For mathematical nerds, Henry Segerman is your channel. Segerman 3D-prints weird mathematical shapes, invents curious mathematical toys, constructs intricate mathematical models, and turns math into ...

A simple game in a class by itself. You get a deck of cards with colored symbols. These are laid out, face up. To play the game you need to organize the symbols into sets of three “un-alikes” — but ...

My name is Martynas Sagaitis. I live in Lithuania and work as a courier. I have many interests, and I’ve shared a few of them here. That’s a little bit about me, for now. Linux Mint 22.3 — Switching ...

I’m a gigantic snoop. I love to peruse people’s bookshelves, rifle through the magazines on their toilet tank, look at their media Likes on Facebook, etc. I am endlessly fascinated by people and the ...

This Instagram account – DesignPatentDaily – simply posts one ink drawing from a US patent every day. The drawings are stunningly beautiful: functional and elegant. Crisp line diagrams, no fluff.

Aretha Franklin (1942-2018) began singing as a child in the 1950s at her father’s church in Detroit. Reverend C.L. Franklin became her manager when she was 12, so she could sing on the “gospel caravan ...

If you will be traveling in Asian countries, research the apps you’re going to need before you get there and set up a payment method in advance. This is especially true with rideshare apps since Uber ...

Mary Lucia Thao Darst is a filmmaker, writer, and musician. She holds a DPhil in Music from Oxford University and an MA from Columbia University. She is a writer with the Austrian Economics Center, ...

A set of 110 double-sided cards that provides 200+ prompts to increase creativity and get creators unstuck. Each card, drawn at random from an exquisite box, offers two unexpected, provocative prompts ...

For the past 8 years Popurls has been my daily first stop on the web. This single page now replaces my need to directly read Digg, Reddit, Delicious, Furl, Slashdot, BoingBoing, NewsVine, Metafilter ...

For the past couple months, I’ve been photographing feathers I find on my favorite hiking trail and feeding each one to AI for identification. No matter the markings, colors, or patterns, it kept ...

Four years ago I mentioned these travel extension cords with multiple plugs that I use when taking a checked bag to Europe, but this time I’m in the ‘Stans with just a carry-on and didn’t have room.