A Collection of Japanese Anime

Go watch some anime, says Minori Hatsune.

Just a list of Japanese anime to watch at leisure. I'm not saying all of these are good but I did bookmark them for future watching sessions.

Cannot yet recommend (haven't watched):

Alice & Zoroku
https://www.crunchyroll.com/alice-zoroku

Boogiepop and Others
https://www.crunchyroll.com/boogiepop-and-others

Bynhildr in the Darkness
https://www.crunchyroll.com/brynhildr-in-the-darkness

A Certain Magical Index
https://www.crunchyroll.com/a-certain-magical-index

A Certain Scientific Railgun
https://www.crunchyroll.com/a-certain-scientific-railgun

The Garden of Sinners
https://www.crunchyroll.com/the-garden-of-sinners

Hakata Tonkotsu Ramens
https://www.crunchyroll.com/hakata-tonkotsu-ramens

To the Abandoned Sacred Beasts
https://www.crunchyroll.com/to-the-abandoned-sacred-beasts

Recommended:

Alderamin on the Sky
https://www.crunchyroll.com/alderamin-on-the-sky

Dr. Stone
https://www.crunchyroll.com/dr-stone

Flowers of Evil
https://www.crunchyroll.com/flowers-of-evil

The Promised Neverland
https://www.crunchyroll.com/the-promised-neverland

Clean Code: 5 Takeaways

 I haven't read this book Clean Code by Robert C. Martin but I heard it was good. I did read the synopsis here by this Medium author and I think I'll take his word for it. Here's a few things that I just copied and pasted from his article.*

Published in 2008, and over recent years, it has consistently ranked as one of the top five highest-selling books on Amazon. The author, affectionately known as “Uncle Bob,” was one of the original authors of the Agile Manifesto and has some serious credentials. The book has achieved an average rating of 4.4 on Goodreads from over 13,000 ratings. Suffice to say, it’s one of those books every programmer should read.

1. Programming is a craft.

But how do we go from simply writing code to crafting code?

According to Martin, the main tools we have at our disposal are continuous refactoring and test-driven development (TDD). These work together like two sides of a coin. Here are some definitions:

Refactoring is the process of restructuring existing computer code without changing its external behavior.

Test-driven development is a process where requirements are turned into specific test cases, then the code is added so the tests pass.

So, the process of crafting software might look something like this:

1. Write failing tests that verify the required but unimplemented behaviour.
2. Write some (potentially bad) code that works and makes those tests pass.
3. Incrementally refactor the code, with the tests continuing to pass, making it more clean with each development iteration.

2. Keep it short!

According to Martin this means two things:

• Function bodies should be short — hardly ever longer than 20 lines and mostly less than 10 lines
• Functions should take as few arguments as possible, preferably none

Function brevity makes code easier to read. It also steers us towards a situation where functions do one thing — and do it well.

He makes a similar point about classes. With classes, he suggests using responsibilities as the measure of size rather than lines of code. The idea is a class should only be responsible for one thing. This is known as the single responsibility principle (SRP).

Keeping entities short is a divide-and-conquer strategy for making code cleaner. If we have a big file with lots of lengthy, complicated code, we can divide that file into modules, divide the modules into functions, and divide functions into subfunctions until the logic and intent are clear.

3. Make code self-documenting.

In the sections on comments, meaningful names, and formatting, Martin makes a strong case for code being self-documenting. An example of this is given as follows:

// Check to see if the employee is eligible for full benefits
if ((employee.flags & HOURLY_FLAG) &&
    (employee.age > 65))

This gets refactored to

if (employee.isEligibleForFullBenefits())

Note:

• The comment is removed
• The conditional logic is encapsulated into a method
• Because a method is used and not a free-standing function, instance variables can be used, creating a zero-argument method call
• The method is given a descriptive name, making its responsibility super clear

There's a full chapter on naming, which is essentially an elaboration on Tim Ottinger’s rules. These include:

• Use intention-revealing names — e.g, int elapsedTimeInDays, not int days
• Use pronounceable names — e.g., Customer, not DtaRcrd102
• Avoid encodings — don’t use an m_ prefix for members and don’t use Hungarian notation
• Pick one word per concept — don’t fetch, retrieve, get for the same concept

 4. Respect abstraction.

If we want to make sure our functions are only doing one thing, we need to make sure the statements within each function are all at the same level of abstraction.

public String render() throws Exception
{
  StringBuffer html = new StringBuffer("<hr");
  if (size > 0)
    html.append(" size="").append(size + 1).append("\"");
  html.append(">");
  
  return html.toString();
}

This is refactored to

public String render() throws Exception
{
  HtmlTag hr = new HtmlTag("hr");
  if (extraDashes > 0)
    hr.addAttribute("size", hrSize(extraDahses));
   return hr.html();
 }
 
private String hrSize(int height)
{
  int hrSize = height + 1;
  return String.format("%d", hrSize);
}

Notes:

• The render() function is now only responsible for constructing an hr tag
• The low-level details of constructing the tag are now delegated to the HtmlTag module
• Size formatting is abstracted into a separate function

5. Clean code is about principles and hard work.

“Clean code is not written by following a set of rules. You don’t become a software craftsman by learning a list of heuristics. Professionalism and craftsmanship come from values that drive disciplines.” — Robert C. Martin

*https://medium.com/better-programming/clean-code-5-essential-takeaways-2a0b17ccd05c

Sociology: Popularity of a Person or Country Part 2

Remember the article on Sociology: Popularity of a Person or Country I posted about 8 years ago (specifically on December 23, 2012) on whether a Google image search for a name yields a country or a person? Well, I did it again with the same word "Leone" and the results show the skew in interest in popular perspective. Unfortunately, the country Sierra Leone is not even in the picture (pun intended) for the initial hits.

Here's what's seen:

The statistics of the number of pictures in the first 21 shown here in the Google search related to a particular person, thing, country or entity is as follows:

Sunny Leone 16

Sierra Leone 2

Leone (from Akame ga Kill!) 1

Miriam Leone 1

Max Leone 1

Eight years ago, Sierra Leone led with 7 hits followed by Sunny Leone with 5 hits. I doubt that Sierra Leone became less popular; rather, with the explosive growth of popularity of Sunny Leone in India, a search for Leone inevitably reveals this Indian-Canadian actress and model.

Next up is doing a search for each of these five hits and seeing the number of results for now compared to 8 years ago. As can be seen, Sierra Leone still comes out on top with the number of results but Sunny Leone is cutting close. 

Name	2020 (now)	2012
Sunny Leone	308,000,000	57,400,000
Sierra Leone	580,000,000	380,000,000
Miriam Leone	12,900,000	0

Sunny Leone has increased in search results by over 5 times whereas Sierra Leone only increased by 1.5 times. Miriam Leone was not even on the list back in 2012. How can a country increase in its search results by 5 times? That seems highly unlikely unless it's a large nation such as India or China. It would have been interesting to see how many results those would yield.

RoyalRoad Online Novels to Read

Reading is one of the greatest pleasures in life. Just ask Tianna Gregory.

Just a list of recommended web novels in the science fiction and fantasy genres to read at my leisure:

Ongoing...

https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/29605/a-demons-tail

Completed

Read a bit at a time or all of it!

https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/7707/agent-of-the-realm

https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/2850/beyond

https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/629/until-death-old-version

https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/7578/demons-journey

On hiatus...

Sometimes authors disappear. These stories are still good but I'm not sure if they'll ever be completed.

Ongoing Webnovel: Goddess of Computation

Ongoing Webnovel: Goddess of Computation

There's not much description of the looks of the characters in the web novel but here's an image to spice your imagination who is a goddess of her own - Tessa Fowler.

Since last September or so, I have been writing the online novel Goddess of Computation. Though I stopped for a few months earlier this year, I have picked up at least a weekly update since August 2020. Check it out when you get the chance!

https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/27016/goddess-of-computation

Synopsis

Doing a coding assignment last minute, Ada Newth, a computer science student, fell asleep and woke up in a different world where she was informed by the System that she was randomly selected from an infinite number of universes to be a Goddess of Computation.

The trouble is that she's barely passing her first class and now she's meant to be a Goddess? Worse, she can't understand why she's needed in this world where the technology level is about equivalent to that of Earth's Middle Ages. Clearly, most people can barely read or count and even the other gods are of no help. In fact, most of them are rather dangerous idiots. If she can't convince them to help her change the status quo, she'll just have to gather her allies and followers and make some major changes to the system.

Food - Yuxiang Shredded Pork (鱼香肉丝)

A signature dish of Sichuan cuisine, shredded pork with garlic sauce delivers a sophisticated and addictive taste: tangy, spicy, sweet & sour. 

Yuxiang shredded pork (Chinese: 魚香肉絲; pinyin: yúxiāng ròusī; sometimes translated as fish-flavored pork slices, or more vaguely as shredded pork with garlic sauce) is a common dish in Sichuan cuisine. Yuxiang is one of main traditional flavors in Sichuan.

References
https://redhousespice.com/sichuan-shredded-pork-garlic-sauce/
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuxiang_shredded_pork

Creepy Movie: They Live

Is this a possible reflection of reality?

Food - Chinese

Seriously, China has some dishes with some weird names. The dishes themselves aren't even that weird; it's just the names. Check out the following.

Ants Climbing a Tree

Ants climbing a tree (simplified Chinese: 蚂蚁上树; traditional Chinese: 螞蟻上樹; pinyin: Mǎyǐshàngshù) is a classic Sichuan dish in Chinese cuisine. The name of the dish in Chinese, Mayishangshu, has been translated as "ants climbing a tree", "ants on the tree", "ants creeping up a tree", "ants climbing a hill" or "ants climbing a log". It is so called because the dish has bits of ground meat clinging to noodles, evoking an image of ants walking on twigs. The dish consists of ground meat, such as pork, cooked in a sauce and poured over bean thread noodles. Other ingredients in the dish may include rice vinegar, soy sauce, vegetable oil, sesame oil, scallions, garlic, ginger, and chili paste.

References
https://thewoksoflife.com/ants-climbing-a-tree/

Math Poetry

One day, I'll add some of my own math poetry here. For now, take a look at a few that others have written.

Outlier
by Sabrina Little, Mackintosh Academy, Boulder

The slick pen glides across paper
precisely scraping the ruler’s edge
marking a line beside many lonesome dots
a line of best fit as snug as a sweater.
The slope is a mere fraction, but the line it fabricated would stretch on,
encompassing an infinite amount of graph paper.
As the line traveled, it would pass by many data points
and the wispy voices of the outliers would be heard on the wind
calling to the line from worlds away, asking it to contort
to come and gather the lonely dots, and hold them shaking in its tepid arms
but the line never does.
Instead, it continues on without a sideways glance
forever the same slope
forever the same straight line.

The Number Won
by Austen Mazenko, Cherry Creek High School

Hatred of numbers, a cardinal sin,
Merely encumbers, hides beauty within
Mathematics. In abelian groups, numbers commute,
Their supremacy and distance from zero absolute.
So hear me out, for I’m the mathematical exhorter,
Urging pattern discovery amidst chaos and order.
From noise find the signal, elucidate nice behavior.
Discover zeta’s zeroes, be number theory’s savior.
Appreciate numbers’ divine perpetuity,
Perceiving their secrets with mathy acuity.
In logic, truth, and in algebra, Lie,
In numbers, gold, the irrational phi.
Six is perfect, pi transcendental,
The monstrous moonshine of McKay monumental.
In our physical world, such numbers abound,
Bastions of constancy making reasoning sound.
Since math fields possess unity and division,

It’s the numeral lens that ensures us precision.

x squared + y squared = 1 (if e)
by Chenyu Lin, Colorado Christian University

Ceaseless are the points
Its path does not terminate
Round and round it goes, from the
Central point everything else flows.
Lo and behold, is it a circle? Or more
Enigmatic – like the paths of life? Perhaps both.

References

http://www.ams.org/programs/students/math-poetry#resources

Mechanical Concepts

Every so often, I get into these Wikipedia binges where I start looking up random things. A little while back, I got into reading on various on mechanical devices. Maybe one day I will build one of these.

Hoberman Sphere

A Hoberman sphere is an isokinetic structure patented by Chuck Hoberman that resembles a geodesic dome, but is capable of folding down to a fraction of its normal size by the scissor-like action of its joints. Colorful plastic versions have become popular as children's toys: several toy sizes exist, with the original design capable of expanding from 5.9 inches (15 cm) in diameter to 30 inches (76 cm).

A Hoberman sphere typically consists of six great circles corresponding to the edges of an icosidodecahedron. The Hoberman sphere can be unfolded by allowing certain members to spread apart. The operation of each joint is linked to all the others in a scissors mechanism like those used to mount pantograph mirrors, or how a folding chair operates. In larger models, this can be accomplished by feeding out a string or cable instead.


Kinematic Synthesis
Kinematic synthesis, also known as mechanism synthesis, determines the size and configuration of mechanisms that shape the flow of power through a mechanical system, or machine, to achieve a desired performance.

Hartenberg and Denavit describe kinematic synthesis as

...it is design, the creation of something new. Kinematically, it is the conversion of a motion idea into hardware.

The earliest machines were designed to amplify human and animal effort. Later, gear trains and linkage systems captured wind and flowing water to rotate millstones and pumps. Now machines use chemical and electric power to manufacture, transport, and process items of all types. Kinematic synthesis is the collection of techniques for designing those elements of these machines that achieve required output forces and movement for a given input.

Wenkel Engine

The Wankel engine is a type of internal combustion engine using an eccentric rotary design to convert pressure into rotating motion.

All parts of a rotary engine rotate in one direction. This is opposed to the common reciprocating piston engine, which has pistons instantly and rapidly changing direction 180 degrees. In contrast to the reciprocating piston designs, the Wankel engine delivers advantages of simplicity, smoothness, compactness, high revolutions per minute, and a high power-to-weight ratio.

Networking 101

Some people know a lot about computer networking. I know a bit about human networking but very little about computer networking. Since I am writing a story these days and I am naturally curious, this post would be a helpful reference for myself and others. Expect periodic updates!

TTEthernet
The Time-Triggered Ethernet (SAE AS6802) (also known as TTEthernet or TTE) standard defines a fault-tolerant synchronization strategy for building and maintaining synchronized time in Ethernet networks, and outlines mechanisms required for synchronous time-triggered packet switching for critical integrated applications, IMA and integrated modular architectures.

References:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/TTEthernet

Art - Classical

I like going to art museums but I rarely know what I'm looking at -- who the artist is or the style of art. This is a short post on a number of famous paintings out there for my own benefit and other art aficionados.

Dance At Bougival

Dance at Bougival (French: La Danse à Bougival) is an 1883 work by Pierre-Auguste Renoir currently in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America.It has been described as "one of the museum's most beloved works".

The work depicts two of Renoir's friends, Suzanne Valadon and Paul Lhote. The setting is the French village of Bougival, about 15 km from the center of Paris. Many Impressionists including Claude Monet, Alfred Sisley, Berthe Morisot, and Renoir painted scenes there.

Food - Korean

Hooray for Korean food! Delicious and something I need to learn to make in the future. Also, the dishes have such interesting names!

Tteok-bokki

Tteok-bokki (떡볶이; also spelled ddukbokki) or stir-fried rice cakes is a popular Korean food made from small-sized garae-tteok (long, white, cylinder-shaped rice cakes) called tteokmyeon (떡면; "rice cake noodles") or commonly tteok-bokki-tteok (떡볶이 떡; "tteok-bokki rice cakes").

Today, variations also include curry-tteok-bokki, cream sauce-tteok-bokki, jajang-tteok-bokki, seafood-tteok-bokki, galbi-tteok-bokki and so on. Tteok-bokki is commonly purchased and eaten at bunsikjip (snack bars) as well as pojangmacha (street stalls). There are also dedicated restaurants for tteok-bokki, where it is referred to as jeugseog tteok-bokki (impromptu tteok-bokki). It is also a popular home dish, as the rice cakes (garae-tteok) can be purchased in pre-packaged, semi-dehydrated form.

Women Scientists - Completely Underrated and Often Forgotten

Well-behaved women rarely make history. Perhaps that's because we're still teaching history as if we're living in the 1920s. The only woman scientist most people can name from their head is probably just Marie Curie. Yet, there are numerous scientists. Just to give you an idea, the first chemist in the world was a perfume maker in ancient Babylon (1200 BCE) who was a woman. Her name was Tapputi. She was also an overseer at the Royal Palace and worked with another woman researcher whose name unfortunately has been lost.

Women scientists are unfortunately relegated to the bottom heap of known scientists. Here are a couple of scientists who made major contributions and yet no one knows about them. By the way, several of these are not scientists. Can you find who they are?

By the way, for a full list of underrated and frequently forgotten amazing women through history, check out Rejected Princesses. The website also has a store where you can buy books if you're the print version kind of person: https://www.rejectedprincesses.com/

Annie Jump Cannon
American astronomer who in 1901 published the first catalog of stellar spectra, which classified stars by temperature. This method was universally adopted by other astronomers.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_Jump_Cannon
https://www.rejectedprincesses.com/princesses/annie-jump-cannon

Catherine Miles Baker
https://cmilesbaker.wordpress.com/category/works-in-progress/

Judith Love Cohen

Judith Love Cohen (August 16, 1933 – July 25, 2016) was an American aerospace engineer. Cohen worked as an electrical engineer on the Minuteman missile, the science ground station for the Hubble Space Telescope, the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite, and the Apollo Space Program. After her retirement as an engineer, she founded a children's multimedia publishing company, eventually publishing more than 20 titles before her death in 2016. Cohen was the mother of computer scientist and engineer Neil Siegel and actor Jack Black.

Cohen was born into a Jewish family in Brooklyn, New York, the daughter of Sarah Cohen (née Roisman) and Morris Bernard Cohen. By fifth grade, her classmates were paying her to do their math homework. She was often the only girl in her math classes, and decided she wanted to become a math teacher. By age 19, she was both studying engineering in college, and dancing ballet in the Metropolitan Opera Ballet company in New York.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judith_Love_Cohen

Other References

Wikipedia article on women in science

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_women_in_science

Life Extension: Fact or Fiction?

Life Extension

I am not sure what to think of this. More research needed...

http://eng.scienceagainstaging.com/#submenu:projects

Metal Bands

Metal Bands

I am not terribly into metal but I have decided to put together a list of some interesting ones.

Chthonic

Taiwanese metal band 

https://chthonic.tw/en/

Babymetal

Japanese girl metal band

https://www.babymetal.com/en/

Crown the Empire

American metal core band

https://www.crowntheempire.net/

Pallbearer

American heavy metal band

https://www.pallbearerdoom.com/

Recipe: Vegetarian

Easy Vegetarian Recipes

A couple of my friends are vegetarian. Why not share a few recipes they can learn to make?

Hunan Style Tofu
https://www.latimes.com/food/dailydish/la-dd-easy-dinner-recipes-hunan-style-tofu-vegetarian-20130603-story.html

Recipe: Eggplant Pakora

Eggplant Pakora Recipe

Pakoras are Indian fritters, made of vegetables (cauliflower, potato, spinach, onion, eggplant, plantain, chili pepper, etc.), paneer, bread or meat, dipped into a spicy gram flour. They are then battered and deep fried.

1. In a big bowl, mix besan / gram flour, rice flour, green chili, cilantro leaves, turmeric powder, red chili powder, a pinch of asafoetida and salt.

2. Add 1 cup water and whisk to a smooth medium consistency without lumps.

3. Wash and slice eggplant / baingain / brinjals. Dip them in the batter.

4. Heat oil in frying pan on medium heat. Gently place eggplant slices and fry until crispy and golden brown on both sides.

5. Remove pakoras and place on paper towel to remove excess oil.

6. Serve hot or warm with chutney or tomato ketchup.

Reference

http://myindiantaste.com/eggplant-pakora-recipe-baingan-pakorapakoda/

雨夜 (Poem)

雨夜

望这不再蔚蓝的天

被漆黑的云影遮盖

看密密麻麻的雨点

欢乐心情也被遮盖

温暖春光渐行渐远

谁知春天也会严寒

谁知雨夜也会心酸

Rain Night (translation)

Watching a sky that’s no longer azure

Covered by the pitch black cloud shadows

Looking at the dense raindrops

Joyous thoughts are also covered

Warm spring light leaves further and further away

Who knew spring can also be bitterly cold?

Who knew a rainy night can also hold sadness

Pupils: Windows to the Soul

People often call eyes the windows to the soul. But what exactly do we see when we gaze into the eyes of another person? In fact, the eyes do provide lots of information about another person’s emotional state.

We can tell a true (or Duchenne) smile from a fake by looking at a person's eyes. The mouth shape of a smile is easy to fake—we do it all the time out of politeness. But the eyes are the giveaway: When we’re truly happy, we not only smile but also crinkle the corners of our eyes in a “crow’s feet” pattern. But when people fake a smile, they usually forget about their eyes.

If the eye is the window, the pupil is the opening to the eye. Psychologists Sebastiaan Mathôt and Stefan Van der Stigchel argue that there’s a lot more to the pupillary light response than, well, meets the eye. They claim that the size of the pupils tells us a lot about the emotions and intentions of their owners. According to the researchers, the pupillary light response isn’t just a mechanical reaction to ambient light. Rather, as we shift our gaze from one spot to another, our pupils adjust their size in advance to the amount of light we expect to encounter at the new location. Because the pupillary light response is relatively slow—about a quarter of a second—anticipating the amount of light at the new location improves vision once our gaze gets there.

The pupillary light response is only one reason why the pupils change size. They also dilate when we’re aroused. This occurs whenever we detect a threat or an opportunity in our environment. Meet an attractive person at a party, and what happens to your body? Your heart and breathing rates increase, you begin to sweat—and your pupils dilate. Psychologists consider pupil dilation to be an honest cue to sexual or social interest. That’s because pupil size isn’t under your voluntary control. Let’s say you’re trying to fake interest as your coworker recounts every play in his weekend golf game. You can force a smile. You might even remember to crinkle the corners of your eyes, to make that smile look real. But your tiny pupils will reveal your lack of interest. Thus, the eyes may be the windows to the soul, but the pupils tell a lot about what’s going on in the mind of another person.

Interactive Fiction for Fun

Stealing Wikipedia's definition, Interactive fiction, often abbreviated IF, is software simulating environments in which players use text commands to control characters and influence the environment. Works in this form can be understood as literary narratives, either in the form of interactive narratives or interactive narrations.

IF happens to be a gem of a genre for someone like me who loved to read choose-your-own-adventure novels when I was a kid. To have books with destinies decided not just by the author but by the reader was astounding to me. Besides, I frequently look at my own life this way. What if I chose to go to the park instead of just staying in that day? What if I decided to kiss the girl on the date instead of not? What if I decided to cook curry instead of fish? The most trivial choices can lead to momentous results.

Perhaps because of this, I was intrigued when I discovered Twine -- an open source tool for creating interactive fiction. Check it out: http://twinery.org/

Here are a few examples of works that people in this community have created. I am not saying they're the best stories but they can be interesting to read.


https://tayruh.github.io/monster

http://slimedaughter.com/games/twine/wtwla/ 
Strange but beautiful I hear (with music).

http://mirror.ifarchive.org/if-archive/games/competition2013/web/solarium/solarium.html#1e

https://philome.la/winningcake/a-trial/play/index.html

http://ifarchive.org/if-archive/games/competition2018/Bogeyman/bogeyman.html

For more games, you can check out what other people are playing:
https://intfiction.org/c/playing

Gigs During the Era of COVID-19

I was recently asked by a friend to give her some online gigs for extra income. She has recently being laid off since her company could not sustain their current workforce with the coronavirus wrecking havoc on the usual economic wheel. Finding a job takes time and in the meantime, she has to eat! Unemployment money only goes so far and that process takes some time to approve as well.

This situation of suddenly finding oneself without a job is not unique to her. In the past, I have been in a similar boat, though not due to the coronavirus, and hence I figure I can put together a list of online gigs that I have examined or partook in.

In general, here are a few links to help you get started:
 
https://www.reddit.com/r/WorkOnline/
This is a great forum to connect from others and learn about online opportunities.

https://www.roberthalf.com/jobs/creative
More of a job posting site and there are full-time work as well as gigs.

https://talent-appen.icims.com/jobs/search?ss=1&hashed=-435655911&mobile=false&width=1425&height=500&bga=true&needsRedirect=false&jan1offset=-360&jun1offset=-300
Ready to find a long-term gig? Appen may be good for you.

https://realwaystoearnmoneyonline.com/work-at-home-job-leads/
Constantly updated list of jobs that you can do online!

Writing Gigs

Writing gigs range from writing blogs online to full-fledged ghost writing. They usually pay by the word, page or article.

Livingston Research
https://livingston-research.com/freelancer 
Do freelance writing and get paid.

Writers Access
https://www.writeraccess.com/talent-overview/
Write, edit or translate and get paid. How much? That depends on the client!

Upwork
https://www.upwork.com/i/how-it-works/freelancer/
One of the most popular freelancer sites out there for writers (and other types of work). However, you really have to stand out since you'll be rated by your clients and you'll be competing with a bunch of other highly qualified freelance writers.

Go Transcript
https://gotranscript.com/
If you type fast and can listen well, this may work for you. This doesn't pay the best even if you're a fast typer but you do get paid.

CACTUS
https://cactusglobal.com/careers/work-from-home
If you're a scholar with a background in the humanities or medicine, you can apply for online jobs here!

Space: Beautiful Sites

Space: Beautiful Sites

A possible future city on another world?

Not all need to be rocket scientists to appreciate the great beauty of the beyond. Take a look at some of these wondrous sites:

Stuff in Space
http://stuffin.space/
See everything that's around the Earth man-made and what-not.

Asterank
http://www.asterank.com/3d/
Truly beautiful asteroid visualizer.

Deep Space Network
https://eyes.nasa.gov/dsn/dsn.html
NASA's Deep Space Network (DSN) updated every 5 seconds. DSN is used by all NASA interplanetary spacecrafts.
 
ISS Interactive 3D Visualization
https://heavens-above.com/ISS_3D.aspx
See the International Space Station at any time and fully zoomable & rotatable.

Ofrohn's Celestial Map Github Project
https://ofrohn.github.io/
Adapatable celestial map done with the D3.js visualization library. Check it out! For instance, the celestial sky viewer: https://ofrohn.github.io/celestial-demo/viewer.html

Milky Way Halo
https://armchairastronautics.blogspot.com/p/milky-way-halo.html
With this site, you can see the whole universe in terms of galaxies, clusters, halos, etc.