Ooh, a Color Kindle Is Finally Here - kottke.org
2024年10月17日 · Ooh, a Color Kindle Is Finally Here. I think this counts as a FINALLY! Amazon is coming out with a full-color e-reader called the Kindle Colorsoft.You can pre-order it now for $280 and it ships on October 30. This will be great for comics, graphic novels, and books with art …
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Josh’s Albums of the Year. My friend Josh LaFayette spends the very last part of the year making fan art for his favorite albums of the year and despite all the pieces being visually different there’s a through line which make all of them immediately recognizable to me as his art. He’s putting out a few a week on his Instagram, but I grabbed these two because I also loved these albums.
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The TV sequel picks up in May 1536 after the beheading of Anne Boleyn and follows the last four years of Thomas Cromwell’s life, completing his journey from self-made man to the most feared and influential figure of his time.
Public Work: A Fast Search Engine for Public Domain Images
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The Cube Rule of Food, the Grand Unified Theory of Food …
2018年12月10日 · On the internet, a fierce debate rages. Are hot dogs sandwiches? Are Pop-Tarts ravioli? Is sushi toast? Into the fracas steps @phosphatide with their brilliant Cube Rule of Food. The idea is that you can fit all food into one of seven categories based on
Why Do People Say “Axe” or “Aks” Instead of “Ask”? - kottke.org
2023年2月24日 · Shetland Islanders, descendents of Jamaican immigrants living in London, and African Americans all tend to say “axe” or “aks” instead of “ask” when speaking. Linguist Geoff Lindsey traces the history of differing pron
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Nature By Numbers
2020年5月20日 · This lovely short film by Cristóbal Vila shows how the simple Fibonacci sequence manifests itself in natural forms like sunflowers, nautilus shells, and dragonfly wings. See also Arthur Benjamin’s TED Talk on the Fibonacci numbers and the golden
The Wire Bible - kottke.org
2009年4月16日 · This is quite a treat. Someone got ahold of some scripts from The Wire and posted them online. [Update: I’ve mirrored the files for convenience.] Season 1, episode 1, “The Target” Season 1, episode 9, “Game Day” Season 5, ep
The Plot of All Objects in the Universe - kottke.org
2023年9月26日 · You just have to admire a chart that casually purports to show every single thing in the Universe in one simple 2D plot. The chart in question is from a piece in the most recent issue of the American Journal of Physics with the understated title of R