The Bookwheel, invented in 1588 by Italian engineer Agostino Ramelli, was a heavy, 600-pound wooden rotating bookcase that let scholars easily use up to eight open books at once. It had a clever gear system to keep the books upright as the wheel turned by hand, saving time for readers who didn’t have to fetch books from shelves. Featured in Ramelli’s book of machines, it was a creative Renaissance tool for studying, though it’s uncertain how many were actually made.
Mi:nu:ti:ae is a global art project where strangers from around the world simultaneously capture what’s happening in their life, at the exact same time. It’s not new, has been around since 2017, still wonderful.
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I love the internet, because it has sites like Musclewiki.
My daughter (18) carries Haiku in her pockets. She sprinkles them in random places or gifts them to humans she encounters. This makes my heart happy.
“The anditode to doom is curiosity.”
– Ezra Klein
More initiatives like this please!
Marginalia-Search is a search engine that prioritizes non commercial content. I love this so much!
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Need a bit of a break. Can’t go outside? Try One Minute Park.
Switzerland based Software Design Toni keeps a List of People he’d like to meet on his personal website. This is wonderful. Thank you for the inspiration!
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Wow! This is magical: a map of the Reddit. Each dot represents a subreddit. Two dots within the same cluster are close to each other if multiple users frequently leave comments on both subreddits. Created by Andrei Kashcha.
The use of the word integrity is in decline.
Libro.fm makes it possible for you to buy audiobooks through your local bookstore. Choose the bookstore you’d like to support, and they will get a portion of every purchase you make.
(You’re like me and want to get off Audible? You can download your entire library. Here’s a Reddit thread on it too.)
Wow, I love the concept of the No Excuse Hour. It seems basic as a concept, yes I have tried getting the big and important stuff done first in the mornings. For some reason, naming it the NO EXCUSE HOUR hits differently.
1/ The “No Excuse Hour” is the first hour of my day.
No distractions.
It’s one hour of pure focus on the things that have to get done.
No emails, no scrolling, no chatting. It’s just me vs. my top priority. Why?
Because the rest of the day will throw distractions your way.
Get the important stuff done first.
What a wonderfully refreshing talk.
My pal Saul sent me the weirdest and funnest treat I have *ever* received: A “Not Fried Chicken” Ice Cream Bucket by Life Raft Treats. It looks just like a fried chicken drumstick, but it’s actually an intricate ice cream creation, complete with waffle ice cream, a chocolate-covered cookie “bone” and a coating of white chocolate and crushed corn flakes! This made me LAUGH!
This. Dessert. Makes. My. Heart. Sing.
What a time to be alive and 18! My daughter Ella just self-published her first poetry book. You can read her poetry over at ellajoy.com and if you enjoy it, support this young poet by buying a copy of her book. What other young poets should be on my radar?
Wow, Capacities looks useful.
And if your first thought is, this looks like Notion, here’s a comparison.
Thank you Roxane for giving words to this feeling we are all feeling: an age of inelasticity.
I want these AI-Mushroom Sleeping bags to be a real thing. Please!
