Links
Here are a bunch of interesting links I've collected over the years. Let me know if you have a page that deserves to be on here.
Tilde club
- email.club
- Opt-in list for people who want to chat via in-system email
- home pages updated in last 24 hours
- Check out the latest changes
- tilde.club lore
- Documenting the history as it happens
- Tips & Tricks
- General linux, web info specifically for ~tildenizens~
- Where are tilde.club users from?
- List of self-reported user locations
- ~ford
- All hail the creator
Math
Fairly broad collection of things that are either fun/interesting or useful (ideally both)
- ASTOUNDING: 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + ... = -1/12 (video)
- The sum of the natural numbers is a negative fraction. Crazy
- Statistical Formulas For Programmers
- A collection of useful statistics equations. Just a quick explanation, the equation, and maybe a link or two. Good reference
- Data Genetics blog
- Entertaining collection of mostly math related stuff. Gets just deep enough into the math to keep things interesting
- Mechanical vibrations
- 1st post in a nice series on modeling a spring using differential equations. If any of that sounded remotely interesting, you should check it out
- Probabilistic Programming & Bayesian Methods for Hackers
- Promises "a computation/understanding-first, mathematics-second" approach. Haven't actually read it yet, but it's on my todo list
Programming
- fartscroll.js
- Makes fart noises when you scroll
- How To Write Unmaintainable Code
- If you're going to do it, you might as well be good at it
- Doom3 BFG Source Code Review
- A guided journey through the source code
- What I learned from other's shell scripts
- Shell scripting tips
Computers
- A Proper Server Naming Scheme
- Practical naming scheme for servers, etc
- A basic guide to when and how to deploy HTTPS
- General good advice around SSL deployment
- Linux Commands In Structured Order with Detailed Reference
- Linux command reference, organized by category (users, hardware, etc)
- How to set up a mail server on a GNU / Linux system
- HOWTO for setting up your own secure mail server, complete with anti-spam and web mail
Everyone is out to get you
Sadly, it's true. So be ready ;-)
- Don't Get Pwned on Public WiFi: Use Your Own VPN
- Bring the security of your home network with you wherever you go
- Dark Patterns (video)
- Beware of intentionally misleading UI
Design
- goodui.org
- Collection of UI principals
- How to Choose Colours Procedurally (Algorithms)
- Principles of Flat Design
- Shiny buttons are out. So is woodgrain
- Where designers go to find photos and graphics
- List of sites where you can get good graphics
- Creating Style Guides
- Taking time to plan your overall look will give you better results and speed development
- WTF, HTML and CSS?
- "A curated list of commonly frustrating HTML and CSS quandries, miscues, and dilemmas"
Miscellanea
- PaintFont
- Create your own font
- 10 Lifehacks from 100 Years Ago
- Nothing life changing... but there's some good stuff in here
- Word list
- 1633 words useful for naming stuff: short, phonetically different (so easy to understand)
Me
Here are some places you can find me on the Web. I've been using numberMumbler as a username for a while, because I tend to mumble... and I'm usually saying something about numbers (math, computers, etc)
- Technical Blog
- This is my blog. There are many like it, but this one is mine. I set it up just before I switched jobs and moved across the country, so I never really got started writing. Follow it in your favorite feed reader... I'm going to start posting any day now :)
- My handle is @numberMumbler. If you follow me, I'll probably follow you back
- GitHub
- A motley assortment :-/
- Coursera
- Because learning is a life-long journey
- I'm doing contract/consulting right now, so feel free to offer me work!
- Goodreads
- See what I've been reading lately
