Backyard chickens are having a moment in the gardening spotlight after a popular post showed how they can help turn organic scraps into rich compost. Read more ›
The key to my successful weekly planning system: Time blocking with Google Calendar and Google Tasks
My weekly productivity routine is anchored by Google Tasks, Calendar, and Google Workspace tools. Read more ›
A woman quit the UK to "live in paradise" in the Caribbean where meals out are £5. Ebony Joseph, 30, left Southend-on-Sea, Essex, and moved to the north of the Caribbean island of St Lucia on April 30, 2025, after battling low mental health and becoming disillusioned with life in Britain. The pastry chef said... Read more ›
How to build your positioning with Claude and wire it into a content system that never runs out of ideas Read more ›
Astronomers have used the James Webb Space Telescope to catch an extraordinary glimpse of a massive galaxy taking shape in the early universe. They identified a compact group of at least six galaxies that are likely to merge into a single enormous system. At the heart of this cosmic construction site lies a growing supermassive black hole. Read more ›
How a simple onboarding frustration during the GitLab Transcend Hackathon led me to build Orbit Compass, a GitLab Duo Custom Agent that… Read more ›
This week I look at books recently read and reviewed, discover standout literary writing across the blogosphere, keep pace with a host of anniversaries (including Audiobook Appreciation Month and Jean Paul Sartre’s and Ian McEwan’s birthdays), revisit past posts ripe for rediscovery and highlight fascinating features from around the Internet. Read more ›
Apple and Adobe kickstarted digital photography post-production workflows over twenty years ago with Aperture and Lightroom, respectively. Apple discontinued Aperture’s development over a dec… Read more ›
Thirty-five years after her first Butterfield & Robinson trip, a writer returns to reflect on how her travel experiences and perceptions of adventure have changed over time, exploring what still endures from a scruffier era of travel. Read more ›
Global demand for palm oil, soy, and coconut has driven an 80% rise in biodiversity loss since 1995, and most impacts are far from consumers. Read more ›
Kazakhstan’s Alem Capital Management has anchored a regional venture capital fund backing technology startups across Central Asia and the Caucasus, marking the fund-of-funds manager’s first publicly disclosed investment in the region’s startup ecosystem. Alem participated in the $25 million final close of Sturgeon Capital’s Emerging Opportunities II fund, joining existing and new investors including the […] at The Next Web Read more ›
Coding logs, GTD in the wild, and notebook dispatches. Slow posts. No filler. Read more ›
Learn human-centered design for UX/UI with user research, prototyping, usability testing, and portfolio skills for digital product careers. Read more ›
The West Indies Select XI wrapped up their four-day warm-up match against Sri Lanka with a 15-run victory The post appeared first on . Read more ›
A man on Reddit shared how his wife had long wanted a backyard greenhouse, and that dream became a reality one Christmas Day. Read more ›
Brand identity design for Wildpetals by Joshua Oladele — a botanical garden of flowers, birds, illustrated wayfinding systems, and collectible bird cards Wildpetals is a conceptual brand identity desi... Read more ›
Within the Milky Way, ancient relics still persist. There are slightly over 150 globular clusters identified within 200,000 light-years of the galactic center, with an additional five or six to be found if we double the radius of this search. While most formed along with the Milky Way, a substantial fraction did not, and were brought in at later times when smaller galaxies, such as the Kraken and Gaia-Enceladus, were devoured and cannibalized. Over within our galaxy’s disk, bulge, and halo. T... Read more ›
Cursor's Origin, GitLab's Project Switch and Zed's DeltaDB are racing to rebuild code hosting for AI agents as GitHub buckles under the load. Read more ›
Here’s what’s inside my camera bag for travel photography at Walt Disney World, Disneyland and beyond–the Nikon mirrorless cameras and lenses I use, tripod, and other gadgets. I’ve once again made changes to the photo gear I carry in the parks and on other trips for 2026. For those who are unaware, I’m a photographer.... The post appeared first on . Read more ›