ntietz.com blog
Terminology matters: let's stop calling it a "sprint"
If you're in the software industry, it's hard to not be aware of agile development at this point. It...
over a year ago
If you're in the software industry, it's hard to not be aware of agile development at this point. It seems like every team practices it differently, but there are certain commonalities that run through all teams I've seen. One of those is the term used for each time-delimited...
Transit Maps
Historical Map: Argentine Railways, 1907
Now this is a map! This is just superb cartography: detailed, clear and lovely to look at. I love...
a year ago
Now this is a map! This is just superb cartography: detailed, clear and lovely to look at. I love the way that brown is used for mountainous features, and a light blue is used for water features – it allows this information to be visible, but it doesn’t compete with the overlaid...
Grow With Less
How to Get Interviewed (Even If You Are Not Well-Known in Your Niche)
When people talk about interview link building, they mostly talk about expert interviews, you...
over a year ago
When people talk about interview link building, they mostly talk about expert interviews, you interview experts on your blog in the hope that they will then share your interview and link to it.
But doing the opposite also works. If you have interesting hobbies or any kind of...
David Heinemeier...
Breaking the inertia of mediocrity
It's rarely the terrible decisions, processes, or even people that'll sink your organization. It's...
a year ago
It's rarely the terrible decisions, processes, or even people that'll sink your organization. It's the accumulation and inertia of the mediocre ones. Dealing with the truly bad is easy. It's painfully obvious to all that change is required. The danger is imminent. It's much...
Open Culture
Coursera Offers 30% Off of Coursera Plus (Until September 30), Giving You Unlimited Access to...
As the new school year gets underway, millions of students are heading back to classrooms. And you...
3 months ago
As the new school year gets underway, millions of students are heading back to classrooms. And you can too. From now until September 30, 2024, Coursera is offering a 30% discount on its annual subscription plan called “Coursera Plus.” Normally priced at $399, Coursera Plus...
ntietz.com blog
Running an Effective Book Club at Work
Even with the wealth of information on web sites and in videos, books remain a great resource for...
over a year ago
Even with the wealth of information on web sites and in videos, books remain a great resource for learning.
And they're great for group learning, too!
We've run a book club at work a few times.
Some sessions were more successful than others.
The main way our book clubs faltered...
Castles in the Sky
Beyond Food and Travel: Remembering Anthony Bourdain
I used to sit in my apartment, eating Ramen and watching Anthony Bourdain, wondering about all of...
5 months ago
I used to sit in my apartment, eating Ramen and watching Anthony Bourdain, wondering about all of the things life and the world had to offer. It’s difficult to overstate the influence Anthony Bourdain has had on my worldview. For over a decade, whenever someone asked, “what do...
Diaries of Note
The power of language can make people crazy
Born in New York in 1933, the distinguished novelist Leonard Michaels was celebrated for his sharp,...
a year ago
Born in New York in 1933, the distinguished novelist Leonard Michaels was celebrated for his sharp, compelling prose and deep insight into the complexities of human relationships. Although he first became a published writer in 1969, his private diary entries, which he began...
Moneyness
Why I'm in favor of financial illiteracy
I'm not a fan of mandatory investor education classes. The issue was brought up recently by former...
8 months ago
I'm not a fan of mandatory investor education classes. The issue was brought up recently by former chair of FDIC, Sheila Bair, who sees such classes as ways to stop future FTX-style disasters.
The model of finance I've been using for many years is the fairly dismal dark forest...
mtlynch.io
Happy City by Charles Montgomery
Given how much urban design affects our lives, it’s surprising how little we think about and...
over a year ago
Given how much urban design affects our lives, it’s surprising how little we think about and participate in it. This book was eye-opening in terms of the way I look at cities and how its inhabitants interact with them.
I took for granted the idea that cities should be friendly to...
Common Edge
Harvard Design Magazine #50: ChatGPT to the Rescue
An alumnus of the GSD takes a treacherous trek through the dense and glossy 50th anniversary issue.
a year ago
An alumnus of the GSD takes a treacherous trek through the dense and glossy 50th anniversary issue.
Open Culture
Take The Near Impossible Literacy Test Louisiana Used to Suppress the Black Vote (1964)
In William Faulkner’s 1938 novel The Unvanquished, the implacable Colonel Sartoris takes drastic...
2 months ago
In William Faulkner’s 1938 novel The Unvanquished, the implacable Colonel Sartoris takes drastic action to stop the election of a black Republican candidate to office after the Civil War, destroying the ballots of black voters and shooting two Northern carpetbaggers. While such...
tomcritchlow.com
8 Years on the Road
Being self-employed feels a bit like being on an extended road trip. Untethered and free, but lonely...
over a year ago
Being self-employed feels a bit like being on an extended road trip. Untethered and free, but lonely and unsupported too. Ultimate freedoms combined with shallow roots. Every year I write a recap, around the anniversary of quitting my last job (Oct 24th, 2014). Here’s my recap of...
Londonist
Non-Christmassy Things To Do In London In December
Where to avoid Christmas completely in London this year.
a year ago
Where to avoid Christmas completely in London this year.
Working Theorys
Weekend Theorys No. 2
Crypto social games, work "trials," and meeting your creations in the wild.
10 months ago
Crypto social games, work "trials," and meeting your creations in the wild.
Seth's Blog
Input choice is easily taken for granted
We can give instructions to a fellow human by: Most people develop voiceboxes and limbs and facial...
a year ago
We can give instructions to a fellow human by: Most people develop voiceboxes and limbs and facial expressions that make any of these usable. Computers, over the decades, have had to have them engineered. In 1983, Dan Lovy built a parser for the adventure games I was marketing at...
Words and Buttons...
The Real C++ Killers (Not You, Rust)
All the “C++ killers”, even these which I wholeheartedly love and respect like Rust, Julia, and D,...
9 months ago
All the “C++ killers”, even these which I wholeheartedly love and respect like Rust, Julia, and D, help you write more features with fewer bugs, but they don't much help when you need to squeeze the very last FLOPS from the hardware you rent. As such, they don’t have a...
Working Theorys
Zero-Sum vs. Positive-Sum Product Theory | Theory No. 25
What kind of product are you building?
11 months ago
What kind of product are you building?
Cheese and Biscuits
Pied à Terre, Fitzrovia
Since the closure of Le Gavroche, Pied à Terre is now the London restaurant which has held at least...
6 months ago
Since the closure of Le Gavroche, Pied à Terre is now the London restaurant which has held at least one Michelin star for the longest time. It first won the accolade shortly after it opened back in 1991, a time when fine dining meant French dining, and the term "gastropub" was...
Liz Denys
The Patriarchy as an otherworldly patron
As we all know, the patriarchy is just a figment of feminist imagination. My friend Geoffrey and I...
over a year ago
As we all know, the patriarchy is just a figment of feminist imagination. My friend Geoffrey and I feel that such figments of the imagination are well suited for becoming otherworldly patrons for Dungeons & Dragons 5e warlocks, so we created a variant otherworldly patron for the...
Steve Klabnik
Draper 1.0.0.beta2 release
over a year ago
Saturday Morning...
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Foam
Click here to go see the bonus panel!
Hovertext:
The guy opens a coat to reveal respectable...
7 months ago
Click here to go see the bonus panel!
Hovertext:
The guy opens a coat to reveal respectable employment with opportunity for promotion.
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High Signal
Making $20k from a job board directory
Rod is a founder who has successfully monetized a directory showing websites for finding a job. He...
a year ago
Rod is a founder who has successfully monetized a directory showing websites for finding a job. He has made $20k from his Job Board Search site.
swyx's site RSS Feed
Two Words
The best way to sell to, brand, persuade, or inspire people is to condense your idea down to Two...
over a year ago
The best way to sell to, brand, persuade, or inspire people is to condense your idea down to Two Words.
Spoon & Tamago
Hyper Realistic Pencil Drawings of Metallic Objects by Kohei Ohmori
Something must have come over me, says Kohei Ohmori, reflecting on the 280 hours or roughly 5 months...
5 months ago
Something must have come over me, says Kohei Ohmori, reflecting on the 280 hours or roughly 5 months spent drawing a hyper realistic composition of a metallic bolt and nut using just pencils. The 30-year old artist, who has publicly discussed his struggles with OCD (obsessive...
the singularity is...
A One Way Bridge
Okay I went to Devcon. And while there I had a great idea that the crypto space really needs. It...
a month ago
Okay I went to Devcon. And while there I had a great idea that the crypto space really needs. It seems like while AI infrastructure has improved by leaps and bounds in the last 5 years, crypto infra has actually gotten worse. I’m proposing some great new infrastructure that the...
Internal Tech Emails
Facebook and Google "at Defcon 2"
From: Sheryl Sandberg We really want a deep relationship – or at this point any relationship – with...
6 months ago
From: Sheryl Sandberg We really want a deep relationship – or at this point any relationship – with Google
Paolo Amoroso's...
Designing a WebCard bitmap the hard way
<![CDATA[NoteCards link icons leading to cards of a certain type can and typically do have a custom...
2 months ago
<![CDATA[NoteCards link icons leading to cards of a certain type can and typically do have a custom bitmap associated with the type.
WebCard cards of type Web initially inherited the bitmap of the parent type Text, a stylized NoteCards blank card frame. To visually differentiate...
Retail Design Blog
Fuclrum Studio Workspace by Fulcrum Studio
Fulcrum Studio uses the opportunity to create its own workspace as a play space. It breaks the mold...
6 months ago
Fulcrum Studio uses the opportunity to create its own workspace as a play space. It breaks the mold of a...
TheCollector
Where Did the Huguenots Go? (6 Regions They Settled)
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a year ago
Seth's Blog
Default to surrender
AI chatbots highight a challenge that is worth understanding. It applies to customer service,...
9 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...
Inverted Passion
Not everything is physics
The first book I ever read was The Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking. I liked it so much that...
3 months ago
The first book I ever read was The Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking. I liked it so much that I re-read it 8 times. As a young boy, the book had made a lasting impression on me, making me fall in love with ideas such as the arrow of time, black holes, entropy,…
Read...
TheCollector
Performance Artist Tags Controversial Courbet Nude with “Me Too”
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7 months ago
David Heinemeier...
Wisdom is not what you know
The hallmark of great wisdom is not what you know, but what you know and can put to use. The globe...
a year ago
The hallmark of great wisdom is not what you know, but what you know and can put to use. The globe is full of learned idiots, unable or incapable of following the wisdom they have accumulated. There's no prize for a closet full of axioms or insights, if you leave it all in there,...
Anecdotal Evidence
'The Pure Essay'
“A good deal
that he wrote took the form of the ‘pure’ essay, written, as Lord David Cecil
says,...
7 months ago
“A good deal
that he wrote took the form of the ‘pure’ essay, written, as Lord David Cecil
says, ‘not to instruct or edify but only to produce aesthetic satisfaction.’ I
do not know why it should be so, but today the ‘pure’ essay is a literary genre
to which no reader under sixty...
The Honest Broker
12 Predictions on the Future of Song Investing
Who will eventually own all the dead stars of rock & roll?
a year ago
Who will eventually own all the dead stars of rock & roll?
pcloadletter
RSS is still pretty great
I think a lot about information and information consumption. The way the Internet made information...
10 months ago
I think a lot about information and information consumption. The way the Internet made information readily available is phenomenal. Sadly, the signal-to-noise ratio here is pretty low. For me, consuming RSS feeds[1] offers the best way to read the kind of high-quality information...
CONTEMPORIST
An Urban Tree House In New York City
NO ARCHITECTURE has shared photos of a home they completed inside a residential tower at the edge of...
a year ago
NO ARCHITECTURE has shared photos of a home they completed inside a residential tower at the edge of Manhattan’s West Village, that has the appearance of an urban tree house. The open-plan social areas of the interior are housed in a double-height space with 22-ft tall glass...
bt RSS Feed
Goodbye WordPress, Hello Jekyll (Again)
Goodbye WordPress, Hello Jekyll (Again)
2020-08-13
For the past four months this blog has been...
over a year ago
Goodbye WordPress, Hello Jekyll (Again)
2020-08-13
For the past four months this blog has been running on WordPress - but that ended today. I’ve officially switched back over to Jekyll. I’m not going to spend too much time delving into why I made the transition back, but I’ll...
Passing Time
FEEDBACK REQUEST: Making Meaning on Mt. Adams
Alt title: "Mt. Adams or: How I learned to Stop Worrying and Dismiss the Plan"
a year ago
Alt title: "Mt. Adams or: How I learned to Stop Worrying and Dismiss the Plan"
Tech and Tea
How do you want to spend your time?
a question that seems to be on lots of people's minds
a year ago
a question that seems to be on lots of people's minds
Laetitia@Work
What if generative AI was actually underwhelming?
Laetitia@Work #69
8 months ago
TheCollector
Hitler’s Inner Circle: The 7 Most Powerful Figures in the Third Reich
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6 months ago
The Rational Walk
The Digest #224
Edith Hamilton on human stupidity, BHE's latest investor presentation, Berkshire's 13-F, Extending...
a month ago
Edith Hamilton on human stupidity, BHE's latest investor presentation, Berkshire's 13-F, Extending human lifespan, Fastenal's success story, Buffett's early investments, IKEA's founder
Making software...
Width or Flex-Basis?
Width or Flex-Basis?
2018-11-28
Creating rows and columns of elements that adapt dynamically can be...
over a year ago
Width or Flex-Basis?
2018-11-28
Creating rows and columns of elements that adapt dynamically can be a little tricky depending on the desired outcome. Let's breakdown how to solve this issue using both inline-block paired with width and flex-basis.
Width
Setting the width of the...
Mazdak
AI.com to Chat.com: OpenAI's Domain Domination
From AI.com to Chat.com, OpenAI is making big moves in the world of conversational AI. They've...
a month ago
From AI.com to Chat.com, OpenAI is making big moves in the world of conversational AI. They've dropped a huge amount of cash – likely over $15.5 million – to snag the premium domain Chat.com.
Old Structures...
Pareidolia
He’s a happy little gas-powered guy.
5 months ago
He’s a happy little gas-powered guy.
AFAR Media - Travel...
5 Most Exciting Travel Destinations in the U.S. to Visit
a year ago
Chris Grossack's...
Talk -- What is Factorization Homology?
I was recently invited to speak at the AMS Sectional in
Tallahassee, Florida. In particular, at the...
9 months ago
I was recently invited to speak at the AMS Sectional in
Tallahassee, Florida. In particular, at the special session on
Homotopy Theory and Category Theory in Interaction. The
conference was this weekend, and I’m typing this up on my
plane ride home. I had a great time, and...
Dreams of Space -...
The Solar System Pop-up Book (1978?)
My first Greek space book. This is a fun pop-up book I found recently. It is pretty basic but I...
a year ago
My first Greek space book. This is a fun pop-up book I found recently. It is pretty basic but I really like space pop-up books for their design and impact.
Adelva. The Solar System Pop-up Book. Greece: Dotam International. 12 pp. 1978
Retail Design Blog
July James Street Store by In Addition
July draws inspiration from the breezy outdoor spirit of Brisbane’s Fortitude Valley, where leisure,...
3 months ago
July draws inspiration from the breezy outdoor spirit of Brisbane’s Fortitude Valley, where leisure, lifestyle, and experience enrich the built...
Out-of-Pocket Blog
Ciitizen And The Patient Data Marketplace | Out-Of-Pocket
The path to our personal health record
a year ago
The path to our personal health record
Londonist
12 Predictions For London In 2024
What can we expect from the next 12 months?
11 months ago
What can we expect from the next 12 months?
The Modern House
Good Start: the best breakfasts in London
a year ago
AFAR Media - Travel...
Where to Ski, Stay, & Explore Outdoors in Alberta's Winter
a month ago
Nat Eliason's...
Great Writing is Invisible
Helping the hallucination
a year ago
Helping the hallucination
Contemporist...
A Small Cabin-Like Structure That Can Be Compressed When Not In Use
Architects Juan Ruiz and Amelia Tapia have shared some photos of their latest design, a small...
a year ago
Architects Juan Ruiz and Amelia Tapia have shared some photos of their latest design, a small cabin-like room that expands when needed.
TheCollector
How Magnus Maximus’ Forgotten Son Contributed to the Arthurian Legends
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3 months ago
The Roots of...
Video: Intro to progress studies at Learning Night Boston
I got invited to speak at Learning Night Boston and give an intro to progress studies: why study...
a year ago
I got invited to speak at Learning Night Boston and give an intro to progress studies: why study progress, and why do we need a new philosophy of progress? There are then a few minutes of Q&A. (It was in a bar and the audio quality is poor, sorry.)
Seth's Blog
What’s the right size?
There are no city buses with just four seats. And none with 400 seats. We get to leverage the...
10 months ago
There are no city buses with just four seats. And none with 400 seats. We get to leverage the driver’s effort if we put in a few more seats, but add too many and the bus is too big to make a turn–and soon we’d have to add conductors and cleaners and then the bus […]
Dan Slimmon
Podcast appearance: The Debrief from Incident.io
I’m so grateful to Incident.io for the opportunity to shout from their rooftop about Clinical...
7 months ago
I’m so grateful to Incident.io for the opportunity to shout from their rooftop about Clinical troubleshooting, which I firmly believe is the way we should all be diagnosing system failures. Enjoy the full episode!
The American Scholar
Indiana Absurd
Tiffany Tsao on translating a beguiling Indonesian short-story collection
The post Indiana Absurd...
7 months ago
Tiffany Tsao on translating a beguiling Indonesian short-story collection
The post Indiana Absurd appeared first on The American Scholar.
Making software...
Shiny, Animated CSS Buttons
Shiny, Animated CSS Buttons
2021-04-27
Everyone can appreciate fancy, animated buttons - but often...
over a year ago
Shiny, Animated CSS Buttons
2021-04-27
Everyone can appreciate fancy, animated buttons - but often times they come with a performance cost: JavaScript. Luckily for us, we can create our very own shiny, animated buttons with pure CSS.
The Demo
Live CodePen Example
The...
Retail Design Blog
Zhoushan Summer Hotel Phase II by MAT Office
The Zhoushan Summer Hotel was completed five years ago. The strategy of adding balconies and...
5 months ago
The Zhoushan Summer Hotel was completed five years ago. The strategy of adding balconies and changing the facades at that...
IEEE Spectrum
Boston Dynamics and Toyota Research Team Up on Robots
Today, Boston Dynamics and the Toyota Research Institute (TRI) announced a new partnership “to...
2 months ago
Today, Boston Dynamics and the Toyota Research Institute (TRI) announced a new partnership “to accelerate the development of general-purpose humanoid robots utilizing TRI’s Large Behavior Models and Boston Dynamics’ Atlas robot.” Committing to working towards a general purpose...
Max Countryman
Data for Decisions
Data is a powerful tool that can have an outsize impact on how we develop products and operate our...
a year ago
Data is a powerful tool that can have an outsize impact on how we develop products and operate our businesses. That said, the value of data is rarely the data itself but instead the insights we derive from it. In order to ensure these insights are meaningful and impactful it's...
Noahpinion
Economic development is doing OK
Poor countries aren't catching up as fast as we'd like, but they're catching up faster than before.
a year ago
Poor countries aren't catching up as fast as we'd like, but they're catching up faster than before.
Rest of World -...
Meet the alliance helping Google and Meta fight election-related misinformation in India
The Misinformation Combat Alliance, set up by Bharat Gupta, sees participation from 12 fact-checking...
7 months ago
The Misinformation Combat Alliance, set up by Bharat Gupta, sees participation from 12 fact-checking organizations.
Londonist
Best Of Londonist: 5-11 February 2024
The best articles from the past week.
10 months ago
The best articles from the past week.
Retail Design Blog
phenom israel
Phenom is a global HR technology company that delivers a single-platform solution and...
7 months ago
Phenom is a global HR technology company that delivers a single-platform solution and hyper-personalized experiences for candidates, recruiters, and employees....
TheCollector
Decoding Titian’s Poesie Series
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8 months ago
Krzysztof Kowalczyk...
Changing font size in Windows dialog in C++
How to dynamically change font size in a Windows dialog
Windows’s win32 API is old and...
8 months ago
How to dynamically change font size in a Windows dialog
Windows’s win32 API is old and crufty. Many things that are trivial to do in HTML are difficult in win32.
One of those things is changing size of font used by your native, desktop app.
I encountered this in...
Transit Maps
New Official Map: San Francisco Muni Metro Map with Central Subway
This map has actually been out for a while, but today – celebrating the full opening of the Central...
a year ago
This map has actually been out for a while, but today – celebrating the full opening of the Central Subway – seemed like the appropriate day to post about it. Design-wise, this is very much an evolution of previous efforts (see my review of the post-COVID resumption of service...
Archinect - Features
UK Architectural Licensure Had Not Changed in 50 Years. Until Now.
Having previously examined architecture licensure systems in the United States and across mainland...
4 months ago
Having previously examined architecture licensure systems in the United States and across mainland Europe, this edition of the Archinect In-Depth: Licensure series profiles changes underway in the United Kingdom's licensing system, which is currently undergoing a “fundamental...
Anecdotal Evidence
'I Wish He Would Explain His Explanation'
On this
date, April 10, in 1816, Coleridge and Lord Byron met for the only time, at the
latter’s...
8 months ago
On this
date, April 10, in 1816, Coleridge and Lord Byron met for the only time, at the
latter’s house in Piccadilly. Earlier, Coleridge had a friend deliver to Byron
a copy of his latest and last play, Zapolya,
and a letter explaining that for the previous fifteen years he had...
The Marginalian
Thich Nhat Hanh on True Love and the Five Rivers of Self-Knowledge
“For one human being to love another: that is perhaps the most difficult of all our tasks… the work...
10 months ago
“For one human being to love another: that is perhaps the most difficult of all our tasks… the work for which all other work is but preparation,” Rilke wrote to his young correspondent. The great difficulty of loving arises from the great difficulty of bridging the abyss between...
The Rational Walk
The Digest #169
Apple Watch, Musical Chairs at Dollar General, IPOs, Impact Investing, Buffett in 1988, Mapping the...
a year ago
Apple Watch, Musical Chairs at Dollar General, IPOs, Impact Investing, Buffett in 1988, Mapping the human brain, Interviews of Nassim Taleb, Jensen Huang, John and Patrick Collison, and more ...
Dominik Sobe's...
Stagnant MRR but experimenting in the background
over a year ago
CONTEMPORIST
Large Travertine Slabs Were Used To Update This Home’s Design
Architecture firm SWATT + PARTNERS has shared photos of the Kojima House, a home that has been...
7 months ago
Architecture firm SWATT + PARTNERS has shared photos of the Kojima House, a home that has been updated with an additional and a remodel. Located in Kentfield, California, the home boasts unobstructed views of San Francisco Bay, Kent-Woodlands Valley, and surrounding mountains....
Dominik Sobe's...
The reason I got hooked on being an Indiehacker
a year ago
computers are bad
2024-02-11 the top of the DNS hierarchy
In the past (in fact two years ago, proof I have been doing this for a while
now!) I wrote
about
the...
10 months ago
In the past (in fact two years ago, proof I have been doing this for a while
now!) I wrote
about
the "inconvenient truth" that structural aspects of the Internet make truly
decentralized systems infeasible, due to the lack of a means to perform
broadcast discovery. As a result,...
The Marginalian
Look Up: The Illustrated Story of Astronomer Henrietta Leavitt, Who Laid the Groundwork for...
How a brilliant woman rose against the tide of her time to fathom the mysteries of space.
a year ago
How a brilliant woman rose against the tide of her time to fathom the mysteries of space.
Wuthering...
Some lesser works of Sōseki and Tanizaki - deep in the earth directly beneath Lady Kikyō’s toilet
Dolce Bellezza is running her 17th Japanese Literature Challenge. Amazing, well done, etc.
I read...
11 months ago
Dolce Bellezza is running her 17th Japanese Literature Challenge. Amazing, well done, etc.
I read some short works for it, which I will pile up here: three
short works by Natsume Sōseki, collected in a Tuttle volume that looks like it
is titled Ten Nights of Dream Hearing...
Blog - Practical...
How Flood Tunnels Work
[Note that this article is a transcript of the video embedded above.]
This is Waterloo Park in...
a year ago
[Note that this article is a transcript of the video embedded above.]
This is Waterloo Park in downtown Austin, Texas, just a couple of blocks away from the state capitol building. It’s got walking trails, an ampitheater, Waller Creek runs right through the center, and it has...
The Diff
Infrastructure on top of Infrastructure
Plus! AI as an Interface; AI and Property Rights; Covering an EV Short Position; Heterogeneous...
5 days ago
Plus! AI as an Interface; AI and Property Rights; Covering an EV Short Position; Heterogeneous Consumption Baskets as Subtle Union-Busting; Second-Order Effects
Explorations of an...
A Tour Of The Western Galápagos Archipelago
The Galápagos archipelago is one of those must-visit destinations for anyone with an interest in...
a year ago
The Galápagos archipelago is one of those must-visit destinations for anyone with an interest in ecology, evolution, or biogeography. The islands are located in the eastern Pacific where a “hotspot” deep within the earth has been spewing magma for millions of years. The oldest...
journal – Winnie Lim
precarious health, and bringing the whole self to every encounter
I had another health episode this past week after our penang trip. I have a habit of measuring my...
a year ago
I had another health episode this past week after our penang trip. I have a habit of measuring my heart rate and heart rate variability every morning when I wake up to...
ntietz.com blog
Personnel update
This is inspired by receiving a "personnel update" when a friend was fired many years ago. It felt...
3 months ago
This is inspired by receiving a "personnel update" when a friend was fired many years ago. It felt coldly impersonal for such a deeply personal event, so I imagined what it would be like if the same approach were taken to other deeply personal events.
* * *
Subject: Personnel...
Seth's Blog
Cheating at golf
Someone who cheats at a friendly game of golf when nothing much is at stake–how can you possibly...
a year ago
Someone who cheats at a friendly game of golf when nothing much is at stake–how can you possibly trust them with something important? And yet, organizations and individuals “cheat at golf” all the time. They put clever clauses in the fine print. Spam a media list. Conceal the...
Seth's Blog
Better pockets
Every coat needs better pockets. There are categories of products or services where there’s a...
3 months ago
Every coat needs better pockets. There are categories of products or services where there’s a universal area for improvement. When in doubt, make the pockets better. The interesting work is in realizing that you might offer a product or service where there are non-universal...
TheCollector
TheCollector Interviews Artist Inna Levinson: From Paint to Pixels
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8 months ago
PostHog's RSS Feed
Why use feature flags? Benefits, types and use cases, explained
What is a feature flag? Feature flags (aka feature toggles) are a powerful tool to help improve your...
a year ago
What is a feature flag? Feature flags (aka feature toggles) are a powerful tool to help improve your product. They enable engineering teams to…
The Honest Broker
What Is Really Inside the Briefcase in 'Pulp Fiction'?
Here's the latest installment of my book 'Music to Raise the Dead'—currently available only on...
8 months ago
Here's the latest installment of my book 'Music to Raise the Dead'—currently available only on Substack
Christopher Butler
Periodical – 10
Interaction design is two things.
managing attention
persuasion
Once you come to the...
a year ago
Interaction design is two things.
managing attention
persuasion
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Handprinted - Blog
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Unpacked
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Paul Graham: Essays
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Ealing NEWS
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North Ealing
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Paul Graham: Essays
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Old Structures...
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TheCollector
Posthumanism vs Transhumanism: What Is the Difference?
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Michael Taylor on The Development of the M1 Garand and its Implications
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a year ago
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Venice’s Nordic Pavilion Receives a Massive Chinese Dragon
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Joel Gascoigne
50 books that transformed my business and my life
As a teenager I had a period of many years where I stopped reading books
completely. I even remember...
over a year ago
As a teenager I had a period of many years where I stopped reading books
completely. I even remember a time where I couldn't imagine reading books at
all. After I graduated and started to be interested in business and startups, I
realized the immense power and knowledge contained...
Alex Meub
Set Up Remote Desktop in Windows
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1. Allow Remote Connections
Right...
over a year ago
Here’s a quick guide to setting up Remote Desktop on Windows:
1. Allow Remote Connections
Right click on the My Computer icon > Click Properties > Click on the Remote tab
Check the box that says “Allow Users to Connect Remotely to this Computer”
Add your username to the list of...
Daniel Bourke
Introducing Nutrify 1.2.3
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Elad Blog
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The 9 best GA4 alternatives for apps and websites
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In July 2023, Google closed Universal Analytics (UA), forcing users to switch to Google Analytics 4 (GA4) or another provider. This hasn't proved a…
History Today Feed
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A new 'Privacy Shield' won't solve big tech's GDPR problem
Ten years ago today, the European Commission published the first draft of the General Data...
over a year ago
Ten years ago today, the European Commission published the first draft of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). But, as the recent ruling in…
Rest of World -...
For South Africa’s female ride-hailing drivers, customers are the biggest hazards
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a year ago
Desperate to make ends meet, female Uber and Bolt drivers say abuse and attacks are a constant part of the job.
Open Culture
Behold The Drawings of Franz Kafka (1907–1917)
Runner 1907–1908 UK-born, Chicago-based artist Philip Hartigan has posted a brief video piece...
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TheCollector
10 Things an Art Lover Should Do in Paris
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Britain’s interwar apartment boom
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Fonts In Use: Blog...
Call for Entries: Finding Forte
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over a year ago
Contributed by Fonts In Use Staff
Source: www.tomkoch.net Tom Koch. License: All Rights Reserved.
The call for entries is now open! Forte in use for a shop sign, spotted by Tom Koch in Siem Reap, Cambodia.
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TheCollector
5 Paintings That Inspired Famous Filmmakers
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A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IIIb: Pyrrhus
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This Space
Favourite books 2021
If such things matter, and they don't, my book of the year is Peter Holm Jensen’s The Moment. As I...
over a year ago
If such things matter, and they don't, my book of the year is Peter Holm Jensen’s The Moment. As I wrote in April, it’s one in which the writer seeks “a modest, self-effacing place within the intersection of time and eternity” and can be read again and again for this reason, as...
TheCollector
10 Historic Cities in India That Exist Since Ancient Times
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A Beautiful Site
Zipping multiple folders into separate zip files
Here's a bash script that will zip all folders in the current directory into...
over a year ago
Here's a bash script that will zip all folders in the current directory into separate .zip files:
for i in */; do zip -r "${i%/}.zip" "$i"; done
I had to do this to 75+ folders today and this definitely saved me some time. It works on macOS too!
Retail Design Blog
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Both Are True
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+ one important thing at the end sort of
Saturday Morning...
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Rammed
Click here to go see the bonus panel!
Hovertext:
Bam, alignment solved. Earth should join my patreon...
a year ago
Click here to go see the bonus panel!
Hovertext:
Bam, alignment solved. Earth should join my patreon as a thankyou.
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Why Did Ukraine Make Stamps of Banksy’s Art?
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Tony Finch's blog
Purple PCBs for Keybird69
I’m a beginner at PCB design, or rather, I haven’t made a PCB since I
was at school 30 years ago,...
a year ago
I’m a beginner at PCB design, or rather, I haven’t made a PCB since I
was at school 30 years ago, and a lot has changed since then! So my
aim for Keybird69’s PCB was to learn my way around the design,
manufacturing, and assembly process.
microcontroller
other components
key...
TheCollector
Remedios Varo: The Surrealist Artist in 7 Works and 7 Facts
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Seth's Blog
Boyle’s Law
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8 months ago
There’s no such thing as work life balance. There’s simply life. And you spend part of your life at work. One way to change the pressure of work is to expand or contract the size of the container that holds it. It’s a trap to embrace a productivity shortcut that isn’t a shortcut...
Rest of World -...
Muzz, the world’s largest Muslim dating app, is struggling in India
India is home to 172 million Muslims, and the world’s second-largest market for dating apps. But...
a year ago
India is home to 172 million Muslims, and the world’s second-largest market for dating apps. But Indian women say Muzz is a bad match.
AI Snake Oil
Does the UK’s liver transplant matching algorithm systematically exclude younger patients?
Seemingly minor technical decisions can have life-or-death effects
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Seemingly minor technical decisions can have life-or-death effects
Bits about Money
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Payroll processors exist to provide financial infrastructure and because political economy is complicated.
Business Brainstorms
Hiring a geo-guesser, change merchants, one distribution channel is all it takes
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a year ago
Hey, this is Jakob Greenfeld, author of the Business Brainstorms newsletter - every week I write this email to share the most interesting trends, frameworks, opportunities, and ideas with you. Let's dive in! 💡 Opportunities “request for service: roast my onboarding for SaaS...
macwright.com
React is old
My last big project at Mapbox was working on Mapbox Studio. We launched it in 2015.
For the web...
8 months ago
My last big project at Mapbox was working on Mapbox Studio. We launched it in 2015.
For the web stack, we considered a few other options - we had used d3 to build iD, which worked out great but we were practically the only people in the internet using d3 to build HTML UIs - I...
Vadim Kravcenko
As a non-technical founder what should I be doing while the product is developed?
First of all, congrats on starting this journey. So, you’re a non-technical co-founder in the...
a year ago
First of all, congrats on starting this journey. So, you’re a non-technical co-founder in the process of product development, feeling […]
The post As a non-technical founder what should I be doing while the product is developed? appeared first on Vadim Kravcenko.
Math Is Still...
The Webb Telescope Further Deepens the Biggest Controversy in Cosmology
A long-awaited study of the cosmic expansion rate suggests that when it comes to the Hubble tension,...
4 months ago
A long-awaited study of the cosmic expansion rate suggests that when it comes to the Hubble tension, cosmologists are still missing something.
The post The Webb Telescope Further Deepens the Biggest Controversy in Cosmology first appeared on Quanta Magazine
History Today Feed
Pasternak and Stalin: What Was Said?
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journal – Winnie Lim
the reality that exists in me
I just had my period, so I am feeling a little more fatigued than usual. Every month around this...
a month ago
I just had my period, so I am feeling a little more fatigued than usual. Every month around this time I tend to wonder why the body finds it so difficult to...
Retail Design Blog
The Embassy of Ireland by One Space
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Ireland’s Department of Foreign Affairs is responsible for the establishment and management of all Irish diplomatic missions around the world....
Noahpinion
The dark vision of America
Persecuting groups of people to score political points is not OK.
3 months ago
Persecuting groups of people to score political points is not OK.
This Space
The end of literature, part five
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5 months ago
"Stupid" and "a marketing exercise" were the first two descriptions I saw of the New York Times' 100 Best Books of the 21st Century polled from hundreds of "literary luminaries" offering ten choices each, and while it is both of those things, "parochial" is the first word that...
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If an alien film crew chose to feature our species in a nature documentary, they’d have plenty of…
If an alien film crew chose to feature our species in a nature documentary, they’d have plenty of...
over a year ago
If an alien film crew chose to feature our species in a nature documentary, they’d have plenty of spectacular superorganisms to choose from…
TheCollector
The Unknown Artworks of Kahlil Gibran
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Spoon & Tamago
A Glimpse Inside the Whimsical Wooden Miniature Homes of Yukihiro Akama
Artist Yukihiro Akama is set to unveil his largest exhibition to date, ‘Basho no Kankaku – A Sense...
9 months ago
Artist Yukihiro Akama is set to unveil his largest exhibition to date, ‘Basho no Kankaku – A Sense of Place,’ at Yorkshire Sculpture Park (YSP).
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Climate Vandal Painted Words in Red Next to a Civil War Exhibit
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Pulmuone’s Innovative Store Redefines Food Culture with Sustainability and Modern Convenience.
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diamond geezer
CIIIR 75
Today is the King's 75th birthday.
Nationwide to celebrate his 30th, but here we are.
His mother...
a year ago
Today is the King's 75th birthday.
Nationwide to celebrate his 30th, but here we are.
His mother had a hospital, a bridge, an Olympic Park, a reservoir, a conference centre, an airport terminal, a parliamentary tower, a concert hall and a railway line, to mention but a few....
TokyoDev
Coworking Spaces and Other Places you can Work Remotely in Tokyo
So you’ve finally made it to Tokyo, and you’re looking for a place to work remotely in peace. Maybe...
a year ago
So you’ve finally made it to Tokyo, and you’re looking for a place to work remotely in peace. Maybe you’re all set with a home office, but maybe you live in a one room studio apartment or you’re stuck in a tiny hotel room.
Whatever your reason, what are your options for places...
Patterns in Humanity
Race, economics and homicide in the United States: a summary
Why economic factors cannot explain homicide disparities in the United States
a month ago
Why economic factors cannot explain homicide disparities in the United States
TheCollector
Who Is Theatrical Artist Augusto Boal?
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7 months ago
Anecdotal Evidence
'Confined to Famous Defunct Chefs'
Never underestimate
the satisfactions of contrariness. It starts as an impulse in adolescence,...
a year ago
Never underestimate
the satisfactions of contrariness. It starts as an impulse in adolescence, of
course, when the will to disagree and provoke comes naturally. It’s enormously entertaining
to the provokers, irritatingly tiresome to the rest of us. We outgrow it or at
least it...
TheCollector
10 Foreign Gods Hidden in the Roman Pantheon
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7 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Blast Off (1973)
This is also one of my favorite picture books, very hard to find, so I would like to share the full...
a year ago
This is also one of my favorite picture books, very hard to find, so I would like to share the full book with you. And Blast Off!
Cain, Linda C. and Susan Rosenbaum. Illustrated by Dillon, Leo and Diane. Blast Off. Lexington, MA: Ginn. (24 p.) 1973.
Engineers Need Art
VPX Scripting - Part 2 (Linting)
The second in a series of posts about scripting Visual Pinball tables.
8 months ago
The second in a series of posts about scripting Visual Pinball tables.
Maps Mania
It's War on the Streets of Paris
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Open Culture
What Ancient Greek Music Sounded Like: Listen to a Reconstruction That’s “100% Accurate”
Between 750 BC and 400 BC, the Ancient Greeks composed songs meant to be accompanied by the lyre,...
2 weeks ago
Between 750 BC and 400 BC, the Ancient Greeks composed songs meant to be accompanied by the lyre, reed-pipes, and various percussion instruments. More than 2,000 years later, modern scholars have finally figured out how to reconstruct and perform these songs with (it’s claimed)...
Saturday Morning...
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Escape
Click here to go see the bonus panel!
Hovertext:
I originally had a hamster but that seemed...
a year ago
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Hovertext:
I originally had a hamster but that seemed mean.
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'Why Not Get Out of This Rut?'
"Books offer
what may be called a standing solution to the eternal and infernal
Christmas-present...
2 days ago
"Books offer
what may be called a standing solution to the eternal and infernal
Christmas-present problem.”
Well, yes
and no. I’m a graceless gift giver and receiver, especially when it comes to
books. People like my middle son are inspired and have a knack for...
This Space
The Morning Star by Karl Ove Knausgaard
I began reading The Morning Star without any prior knowledge of the contents, just as I had begun...
over a year ago
I began reading The Morning Star without any prior knowledge of the contents, just as I had begun reading every other book of Karl Ove Knausgaard’s since receiving an ARC of the first volume of My Struggle long before he shone above us like the morning star in this novel. This...
AI Snake Oil
Are open foundation models actually more risky than closed ones?
A policy brief on open foundation models
a year ago
A policy brief on open foundation models
ntietz.com blog
RC Week 4: Gratitude and emotions
Wow, my RC batch is one-third done.
I've just finished my fourth week, and there are eight weeks...
over a year ago
Wow, my RC batch is one-third done.
I've just finished my fourth week, and there are eight weeks left.
Time is flying by.
I feel like I've settled into a decent groove.
Taking a step back, it is setting in how much I've learned so far and how much I've accomplished.
In these four...
Epic Web Dev
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How to create an Epic Stack example to help others and get new features built into the Epic Stack.
a year ago
How to create an Epic Stack example to help others and get new features built into the Epic Stack.
PostHog's RSS Feed
Introducing the Avo Inspector app
We're excited to announce that we have launched a new app with Avo , a leading data governance...
over a year ago
We're excited to announce that we have launched a new app with Avo , a leading data governance platform which enables you track data consistently and…
Londonist
Regent's Park Is Getting A New Garden Dedicated To The Late Queen
Two-acre space will open in 2026.
11 months ago
Two-acre space will open in 2026.
TheCollector
Plovdiv: Europe’s Oldest Continuously Inhabited City
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5 months ago
Open Culture
Hear the Evolution of Electronic Music: A Sonic Journey from 1929 to 2019
It’s easy to get the impression that enthusiasts of electronic music listen to nothing else. (Not...
a week ago
It’s easy to get the impression that enthusiasts of electronic music listen to nothing else. (Not that it isn’t true for some of them, who tend to relegate themselves to smaller subgenres: consult Ishkur’s Guide to Electronic Music for a map of the sonic territory.) And it’s...
Marcus on AI
Hard-forked! Casey Newton’s distorted portrait of Gary Marcus and AI skepticism
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What Casey Newton’s new essay skewering AI skepticism does—and does not—get right
Archinect - Features
Archinect's Guide to Job Titles: Set Designer
As we delve deeper into our exploration of key job titles within the intersection of architecture...
a year ago
As we delve deeper into our exploration of key job titles within the intersection of architecture and the broader world of design, we turn our attention to a role that plays a pivotal part in the realms of film, television, and theater: the Set Designer. This role, while...
TheCollector
What Happened When Vesuvius Erupted in 79 CE?
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3 months ago
Maps Mania
How Near do You Live to a Mass Shooting?
a year ago
A Smart Bear
Why startup biz dev deals almost never get done
Startups fail at biz dev because their proposals don't make sense to bigger companies. Here's how to...
2 months ago
Startups fail at biz dev because their proposals don't make sense to bigger companies. Here's how to adjust your approach.
Wanderingspace
URANUS FROM THE JAMES WEBB SPACE TELESCOPE
This is not natural light, nothing is from Webb. The infrared image combines data from two filters...
a year ago
This is not natural light, nothing is from Webb. The infrared image combines data from two filters which are shown in blue and orange,. The planet displays a blue hue in the resulting representative-color image which is similar to the planet’s actual color. But in reality Uranus...
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.
4 months ago
I am looking for feedback on an idea I'm writing an essay about.
Londonist
Best Of Londonist: 25 September-1 October 2023
The best articles from the past week.
a year ago
The best articles from the past week.
nanoscale views
APS March Meeting 2023, Day 4 + wrapup
My last day at the March Meeting was a bit scattershot, but here are a few highlights:
In a...
a year ago
My last day at the March Meeting was a bit scattershot, but here are a few highlights:
In a session about spin transport, the opening invited talk by Jiaming He was a clear discussion of recent experimental results on spin Seebeck effects in the magnetic insulator LuFeO3. The...
PostHog's RSS Feed
How we do customer support at our open source devtool company
Thinner docs, better products The highest priority for support at any company is shortening the...
over a year ago
Thinner docs, better products The highest priority for support at any company is shortening the feedback loop between your customers and your product…
TokyoDev
How to create your own company in Japan
Since coming to Japan, I've incorporated three companies. Although creating a company isn't a walk...
over a year ago
Since coming to Japan, I've incorporated three companies. Although creating a company isn't a walk in the park, I think it is easier than the general perception is. Part of the problem is the lack of English-language information about it. I hope by sharing my experiences I can...
TheCollector
How Jacopo Tintoretto Defined the Renaissance in Venice
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11 months ago
IEEE Spectrum
Smalltalk Blew Steve Jobs’s Mind
Late in 1979, Steve Jobs and other colleagues from Apple visited the Xerox Palo Alto Research Center...
a year ago
Late in 1979, Steve Jobs and other colleagues from Apple visited the Xerox Palo Alto Research Center (PARC). There they were introduced to the experimental Alto computer and the Smalltalk language and computing environment, developed by Alan Kay’s Learning Research Group....
Elad Blog
Startup Markets, Summer 2022 Edition
About a month ago, I wrote a tweet storm on the changing startup financing and employment...
over a year ago
About a month ago, I wrote a tweet storm on the changing startup financing and employment environment. This blog captures aspects of that tweet storm and some of its predictions and extends them further. Like all predictions this is what I view as a highly likely scenario versus...
Patrick Kayongo
Super Apps vs WhatsApp
Over the last little while, there has been this rise in Super Apps, these apps that attempt to be...
over a year ago
Over the last little while, there has been this rise in Super Apps, these apps that attempt to be multi-functional “mobile malls”. In South Africa, Vodacom has released VodaPay where one can “enter” multiple stores to shop their products. Nedbank has Avo where one can also shop...
Koos Looijesteijn -...
CSS background patterns
I love how much we can do with CSS today, without loading a single picture.
over a year ago
I love how much we can do with CSS today, without loading a single picture.
IEEE Spectrum
How Amazon Is Changing the Future of Robotics and Logistics
This is a sponsored article brought to you by Amazon.
“Innovation doesn’t just happen because you...
6 days ago
This is a sponsored article brought to you by Amazon.
“Innovation doesn’t just happen because you have a good idea,” said Valerie Samzun, a leader in Amazon’s Fulfillment Technologies and Robotics (FTR) division. “It happens because you have the right team, the right...
Mazdak
How Long (and Why) You Must Keep Every Business Record 🇨🇦
Every business, from the corner store to the tech giant, needs to keep accurate and reliable...
11 months ago
Every business, from the corner store to the tech giant, needs to keep accurate and reliable records. This isn't just about staying organized; it's about complying with the law, managing your finances, and protecting yourself from audits. But with so many rules and regulations,...
Joel Gascoigne
Treat it as finished
* Tweet [https://twitter.com/share]
*
* Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add]
*
One of the most...
over a year ago
* Tweet [https://twitter.com/share]
*
* Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add]
*
One of the most important differences for me personally in how I’ve run my
current startup compared to the last one I founded has been how I treat the
product at each stage of the process. With...
haseeb qureshi
Launching the Introduction to Cryptocurrency
Today I’m launching Introduction to Cryptocurrency, an online course teaching the basics of...
over a year ago
Today I’m launching Introduction to Cryptocurrency, an online course teaching the basics of programming cryptocurrencies. The first two modules are already released, and the remainder of the course will be coming out over the next few months.
Introduction to Cryptocurrency is a...
The Modern House
Bright Sparks: five light-filled homes for sale
The magic of natural light is not to be underestimated: it can lift our spirits, improve our...
a year ago
The magic of natural light is not to be underestimated: it can lift our spirits, improve our circadian rhythms, inspire us to learn and make our plants happy. But that’s not all: when it comes to our homes, it can transform a space entirely, elevating […]
Open Culture
Face to Face with Carl Jung: ‘Man Cannot Stand a Meaningless Life’ (1959)
Carl Gustav Jung, founder of analytic psychology and explorer of the collective unconscious, was...
5 months ago
Carl Gustav Jung, founder of analytic psychology and explorer of the collective unconscious, was born on July 26, 1875 in the village of Kesswil, in the Thurgau canton of Switzerland. Above, we present a fascinating 39-minute interview of Jung by John Freeman for the BBC program...
Noahpinion
A better way to build a downtown
It's time to learn a Japanese word: "zakkyo".
2 months ago
It's time to learn a Japanese word: "zakkyo".
Stoic Simple
Stoic Quotes on Suffering: The Best Stoicism Sayings & Phrases
Previous Next https://youtu.be/_W0xAHnxe6o Because suffering is an unavoidable part of the human...
a year ago
Previous Next https://youtu.be/_W0xAHnxe6o Because suffering is an unavoidable part of the human experience and worries many of us, we can find many helpful quotes about it from the Stoics. Practicing Stoicism doesn't make us immune to pain, hardships and suffering . . . but it...
Neil Panchal
Chart of Accounts for Startups and SaaS Companies
Accounting is fundamental to starting a business. You need to have a basic understanding of...
a year ago
Accounting is fundamental to starting a business. You need to have a basic understanding of accounting principles and essential bookkeeping. I had to learn it. There was no choice. For filing taxes, your CPA is going to ask you for an Income Statement (also known as P/L...
detreville
The IBM 701
"IBM's first computer"
a year ago
TheCollector
5 Female Heroes of World War II
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9 months ago
Prolost
Red Giant VFX Suite
Today Red Giant has released a brand-new collection of plug-ins for visual effects compositing. It’s...
over a year ago
Today Red Giant has released a brand-new collection of plug-ins for visual effects compositing. It’s called VFX Suite, and some of these tools are things I’ve been dreaming about since computers were beige.
There are nine plug-ins in the suite. You can learn about all of them at...
swyx's site RSS Feed
How to use Web Components with Next.js and TypeScript
In [my livestream today](https://dev.to/swyx/make-your-own-dev-to-cms-livestream-part-4-6em) I had...
over a year ago
In [my livestream today](https://dev.to/swyx/make-your-own-dev-to-cms-livestream-part-4-6em) I had the need to bring in a spinner component to show work in progress in my app. However found that existing React spinners were too heavy. That's when I had the idea to use web...
Common Edge
Kelp Farming May Help Clean New York’s Polluted Waterways and Fight Climate Change
The seaweed found in Newtown Creek, Gowanus Bay, and the East River could suck up carbon and...
a year ago
The seaweed found in Newtown Creek, Gowanus Bay, and the East River could suck up carbon and pollutants, bolstering marine ecosystems.
Anecdotal Evidence
'Commonplace Insights'
The Center for Popular Culture Studies at Bowling
Green State University in Ohio was founded in...
3 months ago
The Center for Popular Culture Studies at Bowling
Green State University in Ohio was founded in 1970, the year I entered BG as a
freshman. Today it’s the only institution in the country to have a Department
of Popular Culture. As an English major I hung around with professors who...
The Marginalian
Kafka’s Creative Block and the Four Psychological Hindrances That Keep the Talented from Manifesting...
The most paradoxical thing about creative work is that it is both a way in and a way out, that it...
2 months ago
The most paradoxical thing about creative work is that it is both a way in and a way out, that it plunges you into the depths of your being and at the same time takes you out of yourself. Writing is the best instrument I have for metabolizing my experience and clarifying my own...
Internal Tech Emails
"Thoughts on OpenAI"
To: Satya Nadella; Bill Gates
7 months ago
To: Satya Nadella; Bill Gates
ToughSF
Piracy in Space is Possible Part I: Dastardly DeltaV and Stealth Steamers
Space Piracy is a common science fiction trope. It has been continuously derided in Hard Science...
over a year ago
Space Piracy is a common science fiction trope. It has been continuously derided in Hard Science Fiction as silly and a holdover of the 'Space is an Ocean' analogy.
But is it really that unrealistic to have space pirates? Let's find out.
What is piracy?
A chinese Junk, by...
Flashbak
Denim: The Fabric That Built America
Denim was G.I. in wartime America. Originally used as heavy industry, utility workwear, these images...
3 weeks ago
Denim was G.I. in wartime America. Originally used as heavy industry, utility workwear, these images mostly from the 1940s, show how the fabric became synonymous with American grit and productivity. The look was born in 18th Century Europe. Bleu de Gênes was the rough fabric...
One Useful Thing
What people ask me most. Also, some answers.
A FAQ of sorts
a year ago
History Today Feed
The French Resistance: Fantasy and Failure
The French Resistance: Fantasy and Failure
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/17/2024 - 06:00
3 months ago
The French Resistance: Fantasy and Failure
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/17/2024 - 06:00
Saturday Morning...
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Same
Click here to go see the bonus panel!
Hovertext:
By 2026, it's just all teleporter comics.
Today's...
a year ago
Click here to go see the bonus panel!
Hovertext:
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bt RSS Feed
Easy Toggle Switches
Easy Toggle Switches
2019-02-18
Sometimes there is a need to use toggle elements in-place of the...
over a year ago
Easy Toggle Switches
2019-02-18
Sometimes there is a need to use toggle elements in-place of the default checkbox inputs. The problem is, I tend to see a lot of developers reaching for plugins or JavaScript components in order to implement these toggles.
This is overkill. You can...
Common Edge
How AI Can Help Us End Design Education Anachronisms
Let’s use the power of technology to actually improve architectural learning.
9 months ago
Let’s use the power of technology to actually improve architectural learning.
Max Rozen
OnlineOrNot Diaries 8
Building a new feature in a couple of weeks.
a year ago
Building a new feature in a couple of weeks.
A Beautiful Site
What can you do with a single <div>?
If I told you to make something using only CSS and a single <div>, would you be able to create...
over a year ago
If I told you to make something using only CSS and a single <div>, would you be able to create something incredible?
That's exactly what Lynn Fisher has been doing with A Single Div. Using only a single HTML element and some CSS, she's created some shockingly complex artwork...
TheCollector
UK Gallery to Recreate “Groundbreaking” 1907 Exhibition
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3 months ago
Seth's Blog
Unfettered
That’s unlikely. You’re rarely going to get the freedom and resources to do your best work...
a year ago
That’s unlikely. You’re rarely going to get the freedom and resources to do your best work unfettered. The hard part (and the opportunity) is to figure out how to get comfortable with fettered. Because fettered is what’s on offer. Boundaries and scarcity aren’t simply...
bunnie's blog
Designing The Light Source for IRIS
This post is part of a longer-running series about giving users a tangible reason to trust their...
9 months ago
This post is part of a longer-running series about giving users a tangible reason to trust their hardware through my IRIS (Infra-Red, in-situ) technique. IRIS allows us to see the insides of certain types of chips, even after they are soldered to a circuit board. This is possible...
Londonist
Best Of Londonist: 16-22 October 2023
The best articles from the past week.
a year ago
The best articles from the past week.
Classical Wisdom
Tolkien and the Classics
Plato, Cicero... Bilbo?
a year ago
Retail Design Blog
union.bistro
The union.bistro project combines functionality, aesthetics, and an atmosphere inspired by culinary...
4 days ago
The union.bistro project combines functionality, aesthetics, and an atmosphere inspired by culinary art. Its design integrates materials, colors, textures, and...
Identity Designed
HiRaw!
Designed by M — N Associates, Ho Chi Minh City.
a year ago
Designed by M — N Associates, Ho Chi Minh City.
Calculated Risk
Friday: No major economic releases scheduled
Note: Mortgage rates are from MortgageNewsDaily.com and are for top tier scenarios.
Friday:
• No...
a week ago
Note: Mortgage rates are from MortgageNewsDaily.com and are for top tier scenarios.
Friday:
• No major economic releases scheduled.
Common Edge
Light, Empathy, and Silence: The Architecture of Marina Tabassum
A Q&A with the celebrated Bangladeshi designer.
6 months ago
A Q&A with the celebrated Bangladeshi designer.
Anecdotal Evidence
'We Were Nothing in Ourselves Nothing More'
“[H]e gave
us some of the best poems of our times. And, after all, one must thank a man
for what he...
a year ago
“[H]e gave
us some of the best poems of our times. And, after all, one must thank a man
for what he has done and not condemn him for his failures.”
A timely,
guilt-inducing reminder. It’s easy to scold a writer for not producing a masterpiece
each time he goes to work. Good...
Tinloof - Blog
Guide to content creation with Sanity
We go through how Sanity can be used as a headless CMS to create and manage content.
over a year ago
We go through how Sanity can be used as a headless CMS to create and manage content.
Notes on software...
HTML event handler attributes: down the rabbit hole
This is an external post of mine. Click
here
if you are not redirected.
over a year ago
This is an external post of mine. Click
here
if you are not redirected.
Copper • A blog...
Reverse engineering the MacBook clamshell mode
You just got a large, Ultrawide monitor for your MacBook. You hook it up and marvel at the amount of...
a year ago
You just got a large, Ultrawide monitor for your MacBook. You hook it up and marvel at the amount of pixels.
You notice you never use the MacBook built-in display anymore, and it nags you to have it in your lower peripheral vision.
Closing the lid is not an option because you...
Atoms vs Bits
New Game: Nomido
With one of my other hats on, I made a new online word puzzle game called Nomido. The goal is to...
a week ago
With one of my other hats on, I made a new online word puzzle game called Nomido. The goal is to construct words out of two-letter tiles. I think it's great fun, and hope you will too – please give it a look!
Nomido
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TheCollector
La Llorona: Latin America’s Vengeful Ghost in Film & Literature
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5 months ago
Passing Time
My Experience Posting Satire to the Internet
The lesson: I should have known better
over a year ago
The lesson: I should have known better
Londonist
29 Things To Do In London On 29 February
Use your extra day of 2024 wisely.
10 months ago
Use your extra day of 2024 wisely.
Anecdotal Evidence
'A Curious Examiner of the Human Mind'
On June, 25,
1763, Boswell and Dr. Johnson dined at the Mitre Tavern on Fleet Street. The
friends...
6 months ago
On June, 25,
1763, Boswell and Dr. Johnson dined at the Mitre Tavern on Fleet Street. The
friends had met for the first time just a month earlier at Thomas Davies’
bookshop on Russell Street. Johnson starts the conversation with a dismissal of
Thomas Gray (1716-71). In the...
Anecdotal Evidence
'Daft in a Socially Useful and Quite Pleasant Way'
A young man
and his friend wish to open a bookstore and I'm reluctant to say anything to
discourage...
6 months ago
A young man
and his friend wish to open a bookstore and I'm reluctant to say anything to
discourage them. Nor do I want to encourage costly foolishness. He’s twenty-one,
my age when I indulged in a similar fantasy half a century ago. With a poet and
his wife – hardly the most...
TheCollector
Discover Philip Johnson’s Famous Glass House
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a year ago
Essays - Benedict...
Rocket ships and tractors
For some companies, revenue is a feature.
over a year ago
For some companies, revenue is a feature.
Stat Significant
What Makes a Movie Hateable? A Statistical Analysis
What makes a movie bad, and what makes a review of a bad movie?
a month ago
What makes a movie bad, and what makes a review of a bad movie?
Uncharted...
Become a World-Class Communicator
I’m running a 2nd cohort of my course: How to Become a World-Class Communicator, starting in two...
2 months ago
I’m running a 2nd cohort of my course: How to Become a World-Class Communicator, starting in two weeks, on November 4th!
The DESK Magazine
How much YOU is in YOUR work?
I started my design career by accident and never enjoyed a classical educational foundation in...
7 months ago
I started my design career by accident and never enjoyed a classical educational foundation in anything I'm doing professionally. As a result, my approach always had a bit more of a "punk" approach.
Acko.net
Sub-pixel Distance Transform
High quality font rendering for WebGPU
This page includes diagrams in WebGPU, which has limited...
a year ago
High quality font rendering for WebGPU
This page includes diagrams in WebGPU, which has limited browser support. For the full experience, use Chrome on Windows or Mac, or a developer build on other platforms.
In this post I will describe Use.GPU's text rendering, which uses...
NeuroLogica Blog
How We Determine What to Believe as True
Psychologists have been studying a very basic cognitive function that appears to be of increasing...
a year ago
Psychologists have been studying a very basic cognitive function that appears to be of increasing importance – how do we choose what to believe as true or false? We live in a world awash in information, and access to essentially the world’s store of knowledge is now a trivial...
Louwrentius
'Tip of the day: Scrolling in GNU screen'
Just the answer:
By default, on Debian, the scroll back buffer is about 1K lines. This can...
over a year ago
Just the answer:
By default, on Debian, the scroll back buffer is about 1K lines. This can be
changed in the .screenrc file in your home directory. The following example
sets the scroll back buffer to 5K lines.
defscrollback 5000
Set the scroll back buffer on the fly with:
First...
Tony Finch's blog
My wireguard IPv6 tunnel
Our net connection at home is not great: amongst its several
misfeatures is a lack of IPv6....
7 months ago
Our net connection at home is not great: amongst its several
misfeatures is a lack of IPv6. Yesterday I (at last!) got around to
setting up a wireguard IPv6 VPN tunnel
between my workstation and my Mythic Beasts virtual private
server.
There were a few, um, learning...
diamond geezer
The University Challenge
The University Challenge
My university adventure started with a car journey to destiny, and a...
a year ago
The University Challenge
My university adventure started with a car journey to destiny, and a selection of my worldly belongings packed into the boot. It had looked like a reasonable number of belongings when piled up in my bedroom, a stack of clothes and books and gadgets I...
Old Structures...
It Is Sorely Missed
Conceptions of leisure activities have changed over the years. The fact that people now sun...
11 months ago
Conceptions of leisure activities have changed over the years. The fact that people now sun themselves lying on towels in Central Park while wearing quite brief bathing suits would seem as weird to people in the 1870s, when the park was new, as the presence of sheep in the Sheep...
Retail Design Blog
Landevenneg by Studio Boam
Landevenneg is a small village in Finistère, Brittany. It is famous for its Benedictine abbey and...
7 months ago
Landevenneg is a small village in Finistère, Brittany. It is famous for its Benedictine abbey and its religious history. Landevenneg...
Business Brainstorms
Squeeze page builders, better Bible App, why you're stuck, 1X vs. 2x Founders, talk to people!
Hey, this is Jakob Greenfeld, author of the Business Brainstorms newsletter - every week I write...
a year ago
Hey, this is Jakob Greenfeld, author of the Business Brainstorms newsletter - every week I write this email to share the most interesting trends, frameworks, opportunities, and ideas with you. Let's dive in! 💡 Opportunities “There is a desperate need for new software devs in the...
The Modern House
Artist Grace Watts on creating a serene gallery-like living space in Bethnal Green
a year ago
TheCollector
Federalism in Ancient Greece: The Forgotten Side of Ancient Greek Politics
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a year ago
SOCKS
90-Degree Axonometric’s by Auguste Merle (Late 19th – Early 20th C.)
Auguste Merle was an Art Brut artist living in France at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries....
8 months ago
Auguste Merle was an Art Brut artist living in France at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries. His works depict imaginary buildings with meticulous detailing, using graphite on notebook paper. The rigorous yet inventive forms are depicted in 90-degree axonometric projections,...
Abort Retry Fail
The History of Commodore, Part 3
Are you keeping up with the Commodore?
a year ago
Are you keeping up with the Commodore?
TheCollector
The Surprising Alliances Between the Britons and the Anglo-Saxons
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3 months ago
Transit Maps
Book Review: “Iconic Transit Maps” by Mark Ovenden, 2024
After 2003’s Metro Maps of the World and 2015’s Transit Maps of the World (our review here), this is...
6 days ago
After 2003’s Metro Maps of the World and 2015’s Transit Maps of the World (our review here), this is Mark Ovenden’s third offering on the subject of global transit maps and diagrams. The question to be asked, then, is simply – is a new book on the same subject worth it? In a...
Evan Jones -...
How much does the read/write buffer size matter for socket throughput?
The read() and write() system calls take a variable-length byte array as an argument. As a...
a year ago
The read() and write() system calls take a variable-length byte array as an argument. As a simplified model, the time for the system call should be some constant "per-call" time, plus time directly proportional to the number of bytes in the array. That is, the time for each call...
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...
TheCollector
The Furies: Goddesses of Vengeance and Retribution
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a week ago
Max Rozen
OnlineOrNot Diaries 1
On marketing, and shipping a CLI
a year ago
On marketing, and shipping a CLI
Rest of World -...
Anxious and online, Chinese youth embrace spirituality apps
Young Chinese people are hiring online tarot readers and feng shui masters to seek cheap therapy.
a year ago
Young Chinese people are hiring online tarot readers and feng shui masters to seek cheap therapy.
Open Culture
How Rome Began: The History As Told by Ancient Historians
Much attention has been paid to the fall of the Roman Empire, by everyone from august historians...
5 months ago
Much attention has been paid to the fall of the Roman Empire, by everyone from august historians like Edward Gibbon to modern-day observers wringing their hands over the fate of the United States of America. But as every Rome enthusiast knows, that long collapse constitutes just...
Maps Mania
Mapping the Political Landscape
2 months ago
Citation Needed
Issue 69 – Nice
Coinbase threatens me that continuing to report on their activities would be “.... unwise”. Also,...
a month ago
Coinbase threatens me that continuing to report on their activities would be “.... unwise”. Also, election spending hits a fever pitch, with several new crypto PACs coming out of the woodwork.
TheCollector
Who Were the First Christian Martyrs of Britain?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Discovery in Spain Could Change View on Ancient Gender Roles
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a year ago
Maps Mania
The World's Most Controversial Interactive Map
10 months ago
Flashbak
The Wild Universe of Fletcher Hanks – The Outsider Comic Book Artist (1939-1941)
Stardust, Fantomah, Big Red McLane and Space Smith. Just some of the superheroes created by American...
9 months ago
Stardust, Fantomah, Big Red McLane and Space Smith. Just some of the superheroes created by American cartoonist Fletcher Hanks (December 1, 1889 – January 22, 1976) in a two-year flurry of creativity in which he wrote, penciled, inked and lettered 51 stories. As Joshua LH Burnett...
Map of the Week
My Favorite New Jersey Drone Map
Here is my favorite “map” showing the drone hysteria over New Jersey. It’s from Instagram...
4 days ago
Here is my favorite “map” showing the drone hysteria over New Jersey. It’s from Instagram user wmh_x_0, aka Oona Harrigan.
It is based on these maps of drone sightings that have been going around the internet.
The “globe” text is there because she is known for designing sad...
Probably...
Small percentiles and missing data
Here’s another installment in Data Q&A: Answering the real questions with Python. Previous...
7 months ago
Here’s another installment in Data Q&A: Answering the real questions with Python. Previous installments are available from the Data Q&A landing page. low_percentile Bootstrapping percentiles¶ Here’s a question from the Reddit statistics forum. I’m trying to figure out how to...
The Honest Broker
When the Olympics Gave Medals to Artists
They did it for 40 years—so why did they stop?
4 months ago
They did it for 40 years—so why did they stop?
TheCollector
The Life of Malcolm X: “You Had Better Make Some Noise”
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a year ago
Londonist
Free And Cheap Things To Do This Week In London: 18-24 December 2023
Things to do for under a fiver.
a year ago
Things to do for under a fiver.
Londonist
Fears Over Redevelopment Of Surbiton Station
Public consultation now open.
a year ago
Public consultation now open.
Old Structures...
Imagine Standing There
Every so often, I mention New York’s industrial past. Compared to a truly industrial city like...
9 months ago
Every so often, I mention New York’s industrial past. Compared to a truly industrial city like Philadelphia or Chicago, it’s small-scale stuff, but compared to the present it’s astonishing. Looking at one of the parts of the city devoted to industry before 1920, it’s hard to...
CONTEMPORIST
A Home That Delivers A Rustic Symphony Of Exposed Wood Beams
FINNE Architects has shared photos of a Pacific Northwest house they designed on Bainbridge Island,...
8 months ago
FINNE Architects has shared photos of a Pacific Northwest house they designed on Bainbridge Island, Washington. A 500-ft driveway winds through the woods up to the house, located in a clearing at the top of a gentle hill. The house was designed to be sustainable from the start,...
Arduino Blog
Circuit Canvas can help you quickly create illustrated wiring diagrams
Good documentation is extremely useful when conceiving, building, or sharing electronic circuit...
5 months ago
Good documentation is extremely useful when conceiving, building, or sharing electronic circuit designs, but traditional schematics and technical drawings are difficult for non-professionals to interpret and create. Makers can benefit from intuitive illustrations that look good...
TheCollector
5 Quotes from Marcus Aurelius’ Meditations Explained
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a year ago
Daniel Miessler
Companies as Alaskan Fishing Boats
What if companies are supposed to be like Alaskan fishing boats? You know, the kind on The Deadliest...
over a year ago
What if companies are supposed to be like Alaskan fishing boats? You know, the kind on The Deadliest Catch. So you have this tiny crew of total badasses. Everyone is a superhero at their particular role because the crew needs to stay extremely small to protect profits. The...
TheCollector
How the Nazis Looted Art in the Netherlands: Dienststelle Mühlmann
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7 months ago
Atoms vs Bits
Regrets List / Things I Did Good List
Noticing the patterns of your personal life-lessons
a year ago
Noticing the patterns of your personal life-lessons
Wuthering...
Books I read in October 2024 - the old, care-free days of Wuthering Heights
I should do one of these “what I read” bits before October becomes
too distant.
I should also...
a month ago
I should do one of these “what I read” bits before October becomes
too distant.
I should also mention my health. A little over a year ago a surgeon of genius
removed a cancerous tumor from my liver, taking much of my liver along with
it. My recovery went well, and my liver
grew...
TheCollector
10 Architectural Landmarks You Must See in Valencia
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4 months ago
NeuroLogica Blog
The Next Step in Space Travel
The European Space Agency (ESA) has announced they are developing their own commercial space...
a year ago
The European Space Agency (ESA) has announced they are developing their own commercial space capsule. This will be used initially for cargo, but then eventually for crew as well. They anticipate a maiden voyage in 2028. I think this is a positive development. It seems we are...
There are two types...
Why GoDaddy’s Microsoft Exchange Email for Mac Users S*cks
After three years of unreliable, expensive email service from GoDaddy and Microsoft, I’ve...
over a year ago
After three years of unreliable, expensive email service from GoDaddy and Microsoft, I’ve reluctantly concluded that I have to find a new service for my domain name email. For reasons I won’t go into here, that’s a problem. GoDaddy is … Continue reading →
The post Why GoDaddy’s...
TheCollector
Who is Adrian Piper? The Most Important Conceptual Artist of Our Time
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5 months ago
Tony Finch's blog
Where does my computer get the time from?
This week I was in Rotterdam for a RIPE meeting.
On Friday morning I gave a lightning talk called...
a year ago
This week I was in Rotterdam for a RIPE meeting.
On Friday morning I gave a lightning talk called where does my
computer get the time from?
The RIPE meeting website has a copy of my slides and a video of the
talk; this is a blogified low-res version of the slides with a rough
and...
alexwlchan
Plates and states
I was recently visiting Vermont for a work trip – my first time in the USA since I was a child.
I...
4 months ago
I was recently visiting Vermont for a work trip – my first time in the USA since I was a child.
I was drawn to the license plates on passing cars, and how they look different to the cars I’m used to.
Whenever I visit new places, I enjoy looking for the tiny bits of infrastructure...
Adventures In...
Reimagining a classic Cheysson thematic map
There is no one right way to make a map. Especially data-heavy thematic maps. In that spirit my...
a year ago
There is no one right way to make a map. Especially data-heavy thematic maps. In that spirit my friend and colleague Ken Field recently challenged Sarah Bell and I to each re-imagine a few wonderful classic maps. This is a tall order, but I found some comfort and encouragement...
Making software...
Hosting with Codeberg Pages
Hosting with Codeberg Pages
2022-07-29
I recently switched the pblog project repo over from...
over a year ago
Hosting with Codeberg Pages
2022-07-29
I recently switched the pblog project repo over from Sourcehut to Codeberg (mostly for UX reasons) and it got me looking into Codeberg Pages. It seemed like a cleaner approach to host my personal blog on the same platform I planned to also...
The American Scholar
Rage, Muse
The novels that revisit Greek myths, giving voice to the women who were scorned, wronged, or...
4 months ago
The novels that revisit Greek myths, giving voice to the women who were scorned, wronged, or forgotten
The post Rage, Muse appeared first on The American Scholar.
TheCollector
What Were the Main Achievements of the New Deal?
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4 months ago
Strange Loop Canon
State of the Canon
Onwards
11 months ago
Math Is Still...
Mollusk Eyes Reveal How Future Evolution Depends on the Past
The visual systems of an obscure group of mollusks provide a rare natural example of path-dependent...
9 months ago
The visual systems of an obscure group of mollusks provide a rare natural example of path-dependent evolution, in which a critical fork in the creatures’ past determined their evolutionary futures.
The post Mollusk Eyes Reveal How Future Evolution Depends on the Past...
Arduino Blog
How to customize your Arduino Cloud IoT dashboards on the go
The Arduino Cloud has long been a trusted platform for makers, engineers, and developers to manage...
a month ago
The Arduino Cloud has long been a trusted platform for makers, engineers, and developers to manage their IoT projects with ease. From tracking sensor data to automating smart devices, the cloud enables seamless connectivity. Complementing this, the Arduino IoT Remote mobile app...
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