2026-March Brain Dump
A March 2026 bookmark dump. Mostly projects, tools, references, and rabbit holes I want to come back to later. more a notebook page of things that sparked ideas.
General links
- ODAP - a reference guide on antipatterns in replies; unproductive expressions that aren’t conducive to pleasant, productive, and focused discussion.
- The Missing Semester of Your CS Education — MIT CSAIL
- PD Fast Charging Test Board 5-20V USB Type-C 100W
- OOH Directory - manually curated link directory
Maps
This batch is all map-adjacent: identifiers, road visualizations, printable terrain, and map-as-art tools.
- WOEID - Where On Earth ID. A geographic identifier system that still pops up in older APIs and datasets.
TrailPrint3D
A generator for 3D printable hiking maps.
Printable maps
- anvaka/city-roads - A road-network visualization tool that turns cities into dense abstract line drawings. These kinds of projects always sit in a nice space between cartography, data viz, and generative art.
- anvaka/city-roads Vancouver example
- PrettyMapp - A stylized OpenStreetMap-based poster generator. Clean output
- Map To {oster - Another map-poster generator. Similar space as PrettyMapp
- Isometric NYC - A beautiful isometric rendering of New York City. Less of a utility and more of an inspiration
Lego Orrery
A whole little cluster of people pushing the LEGO Earth / Moon / Sun set toward better orbital accuracy.
- Lego Orrery mod project page - A full write-up of a Lego Orrery mod project.
- Reddit thread: someone modded a LEGO orrery
- Reddit thread in r/lego
- A spacecraft engineer’s review of LEGO 42179 - A technical review of the LEGO set from someone with actual space engineering context.
Game
- Animalist - Minimal browser based game. Where you try to list as many animals as you can within a certain amount of time.
Art
- Yiyun Kang — Work - A portfolio of projection mapping and immersive installation work
Local conference
- FOSSY 2026 - At UBC for Free and open software
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