Kings, a free audio play by Studio Theather.
An audio play about congress, lobbying and “power”. Made by a theater in DC. It sounds like most boring DC thing ever, but it is not. Check it out.
Favorites from O'Reilly Book Covers
O’Reilly Book Covers are part of tech culture. Here are my favorite and a history of how they came to be.
Origami: Boats
I realized that I forgot how to fold an Origami boat. I used to do that with eyes closed as a child. It made me sad. I wanted to get back into it but this time learn how to fold different variations.
Popularity of Python Packages for Data Science
Comparing the number of download of popular data science packages.
Exporting your Good Reads list to Markdown
Here is a bash script that takes your Good Read archive and turns it into markdown files and Hugo posts.
Shell scripts to benchmark Hugo's build times
This GitHub repo has some shell scripts that let you benchmark Hugo’s build times.
All the Ifs
If conditions, written in 5 programming languages that were created more than 30 years apart. Written after having a ’lost in translation’ moment while coding.
A warning about Open Source & Microsoft
Some things are too good to be open: how OpenAI went from a non-profit for bettering humanity to exclusively licensing its products to Microsoft (after receiving a $1 billion investment).
The books of 2019
Reflecting back on the books of 2019.
Suggesting an open file format for videos created by algorithms.
The end of reality, an article by The Atlantic, made me think that we need a new file format for videos generated by algorithms.
Kittens
Pictures of the kittens I’ve fostered throughout the years.
One hell of a stormy day
Pictures of the Phoenicians wall in Batroun, Lebanon.
سأخبر الله بكل شيء
The story of the Syrian kid that I can’t get out ouf my mind.
August, you are a garbage month
This is especially true for August in DC.
At the museum
No, not the night.
Artists
Artists from all over, including the Arab world. Not famous ones.
Movie Night from around the world
Movie recommendations from friends.
Theather
Here are some good plays that you can watch or hear.
