The Satisfaction of Mathematically Efficient Christmas Cookies

 https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/best-christmas-cookie-cutter

Not too many Escher-cookies yet. 

The quiet disappearance of the safe deposit box

 https://thehustle.co/the-quiet-disappearance-of-the-safe-deposit-box/

Sounds like time for an alternative

BirdNET-Pi: Using AI to identify Birds from their Songs

 https://reefwing.medium.com/birdnet-pi-using-ai-to-identify-birds-from-their-songs-9770e39aced1

As soon as raspberry pis are available again, this would be fun. 

The Zwicky box: a powerful method for problem solving and creativity

 https://nesslabs.com/zwicky-box

Create virtual tables, and create a cartesian cross-product. 

Need to Learn Faster? Neuroscience Says These 7 Memory Retention and Skill Acquisition Strategies Work Best

 https://www.inc.com/jeff-haden/need-to-learn-faster-neuroscience-says-these-7-memory-retention-skill-acquisition-strategies-work-best.html

good evidence-based summary

How Kindle novelists are using ChatGPT

 https://www.theverge.com/23520625/chatgpt-openai-amazon-kindle-novel

From ideas, to cover art. 

Side Project Guide

 https://sideproject.guide/en

A well-done git repo with lots of resources

An open platform for building developer portals

 https://backstage.io/

from the good people at Spotify

The three top-paying tech roles in 2022 and the skills you need to land them

https://stackoverflow.blog/?p=19588

Cloud, security, data. Strangely, I have all 3 and almost couldn't get hired. 

Ten Minute Physics

 https://matthias-research.github.io/pages/tenMinutePhysics/index.html

python-based physics simulations

AI enabled, real people's voices

 https://murf.ai/

One of the better-sounding text-to-speech products I've seen. 

Fallacies of Distributed Systems

 https://architecturenotes.co/fallacies-of-distributed-systems/

I kept trying to convince my boss about #1