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  1. Who’s On First · Mapzen

    On making, basically, a database of places. You don’t need to understand the technical details to get a sense of the huge difficulties in translating these odd human concepts into something more computery. From August 2015. (via @simonw)

  2. Code highlighting for Keynote presentations

    Surprisingly painless and useful. Which isn’t to say entirely painless, but less than expected.

  3. Reverse engineering a wireless thermostat

    I don’t understand this but I still loved reading it. Jolly clever.

  4. NFL’s British accent - SBNation.com

    On British fans of NFL football (as opposed to fans of British American football), and why they’re not bothered about getting a London NFL franchise.

  5. The Sun is wrong: speeding drivers are criminals | Comment is free | The Guardian

    Yes to all of this. If you drive and you’re unable to keep below the speed limit you shouldn’t be allowed on the road. (via @cityofsound)

  6. 115 Ways to Scream ‘Status’ — The Cut

    Some of this is good - things which are high status in particular niches. And yet many of them will mean nothing to anyone outside the niche. (via Kottke)

  7. Deckset for Mac: Turn your notes into beautiful presentations

    Presentation app that uses Markdown files. Aside from the current inability to create or edit the themes, it seems really nicely done. And currently 75% off. (via @rooreynolds)

  8. The Real Review: a bi-monthly architecture magazine by Jack Self — Kickstarter

    Sounds good: backed. I might have pledged more if the guy could have managed a smile. (via @cityofsound)

  9. How Tesla Will Change The World - Wait But Why

    From a little while ago. Such a good, long read. From what energy is, through climate change, to what Tesla hopes to achieve.

  10. The Round House Frinton-on-Sea, Essex | The Modern House

    Of all Frinton’s Art Deco houses, this is the one whose floor is a mosaic map of the estate.

  11. Haddock Blogs

    This has been dead in the water for a long time, so it’s finally going to stop updating.

  12. Host, run, and code Python in the cloud: PythonAnywhere

    Free, and upwards, hosting of Python code/sites, with what sound like great facilities for teachers and their classes.

  13. ListenBrainz

    Open source AudioScrobbler type service, currently Alpha. In theory I imported my Last.fm listens, but nothing showing up yet. Still, could be good.

  14. Smooth Zoom Pan - jQuery Image Viewer - JavaScript | CodeCanyon

    This turned out to be well worth the $11, given the hassles configuring free ones I’ve tried.

  15. The PS tote bag now available – exclusively to readers

    It’s not my kind of thing at all, but I do enjoy the thought that’s obviously gone into this.

  16. Why 4% Could Fail

    The 4% Safe Withdrawal Rate should be closer to 2%. Maybe less, especially for many countries outside the US. (via Monevator)

  17. My Secret World: The Story of Sarah Records / In Depth // Drowned In Sound

    Nice. And I had no idea the Matt who edited ‘Smoke’ was one half of Sarah Records!

  18. Tom Vanderbilt Explains Why We Could Predict Self-Driving Cars, But Not Women in the Workplace

    We think technology will change much quicker than it does, “but when it comes to culture we tend to believe not that the future will be very different than the present day, but that it will be roughly the same.” Lots of good stuff.

  19. Sandstorm

    *Sounds* like it’s an easier way to do self-hosting (or almost self-hosting) for people who aren’t as technical as that usually requires? Not quite sure. (via Warren Ellis)

  20. Known: create a single website for all your content

    Hosted or self-hosted open source, personal CMS/blog that can send your posts, photos etc to Twitter, Facebook, Flickr, SoundCloud, etc. (via Warren Ellis)

  21. Discovering Sketch — .Sketch App — Medium

    Lots of people I know use Sketch but I’d never looked at it. Reading this I can see why people prefer it over Photoshop for many kinds of design. (via Daring Fireball)

  22. Pubwatch: The Gladstone Arms | Deserter

    Nice, sad, angry piece about London’s continued development, at any price. (via The Londonist)

  23. The True Size Of …

    Nice way of comparing the size of a country, with it resizing as you drag it North and South. (via @benhammersley)

  24. Design Jobs / It’s Nice That Jobsboard

    I imagine this has jobs at some nice places (and the usual), given it’s from It’s Nice That. And I’ll forget the name if I don’t bookmark it. (via @iamdanw)

  25. Private Eye | Official Site - Selling England by the offshore pound

    Map of the UK showing individual freehold and leasehold properties registered by offshore companies between 2005 and July 20014. Great stuff. And nice to see the Eye doing this kind of thing. (via @genmon)

  26. A General Feeling of Disorder by Oliver Sacks | The New York Review of Books

    For that first section’s description of migraines. Just right.

  27. Bike Shop in East London | Isambard’s Vintage Bicycles

    On Bethnal Green Road, they restore and rebuild old bikes with new components.

  28. Wired Style: A Linguist Explains Vintage Internet Slang - The Toast

    On the 1990s Wired style guide. ‘It’s like a “no dress code” workplace where everyone miraculously shows up in the same plaid button-down: informal, but tightly conscribed.’ (via Russell Davies)

  29. No more accordions: how to choose a form structure | User research

    I didn’t link to this when I read it, but it’s stuck with me. It describes changes to GOV.UK’s recommended form structure guidelines, based on user testing.

  30. A Small Dark Detour

    On the people who posted negative commentd about Jason Scott’s manual-saving effort. I’m increasingly thinking the net turns too many people into the kind of heckler who thinks they’re “helping” the performer.