Digital Libraries

James and I are working on a LinkedIn Learning course entitled “DevOps for Managers” and I wanted to share some of the books we love that we’ve found helpful in preparing it! We&#…

A collection of screencasts on Elixir and Phoenix.

We lived in the age of movie theaters, then we lived in the age of home video, and now we live in the age of streaming. Like every period in the history of cinema, ours has its advantages and its disadvantages.

I am very interested in the growing amount of radical literature from around the world that is being scanned and digitised. As there are so many and from many different places, I thought it would b…

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Explore live radio by rotating the globe.

1440 provides unbiased news so you can form your own conclusions. 100+ sources, summed up in ~5 minutes, and curated by experts. Over 2M readers.

This is the complete leaf sequence used in the accompanying short film LeafPresser. While collecting leaves, I conceived that the leaf shape every single plant type…

We're celebrating the publication anniversary of the Dickens' classic with this special reading by Neil Gaiman from 2013.

Even though The Metropole traffics heavily in the written word—we value books more than anyone—it can be hard to fit all the year’s titles in annually. When putting books on my wish lists, I …

TTRPGs had a banner year, taking on every single genre in every single system—here are my favorites published this year.

A list of my favorite albums from 1958 through 2022. One per year; no repeats.

Compendium of Lost Words: 400 ultra-rare words that appear only on this page

When you’re taking part in your daily constitutional, you’ve got a few minutes to yourself where you’re sitting there not doing anything.  To while away the time, a lot of people bust out their smartphones and scroll through social media.  But using your phone while you’re on the pot is kind of gross. And do […]

As software developers, we often get so caught up in the world of code and technology that we forget to step back and enjoy some entertainment. Movies can be a great way to unwind and take a break from the screen, and there are some that every software developer should watch. Here are the top 10 movies every software developer should watch: The Social Network (2010) - This movie tells the story of the creation of Facebook and the legal battles that ensued.

Visionary Press celebrates print information graphics.

A complete list of all 1st and 2nd Edition Dungeons & Dragons products

Search engine of shadow libraries: books, papers, comics, magazines.

There's much more out there that Google can't find. Read on to learn about the best deep web search engines that will find what Google can't.