七転び八起き
The Arithmetic of Rising
七度、倒れる。
音もなく、起き上がる。
海は覚えている——
沈んだ船の数だけ、
浮かび上がった朝がある。
最初に立たせたのは、自分ではない。
名も知らぬ手が、
地面から掬い上げた。
その一度を、私はまだ数えている。
七つ、八つ——
数えるためではない。
A Note on the Water
Every chart in this library has assumed a kind of solid ground beneath our feet - masses, gravity wells, orbits, forces
Why the Maths Was Never the Problem - Planetary Gravity Was
Newton didn't invent gravity. He gave the world a language for describing something that had always been there
Quando, Quando, Quando
When will you (my benefits) be mine?
Most of what gets written about delivery is written from the deck. The
The Invisible Clock
The Countdown Nobody Heard
There is a particular type of lighthouse that maritime historians find fascinating - not the ones that
You Can't Cheat the Ferryman
In Greek mythology, Charon ferries the souls of the dead across the river Styx to the underworld. His service is
Das Schiff hat eine Seele
Klabautermann - and the soul of the organisation.
In den alten Hafenstädten der Nordseeküste glaubten die Seefahrer nicht nur daran, Schiffe
The Countdown
In 1981, John Carpenter gave us the anti-hero Snake Plissken in the film, "Escape from New York"
Reality Is Negotiable: The Day 1 Skill That Determines Everything
Tim Ferriss once said, "Reality is negotiable." Most people treat this as motivational philosophy. For Project Managers, it&
The Eye of the Storm - The Missed Opportunity
There is a meteorological phenomenon that most people misunderstand the moment they hear it described.
The eye of a storm
