Site of the dayjoshworth.comenWorldwide
If the Moon Were 1 Pixel
A scale map of the solar system where the Moon is a single pixel. Scroll sideways for a very long time and finally feel how empty space is.
Cool Websites
These cool websites arrive one at a time, one per day. An editor finds each one, opens it and checks that it actually works, then writes a short review of what's there and why it's worth a visit. The result is less a random link dump and more a shelf of corners of the internet you'll want to come back to.
The range is wide on purpose. myNoise has hundreds of adjustable soundscapes, from an Irish coast to a D&D dungeon, each with sliders to build your own mix. The Library of Babel turns a Borges story into code: search any sentence and it's already on a shelf. Musicmap draws popular music as one giant family tree from the 1880s to the 2020s, Itiner-e maps the roads of the Roman Empire so you can plot a route like an ancient traveler, and Learning Synths by Ableton teaches envelopes, filters and oscillators by ear.
The collection keeps growing as new sites are added regularly. Bookmark the page and check back when you want something new to explore, learn from or simply play with for ten minutes.
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49 finds
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Site of the dayncase.meenWorldwide
Nicky Case's playables
Playable explanations of big ideas — game theory and trust, anxiety, news cycles, AI safety. All free and released into the public domain.
Site of the dayciechanow.skienWorldwide
Bartosz Ciechanowski
Long, hands-on explainers on how watches, bikes, GPS, sound and the Moon work — every diagram is a 3D model you can spin and tweak with sliders.
Site of the daypudding.coolenWorldwide
The Pudding: stories told in charts
An online publication that explains ideas through interactive visual essays: music, language, sports, relationships — all dug out of data and beautifully drawn.
Site of the dayfontsinuse.comenWorldwide
Fonts In Use: typefaces in the wild
An archive of real-world graphic design that identifies which typefaces were used: book and record covers, signage, packaging, posters.
Site of the dayflexboxfroggy.commixWorldwide
Flexbox Froggy: frogs teach CSS
A game where you guide frogs onto lily pads by writing CSS flexbox properties. Before you know it, layout makes sense.
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etymonline.comenWorldwide
Etymonline — Online Etymology Dictionary
A dictionary that tells you not what a word means but where it came from: which roots, which languages it passed through, and how its meaning shifted along the way.
Site of the daysupercook.comenWorldwide
SuperCook: cook what you've got
Tick off the ingredients sitting in your fridge and pantry, and the site finds recipes you can make right now.
Site of the daydavidrumsey.comenWorldwide
David Rumsey Map Collection
A huge online collection of historical maps, atlases and globes — over 150,000 images you can explore in high resolution.
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htwins.net/scale2mixWorldwide
The Scale of the Universe 2
One slider takes you from the tiniest particles all the way out to the size of the observable universe. Click anything along the way to read about it.
Site of the dayearth.nullschool.netmixWorldwide
Earth Nullschool: wind over the planet
An animated map of Earth showing how winds, ocean currents and air pollution are moving right now. It looks like a living painting.
Site of the daywindow-swap.comenWorldwide
WindowSwap: someone else's window
Short clips filmed from real people's windows around the world: backyards, rooftops, the sea, rain on glass. Press a button and you're at a different window.