Stuff Jesse Likes

https://www.octopuspie.com

This might be my favorite comic series ever? It's funny and thoughtful and deeply human.

It originally ran from 2007 to 2017, I think I picked it up in college or soon after, so I've always been following the ages and experiences of the characters a few years behind them.

The author, Meredith Gran, has since made two adventure games about growing up on fire island and then going to college in NYC. I haven't played the second one yet but it's getting really great reviews.

If you're looking to cut Spotify out of your life for being evil and increasingly shitty, so far Tidal has been a great less evil and less shitty alternative.

https://enclose.horse/

A delightful little daily puzzle about placing a limited number of walls to enclose your horse with as large a pasture as possible. Over time they've added fruit (extra points), bees (negative points) and portals. They show a daily leaderboard and let you see what the optimal solution is.

The outro is pretty jarring and I wish they'd release a version without it.

Stick around for the killer ending 4 minutes in!

Nicky Case has a great "explorable" explanation of the science of spaced repition, called how to remember anything forever-ish.

The general idea is that you want to study flash cards as little as possible, both to not take up all your time, and based on the science of encoding things to long term memory. With spaced repitition, every time you review a flash card and get it right, the app schedules it for review again further and further out.

Anki is a desktop and mobile app that's one of the most popular formats for it. I've been told that a lot of med school students use it extensively.

Essential Craftsman's Spec House Full Build Series

This is a great, super detailed, step by step walkthrough of building a home by a career carpenter. I really liked that it went in depth on some of the mundane/tedious details that other carpentry channels skip, like permitting and inspections, and really touches every step from start to finish.

It's long!

LAIKIPIA is pretty fantastic, and I like a lot of Xander Rawlin's solo stuff. They range from instrumental to electronic.

Definitely check out "The Hits Keep Coming", "Down Down", "Hello Dreamer", Xander Rawlins' "We See You", and all their other stuff.