly useful apps.

                          Visit manytricks.com/pragmatic and use the Coupon Code (listen to the episode to get the code) for 25% off the total price of your order. Hurry it's only for a limited time!
                          14 min
                        • 13: Perfect
                          Is it possible to create something perfect with an unchallengeable criteria, or are you just wasting your time?
                          With John Chidgey.

                          Links of potential interest:

                          • Perfect is the Enemy of Good

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                            11 min

                          About Imperfect

                          From the publisher's feed

                          Most people can look past the imperfections of everyday things in the world. For those that are unable to, this is for you.