DENMARK’S Maritime Museum in Elsinore includes one particularly unappetising exhibit: the world’s oldest ship’s biscuit, from a voyage in 1852. Known as hardtack, such biscuits were prized for their long shelf lives, making them a vital source of sustenance for sailors far from shore. They were also appreciated by a great economist, Irving Fisher, as […]
Tag: Unnatural
Vaulting in PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds feels unnatural
The PUBG Corporation is testing its 1.0 update for PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds this week, and it’s weird. I’ve spent so many hours with this incredible, janky battle royale shooter that I’ve grown accustomed to its mechanical idiosyncrasies. But now that I can easily and effectively hop over most obstacles in my characters way, the game just […]
Roger Moore called WHICH Bond co-star 'A diseased sex maniac with unnatural lusts'?
It was one of the last major public appearances from the beloved star, who died this week after a short battle with cancer. Moore had a fine reputation as a raconteur with a sharp tongue and a gift for memorable one-liners. He displayed all that and ‘Moore” when he shocked an audience at London’s Southbank […]
My Unnatural Desire for a Goofy Open-Air, Street-Legal Electric Buggy (and How I Filled It)
– I don’t know quite how I developed the need for a street-legal golf cart, but once I got the notion, it was unshakable. I’m happiest when I feel as if I’m getting away with something, and cruising around town in a goofy open-air electric buggy—no doors, no worries—seemed like the kind of thing I […]