
How to build a thought-bubble tooltip with pure CSS
A step-by-step CSS tutorial for a tooltip that reads its label from a data attribute, pops up in a rounded bubble, trails off in three little circles and stays clickable, with no JavaScript.

What is Hermes?
Hermes is an open source AI agent harness from Nous Research that runs on your own computer, uses tools, remembers past sessions and learns skills. Here is what it does and how to install and set it up.

Meet the Night Sky UI Kit
Three animated React components for dark, night-sky themed sites: a star cursor, a twinkling starfield and a soft aurora glow. Here is what's inside and how to add it.

Behind the Star Cursor
How the Star Cursor draws its comet tail and sparkle dust, and why it quietly steps aside on touch screens and for anyone who prefers reduced motion.

The moon is, in fact, an inanimate, dusty old rock
The moon is a layered ball of rock about 4.5 billion years old, wrapped in sharp gray dust and almost no air. Here is what it is made of, where it probably came from and why it barely changes.

How solar storms mess with satellites
The sun has weather, and some of it reaches us. Here is how solar flares and the storms that follow can sink satellites, scramble GPS and even trip power grids, and how people keep watch.

Patterns in sound
Sprinkle salt on a drum, play a steady note, and the grains slide into neat lines and rings. Here is why sound draws pictures, who first noticed, how to try it at home, and what all this has in common with a snowflake.