Pathing.
- The principle of suboptimization.
- A criticism of "sharing economies" as tools for self-exploitation.
- "The dream isn't the wallet itself; it's the ability to successfully add a useful product to the world."
- Marco Arment on the declining relevancy of podcast networks.
Building.
- Eddy current testing is a non-destructive method of detecting flaws in conductive objects.
- The Flickr page for NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center.
- The NYTimes details the features of Scoop, its custom-built CMS. Also, the NYTimes Code blog is good.
- Two good explainers on Wire EDM (the manufacturing process). One and two.
- The Wikipedia page for shot peening.
- Some interesting progress on Google's Tango & Ada projects.
Logistics.
- Wikipedia's internal guidelines & rules are *complex.*
- A shocking 40,000 Iraqis downloaded the Firechat mesh communication app in one weekend this month.
- A paralyzed man had a chip installed in his brain, and is now able to use it to control muscle movement in his hand.
Reflecting.
- FiveThirtyEight on FiveFingers and the health effects of toe-strike running.
- Apparently there's a huge subterranean ocean 400 miles below the earth's surface.
- Ben Thompson gives some (tempering) context on Xiaomi.
- Remember: Neither a theory nor a hypothesis can be proven true.
- A cool web tool makes it possible to peel through layers of NYC Google Maps history, specifically street art.
- How the invention of kitty litter affected our relationship with cats and the internet.
Stuff that doesn't fit into my dumb/arbitrary categories.
And.
The crazy naturally occurring patterns in an abandoned Russian salt mine.
Love, Spencer.
ps - Thank you to everyone - especially my friends at Gin Lane, Undercurrent, and on twitter - who referred me to everything here.
We should be closer friends. Coffee's on me.
