Here's some links to things I like!
Fiction
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"They are creatures of play. They will be creatures of play until the end of time."
Explaining novel scientific concepts to people whose technical acumen does not extend to turning it off, then turning it on again
"Before I begin the demonstration, it would help to establish a collective level of understanding: can I assume that you all know what a laser is? ... I’m afraid lightsabers are not real, no."
Nonfiction
I Won a $5,000 Magic: The Gathering Tournament on Shrooms
"I have a clear recollection of playing on camera and winning."
Is It Imposter Syndrome? Or Are We All Imposters?
"All of us in comfortable white collar industries are impostors. We pretend that our jobs are uniquely difficult. They are not."
The Kentucky Derby Is Decadent and Depraved
"One way or another we’ll get inside. Maybe we’ll have to bribe a guard — or even Mace somebody."
This Christmas Party Was So Fun That Now I’m a Communist
"If you had guessed there would be a fortuneteller at this party, you would have been dead wrong. Because there were two fortunetellers at this party."
Tools
- Calibre
- open-source ebook reader and library manager.
- Logseq
- open-source notes app.
- Manuskript
- an open-source alternative to Scrivener.
- Recommend Me a Book
- read the first page of a book without knowing the cover or title, then get a link to the book if you like it.
- Sigil
- free and easy-to-use EPUB editor for making ebooks.
- Weird Old Book Finder
- type in a search query and receive one randomly-chosen public domain book that matches it.
Videos
- Scopitones
- the Scopitone was a "film jukebox" invented in the late 50s. It played an early precursor to music videos, some of which you can find archived on this YouTube channel.