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On David Lynch's Revenge of the Jedi
Adam Golaski imagines and reviews a David Lynch-directed Return of the Jedi, a strange, dreamlike piece of fan criticism…
On Doing Hard Things
A candid personal essay about a self-declared uncoordinated person taking up kayaking, and what struggling at something…
On Finishing Finnegans Wake
Gabrielle Carey reflects on the many years it took her reading group to finish Finnegans Wake, and what Joyce's impossib…
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On Geek Versus Nerd
A machine-learning researcher uses Twitter data to chart which words lean geek and which lean nerd, with a scatter plot…
On Just One Breath
An immersive scrolling feature about Alenka Artnik, who went from grief and despair to becoming the deepest female freed…
On Keeping Sketchbooks
A designer's reflective essay on the habit of keeping sketchbooks, what they are for, and why messy pages matter more th…
On Lacework
An artist explains watching an entire machine-learning video dataset of a million clips and turning it into Lacework, a…
On Ray Casting, Ray Tracing, Ray Marching and the Like
An introduction by Adok in the Hugi diskmag that explains ray casting, ray tracing, and ray marching, the techniques beh…
on scrolling
A personal web essay about the compulsive act of scrolling, recommendation algorithms and enshittification, and wanting…
On the Economy (St. Louis Fed)
The Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis's blog translating economic research on inflation, jobs, and interest rates into p…
On the foolishness of "natural language programming"
Edsger Dijkstra's famous 1978 note arguing that formal notation exists for good reason, still much quoted in today's deb…
On The Fuel Efficiency of Launching My Enemies Into The Sun
A playful orbital-mechanics essay that works out, with real equations and footnoted jokes, why launching something into…
On the Origins of .DS_Store
Explains where the mysterious .DS_Store files that litter Mac folders came from, tracing the name and Finder history in…
Onion and Goat Cheese Frittata
A savory frittata recipe from My Nana's Kitchen that pairs onion with goat cheese, suited to breakfast or any other meal…
Open Culture - The best free cultural & educational media on the web
An aggregator of free cultural and educational media including online courses, audiobooks, films, and eBooks.
Open Source Seeds Loosen Big Ag's Grip on Farmers
A feature on the open-source seed movement, where breeders license varieties for free sharing so farmers can save, trade…
OpenGL 4 Shaders
A short, clear introduction to OpenGL shaders from Anton's OpenGL 4 tutorials, covering vertex and fragment shaders and…
OpenSCAD Configurable Calendar
A write-up of a parametric calendar built in OpenSCAD, with options to configure the year, layout, and sizes for printin…
Operation Luigi
A fun first-person tale of how one hacker, with her friend's blessing, quietly took over her computer using only pranks…
Orchid Fever
Susan Orlean's 1995 New Yorker essay about John Laroche, a toothless, obsessive orchid poacher in the Florida swamps - t…
Order Up
A visual tour of midcentury North American restaurant placemats, with colorful maps, jokes and food illustrations from t…
Origami Resource Center
A free instructional hub with step-by-step diagrams for folding cranes, animals, and flowers, aimed squarely at origami…
Origami-Fun
An entirely free site of printable and viewable origami diagrams and videos covering everything from simple boats to int…
OrigamiUSA Free Diagrams
The national origami society's free diagram collection featuring designs from contemporary paper artists alongside its o…
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