20 random bookmarks
Bookmarks and whatnot. Закладки и всякое.
Bookmarks and whatnot. Закладки и всякое.
Very long article about Palm. I shall read it now.
UPD. Images are broken. Well then, I'll resort to Limows' Russian translation.
Gotta make an icon for Betula and request it to be added here...
I'm resisting my temptation towards digital hoarding and "save everything", and trying to be more selective about the data I'm keeping.
I've been creating small, hand-written websites to organise my files. It's a lightweight, flexible approach that I hope will last a long time.
There's a screenshot there, take a look. What's surprising is that the author employs no static site generator. Huh?? I'd rather use one or come up with a cool CGI setup. I wonder if they still make these websites...
Computers are amazing. So why is software so terrible?
A little-understood fact.
A classic pattern in technology economics, identified by Joel Spolsky, is layers of the stack attempting to become monopolies while turning other layers into perfectly-competitive markets which are commoditized, in order to harvest most of the consumer surplus; discussion and examples.
Git веб сервис
Everyone told me there is no water on top of this Brazilian mountain, there won’t be any frogs. Now I’ve dedicated my life to preserving this incredible species
This is a small website for inhabitants of the Town of Merveilles to share their locations with each other, to help with organizing events and such. It's built with Go, and uses a very simple database (read: a csv file) to store locations.
A tiny volumetric display!
See 953 for a video.
Cool blog. Completed.
Shocking
TL;DR: they get stuff done.
A computer manufactured by a craftsman.
Japan operates with an Island metaphysic, where resources are finite in space (Japan is an island nation) but infinite in time (by virtue of natural regeneration). The West operates with a Faustian metaphysic, where resources are infinite in space (by virtue of conquest) and infinite in time. It's interesting to see these metaphysical realities manifest in something as ordinary as tool manufacture.
Our motto, ARMA ACRI FACIENDA VIRO, comes from Book VIII of The Aeneid when Vulcan commands the cyclopes to "Forge arms fit for a hero".