links

Sites and pages I like, loosely categorised and occasionally curated, sorted by section and aaabcehilllpty:

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GrimGrains
the Hundred Rabbits’ cookbook
How Many Plants
a collection of guides for caring for various houseplants
The Phrontistery
a collection of obscure and lost words
The Screenless Office
a conceptual system for working with media and networks without using a pixel-based display

inspiration

100R
the rabbits; an artist collective aboard a sailboat
cblgh
Alexander Cobleigh’s website
Comma Directory
a website by Andrea and Marc, a garden of knowledge, where ideas about technology, the humanities, artistry, sustainability, and philosophy intersect
FormaFantasma
Milan-based design studio
Joana Moll
Barcelona-/Berlin-based artist and researcher
julian.digital
Julian Lehr’s lifelog and digital playground
Kokorobot
Rek Bell’s website, full of art projects and notes. ½ of the rabbits
Love Hultén
Gothenburg-based audiovisual artist and woodworker
Marie Verdeil
Marie Verdeil’s website; designer of Low Tech Magazine’s solar site
Mu-An Chiou
muan’s website. software designer and engineer based in Taipei
Nervous System
generative design studio
nnnnnnnn.co
brian crabtree’s site
Noгma
Turin-based design studio that does nothing special
Ritual Dust
Lizbeth Portier’s website: a multidisciplinary folk and fantasy artist interested in the transmission and creation of folklore, the magic of the land, and ancestral and communal knowledge
Simplifier
creating a stable foundation of technology that is reliable, understandable, and practical for an individual to build for themselves
Special Projects by the Westaways
London-based design and invention agency
Thomasorus
Thomasorus’ website. French web developer
XXIIVV
Devine Lu Linvega’s website, full of esoterica. ½ of the rabbits

fun

Bellwoods by Matt DesLauriers
an art game where you fly a kite through a field
Constraint Systems by Grant Custer
a collection of experimental web-based creative tools
Sunday Sites
monthly HTML code jam

eco

CarbonPlan
a California-based non-profit that analyzes the design and implementation of climate programs across the public and private sectors
Frugal computing by Prof. Wim Vanderbauwhede
Low Tech Magazine
the solar-powered version of Low Tech Magazine, a blog on solving modern problems with past technologies
Open Sustainable Technology
a list of open technology projects to sustain a stable climate, energy supply, biodiversity and natural resources
Solar Protocol
a website hosted on a network of solar-powered servers
Website Carbon
estimate your website’s carbon footprint
What can a technologist do about climate change by Bret Victor

design

10 principles for good design by Dieter Rams
Brutalist Web Design
Principles of Calm Technology™ by Amber Case
The right amount of technology is the minimum needed to solve the problem
The CE Manifesto by Julian Oliver, Gordan Savičić, & Danja Vasiliev
Death to Bullshit by Brad Frost
a rallying cry to rid the world of bullshit and demand experiences that respect people and their time
Design Principles
an open-source collection of design principles and methods
Fictional Brands Archive
a collection of fictional brands found in films, series and video games
Humane by Design by Jon Yablonski
a guide for designing ethically humane digital products and services
In Pursuit of Production Minimalism by Brandur
Visual design rules you can safely follow every time by Anthony Hobday

typography

Butterick’s Practical Typography
this made me obsess over typography for a while…
The Futures of Typography by Robin Rendle
Mass-Driver™
Rutherford Craze’s typeface design studio
The Typographic Scale by Spencer Mortensen
the origin of my obsession with φ-based type scales

maths

Building 4D Polytopes by Mikael Hvidtfeldt Christensen
Fungrim
the mathematical functions grimoire, an open-source library of formulæ and data for special functions
The OEIS
a wiki of integer sequences
toywiki
a collection of maths notes

computers

Generative Artistry
interactive tutorials in generative art
Ink & Switch
an independent research lab working on digital tools and computing for creators
Malleable Systems Collective
Modern computing is far too rigid.
N-O-D-E
Permacomputing Principles
Small, Sharp Tools by Brandur

programming

Algorithms for Decision Making by Mykel J. Kochenderfer, Tim A. Wheeler, Kyle H. Wray
Algorithms for Optimisation by Mykel J. Kochenderfer, Tim A. Wheeler
Algorithms for Validation by Mykel J. Kochenderfer, Sydney M. Katz, Anthony L. Corso, Robert J. Moss
The Art of Unix Programming by Eric Steven Raymond
Becoming a dramatically better programmer by Henry Stanley
Composing Programs by John DeNero
Design Patterns for Humans
Esolang
a wiki of esoteric programming languages
Esoteric.Codes
articles and interviews on esolangs
Fundamentals of Optimal Code Style by Aleksandr Skobelev
Cognitively-Oriented Approach to Improving Program Readability
Rosetta Code
programming chrestomathy, solutions to tasks in as many different languages as possible
Think in Math. Write in Code. by Justin Meiners
Writing Efficient Programs
a summary of Jon Louis Bentley’s Writing Efficient Programs
Visualizing Algorithms by Mike Bostock

privacy

The New Oil
the beginner’s guide to data privacy & cybersecurity
Surveillance Self-Defense
tips, tools, and how-tos for safer online communications

web

a view source web by Garry Ing
The modern web on a slow connection by Dan Luu
Slow Net by Beverly Chou
a series of experiments that explore how slow networks can be used to protect against data-collecting entities that threaten our autonomy and influence our identities
Resilient Web Design by Jeremy Keith
Responsible Web Applications by Joy Heron
Sustainable Web Design
Web design as architecture by Malte Müller
a list of resources for web design and web development
Webwaste by Gerry McGovern
Between and , the average webpage weight grew from about 100 KB to about 4 MB.
why lowercase letters save data by Nathaniel

tools

Graphemica by William Melody
catalogue of Unicode characters
Poline by David Aerne
enigmatic colour palette generator using polar coordinates
SculptGL by Stéphane Ginier
WebGL sculpting app
Stuff that rocks — suckless

worldbuild

A list of worldbuilding resources — Worldbuilding Stack Exchange
Astronomy Answers: Position of the Sun — Quæ
donjon
a collection of generators, mainly for RPGs
Earth and Sun by Bartosz Ciechanowski
Fun with plate tectonics
Worldbuilding — Atomic Rockets
insane worldbuilding resource

podcasts

Gastropod by Cynthia Graber & Nicola Twilley
the science and history of food
Ologies by Alie Ward
fields of study — ornithology, domicology, oneirology, etc.
Serial by Sarah Koenig & Julie Snyder
investigative journalism
Uncanny Japan by Thersa Matsuura
Japanese folklore

youtube

3Blue1Brown
videos on maths
ABSTRACT
documentaries about the horrifying
Atrocity Guide
the anomalies of the internet
Barely Sociable
analysis videos for the odd corners of the internet
Baumgartner Restoration
painting restorations by Baumgartner Fine Art Restoration
Devine Lu Linvega
software demos, music, and devlogs
Extremities
how and why the world’s most remote settlements exist
Folding Ideas
videos on a broad range of subjects rooted in stories and how they reflect and shape the world around us
Fredrik Knudsen
Down the Rabbit Hole documentaries
GeoWizard
the adventures of Tom Davies, including walking across geographic areas in a straight line and across urban areas without going down roads
Horses
video essays by Michael Sorensen
Hundred Rabbits
the rabbits’ sailing vlogs and talks
Jacob Geller
video essays on video games, history, politics, empathy, and more
Kurzgesagt
animated videos on various topics like space, ants, the far future, and dinosaurs
The Nerdwriter
video essays
Our Changing Climate
video essays on climate change
Practical Engineering
videos on infrastructure by Grady Hillhouse
Primer
explainer videos on topics like natural selection and game theory featuring animated blobs
Primitive Technology
The challenge is seeing how far you can go without utilizing modern technology.
Real Engineering
videos on the mechanics of various technological marvels
Real Science
videos on science, mostly biology
RealLifeLore
answers to questions that you've never asked
The Thought Emporium
science experiments — genetic engineering, chemical synthesis, etc.
Wendover Productions
various explainer videos on topics like geography and œconomics