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Augmenting Human Intellect
Douglas Engelbart's landmark 1962 report proposing computers as tools to boost human thinking, the vision behind the mou…
Augmenting Long-term Memory
Michael Nielsen's long essay on using spaced repetition software to remember almost anything, with the author's detailed…
Augur Magazine
A Canadian speculative fiction magazine publishing short stories and poetry that push against genre conventions, with an…
Auster Shootdown Over Sydney in 1955
The strange true story of a quiet August morning in 1955 when Sydney watched an aircraft chased across the sky for hours…
Authors with DRM-Free Books
A single-page list of authors who sell DRM-free books, helping readers find ebooks they can actually own, copy, and read…
Autogenerating a Book Series from Three Years of iMessages
A charming personal project in which the author prints years of iMessage history into paperback books, with the scripts,…
Auto-Generating Clickbait With Recurrent Neural Networks
A developer trains a neural network on millions of headlines and shares the hilariously plausible clickbait it invents,…
Automatypewriter
A hobbyist build log showing how an old electric typewriter was hacked with solenoids and a microcontroller so a compute…
Avoiding homework with code (and getting caught)
A student's funny story of writing code to get around a tedious online homework platform during lockdown, how it worked,…
Awesome By Proxy: Addicted to Fake Achievement
An essay on why grinding levels in RPGs and chasing achievements feels so satisfying, and how games hand out a sense of…
Axios - Smart Brevity News and Analysis
News outlet delivering concise, bullet-point coverage of politics, business, technology, and world events in a Smart Bre…
Baalbeck
A short illustrated overview of Baalbeck, Lebanon's greatest Roman treasure, whose monumental temples count among the be…
Bachtrack
A global listings and reviews site for classical music, opera, and ballet performances, useful for discovering what's on…
Backpacker
A long-running backpacking magazine covering trail reviews, gear tests, and wilderness skills for hikers heading into th…
Backyard approach lighting at Adelaide Airport
A photo-filled look at Adelaide Airport's runway approach lights, which stand in suburban streets and residents' backyar…
Backyard Coffee and Jazz in Kyoto
A travel essay about a tiny Kyoto cafe run out of someone's backyard, and what it says about letting people pursue passi…
Backyard Forager
A practical foraging blog focused on common wild edibles found in yards and vacant lots, with recipes for beginners just…
Bacteria store memories and pass them on for generations
Scientists at UT Austin show that bacteria can form memory-like responses about when to build protective communities and…
Bad Songs of the Seventies
Perfect Sound Forever's affectionate roast of the worst musical refuse of the 1970s, compiled with Billy Bob Hargus and…
Balancing Cube
The build story of a self-made cube that balances itself on a single corner using reaction wheels, with videos, design d…
Ballad of Mulan
The full text of the Ballad of Mulan, the ancient Chinese folk poem about a daughter who takes her father's place in the…
Balsamic Vinegar
An illustrated explainer on traditional balsamic vinegar of Modena, covering how it is aged, how to spot real aceto bals…
Banjo Hangout
A large community site for banjo players sharing tablature, lessons, classifieds, and forum discussion about the instrum…
Bank of England Knowledge Bank
The Bank of England's plain-English explainer hub answering common questions about inflation, interest rates, and how mo…
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