Town library puts its whole map room online

first added by marlowe_pines 8 minutes ago, from maproom.example

Four thousand survey sheets, some more than a century old, scanned and stitched into one atlas you can browse. The job took two winters and a borrowed flatbed scanner.

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A field guide to every ferry timetable on the coast NEW

first added by quietharbour 27 minutes ago, from ferrynotes.example

One commuter rode all nineteen routes and wrote down what the printed schedules leave out: which decks are quiet, which crossings run late, where the coffee is drinkable.

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Why your spreadsheet rounds differently on Tuesdays

first added by tabstop 1 hour ago, from cellblock.example

It does not, but the story of how the rumour started is a good tour of floating point arithmetic.

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Hand-built kites from newspaper and garden cane

first added by windward_ann 1 hour ago, from stringandpaper.example

Step by step drawings for six kites that cost nothing to make. The box kite needs a second pair of hands and a calm afternoon.

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