The basic thesis is that between the late eighteenth and early twentieth centuries, a period of time — 0.1s — acquired a weirdly powerful role at the heart of science, and indirectly, in the shaping of all modernity.
The tldr of the book might even be: the failure to come to terms with the 0.1s limit in human cognition gave birth to modernity, with all its inherent tensions, via a set of parallel crises.
An ongoing series of vibrant river and delta images from North America and other parts of the world. The images are constructed using high-resolution elevation data. To learn more about the rivers and to download the 4K-resolution versions, use the links at the bottom of the page.
Source: Dan Coe Carto – 4K Rivers
Next Level Accessories For Home, Office & EDC. Minimalist + Function. Designed & Crafted to Last. Handmade in Portland, USA. Elevate Your Work Now!
Source: Grovemade
Turns out, if you want to setup a new inbound email from Mandrill, you need to first set your ingress api token to “test-webhook”, and have the url working at the production url.
Once you’ve set it up, you have to then go into the mandrill dashboard, find the “web hooks” section, then find your new web hook and update the ingress api token to match the one listed and redeploy.
Fun.
2020 Update: I contributed to rails! You no longer need to do this song and dance to get things to work. It *should* just be instamagic.
Source: How to run a small social network site for your friends
Source: Trash Plastic
Based on the Möbius Strip and the Klein bottle, it’s a never ending and re-orientable puzzle!
Covered in mirrored glass that’s transparent when viewed from within, the façade of this Mexican forest retreat reflects the color, light, and movements of its natural surroundings.
Source: A Mirrored Mexican Home Hides Among a Lush Forest – Dwell
I’ve been fascinated with pen plotters for a long time now and I’ve owned several of them – but for some reason never posted any of my explorations or findings online. Until now, at least. You might wonder what’s so special about pen plotters? Well, let me tell you. Pen plotters are friendly robots
Source: An intro to Pen Plotters — Hej.
That feeling when the present catches up with your dreams of what the future might bring.
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