The Best Things and Stuff of 2025

Summary

Great things and people that I discovered, learned, read, met, etc. in 2025. No particular ordering is implied. Not everything is new. also: see the lists from 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011 and 2010 Great posts | articles | vids read/watched A calculator app? Anyone could make that by Chad Nauseam, esquire - I love the story about how Hans Boehm and friends developed a mind-blowing approach called recursive real arithmetic for numbers like pi and (sqrt 2). The post details various symptom -> problem definition -> alternative solutions -> solution cycles that the team met along the way and should be required reading for programmers. Lost in Manboo - マンガ喫茶マンボ (manga cafe manboo) shows life for some folks who live in 24-hour game cafes in Japan. The video is dystopic in a way that matches our modern world perfectly. The Making of Deeper in You on the OP-1 - Shows an artist’s approach to song creation/composition using the OP-1 synthesizer. This is hypnotic to watch for someone with zero musical talent like myself. An interview with Jack Rusher by The Creative Independent - A lovely interview with online friend Jack Rusher discussing the thoughtful application of tech in art, flow, and the state of research in the modern computing industry. Uncredited: Searching for Lost Board Game Designers by Amabel Holland - Amabel describes her trials and tribulations while trying to find the designers of the long-forgotten board game Duplicate Ad-Lib Crossword Cubes. Brian Weissman on his Magic the Gathering history - For anyone who came of age during the earliest years of Magic, the name Brian Weissman is legendary. In this interview he gives countless anecdotes about his experiences in those early days. Before Arcturus: David Lindsay’s Lost Novels by Mark Valentine - Mark’s research into David Lindsay revealed evidence that he submitted at least two earlier novels, Aletheus and The Confessions of an Egoist, to the publisher Cha...