An example of an “Approach Plate“, a diagram for pilots entering different airports: here NYC La Guardia’s runway #22.
Diagrams for every airport available online from the FAA, via Wikipedia, via Wired.
Orphaned Articles
While searching Wikipedia for a previous post, I learned that some articles are “orphaned” – they have no other articles that link to them. The entire list of 118,308 articles is listed here; the first few listings for “Aa” are:
Aa, Indonesia, Aaartali, Axel Aabrink, Maram & Aabroo, AAC Honey Badger PDW, Aacay Organization, Aach ed Djâjé…
Color Swatches Defined by Literary References
From the Paris Review, a set of color swatches defined by references from Truman Capote, E.B. White, Aldus Huxley, and lots of others.
X11 Color File
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255 250 250 snow 248 248 255 ghost white 248 248 255 GhostWhite 245 245 245 white smoke 245 245 245 WhiteSmoke 220 220 220 gainsboro 255 250 240 floral white 255 250 240 FloralWhite 253 245 230 old lace 253 245 230 OldLace 250 240 230 linen 250 235 215 antique white 250 235 215 AntiqueWhite 255 239 213 papaya whip 255 239 213 PapayaWhip |
In older color Windows systems, colors were predefined as “X11 Color Names” using an external text file. An excerpt is listed above – the entire set can be found here.
I am particularly fond of the poetic names and the fact that an unknown developer created a list of colors they saw as useful or important.