Following on from part 1, and part 2 here are 9 more bookmarks from my open browser tabs in 2024.
Not normal: Lions are climbing trees in Botswana
Another one from TKSST, this is an interesting development for a pride of lions to start using trees for rest and staying away from flies at ground level.
Choose Boring Technology
The more experience I gain in building digital products the more I believe in this concept.
Choose boring technology - it works, and you can stand on the shoulders of giants that have already solved many problems you’ll encounter.
This guy, Dan McKinley does a much better and funnier job of describing it.
Extreme Closeups of everyday things
Source: Kotkke
I love a bit of macro photography, and this video has it in abundance (even tho I find the voiceover to be a bit much)!
The toothbrush bristles were a personal favourite 🪥
The collapse of Self-Worth in the Digital Age
The collapse of Self-Worth in the Digital Age
One I’ve been meaning to read for a while. Self-worth is underestimated and misunderstood so easily, and I’m always interested to read articles that offer insights into it.
Guitartonic
This is cool - a web app that plays you a backing track based on the key and scale you want to practice - super helpful in getting more confident to jam with others.
The Art of Surrender: Willem Dafoe
Any insight into a great actors approach is always appealing to me. This long read has been in my bookmarks for a few weeks, and I’m looking forward to reading it.
Cognitive load is what matters
A great article on minimising the cognitive load when building applications. It goes well with the Choose Boring Technology post above.
Louis Armstrong reads The Night Before Christmas
Source: Kottke
I seem to have a lot of quality links open from Kottke - but this is just wonderful.
I’ve been a fan of Satchmouth since I came across him in High Society, and hearing him read such a classic poem seems like a perfect fit for his voice.
Ricky Jay and his 52 assistants
Kottke: Ricky Jay and his 52 assistants
This time I’m actually linking to a Kottke post (thanks for the awesome newsletter Jason!) - this one contains a video of the card sleight of hand master Ricky Jay.
I didn’t recognise his name at first, but as soon as saw the video I recognised the guy - the video is an example of mind blowing card manipulations.