entry #3: 02/01/26

project gutenberg

i found this website through my local library when i was trying to find whether it kept rainer maria rilke's poetry. it contains free etexts of written works in the u.s. public domain (with sister sites for other countries, including australia), from novels to plays to textbooks. if you're a fan of classic literature, philosophy, science, history, art, etc. you have to check this out. plato lives here!! so many brilliant ideas live here!!

you might be wondering though: why bother? for starters, even if you prefer to read physical books like i do, this site is still an incredibly useful resource. a lot of the physical copies of books on this site are expensive (especially textbooks), and you might not be able to find them in local libaries. with this site, you can still read them! and if you really, really love what you've read, then you can make a note to get it one day and have it on your shelf forever.

similarly, if you're considering buying a book, but you don't want to waste money on something you might not enjoy, you can partially read it here to see if it's worth a buy. this'll make your reading less wasteful and more intentional. don't be one of those people who buys a million books they'll never get around to reading, or that they'll end up hating. save money and resources, use project gutenberg!

and if you're having trouble navigating the site, i recommend using the 'reading lists' tab. there, you can see all the collections they've got to share, and it's much more in-depth than the topics shown on the 'main categories' tab. you can also click the 'read now' button under any work (above the other download options) to read a formatted version directly in your browser. but don't forget to download your favourite works! i use the txt option, which downloads quickly, but there's other file types available that probably format better.

happy reading!

entry #2: 14/11/25

how to understand things

the pressure of fast-pace education systems don't give us the chance to properly understand anything we're taught, which is crucial to being able to retain and apply that information beyond school. even worse, they don't teach us how to understand; instead, they teach us to recite. if you want to try and strenghten your ability to understand, i recommend reading this. it argues that we have to approach concepts from multiple perspectives to see what it is and isn't, and in doing so, we begin to see the links between these approaches, building a clearer picture of the concept itself.

entry #1: 14/11/25

an invitation to a secret society

we need more scientists in this world, especially those whose work isn't controlled by a larger institution prioritising profits and positive progress. failure is what keeps us going! failure is what gets us to eventual success! so take that risk professional science strays away from; start that project, study that thing you're interested in, make something stupid, even if you're not a 'scientist', even if it seems unimportant, even if it seems impossible. join the secret society today!

art collectives

camera magazine 1922-1981 (physical): featured different photographers and themes in each issue, as well as interviews with these photographers

blogs

educational

project gutenberg: collection of books in the u.s. public domain that are free to download (see log link entry #3 for more details)
solar system scope: extremely detailed information about outer space displayed in an interactive solar system

fun sites

donnie darko website: a recreation of the 2001 donnie darko website

web design

how to make a neocities from scratch: the video that helped me start learning html

youtube channels

fraser builds: experiments with ancient tools and studies
the guild of ambience: human-made ambient music
mallbat: insanely cool cartoons
norwegian fireplace and campfire: ambient videos of real campfires
stoccafisso design: tutorials on how to make wooden automata among other things
tasting history with max miller: makes historical food/drink and gives history lessons about them