Links

https://www.worksinprogress.news/p/the-wonder-of-modern-drywall we all have drywall in our houses, this is a great overview on how the introduction of drywall changed construction
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NM2KXvRGmpg This project has been a longtime favorite of mine, basically for <$100 there is an xyz gantry moving around inside the 50nm resolution world. This is the latest improvement on it, he creates some pretty cool machines to improve upon what’s already super impressive. Machinists avoid watching around 10:40
https://www.circuitrework.com/guides/guides.html Soldering is certainly one of those things that there’s no replacement for hands on experience, however this is a great guide to show how various repairs should be gone about
https://practical.engineering/blog/2026/2/17/so-you-want-to-build-a-tunnel Building tunnels is hardly a new thing, but there has been a few different projects on youtube recently of folks making their own and practical engineering goes over in depth some of the aspects of tunneling
https://www.outpost-games.com/ a few weeks ago made this simple game which has been fun to tweak and improve upon over the following weeks as well as been fun to see the camaraderie competition it’s harvested
https://www.executivetraveller.com/news/china-cr450-world-s-fastest-bullet-train The CR400 is a train that runs at 200mph, but now work has started on the CR450, which is planned to be able to run at 280mph.

Cool historical fact

This isn’t so much a fact as a neat find in the historical theme https://www.historicaltechtree.com/ if you select along the bottom edge of this page you’ll see a timeline of many tech things and what lead to them and what they lead to in turn.