Links
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PhD Simulator
Surprisingly addictive, in a way that I imagine doing an actual PhD isn’t.
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The Visual Science Lab / Kirk: Walking around S. Congress Avenue today reveling in the sub-90° weather.
I always enjoy his Austin photos, and this set gave me major nostalgia for distant visits to South Congress during SXSW.
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Joanne O’Leary · I was a coyote: Can you trust a horsewoman? · LRB 29 June 2023
Interesting review of a book that’s conversations with an Iowan racehorse trainer by Kathryn Scanlan.
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Owen Hatherley · Wild and Tattered Kingdom: Fassbinder and His Friends · LRB 29 June 2023
Hatherley writing about Ian Penman writing about Fassbinder (some of whose work I should really watch at some point).
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Is There An Illusion Of Moral Decline? - by Scott Alexander
A critique of that previously-linked paper which seems good on a brief whizz through.
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The illusion of moral decline | Nature
“…our studies show that the perception of moral decline is pervasive, perdurable, unfounded and easily produced.”
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Bad Waitress Service Industry Memoir
“I suspect it’s easier to teach a waitress to be a writer than an intellectual to be a waiter.” (via Waxy)
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45 Beech Street, Barbican, London (PDF)
Proposal to redevelop the office building – the one off the Barbican “tunnel” – into a taller apartment building.
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Colin Burrow · Algorithmic Fanboy: Thick Rules and Thin · LRB 1 June 2023
I found the distinction between “thick rules” (general guides) and “thin rules” (increasingly specific) useful.
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Headfirst
Seems like a good guide to what’s on in Bristol.
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MetaFilterMetatalktail Hour: Drama Edition : MetaFilterMeta
“Metafilter has had one or two dramatic moments in its four decades on the Internet. … Any dramatic moments stick out in your mind?”
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‘Succession’ creator Jesse Armstrong is ready to talk about the series finale : NPR
Interview. “It’s not that I don’t think people are capable of change or growth. I guess I would say they happen rarely, slowly and not necessarily all in one direction…” (via Ask MetaFilter)
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Dominic Kelly Acting Coach
I’m sad that salon:collective has closed its doors, but the lovely and excellent Dom is still going.
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Cult Shop: are these the best old-school sandwiches in London? | Financial Times
Coincidentally (having mentioned Paul Rothe & Son in that interview about Maison Bertaux).
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Bikepacking 101 Handbook - BIKEPACKING.com
I have no plans to do this but I love a good introductory guide. (via FaveJet)
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Before You Go #2: Maison Bertaux - by The LiB team
A chat with me about the patisserie in Soho in the London in Bits newsletter.
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Alan Sepinwall – Rolling Stone
Some good and insightful (US) TV reviews and recaps. (via MetaFilter FanFare)
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Product design & UX design resources – Degreeless.Design
Assuming these are good resources, I love things like this. Suggested sites and books to learn about design, starting with the basics. (via Web Curios)
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A Horse’s Remorse | Adam Thirlwell | The New York Review of Books
I do like long articles about TV shows. Maybe I should get round to trying BoJack Horseman.
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1 YEAR OFF GRID - Everything we build on our abandoned land | TIMELAPSE | Renovating a caravan park - YouTube
I enjoyed this. That’s a LOT of manual labour to clear some land.
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PhotoSwipe: Responsive JavaScript Image Gallery
Nice image lightbox thing, for future reference. (via Go Make Things)
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Peakto, the game-changing photo organizer software for Mac
Explore your photos from different apps/services in one place. Unsure if this is a “now you have two problems” thing, but it sounds clever.
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Avalanche, the best photo conversion software for Mac
Transfer photo libraries between Lightroom, Luminar, Capture One and Apple Photos.
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Succession: Kill List | FanFare
I enjoy the Fan Fare discussions of Succession, but especially the insights of “Tom Hanks Cannot Be Trusted” like this one comparing it with The Thick Of It, Veep, etc.
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How to scale a JavaScript project over time (part 1) | Go Make Things
A nice short series showing how he gradually structures vanilla JavaScript files.
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Everything you don’t actually need to know about the economics of Succession | Financial Times
Interesting, if futile. (via Money Stuff)
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Historical timeline maker | Timeline creator for students | Aeon Timeline
Paid app for Mac, Windows or iOS. Haven’t tried it but looks interesting. (via Ask a MetaFilter)
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Timeline
Timeline.js. “Easy-to-make, beautiful timelines” on the web using a Google Spreadsheet or JSON as a source. (via Ask MetaFilter)