Spencer Wright

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    13 Apr 2018

    A periodic reminder: I run a weekly engineering/manufacturing/logistics newsletter, and it’s *very* good. 📏🔧🚢 ➡️

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  2. Sep 15

    TIL that didn’t even bother to ask Foxconn to rebrand the splash screen on their now-EOL network video recorder

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    Sep 10

    The Blue Marble is a lie: "The photograph's original orientation had south pointed up". !!

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    Sep 8

    Bicycles are resilient transportation.

    Citi Bike set single-day record after Hurricane Ida closed subways via
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    Sep 7

    This week, explores the trade offs inherent in curbside recycling and recycled content mandates.

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  6. Aug 20

    My lil' old newsletter, , is looking for regular and one-off writers to add to our staff. If you love engineering, manufacturing, and infrastructure and want a crack at our 12,000+ audience, holler!

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    Aug 2

    geofoam - lightweight polystyrene blocks used as filler in construction projects; "stuffed below the turf, like silicone implants under the skin of a city." hypermodern horror or environmentally sound shortcut? great essay:

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    Aug 9

    Just finished reading a too-short but very impactful opening essay by in this week's , one of my favorite weekly reads. I've started following them (the author) and you really should too. Check it:

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    Aug 10

    Incredibly honored to have authored this weeks newsletter in . As a writer, the opportunity to work with different kinds of editors is so fulfilling. I really love the challenge & I felt more authentic in this piece

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    Aug 10

    In this week's newsletter, talks through the intersection of casual dress codes and racial bias: "The hurdles to career success and pay equality put before us may not always be so obvious."

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    Aug 6

    A thread of artful engineering drawings/sketches

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  12. Aug 5

    I'm looking for a logistics/supply chain consultant who can comment on what it's like to do business in Manaus, Brazil. Anyone got a reference?

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    Jul 29

    Geofoam: uncanny yet incredibly prosaic. and explore the underground ubiquity of expanded polystyrene foam in a new feature.

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    Jul 29

    “As a material that usually lurks below the earth’s surface, popping into view only while it’s being installed or unearthed,” Geofoam is “Minecraft made physical, an architectural model in the flesh.”

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    Jul 29

    I *really* enjoyed this article on Geofoam. I had no idea this existed.

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  16. Jul 29

    More details on Geofoam's ascendance and uses in and 's excellent piece in :

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  17. Jul 29

    In net, I find the stuff pretty disconcerting - but I also see its practicality, and find it helpful to remember that the alternatives (shredded tires, concrete, etc) have their issues too.

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  18. Jul 29

    Its installation is just as weird. Geofoam is cut with hot wires or chainsaws, and then just plopped into place

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  19. Jul 29

    You've got to wonder what the first producers thought about it. I mean, these parts are huge - and we bury them! In the dirt!

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  20. Jul 29

    Geofoam was first used in Norway in the 70s. The first sketch of it is utter stoner quality, but the project was a success and it quickly caught on:

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  21. Jul 29

    This stuff is wild - as and write, it's like some joke about capitalism run amok. We intentionally fill our landscapes with styrofoam, and somehow... it's justified

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