The Marginalian
After Love: Maxine Kumin’s Stunning Poem About Eros as a Portal to Unselfing
It is one of the hardest things in life — discerning where we end and the rest of the world begins,...
a year ago
It is one of the hardest things in life — discerning where we end and the rest of the world begins, negotiating the permeable boundary between self and other, all the while longing for its dissolution, longing to be set free from the prison of ourselves. That is why we cherish...
Computer Ads from...
American Heart Association
A PSA and an Ad
a month ago
Map of the Week
30 Day Map Challenge 2023 Days 3 9
Here’s what I’ve been working on for the past week’s 30 Day Map Challenges with the prompts...
a year ago
Here’s what I’ve been working on for the past week’s 30 Day Map Challenges with the prompts listed.
Day 3 - Polygons
This is not exactly a hand made map, more having fun with cutting boards. My wife gave me the Pennsylvania board a few years ago and I used it in the 2021...
Flashbak
Joris Hoefnagel: The Emperor’s Best Artist Who Drew Insects That Told of Love And Death
Illustrations from the Mira calligraphiae monumenta (The Model Book of Calligraphy) were created by...
2 months ago
Illustrations from the Mira calligraphiae monumenta (The Model Book of Calligraphy) were created by Croatian scribe Georg Bocskay (died 1575) and Flemish artist Joris Hoefnagel (1542–1601). There is no evidence the two artists ever met, but their collaboration was decades in the...
The Honest Broker
How I Stopped Hating Steely Dan
I thought I was immune, but still became a Dan stan—this is my story
a year ago
I thought I was immune, but still became a Dan stan—this is my story
somethingaboutmaps
On the Practice of Wobbling
We live in an era in which maps (and plenty of other graphics) are made with digital tools....
a year ago
We live in an era in which maps (and plenty of other graphics) are made with digital tools. Workflows vary, but the end result is that a lot of us base our cartography entirely on clean vector shapes and neat raster grids. For example, I talked earlier this year about a map I...
Ken Shirriff's blog
Talking to memory: Inside the Intel 8088 processor's bus interface state machine
In 1979, Intel introduced the 8088 microprocessor, a variant of the 16-bit 8086 processor.
IBM's...
7 months ago
In 1979, Intel introduced the 8088 microprocessor, a variant of the 16-bit 8086 processor.
IBM's decision to use the 8088 processor in the IBM PC (1981) was a critical point in computer history,
leading to the success of the x86 architecture.
The designers of the IBM PC selected...
Wanderingspace
Ganymede Sets Behind Jupiter as Seen by Hubble
An image taken by the Hubble Space Telescope reminds us of how powerful this aging scope really is....
over a year ago
An image taken by the Hubble Space Telescope reminds us of how powerful this aging scope really is. Magnitudes sharper than the images originally sent by Pioneer as it passed by in the 1970s.
ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ Herman's...
Plain text journaling
The new/old way of keeping a digital journal
6 months ago
The new/old way of keeping a digital journal
Old Structures...
One Event, Two Views
On July 9, 1776, a bunch of New Yorkers – who maybe or maybe were not part of an organized group...
a year ago
On July 9, 1776, a bunch of New Yorkers – who maybe or maybe were not part of an organized group called the Sons of Freedom – celebrated the publication of the Declaration of Independence by pulling down a six-year-old equestrian statue of King George III at Bowling Green and...
Christopher Butler
The Internet Isn't for Humans Anymore
Bots use the internet more than we do; use shapes design.
As of last year, half of the...
6 months ago
Bots use the internet more than we do; use shapes design.
As of last year, half of the internet’s traffic came from bots. This is a headline that has been repeated many times because it sounds important, but without much in the way of helpful context, it doesn’t carry much...
swyx's site RSS Feed
Talk Notes: Third Age of JavaScript - Three Years In
Slides and show notes for my updated Talk at Reactathon
over a year ago
Slides and show notes for my updated Talk at Reactathon
ntietz.com blog
Are any of your features the steak on the menu?
At my first job, we were a distributed team and would get together often.
When we went out to eat,...
11 months ago
At my first job, we were a distributed team and would get together often.
When we went out to eat, one of my coworkers would always order the steak if it was anywhere on the menu.
Every single time we went to some Ohio restaurant that had truly lackluster steak, he'd order it...
Strange Loop Canon
The age of access
the great polarisation theory, and the death of professions
a year ago
the great polarisation theory, and the death of professions
Trying to Understand...
This Changes Everything!
Well, it depends what you're trying to do.
10 months ago
Well, it depends what you're trying to do.
Krzysztof Kowalczyk...
The things we do to ship desktop software
I wrote a small utility for Windows. It indexes a hard-drive and allows to find a file by name in...
over a year ago
I wrote a small utility for Windows. It indexes a hard-drive and allows to find a file by name in under a second.
It might surprise you that I spent more time on things that are not related to core functionality. Let’s call it a tax of shipping desktop software.
Here are some of...
Jim Nielsen’s Blog
There’s Something You Need to Know About Web Design and Development
You’re doing great at it.
(❤️ from Bluey: Baby Race)
Email, Twitter,
Mastodon
a year ago
You’re doing great at it.
(❤️ from Bluey: Baby Race)
Email, Twitter,
Mastodon
TheCollector
‘Ain Ghazal: One of the Oldest Places in Human Civilization
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a year ago
Open Culture
Behold the Kräuterbuch, a Lavishly Illustrated Guide to Plants and Herbs from 1462
When Konrad von Megenberg published his Buch der Natur in the mid-fourteenth century, he won the...
4 months ago
When Konrad von Megenberg published his Buch der Natur in the mid-fourteenth century, he won the distinction of having assembled the very first natural history in German. More than half a millennium later, the book still fascinates — not least for its depictions of cats,...
RhysTranter.com
A New Role at St David’s Catholic College, Cardiff
I have just started a new role as a pastoral tutor at St David's Catholic College in Cardiff. Over...
over a year ago
I have just started a new role as a pastoral tutor at St David's Catholic College in Cardiff. Over the last two years I have been looking for a secure full-time job that would allow me to draw on my teaching skills and experience, while also offering an opportunity to serve my...
The Modern House
From the Ground Up: six plots now for sale
We’ve all harboured a fantasy of a DIY project – and the hard-earned sense of achievement that comes...
a year ago
We’ve all harboured a fantasy of a DIY project – and the hard-earned sense of achievement that comes with self-building. After all, what could be more rewarding than a home constructed by you, entirely for you? Well, it’s time to stop dreaming and start doing, […]
Jason Crawford
Precognition
It’s almost impossible to predict the future. But it’s also unnecessary, because most people are...
over a year ago
It’s almost impossible to predict the future. But it’s also unnecessary, because most people are living in the past. All you have to do is see the present before everyone else does.
To be less pithy, but more clear: Most people are slow to notice and accept change. If you can...
abdz.do - Have you...
Pixel Art Delight: art direction and illustrations for Foxbat Five
Pixel Art Delight: art direction and illustrations for Foxbat Five
...
a year ago
Pixel Art Delight: art direction and illustrations for Foxbat Five
abduzeedo0509—23
Renowned artist Margarita Solianova has embarked on a creative journey, shaping the visual identity of the indie arcade game, Foxbat Five. Solianova's...
Saturday Morning...
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Immortal
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a year ago
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The Modern House
Inside gallerist Peter Ibsen’s 1950s summer house in Rørvig, rural Denmark
a year ago
Saturday Morning...
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Sim
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'It's okay,' God assured him. 'I was automated...
8 months ago
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'It's okay,' God assured him. 'I was automated years ago too.'
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Hey Austin, come see me at UT. 1:30pm April 5 2024 RLP 1.302E. I'll be talking space!
A Beautiful Site
A clean fade-in effect for webpages
Here's a nice way to fade your pages in using CSS and a bit of JavaScript. The solution is clean and...
over a year ago
Here's a nice way to fade your pages in using CSS and a bit of JavaScript. The solution is clean and smooth, with no flickering on load. If JavaScript is disabled, the page will still load but the fade effect will not occur.
How it works #
This trick works by adding the fade-out...
David Perell
What Networks Whisper
Every city changes you. San Francisco tells you to be powerful, LA tells you to be famous, Boston...
over a year ago
Every city changes you. San Francisco tells you to be powerful, LA tells you to be famous, Boston tells you to be smarter, and New York tells you to be richer. In the words of Paul Graham, “every city whispers something.” So when you choose to live in a city, you’re also...
TheCollector
8 Outstanding Women in the History of Philosophy
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a week ago
bt RSS Feed
Open Source Typeface Pairings
Open Source Typeface Pairings
2018-01-25
I always love finding new typeface pairings to use across...
over a year ago
Open Source Typeface Pairings
2018-01-25
I always love finding new typeface pairings to use across my personal and client projects, but I find many suggested pairings come with a hefty price tag (rightly so - premium typefaces are normally always worth their cost).
So, I’ve...
Archinect - Features
What Europe Can (and Can’t) Tell the US About Architectural Licensure
In the third part of Archinect In-Depth: Licensure, we reflect on what the United States can learn...
6 months ago
In the third part of Archinect In-Depth: Licensure, we reflect on what the United States can learn from the architecture licensure models of other nations. While doing so, we speak with Peggy Deamer, Professor Emerita of Yale University's School of Architecture, whose book...
Maggie Appleton
How to Draw Invisible Programming Concepts: Part I
over a year ago
NeuroLogica Blog
Marmosets Call Each Other By Name
Humans identify and call each other by specific names. So far this advanced cognitive behavior has...
3 months ago
Humans identify and call each other by specific names. So far this advanced cognitive behavior has only been identified in a few other species, dolphins, elephants, and some parrots. Interestingly, it has never been documented in our closest relatives, non-human primates – that...
Engineer’s Codex
The Boolean Trap
Use enums instead
3 months ago
CONTEMPORIST
Before & After – Remodeled Kitchen And Bathrooms For A Mid-Century Modern Home
M Monroe Design has sent us photos of a contemporary remodel they recently completed for a...
a year ago
M Monroe Design has sent us photos of a contemporary remodel they recently completed for a mid-century modern home in Newport Beach, California, that includes a new kitchen as well as the main bathroom and a kids’ bathroom. Before – The KitchenThe original kitchen had a tiled...
Retail Design Blog
Pergas Cafe by SAD Office & AMA Studio
Pergas Cafe is located in the busy Armenian neighborhood of Jolfa, Isfahan, and the location of the...
7 months ago
Pergas Cafe is located in the busy Armenian neighborhood of Jolfa, Isfahan, and the location of the property has its...
Old Structures...
More Bragging But Usefully So
In two weeks, I’ll be giving a talk in Philadelphia for the Delaware Valley Association of...
3 weeks ago
In two weeks, I’ll be giving a talk in Philadelphia for the Delaware Valley Association of Structural Engineers, which is the eastern-Pennsylvania chapter of the Structural Engineers Association of Pennsylvania. The topic is “Engineers’ Guidelines for Historic Buildings” and I’m...
diamond geezer
BBC Breaking News alerts
Like millions of Britons I have the BBC News app on my phone, and like millions of Britons I get...
3 months ago
Like millions of Britons I have the BBC News app on my phone, and like millions of Britons I get Breaking News alerts flashed to me on my screen when something happens. But all too often I find myself thinking "That's not breaking news", or even "that's not news", as another...
Londonist
Best Of Londonist: 23-29 October 2023
The best articles from the past week.
a year ago
The best articles from the past week.
detreville
This is "detreville"
It's my name, and the name of my Substack too. That's one less thing for everyone to remember.
a year ago
It's my name, and the name of my Substack too. That's one less thing for everyone to remember.
Joel Gascoigne
11 cities in 3 months: The highs and lows of digital nomad lifestyle
In December, my friend and co-worker Brian [https://twitter.com/brian_lovin]
casually mentioned to...
over a year ago
In December, my friend and co-worker Brian [https://twitter.com/brian_lovin]
casually mentioned to me that he would love to go traveling and explore Asia. I
love Asia. I lived in Japan as a kid for 3.5 years, and I lived in Hong Kong for
6 months in
The Berkeley...
Interactive Fleet Learning
Figure 1: “Interactive Fleet Learning” (IFL) refers to robot fleets in industry and academia that...
a year ago
Figure 1: “Interactive Fleet Learning” (IFL) refers to robot fleets in industry and academia that fall back on human teleoperators when necessary and continually learn from them over time.
In the last few years we have seen an exciting development in robotics and artificial...
Londonist
London's Christmas Lights 2023: Where, When And How To See Them This Year
A complete guide to London's glittering festive displays.
a year ago
A complete guide to London's glittering festive displays.
Artificial Ignorance
AI Roundup 038: Preparedness
October 27, 2023.
a year ago
Blog posts of...
How I think about Code Management
You might have the worst codebase in the world. It was written by people who had no standards or...
over a year ago
You might have the worst codebase in the world. It was written by people who had no standards or didn’t care about code quality. H...
Common Edge
‘Even If a Project Fails, the Ideas Behind It Don’t Disappear’
A talk with Sam Lubell and Greg Goldin, authors of Atlas of Never Built Architecture.
6 months ago
A talk with Sam Lubell and Greg Goldin, authors of Atlas of Never Built Architecture.
Noahpinion
How Pakistan can join the South Asia growth boom
A guest post by Murtaza Hussain
a year ago
A guest post by Murtaza Hussain
AFAR Media - Travel...
Park City, Utah's Top Winter Activities for Families
2 weeks ago
Retail Design Blog
beanroom shop by Waterfrom Design
beanroom is a scenario-based, artisanal custom coffee bean shop founded by a passionate team...
3 months ago
beanroom is a scenario-based, artisanal custom coffee bean shop founded by a passionate team dedicated to coffee. They aim to...
Ian's Blog
Pragmatically Generating a Self-Signed Certificate and Private Key using OpenSSL
Recently I found myself needing to generate a HTTPS Server Certificate and Private Key for an iOS...
over a year ago
Recently I found myself needing to generate a HTTPS Server Certificate and Private Key for an iOS app using OpenSSL, what surprised me was the total lack of documentation for OpenSSL.
While there is plenty of function documentation, what OpenSSL really lacks is examples of how it...
Left To Write
Getting Everything You Ever Wanted
The two tragedies in life
a year ago
The two tragedies in life
Spoon & Tamago
Demographics Professor Warns that by 2531, Everyone in Japan Will be Named Sato
image courtesy Mainichi Shimbun Despite today’s date, this is not an April Fool’s prank. At a press...
8 months ago
image courtesy Mainichi Shimbun Despite today’s date, this is not an April Fool’s prank. At a press conference in Tokyo last weekend, professor Hiroshi Yoshida from the Tohoku University Research Center for Aged Economy and Society, sounded the alarm bell for a looming crisis. By...
Spoon & Tamago
An Exhibition of Plushie, Small Disappointments
An onigiri smushed at the bottom of your bag. Water splashing off a spoon. Burnt toast. Life is full...
2 months ago
An onigiri smushed at the bottom of your bag. Water splashing off a spoon. Burnt toast. Life is full of small disappointments. But helping us see the humor in it all is Makosun, a Japanese maker of weird plushies—their words, not ours—who renders all these small disappointments...
Rest of World -...
What comes after big data?
A new push to carve data collection out of the humanitarian tech stack.
10 months ago
A new push to carve data collection out of the humanitarian tech stack.
Retail Design Blog
24 Festival calendar box by TOP BLUE PACKAGING
a month ago
Stephen Diehl
The Oncoming Ransomware Storm
over a year ago
diamond geezer
Exiting Noak Hill
I said I wasn't going to make a habit of this, and I'm not, but I've ticked off two more.
The...
8 months ago
I said I wasn't going to make a habit of this, and I'm not, but I've ticked off two more.
The black ticks are all the crossings I've crossed and the latest two are the pair just northeast of Noak Hill. I walked out of one and back in via the other. In the middle were...
Londonist
12 (Fairly) Festive Things To Do Near London: December 2023
Charming events within easy reach of London.
a year ago
Charming events within easy reach of London.
Old Structures...
Skyscraperiness
As I’ve said many times, in many venues, there really isn’t an objective description of...
8 months ago
As I’ve said many times, in many venues, there really isn’t an objective description of “skyscraper.” That said, nearly everyone’s subjective definition contains a version of the idea that a skyscraper is tall for its context. Here’s an Irving Underhill photo centered on the...
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Bringing AWS to App Developers
Where Amplify fits in AWS' trajectory, and why I am joining
over a year ago
Where Amplify fits in AWS' trajectory, and why I am joining
Identity Designed
Apex
Designed by Gold Front, San Francisco.
7 months ago
Designed by Gold Front, San Francisco.
Kagi Blog
Kagi search and Orion browser enter public beta
*Web tracking and ads are becoming a personal and societal problem.
over a year ago
*Web tracking and ads are becoming a personal and societal problem.
Seth's Blog
A bowl of rice
It’s expensive. Hundreds of people were involved in getting you that simple bowl of rice. It...
5 months ago
It’s expensive. Hundreds of people were involved in getting you that simple bowl of rice. It involved countless gallons of water, hours of labor, gallons of fuel. A complex supply chain that ensured you got what you needed, in perfect condition, just as you were ready for it. And...
Diaries of Note
Chaos ashore
On 6th June 1944, approximately 150,000 Allied soldiers stormed the beaches of Normandy in an effort...
a year ago
On 6th June 1944, approximately 150,000 Allied soldiers stormed the beaches of Normandy in an effort to reclaim France from Nazi control. One of those brave souls, attached to the Sherwood Rangers tank regiment, was Reverend Leslie Skinner, a remarkable, compassionate man who was...
TheCollector
What Is the Philosophy Behind Zen Gardens?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Ancient Anxiety
10 months ago
TheCollector
How Have Druids Influenced Wales Throughout History?
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2 months ago
CONTEMPORIST
A Dark Wood Exterior Complements The Forest Surrounding This Modern Home
Design and build company Alloy Homes Incorporated, has sent us photos of a new home they completed...
4 months ago
Design and build company Alloy Homes Incorporated, has sent us photos of a new home they completed in Calgary, Alberta, that was artfully designed around its relationship with the mature urban forest across the street Stepping inside, we see a minimalist foyer with a bench and...
Common Edge
Does Spirituality Have a Role in Educating Architects?
What might appear to some as an “off-limits” realm might actually be at its heart.
a year ago
What might appear to some as an “off-limits” realm might actually be at its heart.
NeuroLogica Blog
How Much Do Couples Share Traits?
Do birds of a feather flock together, or do opposites attract? These are both common aphorisms,...
a year ago
Do birds of a feather flock together, or do opposites attract? These are both common aphorisms, which means that they are commonly offered as generally accepted truths, but also that they may by wrong. People like pithy phrases, so they spread prolifically, but that does not mean...
TheCollector
Who Was Josiah Wedgwood? Potter, Innovator, Entrepreneurial Genius
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Liz Denys
Cocoa brownies
Cocoa brownies are pretty magical, i.e. particularly good at staying soft and gooey, and Alice...
over a year ago
Cocoa brownies are pretty magical, i.e. particularly good at staying soft and gooey, and Alice Medrich's ingredient list is nearly flawless. (Okay, okay, I can never truly stick to a recipe as written. Here, I prefer a little more vanilla extract and like to put a pinch of flaky...
TokyoDev
個人のブログから利益を生むビジネスへ：TokyoDevのストーリー
This article is also available [in...
a year ago
This article is also available [in...
ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ Herman's...
How I learn (making games for the Playdate)
I (finally) received my Playdate, after about a year and a half of waiting. To be honest, I'd kinda...
11 months ago
I (finally) received my Playdate, after about a year and a half of waiting. To be honest, I'd kinda forgotten that I'd ordered it and was pleasantly surprised when it showed up.
For those who don't know, the Playdate is a niche handheld gaming console, similar to a Gameboy. It...
Josh Comeau's blog
Building a Magical 3D Button
Every action we take on the web starts with a button click, and yet most buttons are ho-hum and...
over a year ago
Every action we take on the web starts with a button click, and yet most buttons are ho-hum and uninspired. In this tutorial, we'll build an animated 3D button with HTML and CSS that sparks joy.
swyx's site RSS Feed
Swyx's Simple Guide to Singapore
A personal guide to Singapore for foreign friends visiting.
a year ago
A personal guide to Singapore for foreign friends visiting.
African History...
on the Nubian priests of Rome and the Moors of Spain
When the 12th-century West African scholar Ibrahim al-Kanemi moved to the city of Seville in Spain...
7 hours ago
When the 12th-century West African scholar Ibrahim al-Kanemi moved to the city of Seville in Spain and became one of the most celebrated Andalusian poets, he wasn't the first from his region to visit the Moorish kingdom.
Tony Finch's blog
semaphoreslo in Golang and GNU make
Semaphores are one of the oldest concurrency primitives in
computing, invented over 60 years ago....
5 months ago
Semaphores are one of the oldest concurrency primitives in
computing, invented over 60 years ago. They are weird: usually the
only numbers of concurrent processes we care about are zero, one, or
many – but semaphores deal with those fussy finite numbers in
between.
Yesterday I...
Good Enough
Our Favorite Video Games Right Now
While everyone at Good Enough is their own kind of nerd, thank you very much, as builders of the web...
a year ago
While everyone at Good Enough is their own kind of nerd, thank you very much, as builders of the web you probably expect that we also play video games. And we do! Well, collectively we do, but not to an unhealthy degree. Usually.
I asked the team to share with me what their...
The Marginalian
How to Grow Re-enchanted with the World: A Salve for the Sense of Existential Meaninglessness and...
A shimmering reminder that "the magic is of our own conjuring."
a year ago
A shimmering reminder that "the magic is of our own conjuring."
Classical Wisdom
Should We Try to Control Nature?
Thoughts from the edge of a hurricane
4 months ago
Thoughts from the edge of a hurricane
Dustin Curtis
One of the dumbest things I've ever published
While I was reading through some of my older essays the other day, I came across a piece called...
over a year ago
While I was reading through some of my older essays the other day, I came across a piece called Privacy vs. User Experience, published in 2014. In the article, I argued that Apple’s then-nascent philosophical stance on the supremacy of user privacy was going to slow down its...
Steve Blank
Hacking for Defense @ Stanford 2024 – Lessons Learned Presentations
We just finished our 9th annual Hacking for Defense class at Stanford. What a year. Hacking for...
6 months ago
We just finished our 9th annual Hacking for Defense class at Stanford. What a year. Hacking for Defense, now in 60 universities, has teams of students working to understand and help solve national security problems. At Stanford this quarter the 8 teams of 40 students collectively...
TheCollector
The Role of Money in US Elections: Can We Achieve Fair Campaign Finance?
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Blog - Mac Pierce
p5.js on Squarespace - The Basics
A quick guide on how to get p5.js guides working on Squarespace.
over a year ago
A quick guide on how to get p5.js guides working on Squarespace.
The Marginalian
The Experience Machine: Cognitive Philosopher Andy Clark on the Power of Expectation and How the...
"We are never simply seeing what’s 'really there,' stripped bare of our own anticipations or...
a year ago
"We are never simply seeing what’s 'really there,' stripped bare of our own anticipations or insulated from our own past experiences. Instead, all human experience is part phantom — the product of deep-set predictions."
TheCollector
The Story of Atlas and His Eternal Burden: The God Who Holds the World
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6 days ago
Passing Time
Bits from Boulder
Three true stories from the People's Republic
4 months ago
Three true stories from the People's Republic
ntietz.com blog
Writing a basic code formatter
I've been working on my programming language for a couple of months now, in fits and starts1.
In the...
a year ago
I've been working on my programming language for a couple of months now, in fits and starts1.
In the original post, I laid out my plan for it, and after creating the parser the next step was writing a formatter.
I thought this would be a nice intermediate step after writing the...
The Changelog
Using Yggdrasil As an Automatic Mesh Fabric to Connect All Your Docker Containers, VMs, and Servers
Update 2023-04: The version of this page on my public website has some important updates, including...
a year ago
Update 2023-04: The version of this page on my public website has some important updates, including how to use broadcast detection in Docker, Yggdrasil zero-config for ephemeral containers, and more. See it for the most current information. Sometimes you might want to run Docker...
NeuroLogica Blog
AI Designed Drugs
On a recent SGU live streaming discussion someone in the chat asked – aren’t frivolous AI...
8 months ago
On a recent SGU live streaming discussion someone in the chat asked – aren’t frivolous AI applications just toys without any useful output? The question was meant to downplay recent advances in generative AI. I pointed out that the question is a bit circular – aren’t frivolous...
Coffee with an...
Design explained with pie charts
Design is hard. If only the process could be explained using simple pie charts. Unfortunately, this...
9 months ago
Design is hard. If only the process could be explained using simple pie charts. Unfortunately, this isn’t that: More Design in charts – HERE, and HERE and HERE
TokyoDev
On the Value of Software
One of the biggest challenges in moving from a software developer to entrepreneur has been changing...
over a year ago
One of the biggest challenges in moving from a software developer to entrepreneur has been changing my perception of the value of software. As a developer, the underlying assumption was the more functionality software had, the more valuable it was. This proposition was...
Willem's Blog
Harvesting boredom to let creativity flourish
What does it mean for my state of mind and creativity if I am no longer be constantly connected to...
over a year ago
What does it mean for my state of mind and creativity if I am no longer be constantly connected to the Internet using a smartphone.
The Honest Broker
How I Write
I tell everything in an in-depth video interview
6 months ago
I tell everything in an in-depth video interview
Saturday Morning...
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Cult
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10 months ago
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Why seed investors don’t like convertible notes
A popular option in seed round financing is a convertible note instead of setting a valuation in an...
over a year ago
A popular option in seed round financing is a convertible note instead of setting a valuation in an equity financing. A convertible note is…
Irrational...
Notes on Technology Strategy Patterns
Technology Strategy Patterns by Eben Hewitt is a methods-based approach to engineering strategy,...
a year ago
Technology Strategy Patterns by Eben Hewitt is a methods-based approach to engineering strategy, with a particular focus on the methods wielded by McKinsey consultants, software engineering mainstays like Thoughtworks, and philosophy. A valuable read for anyone looking to build...
Londonist
This Oxford Circus Building Is The Mini Me Of An Iconic Manhattan Skyscraper
Palladium House is a tribute to the American Radiator Building.
10 months ago
Palladium House is a tribute to the American Radiator Building.
Open Culture
13 Experimental Animations of Osamu Tezuka, “the Godfather of Manga” (1964–1987)
If you enjoy modern Japanese animation, you can no doubt name several masterpieces of the form off...
3 months ago
If you enjoy modern Japanese animation, you can no doubt name several masterpieces of the form off the top of your head, whether acclaimed series like Neon Genesis Evangelion and Cowboy Bebop to the work of cinema auteurs like Satoshi Kon and Hayao Miyazaki. What may cross your...
Old Structures...
One Pitfall Avoided
I’m not entirely sure what this proposed law would mean in practice: existing data at the Department...
5 months ago
I’m not entirely sure what this proposed law would mean in practice: existing data at the Department of Buildings will be examined to identify which buildings are considered to be high risk, and the usual DoB actions – violations, etc. – will start from there. It all depends on...
Vitalik Buterin's...
Blockchain voting is overrated among uninformed people but underrated among informed people
over a year ago
The Changelog
More Topics on Store-And-Forward (Possibly Airgapped) ZFS and Non-ZFS Backups with NNCP
Note: this is another article in my series on asynchronous communication in Linux with UUCP and...
over a year ago
Note: this is another article in my series on asynchronous communication in Linux with UUCP and NNCP. In my previous post, I introduced a way to use ZFS backups over NNCP. In this post, I’ll expand on that and also explore non-ZFS backups. Use of nncp-file instead of nncp-exec...
Adventures In...
Vintage Retro Old-School 1890s Basemap for ArcGIS Pro
Here’s how to stack up some tile layers and blend them up to concoct a basemap that wouldn’t look...
4 months ago
Here’s how to stack up some tile layers and blend them up to concoct a basemap that wouldn’t look out of place in 1890. Except that you wouldn’t have anywhere to plug in your monitor so it would be hard to show it to people back then. Ok bring a small generator. Wait, all these …
Math Is Still...
All Life on Earth Today Descended From a Single Cell. Meet LUCA.
The clearest picture yet of our “last universal common ancestor” suggests it was a relatively...
a month ago
The clearest picture yet of our “last universal common ancestor” suggests it was a relatively complex organism living 4.2 billion years ago, a time long considered too harsh for life to flourish.
The post All Life on Earth Today Descended From a Single Cell. Meet...
diamond geezer
Hayling Island
Seaside postcard: Hayling Island
Hayling Island lies just off the south coast near the mouth of the...
4 months ago
Seaside postcard: Hayling Island
Hayling Island lies just off the south coast near the mouth of the Solent, just east of Portsmouth. It's England's 7th largest offshore island and 5th most populous, some way behind Wight and Portsea respectively, both of which are nextdoor. It...
The American Scholar
Nights at the Opera
Long before he wrote his masterly novels, Stendhal was transformed by the power of music
The post...
4 months ago
Long before he wrote his masterly novels, Stendhal was transformed by the power of music
The post Nights at the Opera appeared first on The American Scholar.
Rest of World -...
The CEO trying to democratize cybersecurity
Felix Kan on building a bug-hunting platform to enhance cybersecurity for small companies.
10 months ago
Felix Kan on building a bug-hunting platform to enhance cybersecurity for small companies.
Nat Eliason's...
Harry Potter and the Secret to Learning
We've Been Doing it Wrong
6 months ago
We've Been Doing it Wrong
Hixie's Natural Log
Meeting philosophy
Decline meetings aggressively. Always try to resolve issues by e-mail or chat first if...
a year ago
Decline meetings aggressively. Always try to resolve issues by e-mail or chat first if possible.
Decline any meeting without an explicit agenda (I make exceptions for my immediate manager).
Decline any meeting where the agenda doesn't seem relevant to your work. Decline any...
Blog - Mac Pierce
Understanding the work - Thoughts on one day with three art events.
A few thoughts on a few art events that happened around Boston Feb. 22nd.
over a year ago
A few thoughts on a few art events that happened around Boston Feb. 22nd.
The American Scholar
Verde
Learning a foreign language isn’t just about improving cognitive function—it can teach us to sense...
2 weeks ago
Learning a foreign language isn’t just about improving cognitive function—it can teach us to sense the world anew
The post Verde appeared first on The American Scholar.
Julia Evans
Why pipes sometimes get "stuck": buffering
Here’s a niche terminal problem that has bothered me for years but that I never
really understood...
3 weeks ago
Here’s a niche terminal problem that has bothered me for years but that I never
really understood until a few weeks ago. Let’s say you’re running this command
to watch for some specific output in a log file:
tail -f /some/log/file | grep thing1 | grep thing2
If log lines are...
The Pragmatic...
Mentoring software engineers or engineering leaders
Great mentors are useful for professional growth, and have benefitted both informal and formal...
a year ago
Great mentors are useful for professional growth, and have benefitted both informal and formal mentorship from experienced engineers and managers. A collection of free and paid resources where you can find mentors to help with your professional growth.
TheCollector
Morality Explored: Which Ethical Theories Are Best?
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TheCollector
5 Iconic Artworks by Wassily Kandinsky
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10 months ago
Out-of-Pocket Blog
The Reality of Real-World Evidence | Out-Of-Pocket
Real recognize real...sort of
a year ago
Real recognize real...sort of
99% Invisible
Fact Checking the Supreme Court [EPISODE]
The Orange County courthouse in Santa Ana, California is a large granite and sandstone building from...
6 months ago
The Orange County courthouse in Santa Ana, California is a large granite and sandstone building from the early 20th century. There, Jennifer Birch was there doing research for a group called Moms Demand Action. It’s an organization that advocates for gun control and regulation....
TheCollector
Homo Floresiensis: What Do We Know about the Hobbit People?
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Flashbak
Frank Film: Watch the Oscar-Winning Animation That Peers Inside Your Head, 1973
Frank Film is a 1973 American animated short by husband-and-wife animators Caroline and Frank...
10 months ago
Frank Film is a 1973 American animated short by husband-and-wife animators Caroline and Frank Mouris. The film won an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film and was inducted into the National Film Registry in 1996. It’s an autobiographical narrative – Mouris narrates his path...
The Modern House
A mix of materials results in fun, family-friendly flexibility in a Hove warehouse conversion
9 months ago
TheCollector
What Is First Thessalonians About?
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Vadim Kravcenko
Asking questions the right way
In the software development realm, asking questions isn’t just a right—it’s a downright necessity....
a year ago
In the software development realm, asking questions isn’t just a right—it’s a downright necessity. Let’s cut the crap and dive […]
The post Asking questions the right way appeared first on Vadim Kravcenko.
Londonist
Things To Do In London On New Year's Day 2024
The best events in London on 1 January.
a year ago
The best events in London on 1 January.
Open Culture
William S. Burroughs’ Scathing “Thanksgiving Prayer,” Shot by Gus Van Sant
“Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 28, 1986” first appeared in print in Tornado Alley, a chapbook published by...
3 weeks ago
“Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 28, 1986” first appeared in print in Tornado Alley, a chapbook published by William S. Burroughs in 1989. Two years later, Gus Van Sant (Good Will Hunting, My Own Private Idaho, Milk) shot a montage that brought the poem to film, making it at least the...
Stoic Simple
Stoicism Techniques to Cope with Change
Change is an inevitable part of life. Whether we like it or not, things are constantly shifting and...
a year ago
Change is an inevitable part of life. Whether we like it or not, things are constantly shifting and evolving around us. While some changes are positive and exciting, others can be challenging and overwhelming. The art of stoicism can teach us how to cope with these changes in a...
Common Edge
Explaining NYC’s Arcane, and Possibly Unconstitutional, Planning and Approval Process
It’s the “City of Yes”—even if you say “NO”!
6 months ago
It’s the “City of Yes”—even if you say “NO”!
Construction Physics
Born Sleeping
A personal post about the loss of our son
3 months ago
A personal post about the loss of our son
Artificial Ignorance
Tutorial: How to narrate video with Sora, GPT-Vision, and ElevenLabs
The future of entertainment is going to be a wild ride.
9 months ago
The future of entertainment is going to be a wild ride.
Beautiful Public...
Vehicle Crash Test Films from the 1970's and 1980s
Deep in the public archives of the NHTSA, there are thousands of films of some classic (and some...
over a year ago
Deep in the public archives of the NHTSA, there are thousands of films of some classic (and some ugly) 70’s and 80’s cars being smashed into smithereens.
Trying to Understand...
Another Of My Essays In French
And some odds and ends.
5 months ago
Saturday Morning...
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Tongue
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4 months ago
Click here to go see the bonus panel!
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IEEE Spectrum
The Costly Impact of Non-Strategic Patents
The five largest auto manufacturers will face massive U.S. patent fees within the next five years....
a year ago
The five largest auto manufacturers will face massive U.S. patent fees within the next five years. This report examines auto industry lapse trends and how a company’s decisions on keeping, selling or pruning patents can greatly impact its cost savings and revenue generation...
diamond geezer
Class 701
A new train has entered service on SouthWestern this week.
class 701 - but as yet there is just one...
11 months ago
A new train has entered service on SouthWestern this week.
class 701 - but as yet there is just one train. There should be 90 trains but their introduction is running way behind schedule, indeed the original intention was for the first 701 to enter service five years ago....
mtlynch.io
Educational Products: Month 2
Highlights I learned a few techniques that make it easier for me to record videos for my course....
4 months ago
Highlights I learned a few techniques that make it easier for me to record videos for my course. I’ve decided I don’t need to use a Merchant of Record service. I’ve integrated htmx into my standard toolkit for making web applications. Goal Grades At the start of each month, I...
Adventures In...
Make this 3D printed globe please
Ah, it’s that time of year when we geographers pour ourselves a steaming mug of hot coffee and place...
a year ago
Ah, it’s that time of year when we geographers pour ourselves a steaming mug of hot coffee and place a stroopwafel over it until the caramel is nice and gooey and take the hand of other nearby geographers and sing O Denneboom together. Say, what’s with all the Dutch references?...
Grow With Less
The Best Way to Come up with Catchy Blog Post Titles
Copywriting legend David Ogilvy once said that “on the average, five times as many people read the...
over a year ago
Copywriting legend David Ogilvy once said that “on the average, five times as many people read the headline as read the body copy. When you have written your headline, you have spent eighty cents out of your dollar.”
That’s great news because it means a great blog post title has...
Odds and Ends of...
Odds and Ends #42: An Elizabeth Line extension, some mad planning law nonsense, and the world's most...
Your regular round-up of interesting links
a month ago
Your regular round-up of interesting links
Quantum Frontiers
Sculpting quantum steampunk
In 2020, many of us logged experiences that we’d never anticipated. I wrote a nonfiction book and...
a month ago
In 2020, many of us logged experiences that we’d never anticipated. I wrote a nonfiction book and got married outside the Harvard Faculty Club (because nobody was around to shoo us away). Equally unexpectedly, I received an invitation to collaborate … Continue reading →
Math Is Still...
Game Theory Can Make AI More Correct and Efficient
Researchers are drawing on ideas from game theory to improve large language models and make them...
7 months ago
Researchers are drawing on ideas from game theory to improve large language models and make them more consistent.
The post Game Theory Can Make AI More Correct and Efficient first appeared on Quanta Magazine
Global Inequality...
The third framing
Can an international economic system exist in the world of nationalisms?
3 months ago
Can an international economic system exist in the world of nationalisms?
Dominik Sobe's...
Stagnant MRR but experimenting in the background
over a year ago
Out-of-Pocket Blog
2022 Healthcare Predictions | Out-Of-Pocket
Nikstradamus strikes again
a year ago
Nikstradamus strikes again
TheCollector
Who Were the Infamous 1930s Gangsters?
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4 months ago
diamond geezer
Oxford Street
OXFORD
STREET
£300
London's Monopoly Streets
OXFORD STREET
Colour group: green
Purchase price:...
a month ago
OXFORD
STREET
£300
London's Monopoly Streets
OXFORD STREET
Colour group: green
Purchase price: £300
Rent: £26
Length: 2km
Borough: Westminster
Postcode: W1
Oxford Street is one of the Roman Empire's most successful roads, at least in terms of retail income. It started out as...
The Convivial...
Language Under Digital Conditions: Power and Action
The Convivial Society: Vol. 4, No. 1
a year ago
The Convivial Society: Vol. 4, No. 1
diamond geezer
Green Link Walk 4
I've now completed London's newest official walkway, the Green Link Walk, which was launched on 1st...
9 months ago
I've now completed London's newest official walkway, the Green Link Walk, which was launched on 1st March. If you need a map try here, if you need an app try here, if you want 45 pages of walking instructions try here, and if you're reading this several months in the future try...
Blog - Bitfield...
Rust error handling: Option & Result
The night is dark and full of errors, so how should we handle these
gracefully and safely in our...
6 months ago
The night is dark and full of errors, so how should we handle these
gracefully and safely in our Rust programs? Let’s introduce two of every
Rust programmer’s favourite types: Option and Result.
Epic Web Dev
Unleash the Designer in You (with Tailwind CSS) (article)
Explore how Tailwind CSS fosters collaboration between developers and designers, enhancing UI design...
5 months ago
Explore how Tailwind CSS fosters collaboration between developers and designers, enhancing UI design skills with utility classes and shared principles.
Seth's Blog
Becoming intentional about virtual meetings
A manual I recently read listed the “cons” of having a meeting virtually: To be accurate, every one...
9 months ago
A manual I recently read listed the “cons” of having a meeting virtually: To be accurate, every one of these points should have “so far” added. The videogame market is far bigger than the box office of Hollywood films. The people who play video games at home for hours at a time...
Weighty Thoughts
Let's talk about AI power costs
It's important, but a lot of recent attention has been concern-trolling
4 months ago
It's important, but a lot of recent attention has been concern-trolling
./techtipsy
Can a laptop from 2012 be a viable home server?
I’m a man of many ideas. It’s a shame that most of them are quite stupid.
This is one of them, but...
over a year ago
I’m a man of many ideas. It’s a shame that most of them are quite stupid.
This is one of them, but at least it makes for a fun experiment.
Intro
After adding an UPS to accompany my server,
my setup was as complete as it could reasonably be. The server is low power,
but packs...
Light from Space
The Helping Hand of LDN 1355
LDN 1355 is a dark nebula in Cassiopeia, vaguely in the shape of an outstreched human hand—the dark...
over a year ago
LDN 1355 is a dark nebula in Cassiopeia, vaguely in the shape of an outstreched human hand—the dark dust obscuring the reflection nebula behind it.
Total exposure time: 58h 50' (211,800s)
Image resolution: 5,216 × 3,909px (1.924″/px)
Shot from my driveway
The Turn Signal RSS...
Is Voice Interaction a Solution to Driver Distraction?
In the '90s, the average new car came with simple climate controls, a radio, and a CD player. That...
over a year ago
In the '90s, the average new car came with simple climate controls, a radio, and a CD player. That is very different from a new car today…
Notes on software...
Writing a simple JSON path parser
Let's say we want to implement a simple list filtering language so
we can enter a.b = 12 and return...
over a year ago
Let's say we want to implement a simple list filtering language so
we can enter a.b = 12 and return only results in a
list where the a column is an object that contains a
field b that is set to the value 12. What would a
filter(jsonPath, equals, listOfObjects) function...
Neil Panchal
Isomatic Typeface Rev 6 WIP
This is a ton of work. But not many things in the world could be more satisfying.
Isomatic Type Rev...
over a year ago
This is a ton of work. But not many things in the world could be more satisfying.
Isomatic Type Rev 6 WIP
Also added Western and Central European language support.
Stay tuned. This concept has been brewing for a few years now. I'll post some lower case specimens
Londonist
Things To Do This Weekend In London: 19-20 August 2023
Black Pride, All Points East, a foodie weekend, a cocktail festival and more.
a year ago
Black Pride, All Points East, a foodie weekend, a cocktail festival and more.
Londonist
Best Of Londonist: 14-20 August 2023
The best articles from the past week.
a year ago
The best articles from the past week.
The Honest Broker
The Hottest Drummer You've Never Heard
A new book pays tribute to the amazing Chick Webb, the hardest swinging jazz drummer of his day
a year ago
A new book pays tribute to the amazing Chick Webb, the hardest swinging jazz drummer of his day
TheCollector
Who Was Ben Black Elk?
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7 months ago
The Berkeley...
Designing Societally Beneficial Reinforcement Learning Systems
Deep reinforcement learning (DRL) is transitioning from a research field focused on game playing to...
over a year ago
Deep reinforcement learning (DRL) is transitioning from a research field focused on game playing to a technology with real-world applications. Notable examples include DeepMind’s work on controlling a nuclear reactor or on improving Youtube video compression, or Tesla attempting...
Blog posts of...
Managing Remote Teams - A Crash Course
Hey folks, I haven’t been blogging for quite some time, so everything is a bit rusty for me, but i...
over a year ago
Hey folks, I haven’t been blogging for quite some time, so everything is a bit rusty for me, but i thought this article might be u...
AFAR Media - Travel...
The Best Places to Eat and Drink in Myrtle Beach, SC
3 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
One, Two (1965)
The next few posts are some of my favorite picture books. The 1st from 1965 is a very basic counting...
a year ago
The next few posts are some of my favorite picture books. The 1st from 1965 is a very basic counting book about spaceflight. I hope that you find it as charming as I do.
DeCaprio, Annie and David Krieger. Illustrated by Nydorf, Seymour. One, Two. New York: Wonder Books. (24 p.)...
Liz Denys
Reasons to kick Peter Thiel off Facebook's board
There's a push to remove Peter Thiel from Facebook's board, and Mark Zuckerberg doesn't care about...
over a year ago
There's a push to remove Peter Thiel from Facebook's board, and Mark Zuckerberg doesn't care about the threat he poses. Many of the arguments are centered around diversity, which is a tenet Facebook says it deeply values.
The ways Thiel fails to value diversity matter: his...
ntietz.com blog
RSA is deceptively simple (and fun)
While reading Real-World Cryptography, I came across the "million message attack".
This is an attack...
11 months ago
While reading Real-World Cryptography, I came across the "million message attack".
This is an attack that Daniel Bleichenbacher demonstrated in 1998, which effectively broke RSA with a particular encoding function called PKCS #1.
It was only mentioned briefly, so I dug in and...
Construction Physics
The Rise of Steel Part II
Welcome to the Rise of Steel part II. We previously looked at the early stages of industrialization...
a year ago
Welcome to the Rise of Steel part II. We previously looked at the early stages of industrialization of iron and steelmaking, between roughly 1200 and 1850. To briefly recap, making steel was an involved, multistep process. Iron would first be smelted from iron ore in a blast...
A Collection of...
Collections: How Many People? Ancient Demography
One of the first questions anyone asks about past societies is, ‘how many people were there?’ It is...
a year ago
One of the first questions anyone asks about past societies is, ‘how many people were there?’ It is one of those basic bits of information and generally speaking those of us who teach these societies are usually prepared with an estimate to answer the question. But what we often...
Internal Tech Emails
Barry Diller: Facebook is trying to "steal" Tinder's cofounder
Their attempts to hire Sean away from us potentially indicate they believe something like Tinder...
over a year ago
Their attempts to hire Sean away from us potentially indicate they believe something like Tinder could be replicated by them. I’d like to avoid that, though I don’t know that FB itself makes it that much more likely to succeed than anyone else.
Paul Graham: Essays
How to Present to Investors
over a year ago
diamond geezer
The December 2024 tube map
The introduction of six Overground line names continues to have unfortunate repercussions.
It's...
a week ago
The introduction of six Overground line names continues to have unfortunate repercussions.
It's unfortunate because the last tube map was only released three weeks ago. Alas it included a typo so the decision was taken to withdraw the entire batch pending a reprint, and here...
Trying to Understand...
La politique de l’épuisement et l’épuisement de la politique.
Another of my essays in French.
3 weeks ago
Another of my essays in French.
David Heinemeier...
You're not guaranteed a spot on the team
I've always hated the saying "we're like family here" when it comes to work. Because it's obviously...
8 months ago
I've always hated the saying "we're like family here" when it comes to work. Because it's obviously not true, and it's usually cynically invoked by management to entice an undue obligation of sacrifice. Implying that you should give it all to The Company -- constantly working...
The Honest Broker
How We Lost the Ability to Listen
In this extract from my book 'Music to Raise the Dead' I look at how texts replaced songs as sources...
10 months ago
In this extract from my book 'Music to Raise the Dead' I look at how texts replaced songs as sources of wisdom and guidance
Steve Blank
Technology, Innovation, and Great Power Competition – 2022 Wrap Up
We just wrapped up the second year of our Technology, Innovation, and Great Power Competition class...
a year ago
We just wrapped up the second year of our Technology, Innovation, and Great Power Competition class – now part of our Stanford Gordian Knot Center for National Security Innovation. Joe Felter, Raj Shah and I designed the class to 1) give our students an appreciation of the...
Nat Eliason's...
Sapiens is Good You Silly Status Monkeys
No banana for you!
a year ago
Open Culture
Watch 70+ Classic Literary Films Free Online: The Snows of Kilimanjaro, Gulliver’s Travels, Jane...
The term gaslight has gained so much traction in popular discourse so recently that you’d swear it...
a month ago
The term gaslight has gained so much traction in popular discourse so recently that you’d swear it was coined around 2010. In fact, that particular usage goes at least as far back as 1938, when British novelist and playwright Patrick Hamilton wrote a stage thriller about a...
The Modern House
Kevin McCloud: the Grand Designs presenter takes us behind the scenes of his own life
Anyone who’s ever dreamed of building their own home has probably watched an episode of Grand...
a year ago
Anyone who’s ever dreamed of building their own home has probably watched an episode of Grand Designs. In fact, quite a few people have – the programme has been on our screens since 1999, during which time Kevin McCloud has cemented his reputation as a […]
TheCollector
Who Were the Most Important Christian Figures? (150 – 200 CE)
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a year ago
Escaping Flatland
Can we scale cultures that support learning?
new essay in Asterisk
2 months ago
Seth's Blog
The Beatles and Taylor Swift
When we’re in the middle of a cultural swirl, it’s normal to believe that everyone else is too....
a year ago
When we’re in the middle of a cultural swirl, it’s normal to believe that everyone else is too. That’s part of the magic of a cultural swirl–it’s our friends, our work, our world. Most of these moments are actually tiny pockets. An episode of the much-talked-about TV show...
Willem's Blog
Using Google Free Android
Using a Google Free Android phone is uncommon these days, yet I decided to try the Volla Phone to...
over a year ago
Using a Google Free Android phone is uncommon these days, yet I decided to try the Volla Phone to experience its freedom and privacy.
Steve Klabnik
Rust is surprisingly expressive
over a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Do We Need Passports? Or Borders?
Watch now (23 sec) | Crossing with Radiohead
a year ago
Watch now (23 sec) | Crossing with Radiohead
A Smart Bear
Excuse me, is there a problem?
Many startups fail despite identifying a real problem and building a product that solves that...
a year ago
Many startups fail despite identifying a real problem and building a product that solves that problem. This explains why, so you can avoid their fate.
NeuroLogica Blog
What Is Orbitronics
You have definitely heard of electronics. You may (if you are a tech nerd like me) have heard of...
2 months ago
You have definitely heard of electronics. You may (if you are a tech nerd like me) have heard of spintronics and photonics. Now there is also the possibility of orbitronics. What do these cool-sounding words mean? Electronic technology is one of those core technologies that has...
Josh Thompson
On Scooters as a class of vehicle/tool
Introduction
Often when I say “scooter”, especially in the united states, the person thinks of...
4 days ago
Introduction
Often when I say “scooter”, especially in the united states, the person thinks of something different than what I mean. Here’s Denver’s Sportique Scooters, here’s one of their recent posts:
So that is the kind of vehicle I’m talking about when I say “scooter”.
I...
Saturday Morning...
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Sad
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Borgin hard or hardly borgin?
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a year ago
Click here to go see the bonus panel!
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Borgin hard or hardly borgin?
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TheCollector
The Birthplace of Renaissance Art: Must-Visit Galleries in Florence
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Networking Essentials: Router Design
A small detour into Router Hardware!
over a year ago
A small detour into Router Hardware!
The Ruffian
Seven Underrated Forms of of Diversity
Different Kinds of Difference At Work
7 months ago
Different Kinds of Difference At Work
Anecdotal Evidence
'Richly, Sometimes Dreamily, Melodic'
A friend has
given me an unexpected gift: a first American edition of Poems for Children (Henry Holt...
9 months ago
A friend has
given me an unexpected gift: a first American edition of Poems for Children (Henry Holt and Co., 1930), with a printed note
before the title page:
“Three
hundred copies of ‘Poems for Children’ have been specially printed and bound,
and have been signed by the...
A Beautiful Site
Passing data from PHP to JavaScript
Have you ever needed to send a PHP variable, array, or object to JavaScript? It can get complicated...
over a year ago
Have you ever needed to send a PHP variable, array, or object to JavaScript? It can get complicated trying to escape the output properly. Here's a way that always works—no escaping necessary.
Let's say we have the following variable in PHP:
$name = 'Bob Marley';
And we want to...
Archinect - Features
Being Laid off Is Tough; So Is Waiting To Be
Findings from our recent Archinect Business Survey suggest that many architecture employees do not...
3 months ago
Findings from our recent Archinect Business Survey suggest that many architecture employees do not feel secure in their current roles. For those facing the looming prospect of layoffs in the coming weeks or months, the emotional strain can be as taxing as that experienced by...
David Heinemeier...
House rules in Fortnite
We play a lot of Fortnite at our house. It's a great game for teaching kids cooperative discipline,...
a month ago
We play a lot of Fortnite at our house. It's a great game for teaching kids cooperative discipline, and in a remarkably wholesome setting to boot (no blood, cartoon styling). I've had no qualms involving all three of our boys from an early age in the family squad, including our...
TheCollector
Who Was Clement of Rome?
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11 months ago
Saturday Morning...
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Bot
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The humanoid body is important to achieving maximum...
10 months ago
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The humanoid body is important to achieving maximum self-loathing.
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Rest of World -...
Fake news verification tools fail the test during elections in India
Rest of World tested 11 leading WhatsApp-based chatbots that promise to help Indian voters identify...
7 months ago
Rest of World tested 11 leading WhatsApp-based chatbots that promise to help Indian voters identify misinformation. There were long delays and inconsistencies in responses even for content that can easily be identified as AI-generated and fake.
Mazdak
Jury Delivers Major Blow to Google in Antitrust Case: Play Store Deemed Illegal Monopoly
In a historic ruling that could shake the foundations of the mobile app ecosystem, a federal jury...
a year ago
In a historic ruling that could shake the foundations of the mobile app ecosystem, a federal jury has found Google Play guilty of violating antitrust laws in a lawsuit brought by Epic Games. This landmark decision has sent shockwaves through the tech industry and raised questions...
Platformer
The Supreme Court reckoning over content moderation is arriving
Platforms might have a way around Texas's social media law — unless a separate case makes that...
a year ago
Platforms might have a way around Texas's social media law — unless a separate case makes that illegal, too
Retail Design Blog
Tamburins flagship store
Similar to affiliated eyewear brand Gentle Monster, Tamburins resonates extremely well with...
a month ago
Similar to affiliated eyewear brand Gentle Monster, Tamburins resonates extremely well with Millennial and Gen Z demographics both at home...
Making software...
Chrome OS Could Become the Future Leader of Computing
Chrome OS Could Become the Future Leader of Computing
2022-01-06
FOSS Enthusiasts: This article...
over a year ago
Chrome OS Could Become the Future Leader of Computing
2022-01-06
FOSS Enthusiasts: This article discusses the use of proprietary software and places it in a positive light. You have been warned. No angry emails please...
Google has created one of the best operating systems...
Retail Design Blog
Sage office by Morgan Lovell
Transformative, people centric workplace Sage set out to revitalise their office environment,...
2 months ago
Transformative, people centric workplace Sage set out to revitalise their office environment, transforming their new space into a dynamic ‘next...
Anecdotal Evidence
'Tomorrow I Propose to Regulate My Room'
A reader in Columbus,
Ohio reports a “Samuel Johnson sighting in Ogden Nash.” In the December...
a week ago
A reader in Columbus,
Ohio reports a “Samuel Johnson sighting in Ogden Nash.” In the December 21,
1968 issue of The New Yorker he found
the poem “Is There a Dr. Johnson in the House.” It’s a typical irregularly lined,
jokily rhymed production by Nash that begins:
“Do you...
Julia Evans
Some notes on using nix
Recently I started using a Mac for the first time. The biggest downside I’ve
noticed so far is that...
a year ago
Recently I started using a Mac for the first time. The biggest downside I’ve
noticed so far is that the package management is much worse than on Linux.
At some point I got frustrated with homebrew because I felt like it was
spending too much time upgrading when I installed new...
The American Scholar
Our Pets, Our Plates
In defense of the furred and the hoofed
The post Our Pets, Our Plates appeared first on The American...
6 months ago
In defense of the furred and the hoofed
The post Our Pets, Our Plates appeared first on The American Scholar.
TheCollector
Who Were the Ancient Israelites? A Brief History
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2 months ago
Londonist
15 Things You Never Knew About Wembley Park
Steeped in history.
a year ago
Saturday Morning...
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Was
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a year ago
Click here to go see the bonus panel!
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I wasn't gonna do this, but enough weirdos on mastodon liked it that here we are.
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TheCollector
8 Colorful Installations by Olafur Eliasson
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5 months ago
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The problem with tranched VC investments
In venture capital, tranching refers to investments where portions of the money are released over...
over a year ago
In venture capital, tranching refers to investments where portions of the money are released over time when certain pre-negotiated…
History Today Feed
The Publication of Nineteen Eighty-Four
The Publication of Nineteen Eighty-Four
JamesHoare
Fri, 06/07/2024 - 09:29
6 months ago
The Publication of Nineteen Eighty-Four
JamesHoare
Fri, 06/07/2024 - 09:29
Noahpinion
Why do economists get paid more than sociologists?
An economic explanation.
a year ago
Maps Mania
Mapping the Spread of War in the Middle East
10 months ago
diamond geezer
Marlborough Street
MARLBOROUGH
STREET
£160
London's Monopoly Streets
MARLBOROUGH STREET
Colour group:...
6 months ago
MARLBOROUGH
STREET
£160
London's Monopoly Streets
MARLBOROUGH STREET
Colour group: orange
Purchase price: £180
Rent: £14
Length: 300m
Borough: Westminster
Postcode: W1
Great Marlborough Street. To understand why, remember that the orange set of properties were originally all...
AFAR Media - Travel...
Where to Explore Maine’s Outdoors and Dining—a Local's Guide
4 months ago
TheCollector
Guimarães: 9 Historic Sites in Portugal’s Cradle City
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2 months ago
Retail Design Blog
Vida – “Pura Vida” Cocktail by Horus Academy
Vida is a canned Cocktail product with an inclusive spirit, unique, modern and more accessible than...
7 months ago
Vida is a canned Cocktail product with an inclusive spirit, unique, modern and more accessible than traditional cocktails. There is...
Cheese and Biscuits
Roti King, Battersea Power Station
Many moons ago I made a short-lived attempt to do some shorter-form reviews of sandwich shops,...
10 months ago
Many moons ago I made a short-lived attempt to do some shorter-form reviews of sandwich shops, street food joints, delis and the like, places that are perhaps noteworthy but for which the usual 1000+ words could be considered overkill. This resolution didn't last long, partly...
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Addenda: The Socii
This week, as an addendum to our series on Roman civic governance (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV, V),...
a year ago
This week, as an addendum to our series on Roman civic governance (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV, V), we’re going to take a look at how Rome handles those parts of Italy it controls but which it does not inhabit. These are Rome’s ‘allies’ (socii), a euphemistic label for the...
Transit Maps
Submission – Unofficial Map: Brussels S-Train by Elliot H
Submitted by Elliot, who says: I’ve come across this blog a couple of months ago, and have been...
a year ago
Submitted by Elliot, who says: I’ve come across this blog a couple of months ago, and have been lurking ever since. I’ve always wanted to try my hand at designing a trasit diagram, and having gotten some free time, I decided to redesign the S-Train diagram for Brussels. So here...
SatPost by Trung...
David Tran and Sriracha's $1B+ Journey
How a Vietnamese-Chinese refugee took a Southeast Asian recipe and turned it into a $1B hot sauce...
a month ago
How a Vietnamese-Chinese refugee took a Southeast Asian recipe and turned it into a $1B hot sauce brand.
On Test Automation
On ditching hourly and productizing my services
In the last couple of weeks, I’ve spent much more time commuting than normal. I mostly work remotely...
2 weeks ago
In the last couple of weeks, I’ve spent much more time commuting than normal. I mostly work remotely these days, for clients both in the Netherlands and abroad. And I like it that way. Don’t get me wrong, I like to drive, but commuting takes up a lot of time, time I would rather...
TheCollector
Whaleship Essex: The Terrifying Story That Inspired Moby Dick
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a year ago
Saturday Morning...
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Paradox
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4 months ago
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Whenever I explain this to someone the only responses are amazement and being unable to fathom why anyone would care.
Today's News:
Joel Gascoigne
The maker/manager transition phase
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Paul Graham...
over a year ago
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scheduling work as a maker and as a manager
[http://www.paulgraham.com/makersschedule.html], which I’ve drawn insights...
Seth's Blog
Create value
If your job feels like a dead end, it might be because you’ve traded agency and responsibility for...
a year ago
If your job feels like a dead end, it might be because you’ve traded agency and responsibility for the feeling of security. But real security lies in creating value. Creating value isn’t easy, but it’s resilient and generous and often profitable. “How do I create more value?” is...
Anecdotal Evidence
'Very Quietly, an Aside'
Reporters
and their editors have always fetishized what’s known in the trade as the lede – the...
11 months ago
Reporters
and their editors have always fetishized what’s known in the trade as the lede – the opening sentence or paragraph
of a news story. The idea is to quickly grab the reader’s attention and, with
luck, hold on to it. Subtlety is discouraged in journalism. There’s much...
PostHog's RSS Feed
How we raised $3M for an open source project
Open source projects have long battled with how to finance themselves. PostHog is lucky to have...
over a year ago
Open source projects have long battled with how to finance themselves. PostHog is lucky to have significant funding and wanted to share what we did…
The Honest Broker
I Revisit My Doom-and Gloom Forecasts
What did I get right? What did I get wrong? And what will happen next?
a year ago
What did I get right? What did I get wrong? And what will happen next?
Paul Graham: Essays
Why There Aren't More Googles
over a year ago
PostHog's RSS Feed
Burning money on paid ads for a dev tool – what we've learned
Since starting PostHog in 2020, we’ve learned a bunch about what does and doesn’t work when it comes...
a year ago
Since starting PostHog in 2020, we’ve learned a bunch about what does and doesn’t work when it comes to marketing to engineers . Paid ads is a…
TheCollector
When Was the First Crusade?
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7 months ago
TheCollector
What Was the Korean Conflict of 1968?
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a week ago
TheCollector
How Did Astrology and the Zodiac Differ Between Ancient Cultures?
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8 months ago
Twelve Mile Circle –...
Asia-Pacific, Part 2 (Oahu: Beyond Waikiki)
I didn’t spend all of my limited time strictly within the confines of Waikiki Beach and downtown...
a year ago
I didn’t spend all of my limited time strictly within the confines of Waikiki Beach and downtown Honolulu. Whether work-related or during precious spare time I did explore more of southeastern Oahu than I had on my previous trip. Unfortunately I couldn’t linger much and truly...
Handprinted - Blog
Mark Marking - Using Etching Tools
When you’ve degreased and prepared your plate for etching, there are a variety of tools you can use...
a year ago
When you’ve degreased and prepared your plate for etching, there are a variety of tools you can use to mark into the surface. Any marks made into the surface of the grounds will expose your plate to the mordant. When etched, these marks will become sunken areas for ink to sit,...
Unpacked
OpenAI's web crawler and FTC missteps
OpenAI launches a default opt-in crawler, continuing to scrape the Internet, while the FTC focuses...
a year ago
OpenAI launches a default opt-in crawler, continuing to scrape the Internet, while the FTC focuses on an obscure consumer deception investigation into OpenAI.
Map of the Week
Nicknames of the States
Here's a strange one: An 1884 promotional map for a company that manufactured hog rings (like nose...
7 months ago
Here's a strange one: An 1884 promotional map for a company that manufactured hog rings (like nose rings for hogs, you can read more about those here, if you can stomach a little animal cruelty).
Each state is shown with a representative ring-wearing hog.
Complete with a...
IEEE Spectrum
Unlock the Power of Agile for Hardware Teams
The Modified Agile for Hardware Development (MAHD) Framework is the ultimate solution for hardware...
6 days ago
The Modified Agile for Hardware Development (MAHD) Framework is the ultimate solution for hardware teams seeking the benefits of Agile without the pitfalls of applying software-centric methods. Traditional development approaches, like waterfall, often result in delayed timelines,...
HTMHell
#17 inaccessible cards
Context: A list of linked cards, each with heading, image, and teaser text.
Bad code
<section>
...
over a year ago
Context: A list of linked cards, each with heading, image, and teaser text.
Bad code
<section>
<section>
<h2>Overview</h2>
<figure class="card" data-url="image1.html" style="background: url(image1.jpg)">
<figcaption>
<h4>My heading</h4>
...
Ben Borgers
How ChatGPT spoiled my semester
2 months ago
Res Obscura
Historical maps probably helped cause World War I
On cartography as historical argument
a year ago
On cartography as historical argument
Seth's Blog
Learning from the Amazon gift card snafu
Millions of people got this email last night: It’s legitimate, but it’s a mistake. A mistake...
a year ago
Millions of people got this email last night: It’s legitimate, but it’s a mistake. A mistake because: We can learn a lot about what not to do from this. First, if you make a mistake by email, fix it. Fix it by email AND fix it on your site. Let everyone who got the wrong […]
Home on Erik...
Microsoft's new marketing strategy: give up
I think it's funny how MS at some point realized they are not the cool kids and there's no reason to...
over a year ago
I think it's funny how MS at some point realized they are not the cool kids and there's no reason to appeal to that target audience. Their new marketing strategy finally admits what's been long known: the correlation between “business casual” and using Microsoft products:
Map of the Week
Map of Endangered Languages - Part 2
Last week's post showed a huge number of indigenous languages throughout the world. Here is a...
11 months ago
Last week's post showed a huge number of indigenous languages throughout the world. Here is a summary (via the Living Tongues Institute) showing hotspots of endangered languages.
The above site has a companion living dictionaries site where you can find a language by...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Plato on Political Polarization
2 months ago
Plato on Political Polarization
TheCollector
The Venice Biennale 2024 Does Not Include Russia
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10 months ago
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COVID was bad for the climate
William Cho The standard narrative on COVID and the climate is: People worked from home, cancelled...
over a year ago
William Cho The standard narrative on COVID and the climate is: People worked from home, cancelled travel plans, cut down overall consumption, and greenhouse gas emissions fell drastically. It’s great for the environment! Let’s keep it up! With apologies to H. L. Mencken, I...
Mazdak
ChatGPT vs. Google: The AI Search Wars
The battle for the future of search is on! ChatGPT, the AI chatbot from OpenAI, can now search the...
a month ago
The battle for the future of search is on! ChatGPT, the AI chatbot from OpenAI, can now search the web, putting it in direct competition with Google.
AVC
Leading From The Heart
I have watched so many leaders over the years in my various roles as lead investor, board member,...
a year ago
I have watched so many leaders over the years in my various roles as lead investor, board member, board chair, investor, and advisor. And one thing I have learned from this front-row seat is that leading from the heart is very powerful. A leader can be the most brilliant product...
Jonas Hietala
September theme: Failure
I’m out of the busy mode and here’s the new theme! I’ve got an idea and I’ll be beginning very soon...
over a year ago
I’m out of the busy mode and here’s the new theme! I’ve got an idea and I’ll be beginning very soon I hope and again I’m following Experimental Gameplay Project’s site.
Let’s rock!!
David Perell
The TWA Hotel
The core concepts are simple. The implementation is borderline excessive.
The post The TWA Hotel...
over a year ago
The core concepts are simple. The implementation is borderline excessive.
The post The TWA Hotel appeared first on David Perell.
Retail Design Blog
2gethr Hub Private Limited Offices
Innovative and sustainable workplace design at 2gethr Hub in Bengaluru prioritizes natural light,...
4 months ago
Innovative and sustainable workplace design at 2gethr Hub in Bengaluru prioritizes natural light, comfort, functionality, inclusivity, and sustainability certifications, creating...
Flashbak
Take Your Best Shot: Vintage Fairground Shooting Gallery Photos
During their first participation in Paris-Photo in 2006, Lumiere des Roses shared a series of...
a week ago
During their first participation in Paris-Photo in 2006, Lumiere des Roses shared a series of fairground photos of men with guns at the shooting gallery. These snapshots were taken mostly in the 1920s and 1930s. Many looks remarkably fresh. When I was just a baby my mama told...
Vadim Kravcenko
🥇 The unfair advantage
🎙️ I love listening to podcasts. I listen to one of them when I go for a walk or during […]
The...
over a year ago
🎙️ I love listening to podcasts. I listen to one of them when I go for a walk or during […]
The post 🥇 The unfair advantage appeared first on Vadim Kravcenko.
TheCollector
10 Must-Visit Places Around the World for History Buffs
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2 months ago
Build In Public...
Build In Public - Community Edition #1 (Aug 2021)
Hey everyone 👋 Build In Public is no more just a hot trend, it’s a movement. Thousands of founders,...
over a year ago
Hey everyone 👋 Build In Public is no more just a hot trend, it’s a movement. Thousands of founders, creators, and builders are embracing the principles and building in public especially on Twitter. On that note, get ready for a quick community round-up highlighting launches and...
PostHog's RSS Feed
Building an all-remote company from scratch
Many companies are currently having to adjust to remote work, but what about the ones that started...
over a year ago
Many companies are currently having to adjust to remote work, but what about the ones that started this way from scratch? PostHog has a team of 1…
Retail Design Blog
INSILENCE store by design by 83
The Insilence Seongsu store, our second flagship store following Hannam-dong, celebrates the theme...
6 months ago
The Insilence Seongsu store, our second flagship store following Hannam-dong, celebrates the theme of ‘Rebuild.’ This new store showcases Insilence’s...
The Honest Broker
Tell Us About the Person Who Inspires You Most
It's Open Mic Day at 'The Honest Broker'
5 months ago
It's Open Mic Day at 'The Honest Broker'
Londonist
Dozens Of Vintage Boats Moor Up In Central London This September
The (free!) Classic Boat Festival is back at St Katharine Docks.
a year ago
The (free!) Classic Boat Festival is back at St Katharine Docks.
Old Structures...
It Looked Familiar: Aerial
The Red Skull – boo, hiss – contemplates life from a high tower in Manhattan. Specifically, one with...
4 months ago
The Red Skull – boo, hiss – contemplates life from a high tower in Manhattan. Specifically, one with a view of the approach to the Brooklyn Bridge. If that tiny bit of the bridge tower isn’t recognizable, Murry Bergtraum High School and the adjacent Verizon Office Building surely...
Koos Looijesteijn -...
The new heroes of design
I used to have several design heroes I looked up to. But when I changed from industrial design to...
over a year ago
I used to have several design heroes I looked up to. But when I changed from industrial design to digital...
HTMHell
Control the Viewport Resize Behavior on mobile with `interactive-widget`
by Bramus
figcaption {
font-size: 0.8em;
text-align: center;
}
Viewports units on...
2 weeks ago
by Bramus
figcaption {
font-size: 0.8em;
text-align: center;
}
Viewports units on mobile have been a problem for a long time. Using 100vh is most likely not exactly what you initially expected it to be. To fix this, the CSS Working Group came up with more units over...
Both Are True
Why growing your network increases your networth
a serious conversation
3 months 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
Tech + Economics +...
The internet is broken. Here’s how we fix it.
In 1971, Ray Tomlinson, an engineer working on the ARPANET project — the
predecessor to the...
a year ago
In 1971, Ray Tomlinson, an engineer working on the ARPANET project — the
predecessor to the Internet — sent the first email. The message was nothing
profound; it was a series of random characters that looked more like the
utterance of a toddler on a typewriter than a...
Noahpinion
The positive case for Joe Biden
It's not just about being anti-Trump.
7 months ago
It's not just about being anti-Trump.
On Test Automation
Dialing down on LinkedIn
Aahh… LinkedIn. I’ve been struggling with the platform for years. One the one hand, I’ve made some...
3 months ago
Aahh… LinkedIn. I’ve been struggling with the platform for years. One the one hand, I’ve made some great connections on there, and it has helped me tremendously in increasing my visibility, or, as I sometimes put it, as a platform for shameless self-promotion.
On the other hand,...
Seth's Blog
Focusing attention is a skill
Where we choose to direct our gaze determines not only what we learn or believe, but how we choose...
a year ago
Where we choose to direct our gaze determines not only what we learn or believe, but how we choose to see the world. Typing is a skill. Juggling is a skill. So is project management. It’s easy to overlook the fact that we can get better at what we think about, create and consume....
The Modern House
A Day in the Life of a Listing: photographer Freya Najade captures Hackney 'letting its hair down'
While we are most at home photographing homes, we are sometimes left wondering what the streets...
5 months ago
While we are most at home photographing homes, we are sometimes left wondering what the streets surrounding our listings might look like through a different lens. This is why we have asked photographer Freya Najade to take her cameras out in Hackney. Using the area […]
Basta’s Notes
What I have been so busy with
How I built a website that lots of you will probably hate
10 months ago
How I built a website that lots of you will probably hate
Saturday Morning...
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - AI
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In The Matrix, people need a fake paradise, but...
a month ago
Click here to go see the bonus panel!
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In The Matrix, people need a fake paradise, but most humans would do it for about 1 percent of that.
Today's News:
Vadim Kravcenko
How do I tell my cofounder I need to quit?
First of all, I’m sorry you ended up in such a situation. Running in overdrive for so long is a...
a year ago
First of all, I’m sorry you ended up in such a situation. Running in overdrive for so long is a […]
The post How do I tell my cofounder I need to quit? appeared first on Vadim Kravcenko.
Open Culture
The Engineering of the Strandbeest: How the Magnificent Mechanical Creatures Have Technologically...
Life evolves, but machines are invented: this dichotomy hardly conflicts with what most of us have...
a week ago
Life evolves, but machines are invented: this dichotomy hardly conflicts with what most of us have learned about biology and technology. But certain specimens roaming around in the world can blur that line — and in the curious case of the Strandbeesten, they really are roaming...
Abort Retry Fail
Housekeeping for 20240102
Some stats, updates, and whatnot
11 months ago
Some stats, updates, and whatnot
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Celebrate Cicero!
11 months ago
The Marginalian
We Are the Music, We Are the Spark: Pioneering Biologist Ernest Everett Just on What Makes Life...
"Life is exquisitely a time-thing, like music."
12 months ago
"Life is exquisitely a time-thing, like music."
Push to Prod
4 Ways To Say No, Elegantly and Effectively
In my early days at Netflix, my inability to say no led me into unpleasant terrain. Here's how I...
3 months ago
In my early days at Netflix, my inability to say no led me into unpleasant terrain. Here's how I evolved to navigate these situations more fluidly.
Confused bit
Teaching the Rust Borrow Checker
Setup While I was doing the Advent of Code 2022, I stumbled upon a pattern that should be...
a year ago
Setup While I was doing the Advent of Code 2022, I stumbled upon a pattern that should be expressible in safe Rust, but is beyond the understanding of the borrow checker. Although its use cases are probably rather niche, I still found it potentially useful. Anyway, it’s a good...
CONTEMPORIST
Glazed Pink Tiles Cover This New Home Addition
Office S&M Architects has shared photos of a home addition they designed for a Victorian house in...
3 months ago
Office S&M Architects has shared photos of a home addition they designed for a Victorian house in North London, that includes glazed pink pillow-shaped tiles. The handmade glazed tiles in a pink shade complement the home’s warm brick tones and draw upon the clients’ love of...
Citation Needed
Issue 62 – Grassroots
Coinbase’s Stand With Crypto Alliance fudges the numbers, a (former) crypto industry CEO has a...
5 months ago
Coinbase’s Stand With Crypto Alliance fudges the numbers, a (former) crypto industry CEO has a meltdown, and another exchange suffers a nine-figure hack.
Saturday Morning...
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Simple
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6 months ago
Click here to go see the bonus panel!
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Installing Older Versions of MongoDB on Arch Linux
Installing Older Versions of MongoDB on Arch Linux
2023-09-11
I’ve recently been using Arch Linux...
a year ago
Installing Older Versions of MongoDB on Arch Linux
2023-09-11
I’ve recently been using Arch Linux for my main work environment on my ThinkPad X260. It’s been great. As someone who is constantly drawn to minimalist operating systems such as Alpine or OpenBSD, it’s nice to use...
Grow With Less
Statistics That Prove Blogging Is Not Dead Yet
Is blogging dead?
That’s a question thousands of people ask every day.
I was curious to know the...
over a year ago
Is blogging dead?
That’s a question thousands of people ask every day.
I was curious to know the answer so I looked for statistics
Let’s settle the debate once and for all!
Is blogging dead? Let’s look at trends! According to Google Trends, “blogging” peaked between 2004 and...
Style over Substance
How I made HA-meural: a Meural Canvas integration for Home Assistant
One of my 2020 lockdown projects I’m extremely proud of is HA-meural – a custom integration for the...
over a year ago
One of my 2020 lockdown projects I’m extremely proud of is HA-meural – a custom integration for the Home Assistant home automation software that lets you control a NETGEAR Meural Canvas digital frame. It’s the result of a few months of work, lots of trial and error, and many...
Open Culture
David Bowie’s 100 Must Read Books
Image by Avro, via Wikimedia Commons In 2013, the curators of the touring museum exhibit “David...
3 months ago
Image by Avro, via Wikimedia Commons In 2013, the curators of the touring museum exhibit “David Bowie Is” released a list of David Bowie’s 100 favorite reads, providing us with deeper insights into his literary tastes. Covering fiction and non-fiction, the list spans six decades,...
The Honest Broker
Open Mic Discussion: How Do You Deal with Disabilities that Put Your Vocation at Risk?
A reader asks for your advice
9 months ago
A reader asks for your advice
Vadim Kravcenko
Is coding bootcamp better than university?
Thanks for the question. Navigating the crossroads of your budding tech career is no small feat, and...
a year ago
Thanks for the question. Navigating the crossroads of your budding tech career is no small feat, and the decision between […]
The post Is coding bootcamp better than university? appeared first on Vadim Kravcenko.
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