Self-Improvement
- Many of us have a little bit of hoarder inside us — here’s what to do -
Short text with interesting thoughts about the hoarder that
is inside us
World
- Why Ever Stop Playing Video Games - Long read
about how video games have replaced work hours for many people, and the
side effects of this behavior.
- Why food memories are so powerful -
Great personal report of how food memories can bridge
the mental gaps of our past memories
History
- The untold story of the vegetable peeler that changed the world -
Interesting story about the OXO Swivel, a vegetable
peeler from the 20th century that is praised to this day.
Science
- Inside a Top-Secret Factory Where Scent Is Made -
Interesting text about how a Scent Factory works.
- The Tunnel of Samos - Great paper about The
Tunnel of Samos, one of the greatest engineering achievements of ancient times.
World
- The Dream of Open Borders Is Real—in the High Arctic -
Great long read about Svalbard, the land with open borders.
Science
- Life is tough - Great text about tardigrades and
other extremophiles.
World
- Zealandia: The Lost Continent That Sank Beneath New Zealand -
Article about Zealandia, the continent that never was.
Tech
- Was E-mail a Mistake? - Nice text on the power of
synchronized communication, and why it shouldn’t be completely avoided.
World
- The Vegetarians Who Turned Into Butchers -
Interesting report of vegans and vegetarians that
discovered that selling meat is their vocation.
Science
- NASA’s idea for making food from thin air just became a reality — it could feed billions -
Nice article about “Solein”, a protein powder that
is similar in form and taste to wheat flour and that can be extracted
from thin air.
Tech
- Chinese Characters Are Futuristic and the Alphabet Is Old News -
Interesting text on how chinese characters are
inputted on devices can give us a glimpse of how the world will type
characters in the future.
Culture
- The Sheldon Conjecture - Interesting article
about the “Sheldon prime”.
- 43 Embarrassing Grammar Mistakes Even Smart People Make -
Interesting compendium of common
English language mistakes.
- I’ve been studying logos for decades. Here’s what changed this year -
Great article showing 2019’s logo visual trends.
Culture
- 21 Rhetorical Devices Explained - This article
gives names to some rethorical devices that we are used to use.
World
- The Torturous History of the Treadmill -
Great article about the history of the treadmill.
Tech
- The Sinkhole that saved the Internet - A very interesting
Tech Crunch text about how buying a domain may
have prevented a catastrophic WannaCry outbreak.
- How Hash Algorithms Work -
A very thorough walkthrough explaining how a
hash algorithm works.
World
- Make Driving Dangerous Again - A fun text
on why making driving dangerous would make our roads safer.
Programming
- It’s possible to build a Turing machine within Magic: The Gathering -
Ars Technica’s article about an article that states that
Magic: The Gathering is Turing Complete.
Tech
- Track This Link - Very interesting Mozilla site
that tries to tackle on the web tracking issue that we all have to live with daily.
Web Development
- User Inyerface - An unnerving site that explores
all the common user interaction and design pattern issues that are found
on the web.
World
- Why We Forget Most of the Books We Read -
Interesting text on why we forget what we read.
Cooking
- The Definitive Study on How to Make Perfect Hard-Boiled Eggs -
Great experiment on what’s the best method to
make hard-boiled eggs.
Science
- Honey bees zero in on the empty set -
Science’s article on how bees appear to understand the
concept of zero.
