Links: Moon facts and other useful things

[sonia]

Common Moon Mistakes by MinutePhysics. I knew about the full moon rising opposite the sun, and the crescent moon rising near the sun, but there was a lot here i didn't know presented clearly with quick line drawings. 5 minute video, very worth it!

Jump the Paywalls and Help Others Over the Top by Alan Levine. I keep forgetting to try this, so let me know if it works!

right in your browser, where the address reads https://www.wired.com/2004/03/honey-i-shrunk-the-url/ stick right in front of it archive.ph/ making the full link http://archive.ph/https://www.wired.com/2004/03/honey-i-shrunk-the-url/

symbol.wtf. A page of useful Unicode symbols like superscript TM, paragraph, accented letters, musical symbols, etc. Labeled with names so you can search. It doesn't have the accented consonants I need for Balkan languages, but on a Mac I can just hold down the letter to get a list of accented versions to choose from.

Comments

[silveradept]

The moon video was interesting, and seemed geared for artists to provide them with better references for making more astronomically correct moon placement and shape in their work. Kind of neat.

Archive.today has been very helpful when it comes to paywalled material that's not making a good argument that it deserves subscription monies.

symbol.wtf seems like it will be very useful for those times when I don't have an HTML escape code handy or there isn't one except for the numerical ones.

[sonia]

Glad they feel useful!