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An Introduction to Shaders, Part 1
A tutorial from Aerotwist that introduces shaders using three.js, explaining the basics of vertex and fragment programs…
An IoT Device to Tell My Family I'm in a Meeting
A DIY write-up of Tabajara, a small IoT gadget that signals to the family at home when the author is in a meeting, cover…
An n-ball between n-balls
A geometry curiosity showing how a small ball tucked between neighbouring spheres behaves unexpectedly as the number of…
An NFC Movie Library for My Kids
A parent builds a tactile movie library where kids tap an NFC-tagged card on a reader to start a film, recreating the jo…
An Official Atlas of North Korea
A look through an official North Korean atlas that shows the world from the viewpoint of one of the most isolated countr…
Analyzing 50k Fonts Using Deep Neural Networks
Erik Bernhardsson scrapes 50,000 fonts and trains neural networks on them, then explores the learned font space with vis…
Analyzing my text messages with my ex-boyfriend
Teresa Ibarra charts 83,000 text messages from a relationship: message frequency, sentiment over time, the longest messa…
Anathema: Spec from the Margins
A free online magazine of speculative fiction, poetry, and art by queer people of colour, Indigenous, and Two-Spirit cre…
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Anatomy of a Logo: Star Wars
A detailed design history of the Star Wars logo, tracing its evolution from early concept lettering through the famous S…
Ancient Origins
A site exploring archaeology, mythology, and ancient wisdom traditions through articles on lost civilizations and enduri…
Anders Hoff / inconvergent
The algorithmic art notebook of Anders Hoff, documenting generative systems like erosion, growth, and flocking with visu…
Android MegaPad
A 2011 build log for a homemade 23-inch Android tablet made for about 600 dollars, a DIY hardware project in the maker t…
Anglish
A wiki about Anglish, a form of English that swaps borrowed Latin and French words for native Germanic ones, with word l…
Animal Ethics
A nonprofit publishing rigorous, accessible essays on the moral status of animals and arguments for expanding ethical co…
Animation Obsessive
A newsletter exploring animation history and craft from around the world, telling deeply researched stories about classi…
Another 2 Weeks in Sichuan: Chengdu Revisited
A photo-rich travel journal about returning to Chengdu, with notes on food, markets, giant pandas, tea houses and the mo…
Antarctica and the Arctic Compared
An illustrated explainer on how the north and south poles differ and overlap, covering geography, ice, climate, wildlife…
Anything Will Lase If You Hit It Hard Enough
A pedantic guide to the physics of lasers, featuring gin, Jell-O, and peacocks, explaining how almost any material can b…
Apex Magazine
A science fiction, fantasy, and horror magazine that gradually releases past issues of dark and weird short fiction free…
Aphex Twin Guide
An obsessive fan notebook on Aphex Twin, collecting quotes, the full equipment list, a selected discography and referenc…
Apollo 11 vs USB-C Chargers
A fun look at how the Apollo 11 Guidance Computer stacks up against a modern USB-C charger, with side-by-side numbers on…
Apology - What Is Socrates Even Doing?
An essay reading Plato's Apology of Socrates as a defense of inquiry as a way of life, asking what Socrates thinks he is…
Apple II History: The Apple-1
A detailed chapter on the Apple-1, from Wozniak's homebrew design and the Byte Shop order to how the board was built and…
Apple iPod engraver
A former Apple web designer recounts building the iPod engraving page for the online store in the mid-2000s, with design…
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