Open Tabs
— Austin Kleon on deadlinesIf you do great work and you turn it in on time, you can be a bit of a prima donna. If you’re fun to work with and you turn work in on time, hey, maybe you don’t have to be a genius. If you’re a genius and you’re fun to work with, then maybe you can blow deadlines. Maybe.
— James Clear on his favorite type of mental toughness (via 3-2-1: Being great today, what to do when things don't go well, and favorite type of mental toughness)My favorite type of mental toughness is not forcing one path, but being open to many paths: Whatever comes my way, I can handle it. Whatever resources I have, I can make it work. Whatever the day brings, I can thrive.
Prelude to a fugue
Generative tools for design leave us with a similar question: when we can make anything, what is worth making? The mistake would be to repeat the harpsichord replicator error at scale: to use a tool capable of anything primarily to replicate what already exists
x86CSS
Exactly what it says in the tin: an x86 CPU emulator written entirely in CSS, not even a bit of JavaScript required. Impressive.
McCartney’s creativity in 3 photographs
Many bits about the notorious member of the Beatles and how he does what he does best: create music.
