The Slow Magic Newsletter | Dana R | Substack

What does fish, milk, and tamarind have in common? Nothing. That's what people say in Egypt when someone goes off on a tangent, talks with word salad, or simply tells a far-fetched tale. They would say ‘Samak, Laban, Tamarhindi’ which translates to ‘Fish, Milk and Tamarind’.

Jan 25

Several months ago, I started learning how to code. While going through the material on JS and python, I found the idea of nesting functions…

Dec 28, 2022

If you ever played Minecraft, you will already know that there is a feature that allows you to switch to what’s called a ‘Spectator Mode’. In this mode…

Dec 21, 2022

Before late last year, I had a sporadic relationship with my fitness. I would start working out and going to the gym 3-4 times a week. Then come the…

Dec 16, 2022

This is The Slow Magic NewsLetter, a newsletter about nothing specific. Just a weekly dose of interesting ideas, mental models and other things you may…

Dec 8, 2022

The Slow Magic Newsletter

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