Author: Rauf Aliev

Brought

From work to home

Rented it for two weeks. Getting used to the right-hand drive

In this sunny weather, Big Ben is more beautiful than ever. One could gaze at all these details endlessly.

The biggest downside of large museums is that the abundance of things you want to see always exceeds the time available to see them all. Consequently, each individual item pushes you towards the next one, instead of showcasing the best it has to offer.

If they brought just five paintings, worth seeing, and sold tickets for them, better yet – with a guided tour to understand the context of the paintings, it would be quite beneficial.

Hello, London.

Observations: In the English subway, the sound of an approaching train blares from the speakers because it moves very quietly and is dangerous. The noise is real, it’s just amplified

Did I position the sofa correctly?

what word am I pronouncing?

Hmm, mini-disc recorder

Biohacking at home: Justin Atkin demonstrates the wonders of genetic engineering at home. He prepared and ate an AAV virus enriched with a bacterial genome encoding the lactase enzyme. The virus delivered a little package to the DNA and fixed his primary lactose intolerance. On Reddit, however, they call him a fool, but no one disputes the scientific component and the result – the process itself was previously described and tested on mice, and now on Justin.