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phoemela retweeted
recently i learned there are entire online communities dedicated to archiving those patterns inside of envelopes that exist to obscure the information, so when you hold it up to light, you can't read the contents. people even make art out of it (creds in alt text)
ALT more than i could have imagined 1 by amber williams
hello! been a while. i made a database of my home library: tinyurl.com/phoemelalibrary
for some reason, the tinyurl link stopped working. here’s the new link:
🔗 phoemela.notion.site/home-li…
phoemela retweeted
As someone who always used to be excited for new tech, I am not interested anymore. Everything has gotten so greedy, addictive, expensive and exclusive. They don't solve problems, they create them, and then try to sell you the solution. We're in literal technology hell.
phoemela retweeted
Good news! Since 2010, the world has been gaining more mangroves than it has been losing them. This is mainly thanks to restoration efforts & the natural expansion of mangroves followed by dropping rates of deforestation.
Look at how mangrove forests in Sabah are recovering!
phoemela retweeted
There will not be a "last summer". There will not be a "permanent underclass". There will not be "human extinction". There will not be "endless suffering".
We are going to make it. Not because it's easy, but because it's possible. Because we can. Because we care enough to try
phoemela retweeted
Just learned about Ken Isaacs' "Superchair" (1967).
Built-in book rest, shelves, lamp, drink tray, and a seat back that folds into a bed.
A place for "inventive work and the individual search for peace of mind", as he put it.
It was meant for people to build it themselves, hence the almost unfinished look. Blueprints were published in Popular Science in 1968.
phoemela retweeted
A surgical center in rural Uganda runs entirely off-grid.
Solar power. Teak screens, woven Nile reed ceilings, clay tiles made by local potters.
This is what African architecture looks like when planned with intention.
📍 Kyabirwa Surgical Center, Uganda
Design: George K. George
phoemela retweeted
reading about hypertext apps from the 80~90s, back when the role was called "hypertext designer" rather than web designer or developer. many came out of academia, and most failed, but there's sth exciting about seeing such a diverse range of forms that web could take
ALT intermedia, https://fibery.io/blog/gems/hypertext-tools-from-the-80s/
ALT storyspace, https://www.nngroup.com/articles/coping-information-overload/
ALT the maryland filmfinder, https://www.nngroup.com/articles/coping-information-overload/
ALT hypermedia navigation, https://www.nngroup.com/articles/coping-information-overload/
phoemela retweeted
This is the world’s first typhoon detection mechanism invented in 1884 by Fr. Federico Faura of the Manila Observatory. My specimen is the 1st edition model from 1886 produced by L. Casella. Despite being 139 yrs old, it is still able to predict the approach of Typhoon Uwan.
phoemela retweeted
When I was young, I sucked at math. Even in early college. Then I sat down and did alot of practice. It did three things: a) made me realize I was bad because I wanted to get it right away but that it could not work that way; b) building up slowly but continuously would work in long-run; c) gave me the mathematical maturity to work on things.
90% of complaints about mathematics, mathematical economics and statistics come from impatience and a feeling of inability to immediately get it.
phoemela retweeted
Cultural Centre in Arak, Iran
Loving the terracotta, with hints of Persian blue tiles on the arches
By A. P. Pars Architects
phoemela retweeted
Back in our Bulacan home na binuo ng lola ko by collecting parts from old(er) houses. Siya rin nagpa-inlay ng furniture.
The thrifting and kalikot habit runs deep in the family.
phoemela retweeted
God bless our civil society, truly.
Look at the platform built by BetterGov.ph. They not only created a portal for the 2020-2026 budgets, they even made a user-friendly server for DPWH flood control projects & a SALN tracker.
bettergov.ph/flood-control-p…
