Rediscovering the Handcart - A charming article written by a lone engineer who is trying to pioneer a do-it-yourself spirit of making the world more sustainable and more human. Returning to old technologies, the ones that have always served us well. The humble, wooden handcart.
It can be for transport. It can be a moving desk. A moving solar panel. A portable wheelbarrow-bed. Something which adds function, charm, and whimsy to any neighborhood. Perhaps your community garden needs one. Perhaps you should build one right now.
Eggs – This article has been sitting in my draft posts since 2023, and it is high time for it to find its way into a best-of-the-internet post. It has only gotten more amusing with time. Eggs, somehow, played a role in the early development of San Francisco. Adjusting for inflation, people would pay absurd amounts of money for these eggs (not unlike now) – eggs harvested from a rocky, dangerous island just off the mainland. The Pacific Egg Company was formed. (Not a joke!) Does it sound unlike the parody of economics coming out of San Francisco right now? The thing everyone thinks they need, that's been so hyped up, but which one can still live a nutritious, fulfilled life... without?
milkfish – a poem that one interacts with in a tactile way.
Tell umma I'm walking to Baekdusan – personal history and Korean folklore, told in a beautiful format. The page itself is part of the story. Both this and milkfish I stumbled upon through thehtml.review.