diamond geezer
Lincoln's Inn
Two big Open House openings on opposite sides of Lincoln's Inn Fields.
Open House: Lincoln's...
a year ago
Two big Open House openings on opposite sides of Lincoln's Inn Fields.
Open House: Lincoln's Inn
Lincoln's Inn is the largest occupying 11 acres on the eastern side of Lincoln's Inn Fields (which was named after it, not the other way round). It's been here for at least 600...
Liz Denys
A color palette preview tool for Purl Soho's Mitered Corner Blanket
A fan of my Library Blanket color palette preview tool asked if I could make one for the Mitered...
over a year ago
A fan of my Library Blanket color palette preview tool asked if I could make one for the Mitered Corner Blanket, so I did. This blanket's square building blocks are also made by holding different pairs of yarns together, so this tool can be used to help imagine how a custom yarn...
Anecdotal Evidence
'Nor, Quitted Once, Can It Be Quite Recalled'
I think we have
fetishized age thirteen. It’s linguistic: the first -teen, as though that were some...
a month ago
I think we have
fetishized age thirteen. It’s linguistic: the first -teen, as though that were some rite of passage. I remember awaiting
that age with trepidation, uncertain what was expected of me. I knew
contemporaries who were already shaving and one who was pregnant. (Where...
Londonist
London's Best Christmas Markets And Festive Fairs For 2023
Christmas shopping events in the capital, for gifts, decorations, festive food and more.
a year ago
Christmas shopping events in the capital, for gifts, decorations, festive food and more.
The Elysian
Substack could create the future of books
Here’s how that could look.
8 months ago
Here’s how that could look.
TheCollector
Anglo-Afghan Wars: How Afghanistan Became the Graveyard of Empires
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4 weeks ago
TheCollector
Surprising Results of The British Museum’s Internal Investigation
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a year ago
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Should divorce be more difficult?
“The Christian right is coming for divorce next,” according to this recent Vox article, and “Some...
6 months ago
“The Christian right is coming for divorce next,” according to this recent Vox article, and “Some conservatives want to make it a lot harder to dissolve a marriage.” As always when I read an article like this, I want to see data — and the General Social Survey has just the data I...
Laetitia@Work
Desperate for more male nurses, teachers and cleaners
Laetitia@Work #57
a year ago
Anecdotal Evidence
'To Make Something Beautiful'
“There have
been many things I’ve tried to write about and could not. Things too serious,
too...
a month ago
“There have
been many things I’ve tried to write about and could not. Things too serious,
too painful, and that’s not the purpose of writing a poem. The point of poetry
is to make something beautiful—something in itself. I’m not trying to pour my
sorrows down on the page.”
Janet...
SOCKS
This Is A Record Cover: Text-based & conceptual album covers. A project by Socks Studio
The second album by British new wave band XTC did not feature any images. Instead, a written essay...
over a year ago
The second album by British new wave band XTC did not feature any images. Instead, a written essay about how buyers are attracted by album covers to buy records was used. The paragraph, which begins with: “This is a record cover.” occupies the whole 12″x12″ of Go2 (1978) in a way...
A Smart Bear
How many things should there be? (Hint: Not 10)
If we happened to evolve with nine fingers, we would have "Top 9" lists. So, a "Top 10" list...
a year ago
If we happened to evolve with nine fingers, we would have "Top 9" lists. So, a "Top 10" list probably doesn't have the correct number of things.
Twelve Mile Circle –...
Costa Rica, Part 5 (Relaxing in Tamarindo)
Rainy season doesn’t mean the same thing across the entirety of Costa Rica. Nor does it start...
a year ago
Rainy season doesn’t mean the same thing across the entirety of Costa Rica. Nor does it start suddenly or retain consistent intensity. So our drive to Guanacaste Province’s drier Pacific coast during the earlier part of the season promised plenty of sunshine. That was our plan...
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Business development: the Goldilocks principle
Background: At Hunch, we switched our focus (“pivoted“) about 14 months ago from B2C to B2B. Over...
over a year ago
Background: At Hunch, we switched our focus (“pivoted“) about 14 months ago from B2C to B2B. Over that time, we pitched over 500 potential…
Josh Thompson
Change your MAC address with a shell script
For a while, I’ve had notes from Change or Spoof a MAC Address in Windows or OS X saved, so if I am...
over a year ago
For a while, I’ve had notes from Change or Spoof a MAC Address in Windows or OS X saved, so if I am using a wifi connection that limits me to thirty minutes or an hour or whatever, I can “spoof” a new MAC address, and when I re-connect to the wifi, the access point thinks I’m on...
Construction Physics
Why do we need infrastructure policy?
My title at IFP is "Senior Infrastructure Fellow," which means that in addition to publishing this...
a year ago
My title at IFP is "Senior Infrastructure Fellow," which means that in addition to publishing this newsletter, I do work related to infrastructure policy. At a high level, that work is figuring out which things we should be building, and how we can make building those things...
Steve Blank
How Saboteurs Threaten Innovation–and What to Do About It
“Only the Paranoid Survive” Andy Grove – Intel CEO 1987-1998 I just had an urgent “can we meet...
2 months ago
“Only the Paranoid Survive” Andy Grove – Intel CEO 1987-1998 I just had an urgent “can we meet today?” coffee with Rohan, an ex-student. His three-year-old startup had been slapped with a notice of patent infringement from a Fortune 500 company. “My lawyers said defending this...
Dreams of Space -...
Valentina Tereshkova (Mujeres Celebres) (1967)
Celebrating 60 years ago when the first woman went into space.
This is a 1967 Spanish comic book...
a year ago
Celebrating 60 years ago when the first woman went into space.
This is a 1967 Spanish comic book highlighting famous women, in this case: Valentina Tereshkova. I last blogged about this in 2009 so it was time for an expansion. It is unusual to find a biographical comic book...
ntietz.com blog
Names should be cute, not descriptive
A long-standing debate between me and a peer at work has been how we should name services.
His...
a year ago
A long-standing debate between me and a peer at work has been how we should name services.
His position was always that services should be named something descriptive, so that you can infer from the name what it does.
My position is that the name should definitely not be...
Blog System/5
Hard disk LEDs and noisy machines
The little annoyances that alerted us developers of performance problems
a year ago
The little annoyances that alerted us developers of performance problems
Arduino Blog
Arduino IDE 2.3.3: discover new support for shared spaces and more!
We’re excited to announce that the Arduino IDE 2.3.3 is now live! What’s in the new version This...
3 months ago
We’re excited to announce that the Arduino IDE 2.3.3 is now live! What’s in the new version This new release is packed with improvements, including one feature we’re particularly proud of: support for shared spaces in Arduino Cloud. If you have a Cloud Business plan or School...
The Elysian
Who's qualified to save the world?
Two climate dystopias on unlikeable saviors.
6 months ago
Two climate dystopias on unlikeable saviors.
History Today Feed
The Fisk Jubilee Singers Across the Atlantic
The Fisk Jubilee Singers Across the Atlantic
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/19/2024 - 06:00
3 months ago
The Fisk Jubilee Singers Across the Atlantic
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/19/2024 - 06:00
Maps Mania
Canada's Hidden Subterranean Rivers
9 months ago
Musings on Markets
The Power of Expectations: Nvidia's Earnings and the Market Reaction!
Last Wednesday (August 28), the market waited with bated breath for Nvidia’s earning call, scheduled...
4 months ago
Last Wednesday (August 28), the market waited with bated breath for Nvidia’s earning call, scheduled for after the market closed. That call, at first sight, contained exceptionally good news, with revenues and earnings coming in at stratospheric levels, and above expectations,...
The Universe of...
Dancing bread
Marnanel Thurman reported the following item that they found in an 1875
book titled
How to Entertain...
3 months ago
Marnanel Thurman reported the following item that they found in an 1875
book titled
How to Entertain a Social Party:
To Make a Loaf of Bread Dance on the Table.
— Having a quill filled with quicksilver and stopped close, you
secretly thrust it into a hot roll or loaf, which...
Common Edge
The ‘Social Landscapes’ of Lee Friedlander
For six decades, the photographer’s ability to offer a complex narrative about America in a single...
8 months ago
For six decades, the photographer’s ability to offer a complex narrative about America in a single image was always unique.
Christopher Butler
Link – Rebecca Toh's Personal Website
rebeccatoh.co is a really nice personal website.
Something about the chunkiness of Karla at 700...
7 months ago
rebeccatoh.co is a really nice personal website.
Something about the chunkiness of Karla at 700 weight is just ideal, and the colors Rebecca has chosen are unique and gentle. It is all just perfectly simple and lovely to read.
Damn Interesting
From Where the Sun Now Stands
An American Indian man on horseback stood outlined against a steely sky past midday on 05 October...
a year ago
An American Indian man on horseback stood outlined against a steely sky past midday on 05 October 1877. Winter was already settling into the prairies of what would soon become the state of Montana.
Five white men stood in the swaying grass on the other side of the field,...
Liz Denys
New Loose Leaf Security episode: Security stories! Plus, a 2FA zine!
The previous Loose Leaf Security series on safely surfing the web was pretty dense, so Geoffrey and...
over a year ago
The previous Loose Leaf Security series on safely surfing the web was pretty dense, so Geoffrey and I filled the latest episode of Loose Leaf Security with a bunch of our own personal security mishaps:
Security stories: lost phones, a compromised computer, and an unexpected...
Alex MacCaw
Predictions of the future
A new year and a new decade: What does the future have in store for us? Information revolutions,...
over a year ago
A new year and a new decade: What does the future have in store for us? Information revolutions, medical advances, AI? How will humanity tackle its largest problems? I guess we shall just have to wait and see (or get busy inventing it!).
I've jotted down some of
IEEE Spectrum
False Starts: The Story of Vehicle-to-Grid Power
In 2001, a team of engineers at a then-obscure R&D company called AC Propulsion quietly began a...
a year ago
In 2001, a team of engineers at a then-obscure R&D company called AC Propulsion quietly began a groundbreaking experiment. They wanted to see whether an electric vehicle could feed electricity back to the grid. The experiment seemed to prove the feasibility of the technology. The...
TheCollector
4,000-Year-Old Temple and Theater Discovered in Peru
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5 months ago
One Useful Thing
The Present Future: AI's Impact Long Before Superintelligence
You can start to see the outlines of an AI future, for better and worse
2 months ago
You can start to see the outlines of an AI future, for better and worse
The Marginalian
William James on the Most Vital Understanding for Successful Relationships
"Neither the whole of truth nor the whole of good is revealed to any single observer."
a year ago
"Neither the whole of truth nor the whole of good is revealed to any single observer."
TheCollector
Early Modern Europe’s Inexplicable Obsession With Eunuchs
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Weighty Thoughts
Consider the Llama
Are closed source AI models doomed?
5 months ago
Are closed source AI models doomed?
Anecdotal Evidence
'The Dead in Their Silences Keep Me in Memory'
Edwin Muir (1887-1959)
I first knew as the translator with his wife Willa of Kafka’s novels...
a year ago
Edwin Muir (1887-1959)
I first knew as the translator with his wife Willa of Kafka’s novels and
stories. I remember chancing on The
Castle at the public library in the mid-sixties, knowing nothing about
Kafka. Only now do I appreciate the debts incurred – to Kafka, to the Muirs....
Seldo.com
There's no such thing as the fundamentals of web development
a year ago
Josh Thompson
Crock Pots are Foolproof, Right?
A while back I got together with my good friend
Dustin. I had an evening free, wanted to cook, AND...
over a year ago
A while back I got together with my good friend
Dustin. I had an evening free, wanted to cook, AND hang out with good friends. I wanted to try a
really good looking recipe, and watch Django Unchained.
The cooking instructions for the recipe was “cook on low for 7-9 hours”. I...
Data Boutique
How To Monitor Retailer's Prices
A Practical Data Boutique Use Case
a year ago
A Practical Data Boutique Use Case
Cheese and Biscuits
Chungdam, Soho
I generally try and avoid focusing too much on service on invited meals. If the front of house know...
a year ago
I generally try and avoid focusing too much on service on invited meals. If the front of house know you're in to review they usually try and be that extra bit more attentive, and occasionally too much so, and either way it's rarely an accurate reflection of the average punter's...
Math Is Still...
An Enormous Gravity ‘Hum’ Moves Through the Universe
Astronomers have found a background din of exceptionally long-wavelength gravitational waves...
a year ago
Astronomers have found a background din of exceptionally long-wavelength gravitational waves pervading the cosmos.
The post An Enormous Gravity ‘Hum’ Moves Through the Universe first appeared on Quanta Magazine
Liz Denys
Some not-so-secrets of my kitchen
I spend a lot of time sharing the secrets of my cooking and my baking, but today, I'm sharing some...
over a year ago
I spend a lot of time sharing the secrets of my cooking and my baking, but today, I'm sharing some of the secrets of my kitchen. Actually, they're not so secret to anyone who's had a peek around my kitchen.
Oven thermometer(s)
For about five dollars, you can ensure your cookies...
Diaries of Note
I can’t find the words
Andy Horwitz had been sitting at his desk for a quarter of an hour when a loud bang shattered the...
a year ago
Andy Horwitz had been sitting at his desk for a quarter of an hour when a loud bang shattered the morning calm. The time was 8:46 a.m., and the first of two planes had just been flown into the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center that stood two blocks from his office. But soon...
Seth's Blog
The seduction of false promises
Why do we buy the pitch of the snake oil salesman, the flim-flam man, the con artist, the demagogue...
6 months ago
Why do we buy the pitch of the snake oil salesman, the flim-flam man, the con artist, the demagogue or the trickster? As our modern world becomes more informed and more rational, we see an increase (not the expected decrease) in scams, hustles, and chaos. There are Jokers and...
Common Edge
The ‘City of Yes’ Will Make a Big Manhattan Mess
City council is expected to vote on the controversial proposal soon.
2 months ago
City council is expected to vote on the controversial proposal soon.
Archinect - Features
AI, Climate, and Advice for the Next Generation: Watch Our Roundtable with SCI-Arc Program...
In November 2024, Archinect brought together four program chairs from the Southern California...
3 weeks ago
In November 2024, Archinect brought together four program chairs from the Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc) for a wide-ranging roundtable conversation.
The questions up for debate and discussion were among the most pressing facing the architectural...
Diaries of Note
A very wonderfull scene
In 1768, British botanist Joseph Banks was one of nearly a hundred crew members to join Captain...
a year ago
In 1768, British botanist Joseph Banks was one of nearly a hundred crew members to join Captain James Cook on the first of three historic voyages of exploration. For three years they journeyed, visiting South America, Tahiti, New Zealand, Australia and Java as they...
Cheese and Biscuits
OMA, Borough Market
Dave Carter, a big friendly giant of a man with a completely impenetrable Barbadian accent, began...
5 months ago
Dave Carter, a big friendly giant of a man with a completely impenetrable Barbadian accent, began his London restaurant journey at Smokestak, the hugely influential East London BBQ joint. Smokestak, together with a tiny handful of other brave pioneers around the same time...
The Forney Flyer
Life Under Lockdown in Uganda
Hey folks. Several of you have been asking how things are going for us over here in Uganda,...
over a year ago
Hey folks. Several of you have been asking how things are going for us over here in Uganda, considering how disruptive the Covid-19 stuff has been worldwide. Well, since my previous blog post (on March 24th) Uganda has basically gone under a virtual lockdown. I took these two...
CONTEMPORIST
A Modern Tree House With Two Rooms
Architecture firm Studio MEMM has designed a tree house for their clients that could be used by both...
a year ago
Architecture firm Studio MEMM has designed a tree house for their clients that could be used by both children and adults. Located in the middle of the Brazilian forest, the design of the treehouse was inspired by the geometries of the surrounding sycamore leaf structures...
Map of the Week
Mauna Loa Lava Maps
Sure, there are cool livestreams of the Mauna Loa volcano you can watch, but even better, you can...
over a year ago
Sure, there are cool livestreams of the Mauna Loa volcano you can watch, but even better, you can see live maps of the lava flow.
Here is yesterday's status map from the U.S. Geological Survey
The dark red in these maps shows the new lava flow from the last 24 hours. It is...
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The UX of Proving Our Humanity To Machines
What happens when we can't convince machines that we are human?
over a year ago
What happens when we can't convince machines that we are human?
The Rational Walk
The Digest #168
Charles F. Feeney's philanthropy, Howard Marks makes the case for credit, Spin-offs, Birkenstock's...
a year ago
Charles F. Feeney's philanthropy, Howard Marks makes the case for credit, Spin-offs, Birkenstock's IPO, Costco's clothing, Todd Combs interview, Equifax, and more ...
Saturday Morning...
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Teach
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a year ago
Click here to go see the bonus panel!
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Later they just have their bots engage in a debate while they go get ice cream.
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Drew Ex Machina
First Pictures: NASA’s Mars Pathfinder – July 4, 1997
During the morning hours of July 4, 1997, I experienced a strange sense of déjà vu as I sat glued to...
over a year ago
During the morning hours of July 4, 1997, I experienced a strange sense of déjà vu as I sat glued to the television set watching live […]
Castles in the Sky
Have you quit social media? Do you want to?
I am looking for feedback on an idea I'm writing an essay about.
5 months ago
I am looking for feedback on an idea I'm writing an essay about.
alexwlchan
Agile and iterative project management
Earlier today, I gave a talk for the the Open Life Science Program about agile and iterative project...
over a year ago
Earlier today, I gave a talk for the the Open Life Science Program about agile and iterative project management.
I was talking about how READMEs serve as the first point of contact for a project; how they get new users interested in and excited about the project.
The cohort calls...
The Marginalian
An Illustrated Ode to Love’s Secret Knowledge
When Dante wrote of “the Love that moves the Sun and the other stars,” he was shining a sidewise...
3 months ago
When Dante wrote of “the Love that moves the Sun and the other stars,” he was shining a sidewise gleam on the secret knowledge of the universe, the knowledge by which everything coheres. All love is an outstretched hand of curiosity reaching for knowledge — a tender...
TheCollector
Paul Feyerabend: How Should Science Ideally Be?
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TheCollector
Is Calligraphy Considered Art?
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TheCollector
10 Discoveries from Sutton Hoo’s Anglo-Saxon Ship Burial
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9 months ago
Neil Panchal
Teaching how to code is broken
Typically:
Chapter 1: Types
Chapter 2: Variables
Chapter 3: Operators/Math
Chapter 4: Control...
over a year ago
Typically:
Chapter 1: Types
Chapter 2: Variables
Chapter 3: Operators/Math
Chapter 4: Control structures
Chapter 5: Arrays
Chapter 6: Functions
Chapter 7: Structs
Chapter 8: Classes and Objects
Chapter 9: Methods
Chapter 10: Inheritance and Polymorphism
Chapter 11: Some advanced...
Good Enough
Beware of Free Software
Beware of free pizza
If I want a slice of pizza, I don't expect it to be free. In fact, if you try...
a year ago
Beware of free pizza
If I want a slice of pizza, I don't expect it to be free. In fact, if you try to offer me a slice of free pizza, I'd suspect there's something wrong with it.
And ever since my kids can understand me, I've taught them to be careful of free stuff. Nothing is...
Liz Denys
A meeting of mindsets
This spring, I finally had time in the right places in my schedule to incorporate teaching into my...
over a year ago
This spring, I finally had time in the right places in my schedule to incorporate teaching into my semester. I'm a Learning Assistant (LA) for 6.042: Mathematics for Computer Science, which offers an introduction to discrete mathematics oriented towards computer science and...
The Marginalian
Time and the Soul: Philosopher Jacob Needleman on Our Search for Meaning
"The real significance of our problem with time... is a crisis of meaning... The root of our modern...
11 months ago
"The real significance of our problem with time... is a crisis of meaning... The root of our modern problem with time is neither technological, sociological, economic nor psychological. It is metaphysical. It is a question of the meaning of human life itself."
Saturday Morning...
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Trolley
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The weird thing is every last one of them is named...
a year ago
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The weird thing is every last one of them is named Bruce.
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Jonas Hietala
Going into Being Busy mode
I’m in the civil service atm and, sadly, we’re going to be extremely busy the coming… two months or...
over a year ago
I’m in the civil service atm and, sadly, we’re going to be extremely busy the coming… two months or something? So I can’t promise a game the next two months. Kinda beats the point of this site doesn’t it? I’m really sorry and that’s all I can say really…
Hopefully I’ll get a week...
ntietz.com blog
Load testing is hard, and the tools are... not great. But why?
If you're building an application that needs to scale—and we all tell ourselves that we are—then at...
over a year ago
If you're building an application that needs to scale—and we all tell ourselves that we are—then at some point you have to figure out if it does or not. This is where load testing comes in: if you want to see whether or not your application can handle scale, just generate scale...
Saturday Morning...
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Poetry
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Anyone who thinks AI endangers poets should first...
a month ago
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Anyone who thinks AI endangers poets should first prove that there exists a poetry journal with more readers than contributors.
Today's News:
Liz Denys
Revised icebreakers for nicer New Yorkers
You go to a friend's party, attend a work event, or just find yourself out and about. You meet...
over a year ago
You go to a friend's party, attend a work event, or just find yourself out and about. You meet someone new, and you're inevitably asking and being asked three questions:
Where do you work?
Where do you live?
How much is your rent?
Okay, you don't always encounter that last one,...
NeuroLogica Blog
DNA Nanorobot Kill Switch for Cancer
How’s that for a provocative title? But it is technically accurate. The title of the paper in...
6 months ago
How’s that for a provocative title? But it is technically accurate. The title of the paper in question is: “A DNA robotic switch with regulated autonomous display of cytotoxic ligand nanopatterns.” The study is a proof of concept in an animal model, so we are still years away...
David Heinemeier...
We're moving continuous integration back to developer machines
Between running Rubocop style rules, Brakeman security scans, and model-controller-system tests, it...
8 months ago
Between running Rubocop style rules, Brakeman security scans, and model-controller-system tests, it takes our remote BuildKite-based continuous integration setup about 5m30s to verify a code change is ready to ship for HEY. My Intel 14900K-based Linux box can do that in less than...
NeuroLogica Blog
Nadir Crater – A Double Tap for Dinosaurs?
It is now generally accepted that 66 million years ago a large asteroid smacked into the Earth,...
3 months ago
It is now generally accepted that 66 million years ago a large asteroid smacked into the Earth, causing the large Chicxulub crater off the coast of Mexico. This was a catastrophic event, affecting the entire globe. Fire rained down causing forest fires across much of the globe,...
Elad Blog
AI: Startup Vs Incumbent Value
In each technology wave the value, revenue, market cap, profits and great people captured by...
over a year ago
In each technology wave the value, revenue, market cap, profits and great people captured by startups versus incumbents differs. In some waves it all goes to startups, while in others it goes to incumbents or is split between them. Unexpectedly, the prior wave of
Entrepreneur's Edge
Why Leaders Should Start and End With a Map
Lessons I have learned from scaling an organization from an idea to hundreds of people.
a year ago
Lessons I have learned from scaling an organization from an idea to hundreds of people.
HTMHell
Native HTML light and dark color scheme switching
by Vadim Makeev
It’s getting dark early in Berlin in the winter. It’s not even close to evening, but...
3 weeks ago
by Vadim Makeev
It’s getting dark early in Berlin in the winter. It’s not even close to evening, but my OS and all apps have already switched to dark mode. Well, not all of them, unfortunately. And that’s the thing: dark mode has become a quality-of-life feature for many users,...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Mystery of Penelope
4 months ago
Jonas Hietala
Generating ideas
So I got a fairly fun assignment from the game design course I’m taking for once. I should come up...
over a year ago
So I got a fairly fun assignment from the game design course I’m taking for once. I should come up with 50 ideas using my own idea generation technique.
I used a sort of “notes in the basket” approach where you placed some notes with words in a basket and randomly drew two and...
abdz.do - Have you...
Stunning 3D Illustrations for Primavera
Stunning 3D Illustrations for Primavera
AoiroStudio0424—23
...
a year ago
Stunning 3D Illustrations for Primavera
AoiroStudio0424—23
Mathieu L.B is a French art director and 3D artist who has created some stunning 3D illustrations for Primavera, his work features a unique blend of abstract shapes and bold, vivid...
Common Edge
Can We Create a Secular and Spiritual Architecture?
It’s not spirituality that’s in retreat, but face to face rituals and customs.
10 months ago
It’s not spirituality that’s in retreat, but face to face rituals and customs.
Open Culture
The Origins of Anime: Watch Early Japanese Animations (1917 to 1931)
Japanese animation, AKA anime, might be filled with large-eyed maidens, way cool robots, and...
8 months ago
Japanese animation, AKA anime, might be filled with large-eyed maidens, way cool robots, and large-eyed, way cool maiden/robot hybrids, but it often shows a level of daring, complexity and creativity not typically found in American mainstream animation. And the form has spawned...
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Unsupervised Learning: Feature Transformation
Presenting the same information a different way... helps! Plus, one algorithm that does better than...
over a year ago
Presenting the same information a different way... helps! Plus, one algorithm that does better than Principal Components Analysis!
Common Edge
Why Gardening Should Be Our Metaphor for Local Development
If your town isn’t cultivating its own economic growth, then it’s being mined for someone else’s...
a month ago
If your town isn’t cultivating its own economic growth, then it’s being mined for someone else’s profit.
AFAR Media - Travel...
Eco-Friendly Cruise Activities for Nature Lovers
6 months ago
Willem's Blog
Optical vs chest strap heart rate monitors
Understanding the differences in common HR monitors used in wearables, smartwatches and fitness...
over a year ago
Understanding the differences in common HR monitors used in wearables, smartwatches and fitness trackers
TheCollector
6 Conceptual Artists You Should Know
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A Smart Bear
In command
Being "in control" is impossible, perhaps not even desirable. Being "in command" is ideal: honest,...
a year ago
Being "in control" is impossible, perhaps not even desirable. Being "in command" is ideal: honest, introspective, agile, aware, and proactive.
Dustin Curtis
The 16-inch MacBook Pro: A Faster Horse
From Apple’s announcement of the 16-Inch MacBook Pro a couple of weeks ago:
“Our pro customers tell...
over a year ago
From Apple’s announcement of the 16-Inch MacBook Pro a couple of weeks ago:
“Our pro customers tell us they want their next MacBook Pro to have a larger display, blazing-fast performance, the biggest battery possible, the best notebook keyboard ever, awesome speakers and massive...
somenice
Procedural “Trees” using Blender Geometry Nodes
I’ve been having a lot of fun playing with Blender Geometry and Shader Nodes.Specifically here using...
over a year ago
I’ve been having a lot of fun playing with Blender Geometry and Shader Nodes.Specifically here using Instances on Points. I started with a 60 x 60 grid of curves, made into spirals and animated with a Noise texture. This ended up creating 8.3 Million faces and took 12 hours to...
Stoic Simple
Stoicism and Free Will: What Do Stoics Believe About Choices?
Stoicism is a philosophy that has been around for thousands of years. It was first developed in...
a year ago
Stoicism is a philosophy that has been around for thousands of years. It was first developed in ancient Greece and has since spread throughout the world. One of the core principles of Stoicism is the concept of free will. Understanding this concept is vital to understanding the...
Rest of World -...
The CEO trying to democratize cybersecurity
Felix Kan on building a bug-hunting platform to enhance cybersecurity for small companies.
11 months ago
Felix Kan on building a bug-hunting platform to enhance cybersecurity for small companies.
Saturday Morning...
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Was
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a year ago
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I wasn't gonna do this, but enough weirdos on mastodon liked it that here we are.
Today's News:
Adrian Hanft, III:...
Polaroid, you broke my heart.
What does it feel like to be contacted by a brand you love and admire? Well, if the person reaching...
over a year ago
What does it feel like to be contacted by a brand you love and admire? Well, if the person reaching out to you is a lawyer from their trademark protection team it probably feels like a kick in the gut.
Overcoming Bias
What Priority The Innocent?
It is good if criminal law avoids punishing the innocent.
a week ago
It is good if criminal law avoids punishing the innocent.
Moneyness
A glass half-full take on Caucasus sanctions evasion
Ed Conway of Sky News recently published a very good investigation on sanctions evasion being...
3 months ago
Ed Conway of Sky News recently published a very good investigation on sanctions evasion being carried out through the Caucasus. He visits the Lars border crossing between Georgia and Russia to document how smugglers are openly moving British and German luxury cars into Russia, in...
Jonas Hietala
Home office renovation
When we moved back to our childhood community and bought a house I had one pretty big requirement: I...
over a year ago
When we moved back to our childhood community and bought a house I had one pretty big requirement: I had to have a home office as I need to work remote. There simply isn’t any software development work for me here.
So the later part of 2018 and early 2019 we’ve renovated an old...
CONTEMPORIST
A Contemporary Desert Home With Mid-Century Modern Design Elements
Architecture firm The Ranch Mine has shared photos of a mid-century modern-inspired home they...
a year ago
Architecture firm The Ranch Mine has shared photos of a mid-century modern-inspired home they completed in Phoenix, Arizona. The entry of the house is highlighted by a singular date palm tree growing through a triangular aperture to the sky. The interior palette is restrained to...
Joel Gascoigne
Achieving overnight success: Kevin Systrom
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over a year ago
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Frequently startups pop up and take over the press, framed as an “overnight
success” taking just a year or two to reach some incredible milestone. For some
time I’ve had a slight intuition that...
Calculated Risk
The "Home ATM" Mostly Closed in Q3
Today, in the Calculated Risk Real Estate Newsletter: The "Home ATM" Mostly Closed in Q3
A brief...
3 weeks ago
Today, in the Calculated Risk Real Estate Newsletter: The "Home ATM" Mostly Closed in Q3
A brief excerpt:
During the housing bubble, many homeowners borrowed heavily against their perceived home equity - jokingly calling it the “Home ATM” - and this contributed to the subsequent...
TheCollector
What Five Philosophers Have to Say About Physical Exercise
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8 months ago
Max Rozen
OnlineOrNot Diaries 11
On building table-stakes features, and breaking through a plateau.
a year ago
On building table-stakes features, and breaking through a plateau.
Platformer
A visit to TikTok's transparency center
Few companies have ever made their code so available for inspection. How much will it matter?
a year ago
Few companies have ever made their code so available for inspection. How much will it matter?
Herbert Lui
Fast & Furious
The Fast & Furious franchise was inspired by an article on street racing culture by Kenneth Li. The...
a month ago
The Fast & Furious franchise was inspired by an article on street racing culture by Kenneth Li. The first three movies in this Fast & Furious franchise—Fast & Furious, 2 Fast 2 Furious, and The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift—maintained its signature by staying true to this...
Seth's Blog
The perils of doing it live
[Relevant aside: If you get this blog by email, apologies for the glitches of the last few days...
8 months ago
[Relevant aside: If you get this blog by email, apologies for the glitches of the last few days caused by my provider. If you ever see a broken link or something that doesn’t render, you can visit the blog. It always has the latest version, typos fixed. It’s much easier to fix...
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for August 2023
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of August. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added Heriot Bay, Ballet Bay Octopus Islands, and...
Computer Things
What could be added to TLA+
Last week Leslie Lamport posted The Future of TLA+, saying "the future of TLA+ is in the hands of...
4 months ago
Last week Leslie Lamport posted The Future of TLA+, saying "the future of TLA+ is in the hands of the TLA+ foundation". Lamport released TLA+ in 1999 and shepherded its development for the past 25 years. Transferring ownership of TLA+ to the official foundation has been in the...
TheCollector
Zangbeto: Get to Know Voodoo’s Whirling Spirit Dance
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a week ago
Inverted Passion
Getting things done by not trying
I recently finished a very short book with an intriguing title: Why Greatness Cannot be Planned....
2 months ago
I recently finished a very short book with an intriguing title: Why Greatness Cannot be Planned. It’s an unconventional self-help book disguised as a computer science research exposition (that’s why the publisher is Springer). I strongly recommend reading it. Here is a taste of...
Londonist
15 Things You Never Knew About Wembley Park
Steeped in history.
a year ago
Saturday Morning...
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Foam
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The guy opens a coat to reveal respectable...
8 months ago
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The guy opens a coat to reveal respectable employment with opportunity for promotion.
Today's News:
diamond geezer
Open House (2)
For Open House Day Two I zipped around the capital and visited seven different and quite varied...
3 months ago
For Open House Day Two I zipped around the capital and visited seven different and quite varied properties. It was a long day. I therefore don't have the time or energy to write about them all, not right now, so instead I've prioritised selecting some good photos and uploading...
The Rational Walk
The Digest #207
Claim Checks, Herodotus, Berkshire at record highs, Folly of certainty, Advance Auto Parts, Flawed...
5 months ago
Claim Checks, Herodotus, Berkshire at record highs, Folly of certainty, Advance Auto Parts, Flawed memories, Lost knowledge, Todd Combs, Walter Schloss, Bob Noyce, Nietzsche, Lincoln
Ben Borgers
Designing Posters for Humans
over a year ago
Vitalik Buterin's...
Some ways to use ZK-SNARKs for privacy
over a year ago
cdixon.org RSS Feed
Twitter killed RSS (and that’s a bad thing)
I’ve used Google Reader religiously since it launched. I’m a few days away from quitting it...
over a year ago
I’ve used Google Reader religiously since it launched. I’m a few days away from quitting it forever. Pretty much every blog I read tweets…
TheCollector
What Did Aristotle Say About Meaning and Language?
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a year ago
Atoms vs Bits
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
Can audio engineering ideas help us deal with life in the city?s
8 months ago
Can audio engineering ideas help us deal with life in the city?s
PHD Comics
12/14/21 PHD comic: 'To Touch The Sun'
Piled Higher
& Deeper by Jorge
Cham
www.phdcomics.com
...
over a year ago
Piled Higher
& Deeper by Jorge
Cham
www.phdcomics.com
title:
"To Touch The Sun" - originally published
12/14/2021
For the latest news in PHD Comics, CLICK HERE!
Mazdak
The Rise of Nvidia and the Fall of Intel
For 25 years, Intel held a coveted spot in the Dow Jones Industrial Average, a testament to its...
2 months ago
For 25 years, Intel held a coveted spot in the Dow Jones Industrial Average, a testament to its influence in the tech world.
Archinect - Features
How Computing Transformed Architectural Visualization
Over the past seven decades, the invention and evolution of computing technology have had a profound...
3 weeks ago
Over the past seven decades, the invention and evolution of computing technology have had a profound and transformative impact on the field of architectural visualization. From early computer-aided design (CAD) software to today's photorealistic 3D rendering, virtual reality, and...
TheCollector
What Countries Joined the Axis Powers?
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Who Is the Archangel Michael? Analyzing an Angel
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a year ago
Londonist
Free And Cheap Things To Do This Week In London: 13-19 November 2023
Things to do for under a fiver.
a year ago
Things to do for under a fiver.
Christopher Butler
What I Want From The Internet
Connection and intimacy are still possible on the internet today.
I’m sitting in a small room...
a year ago
Connection and intimacy are still possible on the internet today.
I’m sitting in a small room in an old house in Durham, North Carolina, USA. When I look out the window, I can see the edges of homes nearby, peeking out through the even older trees between us. I’m far enough...
Louwrentius
Lion's Disk Utility not compatible with CoreStorage and Filevault
My 1 TB hard drive of my 2011 27" iMac was partitioned with:
A bootable partition with Mac OS X...
over a year ago
My 1 TB hard drive of my 2011 27" iMac was partitioned with:
A bootable partition with Mac OS X Lion
Time machine partition (I use an external SSD as my main OS)
Bootcamp partition with windows
A data partition containg... data.
The problem is that CoreStorage is too new. Disk...
Louwrentius
My home network setup based on managed switches and VLANs
My home networking setup
I live in a two story apartment, with on the top floor my utilities closet...
over a year ago
My home networking setup
I live in a two story apartment, with on the top floor my utilities closet and my living room. The bottom floor contains a bedroom with all my servers and networking gear.
So this is my setup (click for a bigger version):
I like to run my own router but...
TheCollector
New Study Reveals Ancient Secrets of the Nebra Sky Disc
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a month ago
Classical Wisdom
Forgotten Gods
Nature Spirits of Greek Myth
7 months ago
Nature Spirits of Greek Myth
Paul Cudenec
Stickergate and the crumbling of the system
By way of bringing a little festive cheer to my readers, I thought I would share this short extract...
a week ago
By way of bringing a little festive cheer to my readers, I thought I would share this short extract from a rather lengthy historical account that I discovered on The FastForward Machine Internet Pre-Archive, first saved on January 1, 2052.
Open Culture
Download 1,600+ Publications from the Metropolitan Museum of Art: Books, Guides, Magazines & More
Many of us in these past few generations first heard of the Metropolitan Museum of Art while reading...
2 months ago
Many of us in these past few generations first heard of the Metropolitan Museum of Art while reading E. L. Konigsburg’s novel From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler. More than a few of us also fantasized about running away to live in that vast cultural institution...
Notes on software...
Writing a minimal in-memory storage engine for MySQL/MariaDB
I spent a week
looking at MySQL/MariaDB internals along with ~80 other devs. Although
MySQL and...
12 months ago
I spent a week
looking at MySQL/MariaDB internals along with ~80 other devs. Although
MySQL and MariaDB are mostly the same (more on that later), I focused
on MariaDB specifically this week.
Before last week I had never built MySQL/MariaDB before. The first day
of this hack week,...
cdixon.org RSS Feed
Big timing
“Big timing” is a phrase I’ve heard a lot lately which refers to people who are “higher ranking”...
over a year ago
“Big timing” is a phrase I’ve heard a lot lately which refers to people who are “higher ranking” acting disrespectfully toward people who…
Saturday Morning...
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Eye
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I was either that or Jai Ganticpenis.
Today's News:
a year ago
Click here to go see the bonus panel!
Hovertext:
I was either that or Jai Ganticpenis.
Today's News:
Math Is Still...
Scientists Find Optimal Balance of Data Storage and Time
Seventy years after the invention of a data structure called a hash table, theoreticians have found...
11 months ago
Seventy years after the invention of a data structure called a hash table, theoreticians have found the most efficient possible configuration for it.
The post Scientists Find Optimal Balance of Data Storage and Time first appeared on Quanta Magazine
Diaries of Note
Then a sailor, now H. M. author
On 11th October 1849, two years before the publication of his opus, Moby-Dick, American novelist...
a year ago
On 11th October 1849, two years before the publication of his opus, Moby-Dick, American novelist Herman Melville boarded a liner in New York and headed for London where he was to live for a few months while finding a publisher for his next book, White-Jacket. He wrote this...
Seth's Blog
Compared to what?
Emotions are often tied to events and events feel absolute. But events are rarely absolute. They’re...
a month ago
Emotions are often tied to events and events feel absolute. But events are rarely absolute. They’re almost always relative. How does this compare to what I was expecting? How does it compare to what others like me are experiencing? How does it compare to yesterday? When we change...
Rest of World -...
Scammers are cashing in on Worldcoin’s chaotic Kenya launch
Without a cash withdrawal option, Kenyans are turning to the country’s informal crypto economy — and...
a year ago
Without a cash withdrawal option, Kenyans are turning to the country’s informal crypto economy — and some are losing their coins in the process.
Mazdak
Twitter vs. Instagram Threads: The Battle for the Short-Form Social Media Crown
Twitter and Instagram are two of the most popular social media platforms in the world. They both...
a year ago
Twitter and Instagram are two of the most popular social media platforms in the world. They both offer users a way to share short-form content, but they have different approaches to how that content is displayed and consumed. Twitter is a more public platform, where anyone can...
Inverted Passion
2024 wrapped
This year’s review is going to be shorter than 2023 (and previous years) because I’m in Goa right...
5 days ago
This year’s review is going to be shorter than 2023 (and previous years) because I’m in Goa right now for a holiday and I don’t feel like being in front of a screen for long. I mean, just look at this view and tell me that you’d rather be in front of a screen writing…
Read...
The Changelog
See The World Through the Eyes of a Child, and You Are Free
Because we see things so often, we see them less and less. Those who live in thanksgiving daily,...
over a year ago
Because we see things so often, we see them less and less. Those who live in thanksgiving daily, however, have a way of opening their eyes and seeing the wonders and beauties of this world as though seeing them for the first time. – Joseph Wirthlin Today is about dirt. I had to...
TheCollector
What Were the Most Controversial Suffragette Protests?
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4 months ago
AVC
The Heist
On Saturday, September 9th, the Gotham Gal and I arrived at JFK airport after an eight-hour flight...
a year ago
On Saturday, September 9th, the Gotham Gal and I arrived at JFK airport after an eight-hour flight from Paris. While waiting for our luggage, I got pushed a notification in my web3 wallet that there was an NFT drop underway that I could participate in. So I clicked on the link,...
Archinect - Features
Autonomous Algorithmic Architects: Wicked Problems of Machine Learning in Architecture
How should the architectural profession consider and respond to futures made possible by advances in...
a year ago
How should the architectural profession consider and respond to futures made possible by advances in artificial intelligence? Can we propose a willful, designed route that acknowledges the inevitability of intelligent machines intersecting with every dimension of design and...
Tom Blomfield
Startup Series Part 1: Interviewing Engineers
There’s been a huge volume of literature written on the subject of startup methodologies and...
over a year ago
There’s been a huge volume of literature written on the subject of startup methodologies and philosophies. This is a positive thing for the ecosystem - just as new software tools mean it’s simpler and cheaper to start a company, these methodologies allow first-time entrepreneurs...
Asterisk
Fracking Eyeballs
How an alliance between psychologists and advertisers at the turn of the 20th century taught us how...
a year ago
How an alliance between psychologists and advertisers at the turn of the 20th century taught us how to measure (and monetize) human attention.
Ben Borgers
Brief: AI-summarized news
over a year ago
Contemporist...
A Grid Of Large Windows Maximizes The Water Views At This Modern Home
Architecture firm Worrell Yeung has shared photos of a modern home they completed that's a study on...
a month ago
Architecture firm Worrell Yeung has shared photos of a modern home they completed that's a study on a 2x2x7 grid structure in three dimensions.
TheCollector
The Evolution of Socialism and Its Influence in the US
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2 months ago
Arduino Blog
Zoo elephants get a musical toy to enrich their lives
Everyone loves looking at exotic animals and most of us only get to do that at zoos. But, of course,...
a month ago
Everyone loves looking at exotic animals and most of us only get to do that at zoos. But, of course, there is a lot to be said about the morality of keeping those animals in captivity. So, good zoos put a lot of effort into keeping their animals healthy and happy. For more...
Overcoming Bias
What Culture Can You Trust?
Star Wars came out when I was 17, and made a big impression on me; I loved it.
5 days ago
Star Wars came out when I was 17, and made a big impression on me; I loved it.
TheCollector
What Are Peter Sloterdijk’s 5 Most Important Ideas?
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a month ago
The Map is Mostly...
Designing a New Old Home: Research, Sketch, Collect
Designing a New Old Home series, Table of Contents Beginnings — Why an “old” home, and how we came...
over a year ago
Designing a New Old Home series, Table of Contents Beginnings — Why an “old” home, and how we came to buy land Curiosity — Advice on starting Research, Sketch, Collect ← You are here Defining Constraints — What can we do without The Elements — Heating and cooling and airflow
The Ruffian
The Social Media Cage Fight
A Rattle Bag of Goodies, Including Some Shameless Self-Promotion
a year ago
A Rattle Bag of Goodies, Including Some Shameless Self-Promotion
Rest of World -...
Sam Altman’s India comments spark a heated backlash
The OpenAI CEO’s dismissal of an Indian competitor launched a debate over the country’s tech...
a year ago
The OpenAI CEO’s dismissal of an Indian competitor launched a debate over the country’s tech capabilities.
Interaction Magic -...
Podcast: Designed for life
A deep dive into my career and the future of experience prototyping with Tony Ryan, CEO of Design &...
over a year ago
A deep dive into my career and the future of experience prototyping with Tony Ryan, CEO of Design & Technology Association.
The Works in...
Invisible College applications close on Friday
Applications to our new residential seminar close this coming Friday, 31st May
7 months ago
Applications to our new residential seminar close this coming Friday, 31st May
TheCollector
10 Powerful Women From Folklore and Mythology Around the World
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4 months ago
Seth's Blog
“I changed my mind”
Who is “I” and how does that “I” have the power to change the mind in question? What actually...
a month ago
Who is “I” and how does that “I” have the power to change the mind in question? What actually happens is this: If you are brave enough to have your mind changed, experience can do that. But it’s rarely as conscious an intentional act as we give ourselves credit for.
Saturday Morning...
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Simulation
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Today's...
a year ago
Click here to go see the bonus panel!
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Today's News:
Remember 20 years ago I started a comic about butts and stuff and now I got a book listed alongside Kip Thorne's? Truly, we're in a weird branch of the multiverse.
Anecdotal Evidence
'One Realises How Absolutely Modern the Best of the Old Things Are'
My late
father-in-law left me The Works of
Rudyard Kipling in twenty-three volumes, the American...
10 months ago
My late
father-in-law left me The Works of
Rudyard Kipling in twenty-three volumes, the American edition published by
Scribner’s in 1899 when the author was thirty-four years old. As a writer, Kipling
was a wonder of nature, as prodigious as Shakespeare and Dickens. To put...
Seth's Blog
The good news
What if there were a pipeline into your day, a series of emails or posts or feeds that had nothing...
a year ago
What if there were a pipeline into your day, a series of emails or posts or feeds that had nothing but nice things, positive feedback and encouragement coming your way? Amazingly, you could build something like that in just a few minutes and have it forever. If the bad news...
symmetry magazine
Physics on tour
A group called the Big Bang Collective sets up physics discovery stations at rather unexpected...
a year ago
A group called the Big Bang Collective sets up physics discovery stations at rather unexpected venues: music festivals.
Seth's Blog
PW 2: Productivity in community
We need you. But only if you need us. Purple.space is six months old, and there are about a thousand...
a year ago
We need you. But only if you need us. Purple.space is six months old, and there are about a thousand of us now. It was an experiment, now it’s a useful tool. The initiative hat is often ill-fitting. We rush to take it off and get back to doing chores. And that’s why a community...
Asterisk
The Great Inflection? A Debate About AI and Explosive Growth
A conversation about what happens to the economy when intelligence becomes too cheap to meter.
a year ago
A conversation about what happens to the economy when intelligence becomes too cheap to meter.
Retail Design Blog
Tamburins flagship store
Similar to affiliated eyewear brand Gentle Monster, Tamburins resonates extremely well with...
2 months ago
Similar to affiliated eyewear brand Gentle Monster, Tamburins resonates extremely well with Millennial and Gen Z demographics both at home...
Arduino Blog
This Kenyan engineer modernizes vintage cars with a custom ECU and EFI upgrades
The automotive industry’s switch from carburetion to fuel injection was one of the most effective...
3 months ago
The automotive industry’s switch from carburetion to fuel injection was one of the most effective advancements of the 20th century. Electronic fuel injection allows for precise control over an internal combustion engine’s air-fuel mixture, which dramatically improves fuel...
99% Invisible
Unbuilding the Terrace [EPISODE]
All across the country thousands of people are living in locations that regularly flood, and many of...
4 months ago
All across the country thousands of people are living in locations that regularly flood, and many of these places will only get more flood-prone as the climate continues to change. Residents who live in these danger zones are often trapped in a demoralizing loop—flooding,...
Steve Klabnik
Upgrading from Rust 0.5 to 0.6
over a year ago
Jim Nielsen’s Blog
Consistent Navigation Across My Inconsistent Websites
Anything I ship to my personal domain jim-nielsen.com is made using IDD: impulse driven...
8 months ago
Anything I ship to my personal domain jim-nielsen.com is made using IDD: impulse driven development.
I can convince myself that just about anything is a good idea at the time. But in retrospect my rationales are quite often specious.
At one point in the past, I decided that I...
TheCollector
6 Outrageous Whaling Stories
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8 months ago
bt RSS Feed
Using HTML Validator Badges Again
Using HTML Validator Badges Again
2019-07-05
There was a time on the Internet when websites wore...
over a year ago
Using HTML Validator Badges Again
2019-07-05
There was a time on the Internet when websites wore badges of honor, declaring that their code was semantic and followed the W3C guidelines. The validators we used weren’t great (and still aren’t perfect) but they represented a...
Stephen Diehl
The Twilight of the Securities Act
over a year ago
Saturday Morning...
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Focus
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Thanks, geeks! Click for the info. Also, in case...
a year ago
Click here to go see the bonus panel!
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Thanks, geeks! Click for the info. Also, in case you missed it, buyers get a free audiobook version read by massive dorkwad Phil Plait.
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cdixon.org RSS Feed
What’s the relationship between cost and price?
What’s the relationship between price – the ability to charge for your product – and cost – how much...
over a year ago
What’s the relationship between price – the ability to charge for your product – and cost – how much it costs you to produce it? Price is a…
Arduino Blog
Get notified of impending floods with this Arduino Nano 33 IoT-based display
As climate change continues to worsen, events such as heavy rains, hurricanes, and atmospheric...
2 months ago
As climate change continues to worsen, events such as heavy rains, hurricanes, and atmospheric rivers have only intensified, and with them, large amounts of flooding that pose serious risks to life and property. Jude Pullen and Pete Milne, therefore, have responded by creating a...
The personal website...
Responsive roadmaps
Shane Parrish’s essay The Map is Not the Territory begins:
The map of reality is not reality. Even...
over a year ago
Shane Parrish’s essay The Map is Not the Territory begins:
The map of reality is not reality. Even the best maps are imperfect. That’s because they are reductions of what they represent.
The same is true for product roadmaps. Understanding and applying Parrish’s mental model is...
Epic Web Dev
Hamburger Menu Animation (tip)
Learn how to create an engaging hamburger menu animation with Tailwind CSS, improving user...
a year ago
Learn how to create an engaging hamburger menu animation with Tailwind CSS, improving user experience and adding a touch of fun flair.
TheCollector
7 Breathtaking Paintings Inspired by Shakespeare’s Plays
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a year ago
Math Is Still...
Underground Cells Make ‘Dark Oxygen’ Without Light
In some deep subterranean aquifers, cells have a chemical trick for making oxygen that could sustain...
a year ago
In some deep subterranean aquifers, cells have a chemical trick for making oxygen that could sustain whole underground ecosystems.
The post Underground Cells Make ‘Dark Oxygen’ Without Light first appeared on Quanta Magazine
Anarchy Unfolds
The Weariness of Work
Why I've been away; why I'm anti-work as well as pro-labor
8 months ago
Why I've been away; why I'm anti-work as well as pro-labor
TheCollector
10 of Rosalba Carriera’s Best Artworks
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a year ago
Society's Backend
All Machine Learning Resources and Updates 7/8/24
Everything I've been reading
6 months ago
Everything I've been reading
TheCollector
Rock the Vote! How Music & Pop Culture Influenced Elections
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a month ago
pcloadletter
Impact-based performance evaluation in big tech is terrible
My theory is that some performance consultants got paid a lot of money one day for a single word:...
11 months ago
My theory is that some performance consultants got paid a lot of money one day for a single word: "impact."
If you have worked in big tech, you're probably all too familiar with this word because your annual performance evaluations are based on your impact.
As an employee,...
Internal Tech Emails
Inside Google's negotiations with Apple
I would let them try someone else for search if they don’t like our last offer.
a year ago
I would let them try someone else for search if they don’t like our last offer.
Londonist
Londonist Talks To Just Stop Oil
"No one will listen to you if they cannot hear you."
10 months ago
"No one will listen to you if they cannot hear you."
Seth's Blog
After the emergency
If we need to wait until after the short-term emergency is settled, it’s unlikely we’re ever going...
6 months ago
If we need to wait until after the short-term emergency is settled, it’s unlikely we’re ever going to get to work on the long-term important work. Of course, we want to do “everything we can” when an emergency strikes. But the standard for that has always involved tradeoffs....
Rest of World -...
Why Chinese EV battery manufacturers are flocking to Hungary
They are drawn to the country’s access to European automakers, government subsidies, and favorable...
a year ago
They are drawn to the country’s access to European automakers, government subsidies, and favorable relations with China.
journal – Winnie Lim
from creativity to activity
I started making websites and dabbling in photoshop when I first got my computer at 15. I never felt...
10 months ago
I started making websites and dabbling in photoshop when I first got my computer at 15. I never felt particularly creative as a child and I hated art classes so when that...
Louwrentius
Affordable server with server-grade hardware part II
If you want to build a home server, it may be advised to actually use server-grade components. I...
over a year ago
If you want to build a home server, it may be advised to actually use server-grade components. I documented the reasons for choosing server-grade hardware already in an earlier post on this topic.
It is recommended to read the old post first. In this new post, I only show new...
Old Structures...
Against Expectations
Last Friday, I was walking through a neighborhood with quite a few of these handsome bow-fronted...
5 months ago
Last Friday, I was walking through a neighborhood with quite a few of these handsome bow-fronted rowhouses. It was not in upper Manhattan, the south Bronx, Brooklyn, or Hoboken, as you might expect. It was in Queens. More specifically near the Ridgewood/Glendale border, a...
Seth's Blog
Practical approaches for more effective teamwork
Give credit, take responsibility Get aligned on timeframes Insist on a spec, write one, improve it...
4 months ago
Give credit, take responsibility Get aligned on timeframes Insist on a spec, write one, improve it Agree on a budget Keep a calendar Don’t hold a grudge Speak up clearly and generously Show your work Share your fears Make promises and keep them Do the reading Talk about people...
Arduino Blog
Hey Google! Meet Arduino Cloud
We’re excited to announce that the Arduino Cloud now supports Google Home™! This means you can now...
7 months ago
We’re excited to announce that the Arduino Cloud now supports Google Home™! This means you can now interact with your devices, simply through your Google Home Assistant: use voice commands, the Google Home app, or create new routines integrating Arduino solutions. This new...
Passing Time
Mixing Memory and Desire
Rage & tranquility; decay & rebirth; memory and desire.
a year ago
Rage & tranquility; decay & rebirth; memory and desire.
One Useful Thing
Which AI should I use? Superpowers and the State of Play
And then there were three...
9 months ago
And then there were three...
Max Rozen
How code splitting can make your React app load significantly faster
Chances are, your React app's bundle is much, much larger than it needs to be.
over a year ago
Chances are, your React app's bundle is much, much larger than it needs to be.
The Marginalian
May Sarton on Generosity
“Anything you do not give freely and abundantly becomes lost to you,” Annie Dillard wrote in her...
a year ago
“Anything you do not give freely and abundantly becomes lost to you,” Annie Dillard wrote in her beautiful essay on generosity. “You open your safe and find ashes.” I feel this truth deeply, daily — for nearly two decades of offering these writings freely, I have lived by the...
Common Edge
The Clever Trick for Living in 350 Square Feet
The solution, surprisingly, lies beyond the walls of our home.
5 months ago
The solution, surprisingly, lies beyond the walls of our home.
Louwrentius
Unattended automatic installation of Linux nvidia binary driver
As part of an unattended installation, it was necessary to install a binary
nvidia graphics driver....
over a year ago
As part of an unattended installation, it was necessary to install a binary
nvidia graphics driver. This is a manual proces by default. However, it can be
done fully automatic:
prerequisite: install xserver-xorg-dev package or similar xorg development
package.
sh NVIDIA-.run -q...
diamond geezer
Unblogged first week of May
7 unblogged things I did in the first week of May
Wed 1: While I was touring City churches I came...
8 months ago
7 unblogged things I did in the first week of May
Wed 1: While I was touring City churches I came across this, the Lost London Churches Project. They've printed a little colour card for every church in the City of London - current and former - and the idea is to collect them all...
Diaries of Note
You can see the magic in him
Each weekday at 9 a.m., beginning in November 1976 and continuing until just days before his death...
a year ago
Each weekday at 9 a.m., beginning in November 1976 and continuing until just days before his death in 1987, Andy Warhol would engage in a lengthy phone call with Pat Hackett, a close friend who had initially started working for him as a typist in 1968. During his conversations...
Neil Madden
A controversial opinion about REST API design
I was just reading yet another article on REST API design guidelines. Some of it is good advice,...
a year ago
I was just reading yet another article on REST API design guidelines. Some of it is good advice, some of it I could quibble with. But several of the rules are about how to design the path hierarchy of your API: use plural nouns, don’t use nested sub-paths unnecessarily, etc. In...
TheCollector
What is the Relationship Between Politics and Art? 3 Answers
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a year ago
Liz Denys
Save your old bio: it stores confidence as well as content
I cringe at having to describe myself or write my own bios. No matter how casually an email, site,...
over a year ago
I cringe at having to describe myself or write my own bios. No matter how casually an email, site, or form says "introduce yourself, no pressure," I shrink back. How do I convince myself that other people find who I am or what I do interesting?
I found myself asking this question...
mtlynch.io
How I Tricked Myself into Shipping Too Late
Many software founders fail for a simple reason: they ship too late. They spend years developing a...
over a year ago
Many software founders fail for a simple reason: they ship too late. They spend years developing a product in a vacuum only to see it crumble the first time a real customer touches it.
The Indie Hackers podcast features many such stories. The show’s stated mission is to help...
Open Culture
Download 131,000 Historic Maps from the Huge David Rumsey Map Collection
The world has changed dramatically over the past 500 years, albeit not quite as dramatically as how...
8 months ago
The world has changed dramatically over the past 500 years, albeit not quite as dramatically as how we see the world. That’s just what’s on display at the David Rumsey Map Collection, whose more than 131,000 historical maps and related images are available to browse (or download)...
TheCollector
Egon Schiele Works Seized From U.S. Museums
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Spoon & Tamago
Kenji Yanobe’s BIG CAT BANG is Now on Display at Ginza Six
Space cats in astronaut suits, ultraman figurines reenacting the beginning of the universe, and a...
9 months ago
Space cats in astronaut suits, ultraman figurines reenacting the beginning of the universe, and a tribute to Taro Okamoto’s iconic Statue of the Sun sculpture. There’s a lot to love about artist Kenji Yanobe’s new installation, BIG CAT BANG, and it’s now on view to the public...
The Marginalian
How the Sea Came to Be: An Illustrated Singsong Celebration of the Evolution of Life
“Who has known the ocean? Neither you nor I, with our earth-bound senses,” Rachel Carson wrote in...
a year ago
“Who has known the ocean? Neither you nor I, with our earth-bound senses,” Rachel Carson wrote in the pioneering 1937 essay that invited the human imagination into the science and splendor of the marine world for the first time — a world then more mysterious than the Moon, a...
Archinect - Features
Some of the World’s Most Beautiful Coffee Shops
Happy International Coffee Day! To celebrate this culturally significant October 1st holiday, we...
3 months ago
Happy International Coffee Day! To celebrate this culturally significant October 1st holiday, we have picked a few of our favorite examples of coffee and architecture existing in blissful harmony.
So pour yourself another cup of your favorite roast (how about Archinect's very...
Calculated Risk
NAHB: Builder Confidence Unchanged in December
The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) reported the housing market index (HMI) was at 46,...
2 weeks ago
The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) reported the housing market index (HMI) was at 46, unchanged from 46 last month. Any number below 50 indicates that more builders view sales conditions as poor than good.
Builder sentiment held steady to end the year as high home...
Joshua Smith
Shipping Containers
Hanjin Shipping Container: Based on Hong Kong Docks. Scratchbuilt 1:20 Scale Miniature created from...
over a year ago
Hanjin Shipping Container: Based on Hong Kong Docks. Scratchbuilt 1:20 Scale Miniature created from cardboard, paper, chalk pastels, spraypaint, plastruct, fabric, rope. May 2016. Hapag Lloyd container: Scratchbuilt 1:20 Scale Miniature created from cardboard, paper, chalk...
Old Structures...
Onec You See It
The current round of repair work on the Manhattan Bridge has reached the stage of painting the...
9 months ago
The current round of repair work on the Manhattan Bridge has reached the stage of painting the towers. It has, to my eye, the unfortunate effect of making the bridge look like it’s wearing shorts.
Ink & Switch
OS of the future and universal version control
In this dispatch we're spotlighting Alexander Obenauer's work on the future of personal computing...
10 months ago
In this dispatch we're spotlighting Alexander Obenauer's work on the future of personal computing and introducing our new research project.
Making software...
Improving Laptop Battery Performance on OpenBSD
Improving Laptop Battery Performance on OpenBSD
2023-06-13
It is no secret that OpenBSD has poor...
a year ago
Improving Laptop Battery Performance on OpenBSD
2023-06-13
It is no secret that OpenBSD has poor battery performance on laptops. Although not as impressive as something like Alpine Linux or FreeBSD, you can tweak OpenBSD just enough to squeeze more life out of your machine's...
TheCollector
Top 10 Historic Sites You Should See in Paris
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4 months ago
Tony Dinh's...
Nov 2024: My first million!
$1M in annual revenue, B2B sales, SOC 2, resellers, grow team, and other updates in November 2024.
a month ago
$1M in annual revenue, B2B sales, SOC 2, resellers, grow team, and other updates in November 2024.
Christopher Butler
visual journal – 2024 March 17 - March 23
Every page is a time capsule.
9 months ago
Every page is a time capsule.
Tech and Tea
Small steps, Big dreams
proudly announcing Tech and Tea
a year ago
proudly announcing Tech and Tea
Math Is Still...
The Tiny Physics Behind Immense Cosmic Eruptions
A new theory describes how particle interactions fuel fast magnetic reconnection, the process behind...
a year ago
A new theory describes how particle interactions fuel fast magnetic reconnection, the process behind solar flares and other astrophysical jets.
The post The Tiny Physics Behind Immense Cosmic Eruptions first appeared on Quanta Magazine
diamond geezer
Wembley Brook
THE UNLOST RIVERS OF LONDON
Wembley Brook
Sudbury → Wembley → Tokyngton (2½ miles)
This one's minor...
a year ago
THE UNLOST RIVERS OF LONDON
Wembley Brook
Sudbury → Wembley → Tokyngton (2½ miles)
This one's minor enough that I'd never heard of it before squinting more closely at a map of Wembley. This may be because the brook only spends a mile on the surface and spends the rest of its...
The Pragmatic...
Uber’s engineering level changes
Uber revamped its engineering levels in 2022. How did the levels evolve over time, why was it time...
a year ago
Uber revamped its engineering levels in 2022. How did the levels evolve over time, why was it time to change, and what were they? I’ve collected details.
Open Culture
Roger Federer’s Dartmouth Commencement Address: “Effortless Is a Myth” & Other Life Lessons from...
In 2006, David Foster Wallace published a piece in the New York Times Magazine headlined “Roger...
6 months ago
In 2006, David Foster Wallace published a piece in the New York Times Magazine headlined “Roger Federer as Religious Experience.” Even then, he could declare Federer, “at 25, the best tennis player currently alive. Maybe the best ever.” Much had already been written about “his...
Kevin Chen
How autonomous vehicle simulation works
When autonomous vehicle developers justify the safety of their driverless vehicle deployments, they...
7 months ago
When autonomous vehicle developers justify the safety of their driverless vehicle deployments, they lean heavily on their testing in simulation. Common talking points take the form of “we made our car drive X billion miles in simulation.” From these vague statements, it’s...
Londonist
Get 2-For-1 Tickets To This Cracker Of A Christmas Fair
Timeless festive cheer, guaranteed.
a year ago
Timeless festive cheer, guaranteed.
Old Structures...
Old-Fashioned Spelling
From 1907, an article called “New Sky-scrapers for New York” in the Metropolitan magazine gives us...
10 months ago
From 1907, an article called “New Sky-scrapers for New York” in the Metropolitan magazine gives us “The Willams [sic] Street Cañon”. The drawing seems pretty accurate. Here’s a similar view in a photo from 1928: I am a little suspicious of an article that misspells a street name...
Handprinted - Blog
Meet The Maker: Jenny Stringer
I am Jenny Stringer, and I have been block printing fabrics (and sometimes papers) for the last...
5 months ago
I am Jenny Stringer, and I have been block printing fabrics (and sometimes papers) for the last thirty years; as and when possible.
How did you start your creative career?
I was an archaeological illustrator after a brief museum career, and worked with a team of...
Calculated Risk
December 13th COVID Update: COVID in Wastewater Increasing
Note: Mortgage rates are from MortgageNewsDaily.com and are for top tier scenarios.
For deaths, I'm...
3 weeks ago
Note: Mortgage rates are from MortgageNewsDaily.com and are for top tier scenarios.
For deaths, I'm currently using 4 weeks ago for "now", since the most recent three weeks will be revised significantly.
Note: "Effective May 1, 2024, hospitals are no longer required to report...
Londonist
Free And Cheap Things To Do This Week In London: 19-25 February 2024
Do cool stuff for under a fiver.
10 months ago
Do cool stuff for under a fiver.
swyx's site RSS Feed
How to customize your Transistor.fm Website with JS and CSS
The default Transistor.fm website is kinda ugly. Here's how to customize your Transistor.fm website...
over a year ago
The default Transistor.fm website is kinda ugly. Here's how to customize your Transistor.fm website if you use Transistor. But also it's a simple guide to do clientside customizations of almost any website whose code you don't control.
TheCollector
England’s Medieval Angevin Empire Explained
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10 months ago
Josh Thompson
Testing Rake Tasks in Rails
I recently wrote a rake task to update some values we’ve got stored in the database. The rake task...
over a year ago
I recently wrote a rake task to update some values we’ve got stored in the database. The rake task itself isn’t important in this post, but testing it is.
We’ve got many untested rake tasks in the database, so when our senior dev suggested adding a test, I had to build ours from...
The Ruffian
Seven Underrated Forms of of Diversity
Different Kinds of Difference At Work
7 months ago
Different Kinds of Difference At Work
TheCollector
Louis XIV: History’s Longest-Reigning Monarch
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2 months ago
Tech + Economics +...
Samsung Galaxy S24 Unpacked Event Set for Jan. 17
PCMag.com:
The company says it will show off "the newest additions to the Galaxy
mobile...
a year ago
PCMag.com:
The company says it will show off "the newest additions to the Galaxy
mobile device portfolio." In its teaser video, the company goes a step
further and explicitly states that "Galaxy AI is coming," so get ready
for some form of on-device,...
nanoscale views
Items of interest
The time since the APS meeting has been very busy, hence the lack of posting. A few items of...
9 months ago
The time since the APS meeting has been very busy, hence the lack of posting. A few items of interest:
The present issue of Nature Physics has several articles about physics education that I really want to read.
This past week we hosted N. Peter Armitage for a really fun...
Mark Manson
Mark Manson’s 3 Rules for Life
Hey party people! It's Mark Manson, and today I want to talk about Dr. Jordan Peterson and his...
a year ago
Hey party people! It's Mark Manson, and today I want to talk about Dr. Jordan Peterson and his books, "12 Rules for Life" and "12 More Rules for Life."
I've had the pleasure of chatting with him on his podcast and even got some F-bombs out of him. But what really stuck with me...
TheCollector
Why Is Socrates’ Legacy Vital?
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a year ago
TheCollector
The History of Underwear: Loincloths, Petticoats, Boxers, & Briefs
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a year ago
Diaries of Note
Why me?
Famous for the autobiographical monologues he performed on stage, American actor and writer Spalding...
a year ago
Famous for the autobiographical monologues he performed on stage, American actor and writer Spalding Gray turned his life into riveting art, his unique shows, such as the acclaimed Swimming to Cambodia, providing a compelling insight into his personal experiences. In 2001, while...
Classical Wisdom
The Fall of a Republic
Cato and Caesar
a year ago
Spoon & Tamago
A Temporary Rooftop Forest Replaces Fukuoka’s Dazaifu Tenmangu Shrine During Renovations
Dazaifu Tenmangu Shrine, one of Japan’s most-historically and culturally significant shrines, will...
a year ago
Dazaifu Tenmangu Shrine, one of Japan’s most-historically and culturally significant shrines, will undergo a massive renovation beginning in May of 2023. And for three years the honden main hall will be completely closed off to the roughly 10 million visitors who come to the...
computers are bad
2023-06-30 calling in the alarm
I currently find myself on vacation in the Canadian Rockies, where internet is
hard to come by. But...
a year ago
I currently find myself on vacation in the Canadian Rockies, where internet is
hard to come by. But here's something short while I'm temporarily back in the
warm embrace of 5G: more about burglar alarms. I recently gave a presentation
on this topic and I'll probably record it for...
swyx's site RSS Feed
The Traction vs Trust Equation of Cofounder Dating
One of the most common problems in the beginning stage of a founder journey is establishing the...
a year ago
One of the most common problems in the beginning stage of a founder journey is establishing the cofounder group. I thought I would jot down some notes from my own experience + that of friends in similar situations.
TheCollector
The Angolan Civil War: 26 Years of Fighting
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Diaries of Note
We mutually agreed to call it The First World War
Born in South West England in 1858, Lieutenant-Colonel Charles à Court Repington was forced to...
a year ago
Born in South West England in 1858, Lieutenant-Colonel Charles à Court Repington was forced to retire from the British Army in 1902 due to a scandalous affair with the wife of a fellow officer. Returning to London, he quickly pivoted to journalism and rose to prominence as one of...
TheCollector
Paracelsus in the Ottoman Empire: Adoption or Adaptation?
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Retail Design Blog
FENDI store
Little over two years after first setting up shop in Madrid, an event we’ve covered in a previous...
2 months ago
Little over two years after first setting up shop in Madrid, an event we’ve covered in a previous post, FENDI...
A Smart Bear
The Iterative-Hypothesis customer development method
A simple but effective system for generating insights about how your potential customers think, what...
over a year ago
A simple but effective system for generating insights about how your potential customers think, what they need, and what they’ll buy. This method has been used both to reject startup ideas and to validate WP Engine before it had any customers (it is now a Unicorn).
Marian's Blog
LED Matrix Materials Guide
I built an LED matrix out of 256 WS2812 LEDs. This post will describe which materials I used and...
over a year ago
I built an LED matrix out of 256 WS2812 LEDs. This post will describe which materials I used and which I tried with no success so you don’t have to.
Case
For the case, I used a custom made photo frame. The main purpose of the case is to look good, which is...
Computer Things
"Testing can show the presence of bugs but not the absence"
Program testing can be used to show the presence of bugs, but never to show their absence! — Edgar...
8 months ago
Program testing can be used to show the presence of bugs, but never to show their absence! — Edgar Dijkstra, Notes on Structured Programming
Dijkstra was famous for his spicy quips; he'd feel right at home on tech social media. He said things he knows aren't absolutely true but...
Seth's Blog
The challenge of nonprofit fundraising
When someone starts a business, they spend a bunch of time with a business plan, working to raise...
8 months ago
When someone starts a business, they spend a bunch of time with a business plan, working to raise funds and get it off the ground. After that, though, the purpose of the business is completely aligned with the idea of not running out of money. We run a business to make money, not...
TheCollector
Bronze Age Town Found in Saudi Arabian Desert
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a month ago
TheCollector
FBI Returns Nazi-Looted Monet to Jewish Collector’s Heirs
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2 months ago
Paolo Amoroso's...
Exploring Medley as a Common Lisp development environment
<![CDATA[Since encountering Medley I gained considerable experience with Interlisp. Medley Interlisp...
a year ago
<![CDATA[Since encountering Medley I gained considerable experience with Interlisp. Medley Interlisp is a project for preserving, reviving, and modernizing the Interlisp-D software development environment of the Lisp Machines Xerox created at PARC.
Nine months later I know...
Explained from First...
The Internet explained from first principles
over a year ago
PostHog's RSS Feed
PostHog is now available on Segment!
We're happy to announce that PostHog is now available as a destination on Segment. Segment is a...
over a year ago
We're happy to announce that PostHog is now available as a destination on Segment. Segment is a platform that works as an integrated data pipeline to…
Seeking Wisdom
Ruturaj Gaikwad, P-value, and Bayes’ Theorem
IPL is one of the greatest entertainments for a cricket lover like me. Chennai Super Kings (CSK) is...
7 months ago
IPL is one of the greatest entertainments for a cricket lover like me. Chennai Super Kings (CSK) is my favorite team. Ruturaj Gaikwad, the new CSK captain for the IPL 2024 season, lost 10 out of 13 tosses: LLLLWLLLLLLWL. The probability of seeing the sequence LLLLWLLLLLLWL is...
Seth's Blog
The A.R.E. skills matter more than ever
Perhaps this is what your team needs from you: Agreeableness is not the same as agreeing. In fact,...
a year ago
Perhaps this is what your team needs from you: Agreeableness is not the same as agreeing. In fact, they have little in common. Finding someone who’s only job is to agree with everything that is said is easy. On the other hand, agreeableness is the skill of having a contrary...
Londonist
Best Of Londonist: 18-24 December 2023
A handy roundup of Londonist articles from the past week.
a year ago
A handy roundup of Londonist articles from the past week.
TheCollector
Twice-Stolen Titian Sets Artist Record at Auction
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6 months ago
Grow With Less
The Do's and Don'ts of Finding Your Blog Niche
There is a lot of bad advice when it comes to finding a blog niche.
“Write about your...
over a year ago
There is a lot of bad advice when it comes to finding a blog niche.
“Write about your passion.”
“Choose the most profitable niche.”
“Don’t choose a crowded niche.”
This advice is well-intentioned but ignores key psychological principles and causes many bloggers to give up...
Joel Gascoigne
5 realisations that helped me write regularly
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I was recently talking with Eytan Levit [http://twitter.com/eytanlevit], a
really interesting founder who’s had a lot of amazing experiences. We were
chatting about some of his current challenges,...
The Modern House
How Alex Reynolds and Maria Viviani are paying homage to their heritages at Eline in Hoxton
a year ago
macwright.com
awesome-codemirror by ()
I started another “awesome” GitHub repo (a list of resources), for CodeMirror, called...
a year ago
I started another “awesome” GitHub repo (a list of resources), for CodeMirror, called awesome-codemirror. CodeMirror has a community page but I wanted a freewheeling easy-to-contribute-to alternative. Who knows if it’ll grow to the size of awesome-geojson - 2.1k stars as of this...
AFAR Media - Travel...
Five Great Places to Visit on Your Next Vacation to Florida
8 months ago
swyx's site RSS Feed
Dwell and the Tools for Thought Hackathon
I worked on a little hackathon project at AGI House with Sasha. We won!
a year ago
I worked on a little hackathon project at AGI House with Sasha. We won!
Seth's Blog
Default to surrender
AI chatbots highight a challenge that is worth understanding. It applies to customer service,...
10 months ago
AI chatbots highight a challenge that is worth understanding. It applies to customer service, bureaucracies and teachers as well… If you ask an AI a question and it’s not confident in the answer, it should say, “I’m not sure.” That could be followed up with, “do you want me to...
Rest of World -...
Venture capital’s cold war
...or how I learned to stop worrying and love decoupling.
a year ago
...or how I learned to stop worrying and love decoupling.
Epic Web Dev
Only use GET and POST (tip)
Learn about the limitations of using HTTP methods other than GET and POST for form submissions and...
a year ago
Learn about the limitations of using HTTP methods other than GET and POST for form submissions and how it can affect the user experience.
Flashbak
Ships Then Swans: Ian Macdonald’s Pictures of England’s Teesside in the 1970s and 80s
The houseboats, blast furnaces and shipbuilding are gone. Ian Macdonald’s photographs are portraits...
2 months ago
The houseboats, blast furnaces and shipbuilding are gone. Ian Macdonald’s photographs are portraits of times past. These pictures cover three of the photographer’s major bodies of work from the late 1960s to the mid 1980s: Greatham Creek; the Redcar blast furnace and Smith’s Dock...
TheCollector
French Antique Art Dealers Against New E.U. Import Restrictions
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10 months ago
Dan Slimmon
No Observability Without Theory: The Talk
Last month, I had the unadulterated pleasure of presenting “No Observability Without Theory” at...
6 months ago
Last month, I had the unadulterated pleasure of presenting “No Observability Without Theory” at Monitorama 2024. If you’ve never been to Monitorama, I can’t recommend it enough. I think it’s the best tech conference, period. This talk was adapted from an old blog post of mine,...
Julia Evans
2023: Year in review
Hello! This was my 4th year working full time on Wizard Zines! Here are a few
of the things I worked...
a year ago
Hello! This was my 4th year working full time on Wizard Zines! Here are a few
of the things I worked on this year.
a zine!
I published How Integers and Floats Work, which I worked on with
Marie.
This one started out its life as “how your computer represents things in
memory”, but...
Cheese and Biscuits
The Union, Rye
Over the last, I don't know, ten or fifteen or so years - certainly since the expansion of the St...
over a year ago
Over the last, I don't know, ten or fifteen or so years - certainly since the expansion of the St John universe but also since places like Lyle's and the Sportsman and the Draper's Arms spread their wings - a kind of consensus has appeared on what constitutes a Modern British...
Handprinted - Blog
Screen Printing with Speedball Night Glo onto Fabric
As Halloween fast approaches, it’s time to get those costumes ready. We think it’s a perfect...
over a year ago
As Halloween fast approaches, it’s time to get those costumes ready. We think it’s a perfect opportunity to try out Speedball Night Glo Fabric Screen Printing Ink! Print glow in the dark Halloween messages, pictures, or even your kids’ spooky drawings onto their own...
Vitalik Buterin's...
The different types of ZK-EVMs
over a year ago
Tony Finch's blog
An update on leap seconds
It has been a couple of years since my previous blog post about leap
seconds, though I have been...
over a year ago
It has been a couple of years since my previous blog post about leap
seconds, though I have been tweeting on the topic fairly
frequently: see my page on date, time, and leap seconds for an
index of threads. But Twitter now seems a lot less likely to stick
around, so I’ll aim to...
Flashbak
How Andy Warhol and Jean-Michel Basquiat Met And Created Their Two-Heads, Four-Hands Art
”It was like some crazy-art world marriage and they were the odd couple. The relationship was...
11 months ago
”It was like some crazy-art world marriage and they were the odd couple. The relationship was symbiotic. Jean-Michel thought he needed Andy’s fame, and Andy thought he needed Jean-Michel’s new blood. Jean Michel gave Andy a rebellious image again.” — Andy Warhol’s longtime studio...
Drew Ex Machina
Apollo A-002: Testing the Limits of the Launch Escape System
One of the more dangerous parts of a space mission is launch which is why almost all crewed...
4 weeks ago
One of the more dangerous parts of a space mission is launch which is why almost all crewed spacecraft have had launch abort options to cover […]
Old Structures...
A Sometimes Disagreeable Foreign Land, Part 1
My off-hand comment yesterday about a Baedeker guide made me think that I should look to see what a...
4 weeks ago
My off-hand comment yesterday about a Baedeker guide made me think that I should look to see what a nineteenth-century European guidebook had to say about New York and I was not disappointed. The guidebooks put out by the Baedecker company since the 1830s are famous for their...
Joel Gascoigne
The power of ignoring mainstream news
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nothing but newspapers." - Thomas Jefferson
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Around 2 years ago I...
bt RSS Feed
"This Key is Useless Now. Discard?"
“This Key is Useless Now. Discard?”
2024-08-28
The title of this article probably triggers nostalgic...
4 months ago
“This Key is Useless Now. Discard?”
2024-08-28
The title of this article probably triggers nostalgic memories for old school Resident Evil veterans like myself. My personal favourite in the series (not that anyone asked) was the original, 1998 version of Resident Evil 2 (RE2). I...
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