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en-USFri, 17 Jul 2026 02:57:39 -0500Fri, 17 Jul 2026 02:57:39 -0500Chili Peppers of the World: Cultivars, Species, and Heat
https://www.notesfromtheroad.com/desertmexico/chili-peppers.html
Sat, 27 Jun 2026 07:37:17 -0500http://www.silverspider.com/2026/chili-peppers-of-the-world-cultivars-species-and-heat
An illustrated guide to chili peppers of the world, organized by Capsicum species and cultivar, with notes on origin, heat, form, domestication, and global food history.
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Storied Colors
https://storiedcolors.com/
Thu, 18 Jun 2026 08:16:25 -0500http://www.silverspider.com/2026/storied-colors
named colors with documented histories.
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Enhancing with CSS Grid Lanes
https://adactio.com/journal/22613
Tue, 16 Jun 2026 07:26:01 -0500http://www.silverspider.com/2026/enhancing-with-css-grid-lanes
Going from a carousel on small screens to a masonry layout on larger screens.
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Apple’s weird anti-nausea dots cured my car sickness
https://www.theverge.com/tech/942854/apple-vehicle-motion-cues-review-really-work
Tue, 16 Jun 2026 06:51:48 -0500http://www.silverspider.com/2026/apples-weird-anti-nausea-dots-cured-my-car-sickness
Apple’s Vehicle Motion Cues promise tap into your device’s accelerometer and gyroscope to reduce or, in my case, even eliminate motion sickness.
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Roost
https://roostsocial.app/
Mon, 01 Jun 2026 09:02:27 -0500http://www.silverspider.com/2026/roost
A messaging app where your message is delivered at the speed it would take your chosen bird to travel in real-time. This reminds me of the fun, early era of social media.
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This small lidded jar in Linen glaze has a quiet, understated beauty. The glaze settles into a soft, pale gray with a slightly warm undertone, and where it thins over the carved vertical lines that encircle the body, the warm, sandy brown clay peeks
http://www.silverspider.com/2026/this-small-lidded-jar-in-linen-glaze-has-a-quiet-understated-beauty-the-glaze-settles-into-a-soft-pale-gray-with-a-slightly-warm-undertone-and-where-it-thins-over-the-carved-vertical-lines-that-encircle-the-body-the-warm-sandy-brown-clay-peeks
Sat, 30 May 2026 12:06:52 -0500http://www.silverspider.com/2026/this-small-lidded-jar-in-linen-glaze-has-a-quiet-understated-beauty-the-glaze-settles-into-a-soft-pale-gray-with-a-slightly-warm-undertone-and-where-it-thins-over-the-carved-vertical-lines-that-encircle-the-body-the-warm-sandy-brown-clay-peeks
This small lidded jar in Linen glaze has a quiet, understated beauty. The glaze settles into a soft, pale gray with a slightly warm undertone, and where it thins over the carved vertical lines that encircle the body, the warm, sandy brown clay peeks through in golden-amber traces. The lid fits snugly with an unglazed rim of exposed clay that echoes the unglazed base, creating a lovely contrast between the smooth glaze and the raw, tactile stoneware. Inside, the glaze pools into a gentle, glossy gray. The form is compact and rounded, slightly wider through the middle with a satisfying weight in the hand.
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Wheel thrown and carved by hand, this lidded jar is intended for decorative use; perfect for holding small treasures, keepsakes, jewelry, sweets, tea, salt or dried herbs on a shel
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Shortcuts Playground
https://github.com/viticci/shortcuts-playground-plugin
Thu, 21 May 2026 13:42:48 -0500http://www.silverspider.com/2026/shortcuts-playground
Shortcuts Playground: A Claude Code and Codex plugin for building, validating, signing, and remixing macOS/iOS Shortcuts with natural language.
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Learn AI Layer by Layer
https://learnai.robennals.org/?ref=DenseDiscovery-389
Mon, 18 May 2026 17:28:47 -0500http://www.silverspider.com/2026/learn-ai-layer-by-layer
An interactive, visual guide to understanding AI from first principles.
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Rulebook
https://lucas.io/rulebook/?ref=DenseDiscovery-389
Mon, 18 May 2026 17:26:18 -0500http://www.silverspider.com/2026/rulebook
A Mac app that automatically sorts, renames, converts, moves, copies, archives and tags files in the background.
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Saved on Sat, 16 May 2026 19:50:46 GMT
http://www.silverspider.com/2026/saved-on-sat-16-may-2026-195046-gmt
Sat, 16 May 2026 14:50:46 -0500http://www.silverspider.com/2026/saved-on-sat-16-may-2026-195046-gmt
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Saved on Fri, 15 May 2026 22:03:47 GMT
http://www.silverspider.com/2026/saved-on-fri-15-may-2026-220347-gmt
Fri, 15 May 2026 17:03:47 -0500http://www.silverspider.com/2026/saved-on-fri-15-may-2026-220347-gmt
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The Big Sur-ification of macOS Icons
https://blog.jim-nielsen.com/2024/big-sur-ification-of-macos-icons/
Mon, 11 May 2026 11:13:30 -0500http://www.silverspider.com/2026/the-big-sur-ification-of-macos-icons
Writing about the big beautiful mess that is making things for the world wide web.
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taken.
https://sinceyouarrived.world/taken
Sat, 09 May 2026 10:55:11 -0500http://www.silverspider.com/2026/taken
A web page that tells you what your browser gave away the moment you arrived. No login, no form, no permission. Most pages do this. None of them tell you.
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Hovercraft
https://sandwich.vision/hovercraft
Wed, 06 May 2026 15:48:53 -0500http://www.silverspider.com/2026/hovercraft
A virtual presentation camera for Mac. Your slides float in the frame next to you, moved by hand. No screen share, no option-tab, no corner thumbnail.
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oh-my-claude-duo: A two-line Claude Code status line
https://github.com/alexj/oh-my-claude-duo
Wed, 06 May 2026 15:04:59 -0500http://www.silverspider.com/2026/oh-my-claude-duo-a-two-line-claude-code-status-line
A handy status line for Claude code
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Making an original Jubilee line door button into a Hue light switch
https://localghost.dev/blog/making-an-original-jubilee-line-door-button-into-a-hue-light-switch/
Sun, 03 May 2026 07:20:40 -0500http://www.silverspider.com/2026/making-an-original-jubilee-line-door-button-into-a-hue-light-switch
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Highlight from 'We the People' by Jill Lepore
http://www.silverspider.com/2026/highlight-from-we-the-people-by-jill-lepore-2
Fri, 01 May 2026 23:56:00 -0500http://www.silverspider.com/2026/highlight-from-we-the-people-by-jill-lepore-2
In 1969, after a proposal to abolish the Electoral College by constitutional amendment passed in the House, it was only very narrowly defeated in the Senate, mostly due to the surprising opposition of strange bedfellows: the NAACP and Southern segregationists.
Jill Lepore - We the People
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Highlight from 'What Microsoft’s 10-Q Says About OpenAI' by Om Malik
http://www.silverspider.com/2026/highlight-from-what-microsofts-10-q-says-about-openai-by-om-malik
Fri, 01 May 2026 09:51:56 -0500http://www.silverspider.com/2026/highlight-from-what-microsofts-10-q-says-about-openai-by-om-malik
Nothing is improper, even though you know something isn’t right. Still, the accountants have done their job.
Om Malik - What Microsoft’s 10-Q Says About OpenAI
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Self-updating screenshots
https://interblah.net/self-updating-screenshots
Thu, 30 Apr 2026 16:06:28 -0500http://www.silverspider.com/2026/self-updating-screenshots
This is brilliant. If you'v ever built software for others, this idea should resonate big time.
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Artemis II Photo Timeline
https://artemistimeline.com/#jeremy-hansen-suited-up-and-ready
Thu, 30 Apr 2026 12:24:48 -0500http://www.silverspider.com/2026/artemis-ii-photo-timeline
An interactive photo timeline of NASA's Artemis II mission — scrub through every crew moment, lunar flyby shot, and audio clip from April 1–10, 2026.
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