Haikus generated based on your map location and Open Street Map data
Satellite Studio made a map thing that generates haikus based on OpenStreetMap data and your location. From the announcement: [W]e automated Continue reading
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Card catalogs and the secret history of modernity
Card catalogs feel very old but are shockingly new. A large room of fingerprint files at FBI Headquarters, 1944. By Continue reading
The British Library Has Made Three Centuries of Copyright-Free Images Available for Download
There’s more than a million, and they’re all free. The thing about books is that they’re not very much good Continue reading
1907-1967: Exaggeration Postcards
A summertime aside. From Retronaut, a collection of old postcards with, as the title suggests, greatly exaggerated scenes. Awesome, cornball Continue reading
William Gibson Quote
“The future is already here — it’s just not very evenly distributed.” …William Gibson
Mark Twain – Two Days
The most important days are the day you are born and the day you find out why. – Mark Twain
Twenty Awesome Covers From The US Space Program
Read more: Twenty Awesome Covers From The US Space Program.
George Orwell on Politics and the English Language
“A man may take to drink because he feels himself to be a failure, and then fail all the more completely because he drinks. It is rather the same thing that is happening to the English language. It becomes ugly and inaccurate because our thoughts …
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