The Tech Revolt
A conversation with the engineers, designers, and research scientists pushing for a more ethical Silicon Valley.
Battle of the Ax Men: Who Really Built the First Electric Rock ‘n’ Roll Gui
[caption id="attachment_78757" align="alignnone" width="618"] George Fullerton (left) testing a Stratocaster in the Fender factory, sometime in the mid-to...
Getting Started Tutorial - Google Chrome
All the basics to get started with Chrome extensions
StoreKing lures Amazon by connecting the dots of rural India
Network of mom-and-pop shops brings e-commerce to up to 800m consumers
Untuckit is using Amazon to offload older styles
Untuckit is using Amazon to offload older styles -- preferring the marketplace as an alternative over the traditional outlet store.
Starting A Skin Care Product Business as a Middle School Teacher
Hello! Who are you and what business did you start?Hi there! I’m Leslie, the founder of Almond Clear, a line of skin care products that are formulated with mandelic (almond) acid (MA). MA is an amazing remedy for a range of skin concerns, from clearing up acne and folliculitis…
The Periodic Table of Commodity Returns
Serenity Redefined at Bhutan’s Remote Gangtey Lodge
At Gangtey Lodge, guests feel ever so far away. More than three hours from the capital city of Thimphu, along the National Highway and ultimately beyond the single road that leads into the once-hid…
The Brain Maps Out Ideas and Memories Like Spaces | Quanta Magazine
Emerging evidence suggests that the brain encodes abstract knowledge in the same way that it represents positions in space, which hints at a more universal theory of cognition.
Come for the tool, stay for the network
Chris Dixon's blog.
Why Japan's Rail Workers Can't Stop Pointing at Things - Atlas Obscura
A seemingly silly gesture is done for the sake of safety.
The Mysterious Life (and Death) of Africa’s Oldest Trees
On the plight of the baobab tree.
The Ministry of Mr. Rogers
On the choices Fred Rogers made.
How a Stroke Turned a 63-Year-Old Into a Rap Legend
The story of Dr. Sherman Hershfield, who became Dr. Rapp.
(83) B5
This virtual guitar online simulator plays the chords of a real acoustic guitar.
We wasted $50K on Google Ads so you don’t have to
Connect with developers sharing the strategies and revenue numbers behind their companies and side projects.
Ribollita
Ribollita, a beautifully thick Tuscan stew made with dark greens, lots of beans, vegetables, olive oil, and thickened with day-old bread.
The Man in Seat Sixty-One - the train travel guide...
How to travel by train from the UK to any country in mainland Europe, within Europe & around the world...
Well, That Was One Hell of a Ride | By Richard Jefferson
Any idiot can get married. Any idiot can be a father. An NBA title? That’s work. That’s worth crying over.
Extinct Red Wolf DNA Discovered in Pack of Galveston Strays
Long live the red wolf.
Arborists Are Bringing the 'Dinosaur of Trees' Back To Life
Arborists are cloning saplings from the stumps of the world's largest, strongest, and longest-lived trees -- felled for timber more than a century ago -- to create redwood "super groves" that can help fight climate change. "Using saplings made from the basal sprouts of these…
Diplo, French Montana & Lil Pump ft. Zhavia Ward - Welcome To The Party (Official Music Video)
Official Music Video | Diplo, French Montana & Lil Pump ft. Zhavia Ward - Welcome To The Party (From the Deadpool 2 Motion Picture Soundtrack) Subscribe to Diplo YouTube Channel - http://diplo.fm/YouTube Get the song here: http://smarturl.it/wttp Apple Music –…
Henry the Hatter. DETROIT'S & AMERICAS HATTER SINCE 1893!
Henry the Hatter. DETROIT'S EXCLUSIVE HATTER SINCE 1893! Mens Fedora Hats and Caps. Thank you for visiting Henry the Hatter's online store.
This Is Possibly the Most Beautiful Off-Grid Passive House — House Call
The inside is sleek, minimal, and modern.
How PopSockets Prospered after Leaving Amazon
PopSockets opted not to be a direct vendor to Amazon. Instead, it chose one major reseller to represent it on the marketplace. But, Amazon would not allow it. So, PopSockets walked away.
3 Strategies to Fulfill Like Amazon
We can be certain that Amazon is spending millions to improve and optimize its shipping processes. In this post, I'll describe three strategies to fulfill like Amazon, even if you have a fraction of its scale and infrastructure.
Science’s pirate queen
Alexandra Elbakyan runs Sci-Hub, a website with over 64 million academic papers available for free to anybody in the world.
Underrated | By Stephen Curry
You didn’t think this was one of those fairytales where the kid gets some pep talk, and everything changes right? It REALLY isn’t that.
Speed as a Habit
All things being equal, speed will determine whether your company succeeds or not. Here's how to make it core to your culture.
Neural Ordinary Differential Equations | the morning paper
The Best Places to Retire 2018: Should You Stay or Should You Go? | NewReti
The ultimate guide to retirement relocation: 20 best places to retire lists, 6 calculators, and tips to help you find your ideal locale.
Power Up Your Command Line, Part 3
Five lesser-known command line utilities you'll want to install right away.
4 Ways to Measure Marketing Campaigns You (Probably) Haven’t Considered
When we need to measure marketing campaigns, most of us have cracked online campaign tracking – we have a cookie
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Elixir School
When And How To Use CSS Multi-Column Layout
The Multi-column Layout spec is often overlooked as we use Grid and Flexbox. In this article Rachel Andrew explains why it is different to other layout methods, and shows some useful patterns and sites which showcase it well. Rachel will take a look at Multi-column Layout —…
More Start-Ups Have an Unfamiliar Message for Venture Capitalists: Get Lost (Published 2019)
Frustrated with the perverse incentives of fast growth, founders are criticizing the investment model that built the tech industry as we know it.
Don’t Sell a Product, Sell a Whole New Way of Thinking
Customers need the right mental model to understand why they need your product.
"Leave No Soldier Behind"
The unsolved mystery of the soldier who died in the watchtower.
The Strange and Mysterious Death of Mrs. Jerry Lee Lewis – Rolling Stone
Was Jerry Lee Lewis' fourth wife murdered, and did the man known as "the Killer" do it?
Creating a useful spec
If you want someone to help, you’ll do better with a spec. It lists just four things: What is the problem to be solved? How are we going to solve it? How can we test that the thing we built m…
What Deep Breathing Does to Your Body
It has to do with the powerful vagus nerve.
The High-Stakes World of Christmas Tamales
“Tamales are different not just from country to country, but also from region to region and even from abuela to abuela.”
GraphQL concepts I wish someone explained to me a year ago
Part 1: GraphQL Basics
Cold, dry and lonely in one of the most remote places on the Indian subcont
Photographer Jayanta Roy documents the frigid landscape of the Tibetan Plateau.
Beautiful But Deadly: The Creepiest Devices From Medicine’s Grisly, Leech-F
[caption id="attachment_78739" align="aligncenter" width="483"] Close-up of an Auzoux anatomic male manikin, made of hand-painted papier mâché, circa 18...
The castaway tribal woman who spent 18 years alone on an island…
Image credit: Babbage CC BY-SA 3.0If you are fond of castaway tales, the story of a Juana Maria may not only fascinate you immensely but might also break your heart.The tribal woman was part of Nicoleño, an Aborigines tribe who used to inhabit the Channel Islands, 61…
A Beginner’s Guide to GraphQL
In this article, you're going to learn how GraphQL works. I'm going to show you how to create a very well-designed, efficient, powerful API using GraphQL.
The programmatic marketer’s 2019 checklist
Four ways advertisers can improve transparency, control and efficiency of their programmatic buys are detailed here.
How conventional commits improved my git skills
The best way to get to know git is by using it.