I’m taking part in the Contraptions Book Club where we are reading City of Fortune which is about Venice. I was struck by the character of Doge Dandolo. Dude was 80+ when we saw a trade opportunity in the 4th Crusades. …

Came across a heartwarming fan-made comic of a collaborative story told on tumblr. A farmer makes a temple to see who shows up and it’s a self-doubting god of transient beauty. This immediately brought back the Small …

Trying something different for a few days. Instead of spamming all the social media accounts with daily links, I will post links only on the blog everyday. Maybe even multiple times a day. Still thinking about doing a …

Table Turpentine # Came across the gt package for better tables in R. Might sound silly but it’s one of those cheap turpentine things. Who made the train? # via ChiPa Yunus Emre-The Watermill # via harvard blogs …

Hardbreak: Hardware Hacking Wiki # This was a cool little find. I’ve always played with software in one form or another, but besides building PCs actual hardware hacking felt out of reach. Maybe I can start with some …