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Erik Gauger
Personal blog · notesfromtheroad.com/roamculturescience
Erik Gauger writes Notes from the Road, a personal blog at notesfromtheroad.com about culture and science. Since 2023, 6 different Hacker News readers have linked it 6 times, most often “Chili peppers of the world: cultivars, species, and heat”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-10-28, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (2) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
Linked for posts about historical and hand-made maps and artwork, such as 1886 watercolour paintings of American fruit. The comments cite the fruit post for a species count and discuss a Hawaiian map.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 2 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Erik Gauger's handmade travel and natural history site: long-form stories, watercolor maps and field sketches, from Sicily's citrus groves to Costa Rica.
Most-linked posts?
- Chili peppers of the world: cultivars, species, and heat2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2026-06-12
What Hacker News says?
I was curious, and a random hit[0] claims there are 750-800 different species in America. So getting ~half of the total 200 years ago feels pretty good. [0] https://www.notesfromtheroad.com/roam/how-many-birds-north-a...
Comment linking /roam/how-many-birds-north-america.html
on “In 1886, the US commissioned watercolor paintings of every known fruit (2019)”Submitted Chili Peppers of the World: Cultivars, Species, and Heat as a story · 3 points
HN discussionThank you so much for the feedback...yes, I want to work on a more precise pass and fix some of the issues and Hawaiian names. Is there a way we can get in touch by email? Or send me a note here and I'll write you back: https://www.notesfromtheroad.com/about/contact.html
Comment linking /about/contact.html
on “Handmade Hawaiian Islands Map”Submitted Chili peppers of the world: cultivars, species, and heat as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Wildfires Are Getting Worse. Patrick Moore Says Otherwise as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Handmade Hawaiian Islands Map as a story · 1 points
HN discussion