Iron Noder

This November I posted 30 finished pieces of writing on Everything2, on whatever I felt like writing about at the time. By doing so I completed the Iron Noder Challenge, which has been running every November since 2008. This was the first time I took part in earnest – making the effort to write and re-write for an hour or two almost every day, in order to average at least one post a day that I could be happy with.

Politics, philosophy and economics

1. Employment
   Its advantages, evolution and possible alternatives
2. Privilege
   On the importance of noticing our unearned advantages
3. Class
   Social class vs. economic class
4. Exoticization
   One way to deal with people being different
5. Firebox
   Left-leaning cafe in King’s Cross
6. Friern Barnet People’s Library
   Squatted & occupied – a community hub, political nexus and fully functioning library
7. Separation of church and state
   On religion and politics in Britain and the US
8. Problem of Evil
   Why the Christian God can’t be saved
9. Evil
   Why the idea of evil is a problem

Science

1. Order of magnitude
   The importance of powers of ten
2. Gravitational potential
   Potential energy per kilogram
   
3. Magpie
   Some of the smartest birds

Food

1. Turmeric
   Yellow spice with interesting pharmacological properties
2. Fritter
   One of the world’s great food types
3. Protato
   A potato with slightly more protein than normal

Reviews

1. Bad Machinery
   Web comic
   
2. Ice Haven
   Paper comic
   
3. Pre-Apocalyptic Love Song
   Album
4. AeroPress
   Coffee gadget
5. The Forum
   BBC radio show
6. Fimo Air Light
   Air-drying clay
7. Woodburner
   Music night in east London
8. Delusions of Gender
   A book about terrible science backing up dodgy politics

Edinburgh

1. Edinburgh diary
   A round-up of some of the things I did when I was there a few weeks ago
2. Haar
   The characteristic sudden sea fog of north-east Britain
3. National Monument
   Like the Parthenon, only less so
4. Arthur’s Seat
   The elephant of a mountain that we can see from all over Edinburgh

Miscellaneous

1. Open mic night
   The joy of amateur performers
2. Faff
   One of the best words
3. Root Log: November 2012
   In which I officially step down as Lead Developer of Everything2.