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"Short-term thinking repeated again and again doesn’t lead to long-term thinking. Rand Fishkin shares a thoughtful analysis about a trend that now affects just about everyone: Google is hoarding more and more traffic."

"Reasons why you should care about how your social network is run and structured"

"Interesting accounts to follow on Mastodon and the Fediverse"

"Exploring the reasons why we no longer have web designers."

"Chimalhuacán (top) and Ciudad Nezahualcóyotl are two municipalities in Greater Mexico City, with a combined population of nearly 1.8 million. Nezahualcóyotl is characterized by its long, straight, and gridded streets, while Chimalhuacán is arranged in a mostly radial pattern around the slopes of Cerro Chimalhuache. The two are separated by a canal of the Río de la Compañía."

On static vs. dynamic websites

"No one is sure why, but in 1898 Rufus T. Owens of Central City, Colorado (elevation 9,000 feet) decided to build a submarine, which he named the Nautilus. He and a few friends launched it on nearby Missouri Lake. They ballasted it with three tons of rocks. Owens intended to captain the maiden voyage himself, but fortunately for him, the submarine sank before he had a chance to climb inside."

"A transcriber on the Isle of Man can decipher almost anything. "

"Cookies today are doing all kinds of bad things, but did you know that the original creators wanted to stop that?"

"The Museum of Jurassic Technology in Los Angeles, California is an educational institution dedicated to the advancement of knowledge and the public appreciation of the Lower Jurassic. Like a coat of two colors, the Museum serves dual functions. On the one hand the Museum provides the academic community with a specialized repository of relics and artifacts from the Lower Jurassic, with an emphasis on those that demonstrate unusual or curious technological qualities. On the other hand the Museum serves the general public by providing the visitor a hands-on experience of "life in the Jurassic"."