Tim Slavin

Tim Slavin

I've been a tech writer for Reuters, MongoDB, Amelia, and other companies. Also a website producer. I enjoy teaching tech to non-techie people, kids included. Online since the Well and Usenet.
Jun
05
1.9.1 🐫 Creating Zines, Flying Cars, Hungry Camels, Polynesian Binary Numbers

1.9.1 🐫 Creating Zines, Flying Cars, Hungry Camels, Polynesian Binary Numbers

Welcome to this Wednesday email! This week I wanted to continue both the Summer Projects theme and the Computing Unplugged
4 min read
Jun
02
1.8.2 🥔🔋 Sunday Links... Potato Batteries, Water in Space, Jetpacks, Humans and Tails

1.8.2 🥔🔋 Sunday Links... Potato Batteries, Water in Space, Jetpacks, Humans and Tails

This Sunday our links feature a potato battery than can light up a room like your friendliest energetic friend. Also
1 min read
May
29
1.8.1 ✈️ Computing Without Computers, How Planes Fly, Flying Pancake

1.8.1 ✈️ Computing Without Computers, How Planes Fly, Flying Pancake

Last week, the Labyrinth article informally kicked off a series of weekly emails with kid-friendly projects that you can explore
4 min read
May
27
How High Did My Rocket Fly?

How High Did My Rocket Fly?

A neat tutorial about using math and rockets.
1 min read
May
26
1.7.2 🙀 Sunday Links... Plants Scream, Summer Smoke, Transparent Laptops, Gen Z and Libraries

1.7.2 🙀 Sunday Links... Plants Scream, Summer Smoke, Transparent Laptops, Gen Z and Libraries

This Sunday our links reveal that plants do scream, which is sad. And it turns out that Neptune is blue,
1 min read
May
22
1.7.1 🌀 Labyrinths, Foldable Houses, Scientific Method, Forest Bathing, Building with Trees

1.7.1 🌀 Labyrinths, Foldable Houses, Scientific Method, Forest Bathing, Building with Trees

Since it's almost the start of summer, at least here in the US, I want to begin finding
5 min read
May
19
1.6.2 ⛽️ 🦖 Sunday Links... Astrolabes, Female Conservationists, Malware, Ditching Fossil Fuels

1.6.2 ⛽️ 🦖 Sunday Links... Astrolabes, Female Conservationists, Malware, Ditching Fossil Fuels

This Sunday our links explores how astrolabes were first created, our freshwater cycle, AI-powered malware, 10 female conservationists, how one
1 min read
May
15
1.6.1 🚗 What Cars Know, Your Privacy Online, Sharing Links, Data Brokers, Latanya Sweeney

1.6.1 🚗 What Cars Know, Your Privacy Online, Sharing Links, Data Brokers, Latanya Sweeney

This email has links about privacy online and in the real world. For example, what happens to data collected by your car, how to maintain privacy online, and more.
7 min read
May
12
1.5.2 🌞 Sunday Links ...Animal Friends, Solar Storms 1859, Detergent Pods, Free Artworks

1.5.2 🌞 Sunday Links ...Animal Friends, Solar Storms 1859, Detergent Pods, Free Artworks

This Sunday our links explore how friendships between animals has evolved, detergent pods and microplastic pollution, speeding up computers, stargazing
1 min read
May
08
1.5.1 🧊 CodeGuppy Tutorial, Making Ice in the Desert, Biomimicry, Frank Mann. Plus Hippos.

1.5.1 🧊 CodeGuppy Tutorial, Making Ice in the Desert, Biomimicry, Frank Mann. Plus Hippos.

A fun little CodeGuppy coding tutorial, an ancient ice making machine, designing objects inspired by nature, why the sky is blue, and mechanical genius Frank Mann. Plus hippos trying to figure out what hippocampus means.
3 min read