Links

Around the Slow Web

Neighbors

Check out these neat, handcrafted sites made by some really interesting people!

kozel / oopsiedoodle

Beau Monde

Websites and designs that influenced my site’s layout, pages, and style. Take some time to visit them; they’re as interesting as they are visually stunning!

Curios

Materials Science & Engineering

Optical Mineralogy - Resources on optical mineralogy and petrography techniques

IUCr - Resources on crystallography and structural science

Engineering Archives - Comprehensive resource for engineering topics and principles; really cool site, has a calculator and notepad and everything!

Dissemination of IT for the Promotion of Materials Science - Micrographs, simulations, and videos

Virtual Microscope - High-resolution microscope images of geological samples

Materials Project - Search for materials by chemistry, composition, or property

Fundamental Physical Constants from NIST

MatWeb

Non-Material Sciences

Algorithmic Botany - Research and models in algorithmic botany

Messybeast Cats - Great source of info about cat genetics

Fashion

Year in Fashion - Hour-long documentaries chronicling runway fashion by year

Etc.

Rare Seeds - Site where you can order tons of different heirloom and open-pollinated seeds

A Field Guide to Roadside Wildflowers at Full Speed

Misc.

Ursula K. Le Guin's blog
9-Minute Wrist Injury Prevention for Gamers - This might be marketed towards gamers (cringe, I know), but I actually use it every day as a warmup before getting started on my computer