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A theory of earworms

23 June 2022

A possibly novel theory of why music gets stuck in our heads.

Repetition in Francis Bacon's paintings

11 April 2022

After seeing the Francis Bacon: Man and Beast exhibition at the Royal Academy I’ve been thinking about the way that Bacon repeated himself frequently in his paintings.

How much energy is in a tree?

2 October 2021

Giving unnecessarily detailed responses to pseudoscientific crank claims.

Start more books

29 May 2021

Some years ago, I set myself the rule that I would only read one book at a time. This turned out to be a terrible idea.

What are plans for?

6 May 2021

Part of Ultraworking’s work cycles process involves defining a plan at the start of a work session and then making regular pace checks to see whether there’s anything you need to adjust in order to hit your goal. One of the adjustments that often comes up is asking whether it would make sense to “re-scope”. This just means adjusting the scope of your goal for the session.

Rtnl is the website of Colin Z. Robertson.

I can be contacted at czr@rtnl.org.uk. I can also be found on Twitter as @czrobertson.