“Color Lisa is a curated list of color palettes based on masterpieces of the worlds greatest artists. Each palette was painstakingly created by color obsessed designers, artists, museum curators, and masters of color theory. Palettes are constantly being added to help keep your designs colorful and fresh. Color Lisa was made by Ryan McGuire, a community artist and lover of color. Fun fact about Ryan: he drives a bright green (HEX #A5C955) and orange (HEX #E9AF42) 1971 VW Beetle he turned into a dinosaur. Questions, guest curator requests, and praise đ can be sent to [email protected].”
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Daily Archives: December 18, 2023
Nobody Knows Whatâs Happening Online Anymore
The Atlantic [read free]: “You are currently logged on to the largest version of the internet that has ever existed. By clicking and scrolling, youâre one of the 5 billionâplus people contributing to an unfathomable array of networked informationâquintillions of bytes produced each day. The sprawl has become disorienting. Some of my peers in the… Continue Reading
Mapping the Unequal Distribution of Global Precipitation
Mapping the Unequal Distribution of Global Precipitation – On average, nearly one meter (39 inches) of rain or snow falls on the Earth in a year. However, differences in latitude, winds, changes in the Earthâs surface, and the planetâs tilt, make for an unequal distribution of global precipitation. Cartographer Perrin RemontĂ© uses data from Chelsea… Continue Reading
Label the States
XKCD: label as many US states as you can on this blank map – Do you miss the pen and pencil grade school exercises from geography and social studies classes? I still remember how to spell state names – such as Mississippi, and the number of days in each month, using the memory tools we… Continue Reading
ML system design: 300 case studies to learn from
“How do companies like Netflix, Airbnb, and Doordash apply machine learning to improve their products and processes? We put together a database of 300 case studies from 80+ companies that share practical ML use cases and learnings from designing ML systems. Navigation tips. You can play around with the database by filtering case studies by… Continue Reading
Thomas privately pushed for a higher salary and to allow Supreme Court justices to take speaking fees
PrpPublica: “In early January 2000, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas was at a five-star beach resort in Sea Island, Georgia, hundreds of thousands of dollars in debt. After almost a decade on the court, Thomas had grown frustrated with his financial situation, according to friends. He had recently started raising his young grandnephew, and Thomasâ… Continue Reading
âItâs totally unhingedâ: is the book world turning against Goodreads?
The Guardian: “The influential user review site has suffered a year of controversies, from cancelled book deals to review-bombing, and exposed a dark side to the industry.” Continue Reading
Dude, Where’s My Kia/Hyundai?
Data is Plural by David Johnston: “This Power BI report presents data on the recent surge in thefts of Kia and Hyundai vehicles across various cities in the U.S. The report is based on car theft data collected from 43 cities, highlighting the number of thefts occurring each month and specifically identifying how many of… Continue Reading
A History of Blasphemy Laws in the United States
In Custodia Legis: “The following is a guest post by Ryan Gale, an intern with the Digital Resources Division of the Law Library of Congress. He is an undergraduate student studying philosophy and theology at The Catholic University of America.The First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution prohibits the governmentâs establishment of a religion and protects… Continue Reading
The History of Cartography, the âMost Ambitious Overview of Map Making Ever,â Is Free Online
Open Culture: “The University of Chicago Press has made available online â at no cost âfive volumes of The History of Cartography. Or what Edward Rothstein, of The New York Times, called âthe most ambitious overview of map making ever undertaken.â He continues: People come to know the world the way they come to map… Continue Reading
