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How I Got My Laser Eye Injury
A radiation-safety enthusiast tells the real story of how he damaged his eye with a laser, with sober lessons about what…
How I put my whole life into a single database
Felix Krause tracked hundreds of daily metrics for years, from mood and sleep to weather and location, and shares dozens…
How I'm (re)learning math as an adult
A reflective post on passing 100 days of daily math practice, covering the resources, routines and mindset that helped o…
How Intelligent Are Cats?
A long essay from the sprawling Messybeast cat archive on how cats think, learn and solve problems, and why they do not…
How to ask for help from people who don't know you
A practical essay on writing cold messages that get answers from busy strangers, covering how to be specific, respect th…
How to Assess the Quality of Garments
A beginner's guide to judging whether a piece of clothing is well made, covering fabric, seams, stitching and finishing…
How to Avoid Losing Items? Holding Pens
A short, practical essay on why we lose things at home and how designating a holding pen for items in transit keeps keys…
How to Build Anything Extremely Quickly
A practical essay on outline speedrunning: recursively outline a minimum version, rush through filling it in, then polis…
How to Do Things If You're Not That Smart
A candid, encouraging essay for people who want to do important work but doubt their talent, with practical habits like…
How to Draw Dotted Lines on Chalkboards, MIT Style
A short, charming MIT admissions blog post teaching the hand trick of flicking chalk to draw perfect dotted lines on a b…
How to Learn Better in the Digital Age
An essay arguing that podcasts, talks and blog posts give curious people the feeling of learning without the effort that…
How to Live an Intellectually Rich Life
An essay arguing that a curious life is easier than it looks, starting with simple habits like following Wikipedia links…
How to Live on $432 a Month in America
A long essay on a cheap house on the northern plains and how a person could cover every living expense on a few hundred…
How to Negotiate Your Salary Package
Patrick McKenzie walks through salary negotiation for engineers and others who feel uneasy about it, with concrete tacti…
How to Sequence Your DNA for Under $2k
A hands-on account of sequencing your own genome on the cheap, covering the kit, the mess, the data and what the results…
How to Sequence Your Own DNA at Home
A first-person guide to sequencing a human genome five times at home with an Oxford Nanopore MinION, covering the kit, w…
How to Study
A brief, practical guide by computer science professor William Rapaport on how to study effectively, with concrete advic…
How to Use the En Dash, Em Dash and Hyphen
A clear guide with examples showing when to use a hyphen, an en dash and an em dash, plus quick rules that help your wri…
How to Use the Internet Again
A five-unit crash course in wandering, breaking and building online, with practical exercises for escaping the algorithm…
How to Write Articles and Essays Quickly and Expertly
A practical guide by educator Stephen Downes to writing articles and essays quickly and well, with plain, no-nonsense ad…
Hugelkultur: The Ultimate Raised Garden Beds
A detailed illustrated guide to hugelkultur, the practice of building raised garden beds over buried rotting logs so the…
Hunter Angler Gardener Cook
Hank Shaw's site on foraging, hunting, and fishing shares field identification tips alongside recipes for wild plants, g…
I am rich and have no idea what to do with my life
A candid personal essay from a young founder after a big payout, wrestling with money, purpose, and what to do with life…
I Do Not Remember My Life and It's Fine
A personal essay on what reminiscing is like without mental imagery, exploring aphantasia, memory and how a mind without…
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