20 random bookmarks

Bookmarks and whatnot. Закладки и всякое.

2026-05-01

2164.

How to Downsize a Transport Network: The Chinese Wheelbarrow

solar.lowtechmagazine.com/2011/12/how-to-downsize-a-transport-network-the-chinese-wheelbarrow

For being such a seemingly ordinary vehicle, the wheelbarrow has a surprisingly exciting history.

2025-07-01

1966.

Chawan: TUI web browser

chawan.net

Chawan is a text-mode web browser and pager for Unix-like systems, with a focus on implementing modern web standards while remaining self-contained, easy to understand and extensible.

It includes functionality like CSS, inline images inside the terminal, and JavaScript through a small, independent browser engine.

2025-02-04

1748.

ThoughtStorms Wiki

thoughtstorms.info/view/HelloWorld

Runs on Cardigan Bay. Has a long history

2024-12-22

1637.

Write Hypertext, not Plaintext

aartaka.me/hypertext.html

Artyom makes a good point that plaintext is a lie. Of course it is! Nothing worse than being presented with a .txt file. Screw that! Folks, user proper text formats.

2024-12-15

Reposted 1630.

One big choice shapes a hundred more

sive.rs/ripple

Knowing the consequences I want, what choice would create them? What big choice would nudge a hundred others that way?

2024-11-17

1594.

XXIIVV — tote

wiki.xxiivv.com/site/tote.html

2024-09-25

1530.

Israel’s Pager Attacks and Supply Chain Vulnerabilities - Schneier on Security

www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2024/09/israels-pager-attacks.html

2024-07-17

1392.

Yon

m15o.ichi.city/yon

Yon is a little UI for knowledge designed to be used every day. Add your notes, write your diary, and connect thoughts with bidirectional links. Explore your text through an acme-inspired interface to dive deep or go wide and always find your way back. Yon code and your notes are contained in a single standalone html file with no dependency, so that you can open the lid and tweak any part of it and make it your own.

2024-01-05

1013.

Free domain sharing

mooo.com

2023-11-26

925.

Forth: The programming language that writes itself: The Web Page

ratfactor.com/forth/the_programming_language_that_writes_itself.html

An exploration of the evolution and meaning of the Forth programming language and its context in history.

A long long article about Forth. One probably already knows most of stuff there, but it's fun nevertheless.

2023-11-19

873.

The inevitability (or not) of diacritical marks

languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll?p=40392

2023-11-05

834.

Ralakus/tritium

github.com/Ralakus/tritium

An open source RISC based balanced ternary computer research project

2023-10-18

767.

Flus, plateforme de veille tout-en-un

flus.fr

Flus est une plateforme pour agréger, stocker et partager votre veille autour de vous.

2023-09-23

Reposted 629.

Agora of Flancia

anagora.org

The Agora of Flancia is a prototype Agora started in 2018 or 2020 (depending on how you count) by a Flancian.

2023-09-09

612.

Гонка длиною в 6 лет: что стоит за слиянием сетей «Красное & Белое», «Бристоль» и «Дикси»

www.forbes.ru/biznes/375309-gonka-dlinoyu-v-6-let-chto-stoit-za-sliyaniem-setey-krasnoe-beloe-bristol-i-diksi

История одной из самых загадочных сделок в российском ретейле

2023-07-25

507.

humungus - humungus

humungus.tedunangst.com/r/humungus

A Mercurial forge. Has a powerful vibe. Supports fo get.

2023-07-02

409.

Unit Test Fetish

250bpm.com/blog:40

Unit tests are not a panacea. End-to-end tests are often much more useful. Some things cannot be tested at all. Think before testing.

UPD 2025. The author migrated to some weird proprietary blogging platform and broke the link. Why?

2023-06-19

385.

Metro Designer - Tennessine

tennessine.co.uk/metro

Create your own train subway map with our metro map maker! Draw the perfect transit map design, then download and share with the world for free.

Used it to map my and B.'s Minecraft metro system.

2023-06-06

292.

Aspergillus

bouncepaw.com/aspergillus

My experiment with a Mini Cubes-inspired spatial information manager.

2023-06-01

273.

Kill the Newsletter!

kill-the-newsletter.com

Convert email newsletters into Atom feeds.