"We're having a problem sending email out of the department."

"What's the problem?" I asked.

"We can't send mail more than 500 miles," the chairman explained.

Some years ago, I (GLS) was snooping around in the cabinets that housed the MIT AI Lab's PDP-10, and noticed a little switch glued to the frame of one cabinet. It was obviously a homebrew job, added by one of the lab's hardware hackers (no one knows who).

You don't touch an unknown switch on a computer without knowing what it does, because you might crash the computer. The switch was labeled in a most unhelpful way. It had two positions, and scrawled in pencil on the metal switch body were the words ‘magic' and ‘more magic'. The switch was in the ‘more magic' position.

I called another hacker over to look at it. He had never seen the switch before either. Closer examination revealed that the switch had only one wire running to it! The other end of the wire did disappear into the maze of wires inside the computer, but it's a basic fact of electricity that a switch can't do anything unless there are two wires connected to it. This switch had a wire connected on one side and no wire on its other side.

It was clear that this switch was someone's idea of a silly joke. Convinced by our reasoning that the switch was inoperative, we flipped it.
The computer instantly crashed.

All the reasons you don't need a modal — and what to use instead.

Are our web apps as smart as they should be? By failing to account for habituation (the tendency, when presented with a string of repetitive tasks, to keep clicking OK), do our designs cause people…

Simple Progressive Web App (PWA) template

View the Skytopian gallery, hear intricate music at the SoundBurst Shrine, relive hidden treasures in classic gaming, learn amusing trivia about science and see every single fruit reviewed and rated!

The Dozenal Society of America is an international non-profit dedicated to researching, using, and teaching about dozenals (duodecimals) and other non-decimal number bases.

seximal is a positional notation numbering system that uses base six. it's a lot like decimal, only better in basically every way.

Tool to convert or write Kaktovik numbers. The Kaktovik Iñupiaq numerals are used in Alaska by Inuit peoples.

Math explained in easy language, plus puzzles, games, worksheets and an illustrated dictionary. For K-12 kids, teachers and parents.

Math3ma is a blog about mathematics, maintained by Tai-Danae Bradley.

What if not only could you divide by zero, but you could understand the rest of math better because of it? Come here if you want to learn the truth!

In Mathematics, more than any other field of study, have we heard proclamations and statements similar to, "The Negro is incapable of succeeding." Ancient and present achievements contradict such statements. One of the purposes of this website is to exhibit the inaccuracy of those proclamations by exhibiting the accomplishments of the peoples of Africa and the African Diaspora within the Mathematical Sciences.

Mycorrhiza Wiki is an open-source wiki engine for the independent web developed by Bouncepaw, who is assisted by other open-source contributors. Use Mycorrhiza for personal wikis, digital gardens and wikis for small teams or communities.

A tiny tool for simple, self-contained wikis!

Seamlessly create and manage a wiki for free, no ads, no strings attached. See why dozens trust our expert hosting. Join Miraheze today!

A wikia for the Pokémon fan project being created by Astaryuu, (previously known as Astralneko and SuperLunala).

Originally founded on Wikia, the Constructed Worlds Wiki, affectionately known as Conworlds, is a place to host and share constructed worlds, alternate history, and other creative endeavours. Projects of any nature are welcome here, and creativity is encouraged!

Create and surf awesome websites for free.

cuz internet is for the cats

BOBA IPSUM GENERATOR

A flexible icon family for interfaces, diagrams, presentations — whatever, really.

Create favicons using Font Awesome icons 🚀. Preview favicons live in browser 🖥️.

With Favicon.io you can quickly generate a favicon for your website for free!

Generator to build organic shapes with CSS3 border-radius

Check the contrast ratio between your website’s background and font colors with our free interactive tool based on WCAG guidelines.

Matt Parker and Bec Hill present: A Problem Squared. A podcast dedicated to solving problems of all kinds, such as, "What should I listen to right now?". A Podcast Squared. First one's free. You're welcome.

A podcast that's enthusiastic about linguistics by Gretchen McCulloch and Lauren Gawne.

In 2189, Earth narrowly won a war against extraterrestrials, but at a tremendous price. Two years later, in a distant patch of space, a mysterious explosion kills nearly the entire crew of the science vessel Starship Iris. The only survivor is Violet Liu, an intrepid, sarcastic, terrified biologist. But as Violet struggles to readjust to life after the Iris, questions abound. Was that explosion really an accident? If not, just what is going on? And why does every answer seem to get more bizarre and more dangerous? If Violet and her newfound allies want to untangle the truth, they'll need courage, brilliance, and luck - and honestly, a couple of drinks.

Follow us, a group of investigators, as we look into suspicious activities surrounding an organization called The Sharing.

SAYER Podcast

New zine for sale!
A very specific guide to talking about trans people with confidence and respect
It's aiming to be a beginner-to-advanced guide for allies, with an informative and nerdy tone. It...

Fantômes is a collaborative ghost story zine, bringing together story-telling, poetry, folklore, illustration and photography in small cobbled-together publication.

The Cinematheque | Simon Fraser University

Participate in Local TV with the Ellijay Makerspace

Ambient music gone a little too far...