This month, I was not able to write anything for the blog. Not because I didn’t find a topic worth writing about, but rather because too many articles inspired me to write something, which felt a little counter-productive. In the meantime, please enjoy these links, some may return soon in a proper post.
The 13 Trick・Michael from Vsauce shares a very neat mathematical card trick that will surely impress your audience if you manage to remember how to do it well.
Just fucking use HTML・I laughed reading this, while nodding my head in approval. Kyrylo Silin nailed it, just like he nailed it with the Official Em Dash Home Page.
52 tiny annoying problems, solved! (Because when you can’t control the big stuff, start small)・Handy list of tips to make every day little annoyances a bit more comfortable, including one from yours truly.
LEGO The X-Files set・I’m not usually very excited about this kind of Lego set: they take space, you end up losing some of the parts, but Mulder’s iconic office from the X-Files? I’m all in. (via Daniel Benneworth-Gray)
Present & Correct・Speaking of office nerdery, I can only recommend Present & Correct’s newsletter. P&C is a stationery shop that sells — or should I say curates — the most lovely items to use near your desk.
Gibberish・“Gibberish is a blogging app that looks and feels like a messaging app. It’s a bit weird, but that’s the point. This UI tricks my brain into writing mode, just like when I write long messages to my friends.”
Ye Olde Blogroll・Manu Moreale recently took over this blog directory, and it now looks great. It also gives the People & Blogs collection of interviews a superb second home on the web.
Please stop externalizing your costs directly into my face・“All of my sysadmin friends are dealing with the same problems. I was asking one of them for feedback on a draft of this article and our discussion was interrupted to go deal with a new wave of LLM bots on their own server.” (via Pixel Envy)
Self Promotion・In this short blog post, Seth Werkheiser synthesises what social media appears to be when it comes to advertising your work. Looking at what people share on LinkedIn on a daily basis, I think this take is actually way too kind: most people seem to follow cheap recipes for self-promotion, openly rely on generative A.I. to spit out cringe banalities, and mimic the worst type of posts, without acknowledging how bad this all looks. Asinus asinum fricat all the way.
Thinking of a trip to Barcelona this summer? Beware – here’s what you’ll find・“Every day the city is less like itself and more like a marketing department’s idea of Barcelona.” Eye-opening column on the effects of over-tourism, not only on the locals, but also on the tourists themselves.
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