SIZE CHARTS
shoes, tops, bottoms — and a centimetre under every grid
GIT WORKING AREAS
four areas · the command that moves code between them
ARABICA AND ROBUSTA
two species, six varieties, one difference
MATCHA GRADES
ceremonial, premium, culinary — what is behind the words
YELLOW TEA
yellowing under a cover · the step no other tea has
NEAPOLITAN PIZZA DOUGH
four ingredients in the proportions written into an EU regulation
POUND CAKE
four equal weights — a recipe whose name is its ratio
PROTEIN IN FOODS
grams per 100 g · animal and plant · and the state each one was weighed in
NOTES ON THE FRETBOARD
standard tuning E A D G B e · first twelve frets
TONEWOODS
density, hardness, export · what is measured kept apart from what is taste
NOTE VALUES
from whole to thirty-second · how many fit a 4/4 bar
DADGAD
D — A — D — G — A — D
DROP D
one string down · everything else unchanged
HALF STEP DOWN
every string down a semitone · same shapes
OPEN C
the deepest of the open tunings
OPEN D
the open strings are already D major
OPEN G
the open strings are already G major
UKULELE CHORDS
the first twelve chords · standard tuning G C E A
MORSE CODE
26 letters and 10 digits · dot, dash
THE BASKETBALL
four FIBA sizes with their circumference and mass — and why the rules set a bounce, not a pressure
BALLS BY THE RULES
eleven sports at true relative size — circumference, mass, pressure, and who sets them
IMPERIAL UNITS
convert in your head · without a calculator
BICYCLE CLASSES
frame, wheel by ISO 5775 and handlebar — three signs of a class, and what the frame is rated for
CAR CLASSES
segments A to F by length and bodies by box count — how to name any car you see
MOTORCYCLE CLASSES
rake, trail, wheelbase and seat height — six classes drawn at one scale
THE RACING LINE
one corner, three apexes, the time computed