I love Kottke’s article category that helps you cruise back what feels like a millennia to a day and age that is only read about in history books. The Civil War Era pension article: fascinating! One of my particular favourites are the fact that President Tyler’s grandsons are still alive today. Tyler was president in 1841. The Great Span indeed.
The 50mm f/1.8 and 85mm f/2 are just what the doctor ordered. I’m going to have some difficult decisions to make between these and the 24-70mm f/2.8 L zoom. Also, what’s with those f/11 super telephotos? Crazy stuff.
If you want, you can click through to the actual article, but I personally think Marius’s mushroom comments are equally (probably more) worth your time. There’s a part of me that wants to giggle about how much Marius knows about mushrooms, but then I remember: It’s Marius. He knows everything about the natural world.
I can totally get into the freshly painted keycaps and the slew of updates to this now-4th-generation low-profile mechanical keyboard. At this price, it’s hard not to buy one just to try. Gateron Reds or Browns? Anyone have any thoughts? I’ve read the Reds are quieter and better for office spaces.
I love tips and tricks like this. Actually implementing many of the conversation and phone etiquette tips has completely changed how much success I have in communicating with people. I wish these types of skills were taught in school.
It took me a little while to read through Trevorrow’s entire Duel of the Fates script, but it left me wondering what Disney disagreed with. Trevorrow’s finale was the ending the Star Wars sequel trilogy needed. I’d say this script would have taken the sequel trilogy from the bottom of the heap to for sure the middle of the heap, in terms of trilogies.
Roam Research really is a powerful, connective thinking tool that can have wide-ranging impacts for so many people. So far, Roam has been my rabbit hole tool — last night I sat down to do my day’s Bible study and got caught going down three or four extra passages because each of them connected to the next. The cool part about Roam is it gets more powerful the more you use it. And building out the “Roam Graph” is almost addicting.
The Guitar Hero of the video really ensures the difficulty of this song stands out. Crazy fun to watch his fingers fly around.
I’d say this blows Fast.com and Speedtest.net out of the water, personally. Lots of data to see here.
Founders Grotesk and Graphik are available to use free of charge, to name but a few.