• How snake oil became a symbol of fraud and deception
  with miscellany
• How the idea of a ‘normal’ person got invented
  "The notion that there is a 'normal' height or a 'normal' salary is a relatively new one, and it's had a profound effect on how people think about each other and themselves." (Plus Adolphe Quetelet and 5,738 Scottish soldiers.)
  with miscellany
• How the index card cataloged the world
  "Carl Linnaeus, the father of biological taxonomy, also had a hand in inventing this tool for categorizing anything."
  with cataloguing-and-metadata by 2 users
• How the quintessential villain's melody snuck into the popular consciousness
  "...the Mysterioso Pizzicato is a musical go-to for sneaky situations, forever associated with thieves, creeps, stalkers and spies." (dum-dum-dum-dum-daaaaaaaa-dum-dum-dum-dum)
  with miscellany
• How to 3D print your personalized AI action figure
  "The viral ChatGPT action figure trend is taking the internet by storm. We took the creation a step further by 3D printing it."
  with miscellany by 2 users
• How to choose the right face for a beautiful body
  "What is it that makes a typeface into a text font, instead of a font for larger sizes?"
  with typography
• How to count the frequency of text values in a column [Excel]
  with computers-and-it
• How to delete your Gmail account without deleting your Google account
  with computers-and-it
• How to geocode addresses using QGIS
  "If you have a CSV formatted file containing addresses, you can take advantage of QGIS to map out those addresses. This article contains step by step instructions for geocoding addresses using QGIS." With video.
  with maps-and-mapping
• How to make your own wood prints from your photos
  with photography
• How to pin point multiple locations on Google Maps
  "If you want to display a map on your website that has more than one location plotted on it, you will need to create this on the Google Maps website and then embed it on to your [...] site."
  with maps-and-mapping
• How to play electric guitar through headphones (without losing your tone)
  with music
• HP Notebook PCs - Computer beeps or a light blinks during startup
  Caps Lock key flashing
  with computers-and-it
• I'm not a huge fan
  xkcd
  with humour
• Icons for Everything
  The Noun Project : "The most comprehensive icon collection in the world. Our community of designers from 120+ countries is building the most diverse and extensive collection of iconography ever created."
  with art-and-design by 2 users
• Identifont
  Identify fonts by appearance, name, designer, etc
  with typography by 22 users
• IFLA library reference model : A conceptual model for bibliographic information
  "Definition of a conceptual reference model to provide a framework for the analysis of non-administrative metadata relating to library resources"
  with cataloguing-and-metadata
• IMCDb.org : Internet Movie Cars Database
  with cars
• Injury and inhibition
  Phineas Gage (railroad spike guy) and Eadweard Muybridge.
  with miscellany
• Insanity
  xkcd
  with humour

Bookmarks 241 - 260 « Previous Next »