Writing & notes,
collected.
Come in through the latest — music on repeat, links worth your time, lists worth arguing with, the odd essay — or wander into the wiki, where the keepers get filed and grow.
From the wiki
Notes that don't expire — filed by topic, revised as they grow.
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Anatomy
Learning human anatomy — resources, tools, and notes.
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Animals
Species profiles and places to look up what an animal actually is.
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Animation
The craft behind Japanese animation — who makes it and how.
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Anime
Anime — databases, writing about the medium, and the series I've finished.
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Architecture
How buildings are proportioned, designed, and put together.
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Art
Art, artists, and the stories behind the work.
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Blogs
Long-form blogs worth following, mostly ideas and essays.
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Business
How companies actually run — strategy, finance, and the rest of the MBA toolkit.
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Chemistry
Molecules and the odd things small structural changes can do.
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Chess
Learning to see the board — tactics, patterns, and puzzles.
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Comics
Webcomics and strips worth keeping in the rotation.
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Computer Science
Algorithms, machine learning, and the routes through the field.
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Cryptography
The math and practice of keeping data secret.
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Culture
Essays on how we live now — trends, class, and the internet.
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Data
Datasets worth looking at — public records, archives, and the people who surface them.
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Design
Composition, layout, and the rules behind work that looks right.
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Ecology
Ecosystems, invasive species, and the ways we move life around without meaning to.
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Economics
The ideas behind how money, markets, and incentives move.
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Electronics
Learning to build with circuits, sensors, and microcontrollers.
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Engineering
How big things get built, and why they don't fall down.
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Engines
How engines work — animations, explainers, and references.
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Essays
Longer arguments worth sitting with — in text and on screen.
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Films
Films — resources, writing about cinema, and the ones I've finished.
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Food
Dishes, ingredients, and the odd histories behind them.
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Games
Games worth your time — including a few that teach you something.
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General Knowledge
Explainers that refuse to stay on one subject.
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Genetics
Genes, proteins, and their surprising day jobs.
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Geography
Maps, borders, and the arguments they quietly make.
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Global Issues
The world's problems, catalogued — and the strategies aimed at them.
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History
Odd and interesting corners of history.
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Languages
Learning languages — guides, scripts, and the tools that actually stick.
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Learning
Places that help you find good things to learn and how to learn them.
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Literature
Writers, archives, and places to read full texts.
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Mathematics
Mathematical curiosities — geometry, game theory, and patterns worth a second look.
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Morse Code
Dits, dahs, and the ways people teach them.
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Music
Composers, works, and corners of music worth remembering.
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Mythology
Gods, monsters, and the old stories, straight from the sources.
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News
Ways to follow what's happening without drinking from the firehose.
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Philosophy
Ideas, aesthetics, and ways of thinking worth sitting with.
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Physics
Clear, free lecture notes and explainers for learning physics.
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Poetry
Poems worth returning to, and places to read them.
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Psychology
Notes and resources on psychiatry and the mind.
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Science
Science explained well — channels and sites that make it click.
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Security
Vulnerabilities, exploits, and the practice of breaking and defending systems.
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Shoelaces
Lacing and knotting shoes — the surprisingly deep world of shoelaces.
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Space
The cosmos, from missing aliens to stars that cheat their age.
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Spreadsheets
Getting genuinely good at Excel and spreadsheets.
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Technology
How the modern built and digital world actually works.
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Time Wasters
Gloriously pointless corners of the web, for when you have ten minutes to kill.
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Travel
Places worth a detour and the sites that map them.
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TV Shows
TV — resources, writing about the medium, and the shows I've finished.
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Watches
Horology for beginners — how watches work and how to buy your first one.
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Weather
Weather data and the many things it quietly powers.
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Web Development
Learning the three languages a web page is actually made of.
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Woodworking
References for identifying and working with wood.