Josh W Comeau makes CSS seem easy. Here's his guide to flexbox.
As seen by Bob Hearn (in 2003)
"Hey, welcome to my collection of why the lucky stiff links. Everything _why has published on the internet should be accessible from here. It works sort of like a museum that sells maps. Many of his abandoned writings are mirrored locally here, and everything else is through external links."
He uses a little CNC mill to create wood mold masters for silicone molds which he casts polyurethane parts in. It seems to work well.
"Both the original Omnibot and this revised approach feature a novel reconfigurable drivertrain, which enables the robot to perform on-the-spot 360° turns and to effortlessly alternate between forward and sideways motion. As opposed to most other omnidirectional designs, Omnibot can do so without losing registration with the environment, and without relying on exotic and expensive components. In fact, it uses just three extremely cheap brushed motors and four regular wheels."
I've done this a couple of times with my tenkara rod
James Hague is a recovering programmer
I bought John Langdon's book Wordplay years ago, but a recent discussion on hacker news reminded me of ambigrams
A nice video profile of Kurt Steiner, champion stone skipper.
Norman's comprehensive video on common methods for joining new yarn in knitting
Joining new yarn is part of knitting that I am still not very good at. It seems like I always end up with bulk or wonky stitches (and/or lack of confidence that the join will hold) no matter which method I try. This article lists several, but doesn't mention some like the Russian join and back join. I still need to do much experimenting.
A little video essay about Pat and folkpunk I found on youtube.
I think this article clears up a lot of the naming confusion that always comes up when geographically disparate people online talk about "hanks" and "skeins".
Veronika Rohrhofer posts very nice doilies crocheted with 50wt sewing thread
Another good reference on thread weight standards I've found.
One of the most useful summaries of thread weight standards I've found.
On crocheting a complex doily with embroidery thread.